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Europe authorized Moderna's combination mRNA flu-COVID vaccine before the United States did. This dual-purpose vaccine addresses two respiratory viruses in a single shot. The European Commission grant
The FCC has expanded its foreign-made router ban to also cover consumer Wi-Fi hotspots and LTE/5G home-internet devices, though existing products and phones with hotspot features are not affected. Cel
Google-parent Alphabet will invest up to 40 billion in Anthropic, deepening its partnership with the AI startup . The deal consists of 10 billion in immediate cash at a 350 billion valuation, with an
Fossilized jaws reveal that enormous octopuses growing up to 19 meters long were top predators in the oceans during the Cretaceous Period, potentially making them the largest marine animals and invert
Samsung's mobile division may record its first-ever annual loss in 2026 , driven primarily by rising memory chip prices, particularly low-power DRAM . Samsung executive TM Roh has warned that a possib
NASA successfully rolled out the Artemis III core stage on April 20, 2026, delivering it from Michoud Assembly Facility to Kennedy Space Center . The revised mission plan calls for a crewed test in Ea
Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after 15 years, during which he transformed the company from a 350 billion valuation to a 4 trillion powerhouse. His legacy centers on operational leadership and
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was charged with using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to win more than 400,000 in bets on the Pol
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year attempting to weaken the Endangered Species Act, but one major effort faced a significant setback when Republicans in th
NASA has put its Lunar Gateway space station project on hold because of corrosion found in two main modules, HALO and I-HAB. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified before Congress that both the L
The base model $599 M4 Mac mini with 256GB storage is now completely out of stock on Apple's Store with no option to order it. Other Mac mini configurations face significant delays, with wait times ra
The 2027 BMW 7 Series is the most extensive update the car has ever received, with BMW rolling its next-generation Neue Klasse technology into a current-production model for the first time. The electr
Researchers have developed copper-coated carbon nanotube fibers with electrical conductivity reaching approximately 50% that of pure copper , representing significant progress toward competitive alter
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeting launch as early as September 2026, ahead of the May 2027 deadline. The telescope is ready for launch ahead of schedule and under budget. Roman wil
Data center facilities linked to major tech companies could emit 129 million tons of greenhouse gases annually, potentially surpassing the total emissions of entire nations like Morocco. Tech companie
A ransomware gang called Kyber became the first known ransomware operation to deploy NIST standardized post-quantum cryptography in production. The Windows variant uses Kyber1024 post-quantum key enca
The White House accused foreign entities primarily based in China of conducting deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill U.S. frontier AI systems using tens of thousands of proxy accounts . W
Russia's co-orbital anti-satellite system, known as the Nivelir system, can deploy so-called nesting doll sub-satellites for inspection or kinetic kills. The U.S. assesses that Russia has launched cou
Vast, a company developing the world's first commercial space station, has adopted a custom flight suit for its crew after 25 years of U.S. astronauts wearing off-the-rack clothes in orbit. The suit i
A decade-long precision measurement of the gravitational constant (G) at NIST yielded a value 0.0235% lower than a previous French experiment , but the result does not resolve the uncertainty in G, wh
Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from its Pro subscription plan as a small experiment affecting approximately 2% of new prosumer signups, while existing Pro and Max subscribers remained unaffecte
ChargePoint has unveiled the ChargePoint Express Grid, powered by Eaton, a vehicle-to-everything capable solution that delivers up to 600 kW of power for passenger EVs and megawatt charging for heavy-
The trailer for 'Coyote vs. Acme' has been released, offering a first look at the long-delayed live-action/animation hybrid ahead of its theatrical debut Aug. 28. The film follows Wile E. Coyote as he
Scammers are impersonating Iranian authorities and sending fraudulent messages to shipowners demanding Bitcoin or USDT payments for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The Athens-based firm MAR
Google unveiled two eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units—the TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference—designed with specialized architectures for AI model training and agent development. The
A 22-year-old Indian medical student created an AI-generated social media persona named 'Emily Hart' to target MAGA audiences, generating thousands of dollars through merchandise sales and paid subscr
Two Nintendo customers filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo following the Supreme Court's ruling that President Trump's 2025 tariffs were illegal, seeking to force the company to return tarif
Microsoft issued an emergency update for ASP.NET Core
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down clean energy development, including a requirement that all solar and wind projects on federal lands and w
Ars Technica's newsroom AI policy forbids unlabeled AI material in reported stories and requires human confirmation of every quotation's accuracy. The publication does not permit the publication of AI
The 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to researchers who measured the magnetic 'wobble' of the muon subatomic particle with exceptional precision over more than 60 years of ex
