How to stop annoying spam calls
Spam calls are the word, a waste of your time and a threat to your privacy and security. Unfortunately, they can be very effective and profitable for the scammers on…
This AI thinks it’s the 1800s
An interesting thing about contemporary artificial intelligence models, specifically large language models (LLMs): They can only output text based on what’s in their training dataset. Models, including ChatGPT and Claude,…
NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The…
Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim
To help figure out what makes stingrays such unique and unusual swimmers, a team of mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) created a wavy robotic fin. After…
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
4 Min Read NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission A visual representation of NASA’s Artemis I mission. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the…
Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Welcome to Edition 8.26 of the Rocket Report! The past week has been one of advancements and setbacks in the rocket business. NASA rolled the massive rocket for the Artemis…
Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
Every spring, raptors return to nesting sites across northern Michigan. The smallest of these birds of prey, a falcon called the American kestrel (Falco sparverius), flies through the region’s many…
Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
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…