Iberian blackout points to grid growing pains — not green energy failure
Spain and Portugal have largely restored power after Monday’s unprecedented blackout — the worst in recent European history. The fallout has put the region’s reliance
Category: Tech
Microsoft’s new “passwordless by default” is great but comes at a cost
Microsoft says it’s making passwordless logins the default means for signing in to new accounts, as the company helps drive an industry-wide push to transition
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two leading toothpaste makers over their use of fluoride, suggesting that they are “illegally marketing” the teeth cleaners
In his first 100 days, Trump launched an “all-out assault” on the environment
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Judge on Meta’s AI training: “I just don’t understand how that can be fair use”
A judge who may be the first to rule on whether AI training data is fair use appeared skeptical Thursday at a hearing where Meta
How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they’re often not sure what information to trust.
We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites
The first production satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband network launched earlier this week, but if you tuned in to the mission’s official livestream, the truncated
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time
Over the last two weeks, in response to Executive Order 14035, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discontinued funding for research on diversity, equity, and
Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.
World, a start-up backed by Sam Altman, has launched in the United States with the goal of verifying your humanity.
Opinion: Scaling UK tech is a geopolitical imperative
Amid the economic malaise that followed the 2008 financial crisis in the UK – record unemployment, sluggish growth, tight fiscal consolidation – a game-changing policy
Health care company says Trump tariffs will cost it $60M–$70M this year
Baxter International, a prominent health care and pharmaceutical manufacturer, reports that Tweety McTreason’s tariffs will likely cost the company $60 million to $70 million this
DOJ confirms it wants to break up Google’s ad business
We sometimes think of Google as a search company, but that’s merely incidental—Google is really the world’s biggest advertiser. That’s why the antitrust case focused
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break Up Google’s Ad Technology
In a hearing on Friday, lawyers for the Justice Department indicated the government would double down on its requests to break up the tech giant’s