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Earlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order confirmation emails didn't name specific items anymore, and instead listed only item categories. "Your Beauty item is confirmed!" an email about my retainer cleaning tablets read. Shoppers have posted other iterations of the redacted emails as well: "Ordered: […]
Academic paper says often illicit trade exposes enthusiasts – and postal workers handling items – to serious risks A growing global trade in mummified human remains has been described by academics as “a real mummy’s curse” that poses a serious health risk to its enthusiasts and the postal services they use. Research into the secretive buying and selling of centuries-old human body parts including…
Motorola's Moto Watch looks like a capable and affordable timepiece, but looks are deceiving.
Stamped on artist profiles, it’ll help listeners figure out who’s an AI musician, and who isn’t.
A new open world model from LTX shows how open-weights models can be used and customized by anyone.
The company previously teased it would change messaging in May.
The streaming service has faced an onslaught of AI-generated music.
Operating a million or more data centers in space would mean a massive increase in air pollution from rocket launches and concentrations of toxic ash from reentering satellites.
GuliKit announced its first wireless controller to use an improved version of the anti-drift tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks featured in its budget-friendly ES Pro that debuted nearly a year ago. Available now for $49.99, the new GuliKit ES Max is more expensive than last year's $29.99 ES Pro, but still cheaper than Nintendo's Switch 2 […]
Bumble was famously built around exclusively giving women the power to initiate messages in heterosexual matches when it first launched in 2014 - but now the times they are a-changin' for the dating app. Today, Bumble has announced a "global evolution to its signature conversation experience": anyone can now send the first message, and the […]
Specialist glasses are all but sold out online ahead of the UK's most significant eclipse since 1999.
BBC ScienceIs Garmin's new option worth $100 more than the Fitbit Air?
EngadgetEarlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order confirmation emails didn't name specific items anymore, and instead listed only …
The VergeAcademic paper says often illicit trade exposes enthusiasts – and postal workers handling items – to serious risks A growing global trade in mummified human remains has been described by academics …
The Guardian ScienceMotorola's Moto Watch looks like a capable and affordable timepiece, but looks are deceiving.
EngadgetStamped on artist profiles, it’ll help listeners figure out who’s an AI musician, and who isn’t.
CNET NewsA new open world model from LTX shows how open-weights models can be used and customized by anyone.
CNET NewsThe company previously teased it would change messaging in May.
EngadgetThe streaming service has faced an onslaught of AI-generated music.
EngadgetOperating a million or more data centers in space would mean a massive increase in air pollution from rocket launches and concentrations of toxic ash from reentering satellites.
Space.comGuliKit announced its first wireless controller to use an improved version of the anti-drift tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks featured in its budget-friendly ES Pro that debuted nearly…
The VergeBumble was famously built around exclusively giving women the power to initiate messages in heterosexual matches when it first launched in 2014 - but now the times they are a-changin' for the datin…
The VergeSpotify will soon label AI artists and remove their music from your recommendations. The change, which will start rolling out in mid-September, means you'll see an "AI Persona" badge on an artist's…
The VergeResearchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.
WiredSome parts of England could see up to 96 per cent of the moon covering the sun on 12 August.
BBC ScienceAnthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in an effort to comply with European rules for AI transparency. "Generated text will carry embedd…
The VergeGlasses to watch the eclipse have become a rare commodity in Cornwall.
BBC ScienceThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs Nine …
MIT Technology ReviewAlso: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominance Hello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Mont…
The Guardian TechThis luminous flare radiating from the blackness is the corona of the Sun - superheated jets of gas thrown thousands of miles out into space.
BBC Science"If anyone does see one, they had better go play the lottery asap!"
Space.comJoby Aviation announced it was acquiring Dayton, Ohio-based defense firm Resonant Sciences in a $500 million deal, in a bid by the electric aircraft company to expand further into the military indu…
The VergeNASA successfully executed a plan to extend the life of Voyager 2's scientific instruments.
EngadgetI tried the red-light therapy masks flooding my feed and consulted with professionals to find out which ones are worth the splurge.
WiredWhy passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
Ars TechnicaUp to 95% of the Sun will slowly disappear behind the Moon in the most dramatic eclipse visible from the UK since August 1999.
BBC ScienceIf you care about good air, it’s time for a dehumidifier. These are the best ones we’ve tested for everything from basements to drying laundry.
WiredOn August 12, the moon will pass in front of the sun, completely obscuring it in a solar eclipse. According to Nasa, parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia and Portugal will experience a total …
The Guardian ScienceMathematician James Maynard has spent a lot of time this past year "soul searching." A professor at the University of Oxford and winner of the prestigious Fields Medal, Maynard told The Verge he's …
The VergeResearchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.
WiredBeyond Elon Musk’s interpretation of The Odyssey, Silicon Valley leaders have often misunderstood classic books like Foundation and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s evident in their tech.
WiredExclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, …
The Guardian TechStartups and Big Ag are using Crispr gene editing to create crops that taste better and grow on a hotter planet. But will they find a market?
WiredMini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
WiredOpenAI's Daybreak program now has two tiers, with the higher one giving partners access to a more advanced cybersecurity model.
EngadgetDon’t fly to Turkey just yet. Our WIRED testers saw visible hair regrowth with these red-light therapy devices.
WiredModelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid AI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from …
The Guardian TechWhether you’re commuting, training or riding for fun, we asked specialists to break down what to know before you buy – from specs and safety to price • The best bike locks for every budget For me, …
The Guardian TechWhat do you do when you return to your home town, with your dead mother in your car boot, to find the inhabitants have been turned into robots? In the boot of her car, Pratelle carries the corpse o…
The Guardian TechRecent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research into the disorder.
WiredMoon is due to pass directly between Earth and sun on Wednesday 12 August. Here’s all you need to know On Wednesday evening, millions of Europeans will experience a celestial treat: a solar eclipse…
The Guardian ScienceHere's how to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse live online for free.
Space.comThe Hollywood actor investigates claims cancer-causing chemicals were dumped across Wales.
BBC ScienceThe six-month-old goats are welcomed by the Governor of Guernsey.
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