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This mantis shrimp-inspired robotic arm can crack an egg

Samara January 29, 2025

This isn't the first time scientists have looked to the mantis shrimp as an inspiration…

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Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games

Samara January 29, 2025

Sony's game publishing arm has done a 180-degree turn on a controversial policy of requiring…

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GOG revamps its “Dreamlist” feature to better pry old games out of publishers

Samara January 29, 2025

Black & White was intriguing; it had classic Molyneaux over-reach and deserves, in the words…

The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer

Samara January 29, 2025

While PromptFoo got a "canned refusal" for this prompt, we got a detailed list of…

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Science at risk: The funding pause is more damaging than you might think

Samara January 29, 2025

Lest any of these worries seem extreme, we'll note that the new administration has labeled…

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: More like a 4080 Super Super

Samara January 29, 2025

The strategy with the 5080 looks pretty similar. You get a mild increase in core…

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Climate change set the table for Los Angeles wildfires

Samara January 29, 2025

Taken together, the results all indicate climate change plays a major role, and the researchers…

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AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission

Samara January 29, 2025

Odin is a rideshare payload that is due to launch as part of the Intuitive…

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Trump’s new head of DOT rips up US fuel efficiency regulations

Samara January 29, 2025

US President Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Transportation was sworn in to…

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Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates

Samara January 29, 2025

If you were hoping for a respite from rising streaming subscription fees in 2025, you’re…

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars

Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts

Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”

Microsoft’s “1‑bit” AI model runs on a CPU only, while matching larger systems

Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars

Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts

Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars

Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts

Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”

This mantis shrimp-inspired robotic arm can crack an egg

Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games

GOG revamps its “Dreamlist” feature to better pry old games out of publishers

The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer

Science at risk: The funding pause is more damaging than you might think

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: More like a 4080 Super Super

Climate change set the table for Los Angeles wildfires

AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission

Trump’s new head of DOT rips up US fuel efficiency regulations

Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars

Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts

Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”