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NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-05 00:21:03

NASA's interim administrator Sean Duffy was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on Mars. "This is exciting news," said Duffy about an arrow-shaped rock on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rock contained chemical signatures and structures that could have been formed by ancient microbial life. The findings were intriguing, but not conclusive. Further study of the rocks in

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Oracle shares retreat 6% after sharpest rally in more than 30 years

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-05 04:00:43

Oracle shares closed down 6% on Thursday, a day after the stock closed at a record high, following an analyst note expressing concern that most of the company's upcoming growth is coming from a single client: OpenAI. The software vendor has seen its stock go on a wild ride this week after CEO Safra Catz on Tuesday said that Oracle had "signed four multi-billion-dollar contracts with three different customers" in the latest quarter. The company's remaining performance obligation, a measure of co

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France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-05 04:38:23

In a threat and incidents report released today, France’s Information Security Agency confirmed that Apple issued a new wave of threat notifications earlier this month. Here are the details. The alert didn’t specify who was behind the recent campaign According to the agency’s report, Apple sent its latest round of security alerts to French citizens on September 3, 2025, marking the fourth campaign just this year. Previous notification waves were sent on March 5, April 29, and June 25. As the

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After Buying Paramount, MAGA Billionaire Larry Ellison’s Son Now Wants Warner Bros. Discovery: Report

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-05 04:15:45

Last month, Skydance Media, the entertainment giant, completed an $8 billion acquisition of one of Hollywood’s most prestigious studios, Paramount. Skydance, owned by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, now reportedly has its eyes set on another historic movie studio: Warner Bros. The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Skydance is currently preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. If completed, the son of one of Donald Trump’s most powerful supporter

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How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-10-05 03:59:28

A trove of internal documents leaked from a little-known Chinese company has pulled back the curtain on how digital censorship tools are being marketed and exported globally. Geedge Networks sells what amounts to a commercialized “Great Firewall” to at least four countries, including Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar. The groundbreaking leak shows in granular detail the capabilities this company has to monitor, intercept, and hack internet traffic. Researchers who examined the files de

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Alphabet's Verily covered up HIPAA violations, whistleblower says in lawsuit

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-05 05:38:18

Alphabet's health tech subsidiary Verily used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company executive alleges. The executive, Ryan Sloan, claims Verily fired him after he discovered breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and reported his concerns to the company's senior management. Patient data in the U.S. is protected under HIPAA, which ensures the sensitive information cann

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Oracle shares retreat 7% after sharpest rally in more than 30 years

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-05 08:48:51

Oracle shares closed down 6% on Thursday, a day after the stock closed at a record high, following an analyst note expressing concern that most of the company's upcoming growth is coming from a single client: OpenAI. The software vendor has seen its stock go on a wild ride this week after CEO Safra Catz on Tuesday said that Oracle had "signed four multi-billion-dollar contracts with three different customers" in the latest quarter. The company's remaining performance obligation, a measure of co

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Your appliances may be quietly draining electricity - this gadget stops that

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-05 08:39:10

Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful. Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills. This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company suspends work on Vegas airport tunnel after ‘crushing injury’

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-05 08:28:23

In Brief Elon Musk’s Boring Company has reportedly stopped work on a tunnel it’s been digging to the Las Vegas airport after a worker sustained a “crushing injury” late Wednesday night, according to Fortune. Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation. The Clark County Fire Department received a call at 10:12 p.m. local time on Wednesday and dispatched an 18-person rescue crew to the site. It’s unclear exactly what happened to the worker, but the i

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The FTC is investigating companies that make AI companion chatbots

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-05 12:14:13

The Federal Trade Commission is making a formal inquiry into companies that provide AI chatbots that can act as companions. The investigation isn't tied to any kind of regulatory action as of yet, but does aim to reveal how companies "measure, test, and monitor potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens." Seven companies are being asked to participate in the FTC's investigation: Google's parent company Alphabet, Character Technologies (the creator of Character.AI), Me

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Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-05 12:21:08

Critics are slamming Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) new AI policy framework, which they claim would give the White House unprecedented authority to allow Big Tech companies to make "sweetheart" deals with the Trump administration to void laws designed to protect the public from reckless AI experiments. Under the framework, Cruz calls for a "light-touch" regulatory approach to "advance American leadership" in AI and ensure that "American values" are at the heart of the world's leading technology—not

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Justice Department sues Uber for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-05 12:43:35

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Uber, accusing the ride-hailing company of violating federal law by discriminating against people with physical disabilities. In particular, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil rights division claims that the company and its drivers “routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities, including individuals who travel with service animals or who use stowable wheelchairs.” Uber is also accused of charging extra fees on riders who n

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IEEE Computer Society Announces 2025-2026 Emerging Tech Grant Recipients

computer.org Vanessa Castro 2025-10-05 15:04:56

Bridging Neuroscience and AI to Transform Brainwaves into Real-Time Multilingual Speech for the Voiceless – This project will explore the development of a non-invasive brain-computer interface system that translates brain signals into multilingual text and speech using advanced electroencephalography (EEG) processing, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) and neural text-to-speech (TTS) technologies. It aims to empower individuals with speech impairments through accessible and incl

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Tonverk is Elektron’s new polyphonic sample mangler and groovebox

theverge.com Terrence O'Brien 2025-10-05 20:36:45

Elektron has built a cult-like following over the years with its unique and, at times, esoteric take on electronic musical instruments. On paper, Tonverk is a seemingly over-powered sampler that continues that tradition. It’s the rare piece of hardware capable of creating multisampled instruments on its own. It turns a single sample track into a nesting doll of multiple samples. And it’s loaded with an absolutely absurd amount of routing and audio processing features. Tonverk is certainly capabl

