New Jersey Bill Would Force Robotaxis to Use Lidar — Effectively Banning Tesla’s Camera-Only Approach
New Jersey lawmakers are trying to settle a decade-long engineering debate with a bill. And if it passes, Tesla’s camera-only…
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Federal Judge Blocks Kalshi’s Bid to Halt New York Gambling Law Enforcement
Kalshi lost. A federal judge denied the prediction market platform’s motion to block New York from enforcing its gambling laws…
New Virus Catalog Identifies Which Pathogens Pose the Biggest Pandemic Risk
Scientists discover two or three new human viruses every year. Most fade into obscurity. A few — HIV, SARS-CoV-2 —…
Dragonflies Dogfight Like Fighter Pilots, New Study Shows
Male dragonflies fight each other in mid-air. Not like they hunt — different moves entirely. A new study in the…
Hackers Can Use 9 Major AI Tools to Build Massive Botnets via HalluSquatting
Prompt injection is AI’s biggest security problem. Here’s the thing: LLMs can’t tell the difference between a legitimate user request…
DeepSeek Plans to Build Its Own AI Chips as US Export Controls Tighten
DeepSeek is getting into the silicon business. The Chinese AI startup — the one building large language models that compete…
Lola’s New Race Car Uses Plant Fibers, Volcanic Rock, and Seawater Magnesium
Lola Cars is back, and it’s building race cars out of unexpected stuff. The revived manufacturer is producing a new…
The Nintendo Switch Is 9 Years Old — How Much Longer Can It Last?
Nintendo announced this week that it will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next February. The reason? A European…
Anthropic Removes Hidden Claude Code Tracker After Privacy Backlash
Anthropic quietly removed a tracking system from Claude Code after researchers found it was using hidden markers to identify users…
The Weather Channel just raised its streaming price by 67%
If you pay for The Weather Channel’s TV app, your bill just went up. From $3 to $5 a month,…