China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions
For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental. It’s an…
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Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn’t provide end-to-end encryption
The Texas Attorney General has sued Meta over allegations that the company’s WhatsApp messenger, used by more than 3 billion people, doesn’t provide the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) it has long…
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in demand were becoming a reality. Demand had risen by about…
A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that…
Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket
SpaceX got within 40 seconds of launching the first flight of a taller, more powerful version of its Starship rocket Thursday, but a pesky problem with the launch tower kept…
Handyman adapts Barbie Dream Camper to handle soaring gas prices
There are over 283 million cars cruising the United States, and over 90 percent of them are still guzzling gas. Apart from the obvious environmental problems, fuel prices also continue…
JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
WASP-94A b is a hot, tidally locked gas giant orbiting close to one of the stars in a binary system roughly 690 light-years away from Earth. In a new Science…
Futuristic canned space drinks could spice up that three-year trip to Mars
Space is undeniably incredible—but the food options up there, not so much. Though cosmic cuisine has come a long way from the days of sucking liver and beef paste out…
The Great Pyramid of Giza is surprisingly earthquake-proof
The ancient pyramids at Giza in Egypt are some of the most recognizable architectural feats in the world. The Great Pyramid itself was completed 4,600–4,450 years ago, yet remains largely…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars last week as a dress rehearsal for its arrival at…