Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Zork, the classic text-based adventure game of incalculable influence, has been made available under the MIT License, along with the...
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers,...
Colombia recovers first treasures from 300-year-old ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the...
Are astronomers wrong about dark energy? New study casts doubt on universe’s accelerating expansion
The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding would upend...
Analysis: Why Saudis get F-35s while Ukraine settles for F-16s
President Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that Saudi Arabia would be getting the F-35 fighter jets it has...
Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images
Google’s meme-friendly Nano Banana image-generation model is getting an upgrade. The new Nano Banana Pro is rolling out with improved...
“Hey Google, did you upgrade your AI in my Android Auto?”
Google’s platform for casting audio and navigation apps from a smartphone to a car’s infotainment system beat Apple’s to market...
Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest marine oil...
NTSB releases frame-by-frame images of engine separating during deadly UPS crash in Louisville
A critical mount that kept the left engine attached to the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville earlier this month...
A prosecutor reveals new details about the capture of one of America’s most notorious serial killers
Joseph DeAngelo moved through California neighborhoods like a shadow. He stalked his victims for days, learning their routines before slipping...