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FTC orders AI companies to hand over info about chatbots’ impact on kids

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-10-05 20:58:07

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ordering seven AI chatbot companies to provide information about how they assess the effects of their virtual companions on kids and teens. OpenAI, Meta, its subsidiary Instagram, Snap, xAI, Google parent company Alphabet, and the maker of Cha

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Computing’s Top 30: Upal Mahbub

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-05 22:00:11

When he’s not developing hardware-efficient computer vision solutions for extended reality (XR) or creating novel facial landmark detection algorithms for mobile devices, you might find Upal Mahbub writing poetry in Bengali, creating “zentangle” art, or editing Dorpon, the literary magazine he publishes. Or? You might check the list of Computing’s Top 30 Early Career Professionals for 2024, where you will definitely find him. Mahbub is a staff engineer in the Multimedia R&D Lab at Qualcomm. In

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Alphabet, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Snap face FTC probe over AI chatbot safety for kids

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-06 00:58:34

In this photo illustration a virtual friend is seen on the screen of an iPhone on April 30, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it is issuing orders to seven companies including OpenAI, Alphabet , Meta , xAI and Snap to understand how their artificial intelligence chatbots potentially negatively affect children and teenagers. The federal agency said AI chatbots may be used to simulate human-like communication and intrapersonal relationships with use

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BMW PGA Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 07:15:04

Team Europe will get a valuable warm up ahead of this month's Ryder Cup as a host of big names take on Wentworth this weekend for the BMW PGA Championship 2025. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live. Almost all of the European line up will be battling for a share of the $9 million prize pot at the Surrey, UK course, with Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and skipper Luke Donald all invol

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Klarna stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-06 12:39:53

In this article KLAR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now Shares of Klarna rose 15% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, closing at $45.82 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay later products, priced shares at $40 on Tuesday, raising $1.37 billion for the company and existing shareholders. The IPO marks the latest in a growing list of high-profile tech listings this year, suggesting increa

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Pure and Impure Software Engineering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 18:07:05

Why do solo game developers tend to get into fights with big tech engineers? Why do high-profile external hires to large companies often fizzle out? Why is AI-assisted development amazing for some engineers and completely useless for others? I think it’s because some engineers are doing very different kinds of work to other engineers. Those two types of engineers often assume their counterparts are simply incompetent, but they’re really just working in different fields. Pure and impure enginee

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Can we please keep our broadband money, Republican governor asks Trump admin

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 03:01:05

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has a simple request for the Trump administration: Don't take our broadband money away. Trump's Commerce Department rewrote the rules of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program, forcing states to change how they spend money earmarked for expanding broadband access. The overhaul led states to reduce spending on fiber networks and increase spending on satellite—although not to the extent sought by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is de

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A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-06 15:10:51

The California State Assembly took a big step toward regulating AI on Wednesday night, passing SB 243 — a bill that regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users. The legislation passed with bipartisan support and now heads to the state Senate for a final vote Friday. If Governor Gavin Newsom signs the bill into law, it would take effect January 1, 2026, making California the first state to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for AI compan

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30% Off Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes | September 2025

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-10-06 20:30:00

Life is hard, but you know what isn’t? Tempur-Pedic mattresses. This brand’s been around for a long while, which isn’t shocking given the high-quality materials that perform for those that need advanced pressure relief and support. If you’re someone who deals with regular aches and pains, this is a good place to start looking for a new mattress. For those that also want to avoid putting a strain on their budget, now’s a good time to look, as there are several limited-time deals currently running

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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-10-06 23:59:10

In Brief Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup that compete with Google by providing conversational answers to user queries, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, The Information reported. The fresh funding comes just two months after the company raised $100 million at an $18 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg’s July report. Since its founding three years ago, the rapidly growing AI company has raised $1.5 billion in total funding, according to PitchBoo

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Opendoor taps new CEO and names Keith Rabois chairman, boosting stock 30%

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-07 00:02:53

Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures attends Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 at San Francisco Design Center on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Opendoor , the online real estate platform that's seen a surge of retail investor interest in recent months, said Wednesday that it's tapped former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as CEO and named co-founder Keith Rabois as chairman. The stock popped 30% in extended trading, and is now up more than fifteenfold since hitting its record low

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Amazon is reportedly developing separate AR glasses for customers and its drivers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-07 00:08:26

Amazon may be muscling into the field of augmented reality glasses. According to a report by The Information, sources claimed that the company is working on AR glasses for consumers, allegedly with plans to release the product in late 2026 or early 2027. Insiders told the publication that the project, internally dubbed Jayhawk, would equip AR glasses with microphones, speakers, a camera and a full-color display in one eye. Amazon is reportedly using Chinese company Meta-Bounds for the AR tech.

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OpenAI reportedly signs $300 billion Project Stargate cloud deal with Oracle

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-07 00:01:10

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI and Oracle signed a deal “to purchase $300 billion in computing power over roughly five years,” one of the largest cloud computing deals ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. In July, the two companies revealed their partnership to build data centers worth

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Replit hits $3B valuation on $150M annualized revenue

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-06 17:54:48

In Brief Replit has raised a $250 million round, valuing the company at $3 billion. Unlike other fast-growing vibe coders, Replit has not been running to VCs every few months, though we’ll see if that changes. Its last raise was in 2023 when it raised about $100 million that valued the company at $1.16 billion post-money. Replit has now raised a total of about $478 million, PitchBook estimates. The company, founded in 2016 by programmers Amjad Masad (pictured), Faris Masad, and designer Haya O

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Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-07 08:25:20

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation “sandbox” that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modificat

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Klarna's stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-07 12:07:07

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Shares of Klarna rose 15% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, closing at $45.82 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay la

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NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

Oracle shares retreat 6% after sharpest rally in more than 30 years

France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

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