The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers
The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers...
Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs
At this point, most competitive online multiplayer games on the PC come with some kind of kernel-level anti-cheat software. As...
Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement
Instacart has agreed to pay out $60 million in subscriber refunds, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday. The refunds...
Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high
Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New...
Peacock showing ads upon launch opens the door for more disruptive streaming ads
Peacock subscribers will see ads immediately upon opening the streaming app or website next year. It’s a bold new strategy...
YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers
Google is generally happy to see people using generative AI tools to create content, and it’s doubly happy when they...
Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall
It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the...
RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders
The first few months of 2025 were full of graphics card reviews where we generally came away impressed with performance...
NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader
Jared Isaacman, a pilot and financial tech billionaire, has commanded two groundbreaking spaceflights, including leading the first private spacewalk. But...
Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says
The US threatened to restrict some of the largest service providers in the European Union as retaliation for EU tech...