Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold.

Subtle Computing has raised $6M in seed funding to build voice isolation models. The startup plans to announce a hardware device next year.

WhatsApp notified the consultant, who works for left-wing politicians, that his phone was targeted with spyware made by Paragon.

A union representing people in the gaming sector said 31 people were fired at Rockstar's UK studios.

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, and climate stability. Wildlife such as penguins and krill face growing extinction risks. Scientists ...

Researchers are exploring MXenes, 2D materials that could transform air into ammonia for cleaner fertilizers and fuels. Their atomic structures can be tuned to optimize performance, making them promising alternatives to expensive catalysts.

Today, BillionToOne goes public, becoming YC's fourth publicly traded biotech company. More importantly, they have built one of the most important genetic tests in the U.S. Today, 1 in 11 babies born in the US are tested with BillionToOne's fetal genetic test.

Mastodon's latest software version brings quote posts with added controls to all servers.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately.

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our understanding of space and time itself.

A team of astrophysicists has unveiled how colossal stars thousands of times more massive than the Sun shaped the earliest star clusters and galaxies. These short-lived giants not only forged the strange chemical fingerprints found in ancient globular clusters but may also have been the seeds of the...

The founders of Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app that launched in May, took an unusual route to raising capital.

Spotify is adding a new feature called "Listening stats" that will show users weekly numbers about their listening habits.

Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development.

Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz SonicWall has blamed an unnamed, state-sponsored collective for the September break-in that saw cybercriminals rifle through a cache of firewall configuration backups.…

India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Gemini-powered navigation on Google Maps.

Snap said today that it has signed a deal with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to power a new chatbot. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity.

Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners....

Evidence now suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not speed up. The findings imply dark energy is weakening, marking a possible revolution in cosmology.

Evotrex joins startups like Lightship, Pebble, and Grounded in trying to disrupt the RV market, which is skewing younger.

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants. Using NASA’s TESS telescope to study nearly half a million stars, scientists found far fewer close-orbiting planets around older, expanded stars—clear evidence that many have ...

The Lagos-based firm and one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund.

Researchers have created a bioinspired gel that can regenerate tooth enamel by mimicking natural growth processes. The fluoride-free material forms a mineral-rich layer that restores enamel’s strength and structure while preventing decay. It can even repair exposed dentine and reduce sensitivity. ...

Weill Cornell researchers uncovered how free radicals from astrocyte mitochondria can fuel dementia. Using new compounds that target these radicals at their source, they slowed brain inflammation and neuronal damage in mice. The findings reveal a potential breakthrough for treating diseases like Alz...

A Northwestern team transformed a common chemotherapy drug into a powerful, targeted cancer therapy using spherical nucleic acids. The redesign dramatically boosted drug absorption and cancer-killing power while avoiding side effects. This innovation may usher in a new era of precision nanomedicine ...

The update gives guardians more insights into their teens' usage patterns, including purchases, top interactions, and time spent. The goal is to help parents monitor whether their teen is spending excessive time or money on Discord.

Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older rats. Another experiment revived a silenced memory gene, IGF2, through targeted DNA methylation editin...

The art of making an app by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) tops 10 new terms on the shortlist.

The highly-complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch in January mostly went well, and now the long-delayed second mission is finally ready for takeoff.

In the 2023 remarks from the King he said AI was "no less important than the discovery of electricity" but warned the risks must be tackled.

Lee declined to share Cluely's financial metrics just four months after boasting how quickly the startup is growing.

Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shake-up at the company.

Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.

Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

SNP MP Pete Wishart says he is seeking legal advice over the "disturbing" AI-generated social media post.

The economy ministry said proceedings would last until Shein proved all of its content complied with French law.

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has a unique “connectivity fingerprint” tied to its role in cognition, from language to memory. The strongest links were found in higher-level thinking skills that take years ...

Meanwhile, others tried to social-engineer the chatbot itself Nation-state goons and cybercrime rings are experimenting with Gemini to develop a "Thinking Robot" malware module that can rewrite its own code to avoid detection, and build an AI agent that tracks enemies' behavior, according to Google ...

A new copper-magnesium-iron catalyst transforms CO2 into CO at low temperatures with record-breaking efficiency and stability. The discovery paves the way for affordable, scalable production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels.

Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive question mark-shaped burrows. The finding highlights a parasitic behavior that has remained unchange...

Retailer's tech systems aren’t down anymore, but the same can’t be said for its rocky financials Marks & Spencer says its April cyberattack will cost around £136 million ($177.2 million) in total.…

Scientists discovered 6-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, offering the oldest direct record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere and climate. The finding reveals a dramatic cooling trend and promises insights into greenhouse gas changes over millions of years.

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This distorted structure could naturally explain the puzzling gamma-ray glow long thought to come from pulsars. The findings revive dark matter as a major suspect in one of astron...

Cockroach infestations don’t just bring creepy crawlers, they fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins that can trigger asthma and allergies. NC State researchers found that larger infestations meant higher toxin levels, especially from female roaches. When extermination eliminated the pests...

Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves as fast as swine flu. Using genomic data from the UK and Norway, scientists modeled bacterial transmission rates and discovered key differences between strains. Their work ...

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years. When reactivated—often by human activities—these faults release all that built-up stress in ...

The car-maker is lobbying fiercely for the pay package, which is being voted on ahead of its AGM on Thursday.