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GitHub Copilot transitioned to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026 , replacing request-based pricing with a system where each plan includes a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits calculated based on

The Bot Company, a 2 billion San Francisco startup founded by Tesla and Cruise alumni, rented residential properties through Airbnb under false pretenses to conduct prototype testing on household robo

AMD extended its commitment to support the Socket AM5 platform through 2029, two years longer than its original 2027 pledge, providing seven years of CPU compatibility since the socket's 2022 launch.

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics. The proof came from a new general-pur

On June 1, 2026, multiple official packages from the @redhat-cloud-services scope on NPM were compromised with a credential-stealing worm, affecting 96 versions across 32 packages totaling 116,991 wee

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company knowingly released an unsafe product that could harm users. The suit cited instances of

Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to break into high-profile Instagram accounts by requesting the bot change associated email addresses. Compromised accounts included those of the Obama-era

Intel plans to ship its Crescent Island AI GPU in 2026, targeting Nvidia and AMD on cost and power efficiency. The chip uses cheaper LPDDR5X memory and is designed to run in air-cooled server racks ra

The Surface Laptop Ultra is Microsoft's direct answer to Apple's MacBook Pro, built in partnership with NVIDIA and running Windows on Arm with an RTX Spark chip. This 15-inch device features NVIDIA's

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced an expanded collaboration with Moderna, committing up to $50 million to support preclinical development and Phase 1 clinical testin

SpaceCamp is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shu

Research shows that animals get their minds muddled during heat waves, with birds struggling to learn, dogs biting more often, and chamois picking fights when temperatures rise. When animals can't sta

Environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to proposed new regulations weakening requirements for utilities cleaning up toxic coal ash at hundreds of sites across the country. The Trump administ

This article examines the origins of the most common arguments against vaccines—that they are unnatural, more dangerous than disease, or an affront to freedom—tracing how innocent skepticism from the

An analysis of the Texas measles outbreak examines epidemiological features, transmission dynamics, and clinical manifestations, emphasizing the severe complications the virus poses, with resurgence d

Dutch authorities dismantled a large Asocks botnet comprising at least 17 million compromised devices including computers, routers, tablets, smartphones, and smart security cameras. Investigators iden

The Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington state alleging their refusal to issue undercover license plates to federal agents imposes unconstitutional

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral on May 28, 2026 , which is catastrophic because Blue Origin only has one New Glenn pad and it was damaged in the

The Office of Management and Budget proposed major revisions to federal grant administration rules on May 29, 2026, which would rewrite foundational rules governing how federal grant dollars are award

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on May 28 during a static fire engine test, destroying the 321-foot rocket . The explosion froze all 24 of Amazon's contract

A robot training startup is offering free home cleaning services as a way to collect video data for training cleaning robots. The training data enables the robots to develop visual perception to bette

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on Thursday night during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket was likely fully fueled, contributing to one of the lar

As a deadly Ebola outbreak spreads through the Democratic Republic of Congo, health workers are dealing with the consequences of the Trump administration's cuts to global health programs and withdrawa

The FCC published a public notice about broadcasters' 'public interest' obligations, with FCC Chair Brendan Carr stating the agency would take enforcement action for noncompliance. This followed the F

The 2027 Audi RS5 is Audi Sport's first high-performance plug-in hybrid, pairing maximum performance with remarkable efficiency. The powertrain combines a 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 with a 130-kW electri

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition became available on Steam for macOS on May 28, 2026. The port by Feral Interactive includes three expansions and 4K visuals, with Apple Silicon required. Feral In

Amazon paid approximately $1.8 billion to Blue Origin in 2025 under satellite launch agreements for its Project Kuiper constellation , leveraging Jeff Bezos' aerospace company for its heavy-lift rocke

Apple is reportedly working to distill knowledge and skills from Google's larger Gemini model into a smaller version that could run on iPhones. The new Siri will use a tiered system where simple tasks

An experimental gene-editing therapy called VERVE-102 aims to lower bad cholesterol long-term after a single infusion and showed promising results in a Phase I safety trial published in the New Englan

Federal prosecutors charged a Google software engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits from bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket by using confidential insider information he l

A developer added hidden prompt injection instructions to jqwik, a Java testing app, to sabotage projects created by AI coding agents in response to the 'vibe coding' controversy. The incident represe

NOAA forecasts a 55% chance of a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30) with 8-14 named storms, 3-6 hurricanes, and 1-3 major hurricanes. The below-average forecast is driv

Pigeons possess iron-rich macrophages in their livers that act as magnetic sensors, enabling detection of Earth's magnetic field for navigation. Removal of these cells disrupts magnetic-based homing,

Intel introduced the Arc G-Series processors, a new family designed for next-generation handheld gaming systems, launching with Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme processors running Windows 11 based on Intel C

MIT researchers developed a low-temperature process for extracting battery-grade lithium from the common mineral spodumene. The process uses a liquid reagent to dissolve the rock into useful forms inc

Illinois' House of Representatives passed SB 315, a landmark bill requiring frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic to create, publish and annually update plans addressing severe or catastroph

Although the United States spends more on health care than any other country, it consistently underperforms on key metrics. A Commonwealth Fund study evaluating the U.S. health system relative to 19 o

Astronomers directly measured the mass of a black hole in a 'little red dot' observed when the universe was just 700 million years old, finding it is much too massive for its host galaxy, suggesting i

Mina the Hollower is an action-adventure game from Yacht Club Games where players control Mina, a renowned Hollower on a mission to rescue a cursed island. The game features nostalgic throwback visual

Motorola's 2026 Razr lineup features durable and visually refined hardware design , but critics note the devices struggle to establish clear leadership in any single category . Motorola raised prices

NASA satellites can detect and localize GPS jammers operating from orbit using civilian satellite data with improved accuracy over previous methods. A GPS jammer near Shiraz, Iran has remained active

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the chip company plans to invest approximately 150 billion annually in Taiwan, terming it the 'epicentre' of the AI revolution . This represents a dramatic increase f

Nvidia has officially retired the NVIDIA Control Panel after 20 years of service, shifting all functionality to the newer Nvidia App. The legacy Control Panel is no longer included in default GeForce

Roku's redesigned home screen now features larger advertisements that remain visible at all times, and this persistent ad placement has proven more effective in generating revenue. The first major hom

U.S. law enforcement agencies are monitoring growing backlash to AI and have begun classifying anti-technology sentiment as an extremism threat, with unpublished reports from the Department of Homelan

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to build a secure, high-speed satellite communications network to connect military sensors and weapons platforms across the globe. The Spac