
Taiwan tracks a Chinese research vessel above a major Pacific internet cable, renewing attention on regional maritime security concerns.
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Chinese autonomy experts Pony.ai are planning to put 1,000 autonomous electric commercial trucks to work by 2027, but it’s the company’s plans to put 100,000 self-driving trucks on the road by 2030 that’s making headlines.

SpaceXAI shipped Grok Imagine Image 2.0 on Thursday, making editing a first-class capability rather than an afterthought. The update adds a magic wand tool that changes only the region a user points at, segmentation for selecting precise areas to modif…

NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras.

Spotify still doesn’t let you add albums to folders, so I’ve been using Musicboard to keep track of my favorite releases instead.
With the Pixel 11 Pro launch, Google will set 2026’s smartphone standards with its higher specs, improved on-device Gemini AI, and Android 17’s increased security.
A fake “install Claude on Mac” guide, hosted on claude.ai itself and boosted by a Google ad, ends with your Ledger app quietly asking for your recovery phrase.

For years, critics of Europe’s AI strategy have made the same argument: while America builds artificial intelligence, Europe writes laws for it. The EU AI Act became the clearest expression of that divide – a landmark attempt to govern AI that many saw…

Bingers is a new TV and movie tracking app that’s already beautifully designed and full of features.