Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools.…
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10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
If you’ve ever used a 3D printer, you may recall the wondrous feeling when you first printed something you could have never sculpted or built yourself. Download a model file,…
Toyota is drag racing hydrogen-powered trucks in the Arizona desert
Filling up a hydrogen tank is much like filling up a gas-powered car in both the basic experience and in the time it takes. That’s been a major barrier for…
Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
The global cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly double what scientists previously thought, according to a study published Thursday by researchers at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps…
How to avoid the iPhone’s notorious ‘silent alarm’ bug
You might’ve seen recent reports of users complaining that they’ve slept through alarms set on their iPhones–or even encountered it yourself. But it’s not a new bug. The silent iPhone…
Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The rocket NASA is preparing to send four astronauts on a trip around the Moon will emerge from its assembly building on Florida’s Space Coast early Saturday…
Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike
Rackspace’s new pricing for its email hosting services is “devastating,” according to a partner that has been using Rackspace as its email provider since 1999. In recent weeks, Rackspace updated…
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an enormous medieval cargo ship lying on the seafloor off the Danish coast, and it reveals new details of medieval trade and life at…
OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions
On Friday, OpenAI announced it will begin testing advertisements inside the ChatGPT app for some US users in a bid to expand its customer base and diversify revenue. The move…
Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours
Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using…