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Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history
FBI Director Christopher Wray said that his sentence should serve as “a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information: betray that…
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Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu
A British Columbia teen who contracted Canada’s first known human case of H5 bird flu has deteriorated swiftly in recent days and is now in…
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New single-motor Polestar 3 SUV starts at $67,500, orders open now
Polestar’s range expands a little more today. The Swedish spinoff announced that it is opening its order books for a cheaper, longer-range version of the…
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Seeking favor with Musk and Trump, advertisers plot return to X
X has continued to make interest payments on the debt, even with its business challenges. Bankers as recently as September had given up on the…
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Revisting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later
Ramsay’s experience as a prisoner was a bit different. “I don’t think any of the prisoners were conscious of the camera, honestly,” he told Ars.…
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This elephant figured out how to use a hose to shower
And the hose-showering behavior was “lateralized,” that is, Mary preferred targeting her left body side more than her right. (Yes, Mary is a “left-trunker.”) Mary…
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New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike
Epoch AI allowed Fields Medal winners Terence Tao and Timothy Gowers to review portions of the benchmark. “These are extremely challenging,” Tao said in feedback…
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For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce
“This reduction is spread across essentially all areas of the Lab including our technical, project, business, and support areas,” Leshin wrote. “We have taken seriously…
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What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?
For years now, many AI industry watchers have looked at the quickly growing capabilities of new AI models and mused about exponential performance increases continuing…
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Record labels unhappy with court win, say ISP should pay more for user piracy
The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month, but the music publishing firms aren’t happy that an appeals…