After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
The BepiColombo mission cleared a major milestone this week in the final stretch of an eight-year interplanetary voyage to Mercury, the hard-to-reach, scorching hot iron
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
Self-identifying OpenAI agents posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions during what was likely
Court Filings In A.I. Suit Invoke Copyright Law, Culture and Sports
Filings made Friday in The New York Times’s closely watched lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft included a range of copyright law and cultural references.
Burning Man attendee dies at festival
A man died while attending the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert this week, the festival said Thursday.
Judge orders Trump officials to disclose who set up the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The ruling comes in a lawsuit first filed by a fired Jan. 6 prosecutor and a law professor seeking to block the “anti-weaponization” fund.
Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13
Debian has gotten some good press thanks to Federico Vaga and Nikos Tsipinakis, who presented a talk at MiniDebConf Winterthur this past weekend. The two
Firefox 155 Adds Two New Changes for Faster Web Browsing
In a very low-key manner, Firefox 155 has arrived as the latest stable release for the popular privacy-focused web browser. While there are a range
Mental health warning labels prompt young people to limit screens
Pop-up messages that warn of the harms of social media – such as mental health consequences – have potential to reduce young people’s social media
Study reveals massive payment gap between Medicaid and other insurers
Medicaid has a reputation for paying doctors less than other health insurers. But exactly how much less has been difficult to establish, particularly for the
Gut bacterial molecule discovered to drive serious bile duct disease
Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have, together with international collaborators, discovered that a small molecule made exclusively by gut bacteria
Elon Musk humiliated in public spat with world’s biggest chess website
Tech tycoon Elon Musk humiliated himself by getting into a fight over chess with the most prominent website about the game. It started on Thursday
Teary Trump voter regrets his vote ‘for the rest of my life’ after brother’s ICE death
A former supporter of President Tweety McTreason says he will forever regret his vote after his brother died in ICE custody. According to an article
AI cloud firm Nscale seeking $3.5B in pre-IPO financing from Nvidia and Third Point
Nscale is in talks to raise up to $3.5B ahead of a US listing, including $1.5B of convertible notes led by Third Point and about
Microsoft tells court Copilot rarely copies books while selling OpenAI’s most capable model
Microsoft moved for summary judgment in the New York AI copyright litigation on 4 September, arguing Copilot reproduced book passages 24 times in 8.2 million