Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers
A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.
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“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs
SMB software “Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”
Medieval manuscripts are “biological time capsules” for deadly sheeppox virus
Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.
After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."
Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+
Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.
Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them
CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.
US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case
The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking
Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all
What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.
BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all
What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.
Is Russia’s rival to Starlink failing? Here’s what we know.
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.
Is Russia’s rival to Starlink failing? Here’s what we know.
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.
Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84var abtest_2170146 = new ABTest...
Japan's first citizen and the world's first journalist to launch into space, Toyohiro Akiyama died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026 at the age of 84.
It turns out that Orion’s much-maligned heat shield performed really well
Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.
FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon."
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.
I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.