The FBI is looking for any connections among the recent deaths and disappearances of at least 10 scientists who had ties to government science projects or other sensitive information. At least 10 indi
Tesla reported Q1 2026 earnings-per-share of 0.41 and revenues of 22.387 billion, beating analysts' EPS expectation of 0.37 and estimated revenue of 21.92 billion. While the company reported better-th
Amazon announced a 5 billion investment in Anthropic, with up to 20 billion more tied to commercial milestones. Anthropic committed to spending over $100 billion on AWS technologies over the next deca
CATL's third-generation Shenxing battery can charge from 10% to 98% in 6 minutes and 27 seconds , achieving what sets a new global record for fast charging . The new LFP battery can retain over 90% of
AES-128 remains secure against quantum computers and does not require key size changes as part of the post-quantum transition. NIST considers AES-128 safe and has made it the security benchmark for po
Florida is opening a criminal investigation into ChatGPT following new details in the mass shooting at Florida State University last year. Investigators say the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the attack
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a complete redesign featuring a new full-CNC aluminum chassis, a much larger 74Wh battery, LPCAMM2 memory support, a power-optimized display with touch support, and a ha
Framework announced a new Laptop 13 Pro with pre-installed Ubuntu Linux as its first certified Linux option, while navigating ongoing RAM and storage supply chain shortages. The laptop features Intel
Solar added approximately 600 terawatt-hours of generation globally in 2025—the largest increase ever recorded in a single year for any power technology. Solar was the single biggest contributor to gl
California Attorney General Rob Bonta publicly released unredacted evidence from the state's lawsuit against Amazon for illegal price fixing, detailing how Amazon allegedly coerced vendors to raise pr
A major European study tracking over 10,000 people aged 65-94 for seven years found that lonely older adults performed worse on initial memory tests, though their memory declined at the same rate as t
Microsoft reduced Game Pass Ultimate pricing from 29.99 to 22.99 per month and PC Game Pass from 16.49 to 13.99 per month, effective April 21, 2026. Call of Duty games will no longer be available on G
Mozilla used Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview AI to discover 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 , which the company has patched in the browser . The AI was able to reason through code and surface iss
The Space Force cancelled the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) contract, a troubled GPS ground control system program under prime contractor RTX , after spending $6.27 billion as of Ja
The Pentagon's 1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 budget proposal allocates nearly 54 billion for military drones and related technology, plus 21 billion for counter-drone weapons systems. At nearly 54 billion,
Meta is installing tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes for training AI models to build autonomous AI agents . The tool focuses on ar
During Supreme Court oral arguments on April 21, 2026, the FCC argued that its roughly 100 million in fines against Verizon and AT&T were 'nonbinding' and did not violate the companies' Seventh Amendm
NASA's next-generation spacesuit for the Artemis III mission, the AxEMU developed by Axiom Space, has passed a contractor-led technical review and continues undergoing testing with NASA astronauts and
An unpublished USC study found an association between healthier diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and higher rates of early-onset lung cancer in nonsmoking adults, suggesting possible
Anthropic announced its Mythos AI model on April 7 and refused to release it publicly, citing its unprecedented ability to find and exploit software vulnerabilities . The company is instead limiting a
Deezer announced that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform, receiving almost 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day. AI-generated music accounts for only 1-3% of
F1's 2026 regulations feature new V6 hybrid engines with a near 50/50 split between combustion and electrical power, creating challenges with energy management and an unpopular driving style among dri
Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO on September 1, 2026, ending his 15-year tenure, with John Ternus, the senior vice president of hardware engineering, succeeding him as chief execut
Bruce is a kea parrot native to New Zealand who has lived in captivity at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve for about 12 years after being discovered as a juvenile with his entire upper beak missing . He de
A humanoid robot named Lightning, developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, completed a 21-kilometer half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, surpassing the human world record by over
Rogue Trooper is an upcoming adult animated military science fiction film based on the 2000 AD comic strip, written and directed by Duncan Jones. The film follows 19, a 'Genetic Infantryman' who is th
The U.S. government launched an online portal (CAPE) on April 20, 2026, allowing businesses to request refunds for tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. The government could owe businesses up t
Blue Origin successfully reused a New Glenn rocket booster for the first time, but failed to deliver an AST SpaceMobile communications satellite to its intended orbit. The upper stage placed the BlueB
Great white sharks maintain warmer body temperatures than surrounding seawater and face the risk of potentially fatal overheating as oceans warm due to climate change. Warm-bodied fish such as great w