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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”
The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being overrun by a spike in the submission of low-quality reports,…
eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents
On Tuesday, eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and AI chatbots from interacting with its platform without permission, first spotted by Value Added…
This robot hand can detach from its arm and crawl around
Engineers in Switzerland recently created a detachable, spider-like robot hand capable of grabbing multiple objects and using its fingers to crawl. The unsettling device, reminiscent of a threatening video game…
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes,…
Watch a robot swarm “bloom” like a garden
Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to changing light levels in an office. According to their new paper published…
How Nissan improved the wireless charging pad for faster phone juice-ups
In-car wireless chargers are notoriously finicky. Your phone can slide off the slippery charging pad at a sudden stop, or overheat and stop charging; the case can also prevent your…
The 10 weirdest and wildest musical instruments of 2026
It’s that time of the year again. No, not the Super Bowl or the Academy Awards—it’s time to announce the finalists for the 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. From…
Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.
Even as exposure to floods, fire, and extreme heat increase in the face of climate change, a popular tool for evaluating risk has disappeared from the nation’s leading real estate…
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.
On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plugin for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called…