Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products
Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.
Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial
Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair
The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.
In a new kind of plant trickery, this yam fools birds with fake berries
Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant’s novel strategy helps it spread without seeds or sexual reproduction.
Republican busted trading AI stocks while pushing for data centers in his own district
A Republican congressman notorious for suspiciously timed stock trades was just caught in yet another one — this time involving the artificial intelligence boom. According
‘Smells so swampy’: Internet disgusted as ex-Trump aide lands major job at Meta
The internet reacted Monday to the news that a former aide to President Tweety McTreason has been named a top leader at Meta. Dina Powell
After AI review: Google stops dangerous health advice
The Guardian has published a number of articles highlighting the risks of asking health-related questions to chatbots or other AI tools. For example, Google’s AI
Google launches new AI protocol for e-commerce
Google has introduced several new tools and standards to help retailers with AI-driven commerce, where digital agents handle purchases for users. The biggest news is
DNA from ancient viral infections helps embryos develop, mouse study reveals
A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in the body.
Metal compounds identified as potential new antibiotics, thanks to robots doing ‘click chemistry’
Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal.
Astronomers may have already spotted the ‘Great Comet of 2026’ — and it could soon be visible to the naked eye
Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to
2 Native American-owned corporations cancel contracts with ICE
Last week, a second Native American-owned corporation announced it was severing a multi-million dollar contract with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after community
Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?
Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual