Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific
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Microsoft is considering spinning off Xbox entirely as the division’s margins hit 3%
Microsoft has not ruled out spinning off its Xbox division into a separate company. The Information reported that options under consideration include turning Xbox into
OpenAI is under investigation by 42 state attorneys general, days after filing for its IPO
A coalition of 42 state attorneys general has opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. New York’s attorney general
Final Fantasy VII Revelation was built in three years because 95% of the team stayed
Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the conclusion to the remake trilogy, will launch in spring 2027. That is just three years after the second game, Rebirth.
CoreWeave joins the Nasdaq-100 just 15 months after its IPO, capping a wild ride from crypto mining to AI darling
CoreWeave, the AI cloud infrastructure company that began life as a New Jersey cryptocurrency mining operation called Atlantic Crypto, has been selected for inclusion in the
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would
Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do
In November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the time, the startup said it would focus
Windows 11 finally finds files when you type two characters instead of three
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday update quietly fixes one of Windows Search’s longest-standing irritations. The search box now finds files with as few as two
The FBI built a fake town to train agents for cyberattacks. It has a hospital, a power company, and 200 servers.
The FBI has revealed a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama, campus built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks.
For June, Patch Tuesday means an IT scramble
Microsoft this week released 206 updates affecting Windows, Office, Exchange Server, and its developer tools — including three Windows vulnerabilities already publicly disclosed. That trio
French government’s secure messaging system breached
An intruder has breached the French government’s encrypted messaging service, Tchap, showing once again that human error is a weak spot in any security system.
Andrew Yang says the next startup wave isn’t building AI. It’s lowering the cost of living.
Andrew Yang thinks the biggest startup opportunity of the next decade is not building AI. It is lowering the cost of living for the people
DOJ clears Paramount’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without conditions
The US Justice Department has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring any changes to the deal. The agency said
US government orders Anthropic to kill Fable 5 and Mythos 5 in unprecedented AI model recall
The US government has ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its two most capable AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, in what appears to