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AI sped up James Webb Space Telescope data analysis from years to days. What can it do for the groundbreaking Rubin Observatory?
AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like Webb and Hubble.
This SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch looks amazing from space in these wild satellite photos
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket flew for the first time in 18 months Wednesday (April 29), and a sharp-eyed satellite was watching.
SpaceX rocket debris could slam into the moon: Here's what you need to know
Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year.
Hubble reveals spiral galaxy 53 million light-years away in striking detail
In this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center of attention. NGC 3137 is located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia (The Air Pump). As a nearby spiral galaxy, this target offers astronomers an excellent opportunity to study the cycle of stellar birth and…
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico
OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.
An Amazon rainforest river from space | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2026
The Ucayali River snakes across the rainforest in this image captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station.
'Where the goblins came from': OpenAI's strange but not entirely surprising story of little critters infesting ChatGPT's output
'Goblins, gremlins, and other creatures...'
Get 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM for just $56 in this Newegg 9950X3D2 combo deal — $1,705 barebones kit for an AMD gaming PC also ships with a 2TB WD Black SSD and an Asus ROG Strix motherboard
Save 20% on this Newegg combo kit with AMD's first dual-X3D chip in the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, along with an Asus ROG Strix motherboard, 32GB (2x16GB) of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 RAM, and a 2TB WD Black SN7100 SSD, all for $1,704.99.
Chinese GPU maker Cambricon's Q1 revenue hits $423 million as country's homegrown AI chip market accelerates — Chinese chipmakers continue to leech market share from Nvidia
The results come as Chinese chipmakers continue to absorb market share from Nvidia.
China scraps tariffs for all but one African nation
The zero-tariff regime gives China's soft power a boost, but may lead to uneven gains, say analysts.
James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests
Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are.
Zuckerberg's Meta will beam sunlight from space to power AI data centers, solar-collecting satellites will orbit 22,000 miles above Earth — firm reserves 1 Gigawatt of orbital solar energy and 100 Gigawatt-hours of long-duration storage
Meta has announced plans to help power its AI data centers using sunlight beamed from space through a partnership with Overview Energy, alongside a 100 GWh long-duration storage deal with Noon Energy, as the AI industry’s energy demands continue to surge.
SpaceX launches its 50th mission of the year, sends 25 Starlink satellites to orbit (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 25 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (April 26). It was the company's 50th liftoff of the year already.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off on 1st launch in 18 months
SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in 18 months on Wednesday morning (April 29), delivering the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite into geostationary orbit.
Kevin Warsh accused of being Trump's 'sock puppet' as senators grill Fed chair nominee – video
During Warsh's confirmation hearing, Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that Federal Reserve nominee would become a 'sock puppet' for Donald Trump. Republican senator John Kennedy also asked Warsh to deny he would be the president's 'sock puppet', which he did Continue reading...
Trump says US has 'a shot' at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes NASA has a good chance of returning astronauts to the moon's surface before he leaves the White House at the start of 2029.
Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the White House. Here's what happened
President Trump hosted the Artemis 2 moon astronauts at the White House today (April 29), congratulating the quartet and musing about the possibility of going to space himself.
After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
OpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.
Market slumps as OpenAI reportedly misses internal targets for active users and revenue — Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, and CoreWeave shares all tremble on the news
Nvidia, Oracle, SoftBank, and CoreWeave saw their stock prices go down because of news that OpenAI has been missing its internal targets. SoftBank stock lost 9.9% of its value on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, and CoreWeave also dropped during pre-market trading and remain down after the market opened.
China announces CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 homemade processors, record 2 Exaflops of performance without GPUs — Lingshen super said to use Huawei Kunpeng servers and no foreign-made components
The system would pack 47,000 processors into 92 compute cabinets, making it the first exascale machine designed to reach that performance tier without GPU accelerators.
OpenAI and Microsoft's alliance fractures as cloud exclusivity deal ends — Azure's single-provider monopoly for ChatGPT is officially over
Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a restructuring of their relationship. No longer will Microsoft pay OpenAI a revenue share, but it will continue to flow the other way. Microsoft will also retain model access and a first-refusal for its Azure server services, but OpenAI will be able to work with other CSPs.
Get 32GB of RAM and 2TB SSD for $406 when paired with AMD's new 9950X3D2 — Asus ROG X870E Apex gets you a monster overclocking AM5 bundle for $2,048, $400 off
Snag this premium 4-item combo from Newegg featuring the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM, 2TB WD SN7100 M.2 SSD, and an overclocking-focused Crosshair X870E Apex motherboard for $2,048.99. The $398.98 off gets the RAM and storage for only $406
Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz
The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet.
Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights
"We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day."
Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?
Artemis 3 slips to late 2027 as Starship and Blue Moon lag, delaying NASA’s lunar return timeline and jeopardizing a 2028 moon landing.
NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars
A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up an electromagnetic thruster…
Chinese GPU maker Lisuan Tech becomes only the fourth GPU maker ever to earn Microsoft WHQL certification — LX 7G100 GPU joins Nvidia, AMD, and Intel as it crosses the WHQL driver finish line, first Chinese firm to earn certification
Lisuan Tech has secured Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification for its 6nm graphics cards, making it only the fourth company to ever do so.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex
"We really think it's our best season yet."
More details emerge about how Intel now earns more revenue from each wafer by looking to the edges — analyst reports say reduced yield variability across each wafer leads to more sellable CPUs
According to analyst reports, Intel is reducing wafer yield variability to get more useful CPU dies from wafer edges amid AI-driven demand.
NASA's Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage
The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began.
Thinner than hair and stretchable like rubber, this new shield tackles a space-age problem in one layer
Shielding materials are essential in key modern industrial settings—such as spacecraft, nuclear power plants, semiconductor equipment, and advanced medical devices—to protect both equipment and personnel from electromagnetic waves and radiation. In particular, as space exploration gains momentum—such as with the successful launch of Artemis 2 on…
NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again'
Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage on the Move
Teams move the core stage, or largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis III mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this photo from April 27, 2026. The SLS core stage traveled 900 miles on the Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New…
NASA Welcomes Morocco as 64th Artemis Accords Signatory
The Kingdom of Morocco signed the Artemis Accords on April 29th during a ceremony in the country’s capital, Rabat, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space. “It is my privilege to welcome the Kingdom of Morocco as the newest signatory to the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman in […]
Nvidia exec says AI is more expensive than actual workers — yet some companies don't see the extra costs as a negative
As advanced LLMs do more and more for modern businesses, the outlays to cover all those tokens can cost more than worker salaries alone. But some companies don't see the added costs as a negative as they look toward a more automated future.
Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'
A whole range of Ubuntu sites and services seem to be affected.
US–Indian space mission maps extreme subsidence in Mexico City
One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of the fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite can track real-time changes across Earth's surface from orbit, unhindered by…
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
The maker of Claude has received multiple preemptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial
Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI.
Oil price hits highest since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options
Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models
"Distillation" is a hot topic as frontier labs try to prevent smaller competitors from copying their models.
Pirate RPG game is secretly looting your SSD lifespan — new Windrose patch promises smoother sailing and addresses excessive disk writing
Gamers have reported that Windrose is consuming abnormally high disk I/O while playing, with up to 30 MB/s of constant read/write activity to the drive across most areas of the game world.
Despite Krafton's "AI-first" ambitions, absolutely no generative AI has been involved in Subnautica 2: "It's not something we're using at all"
No generative AI has been used to create oceanic survival game Subnautica 2 , despite publisher Krafton's publicly stated "AI-first company" ambitions. Read more
'Motivated by jealousy...' OpenAI lashes out at Elon in blog post claiming the billionaire 'spent years harassing OpenAI through baseless lawsuits and public attacks'
Musk has said the current lawsuit is "actually very simple. It's not okay to steal a charity."
This Month at ESA: April 2026
Video: 00:03:10 What did space deliver for Europe this month? From the Moon to low Earth orbit and beyond, here’s what the European Space Agency has been up to.
"Beware of utopia" - 007: First Light dev says studio hasn't used any generative AI on Bond game
007: First Light's art director Rasmus Poulsen says developer IO Interactive hasn't used any generative AI on the upcoming James Bond game, noting that, aptly, "the thematics of Bond are often: beware of utopia." Read more
Why Elon Musk and Sam Altman are fighting over OpenAI
Musk, who co-founded the company that created ChatGPT with Altman, wants more than $130bn in damages.
LLMs+
When ChatGPT launched as an experimental prototype in late 2022, OpenAI’s chatbot became an everyday everything app for hundreds of millions of people. LLMs like ChatGPT were the new future: The entire tech industry was consumed by the inferno, with companies racing to spin up rival products. The ashes of the old tech world still…
Trump administration says hostilities in Iran ‘terminated’ ahead of war powers deadline
US president faced a 60-day deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it A US-Iran ceasefire that began in early April has “terminated” hostilities between the two sides for the purposes of an approaching congressional war powers deadline, a senior official of the Trump administration said on Thursday.…
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India, but not a big winner elsewhere, yet
Users in India are embracing ChatGPT Images 2.0 for creative, personal visuals — from avatars to cinematic portraits.
Trump news at a glance: president doubles down on rift with Germany’s chancellor
Trump also said he may consider pulling US troops from bases in Italy and Spain, after being prompted by rightwing reporter – key US politics stories from Thursday 30 April Donald Trump has again lashed out at Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz , saying he should focus on “fixing his broken country” and trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war –…
DAMPE satellite reveals cosmic rays share spectral break near 15 teravolts
A century after their discovery, cosmic rays—particles of extreme energy originating from the far reaches of the universe—remain a mystery to scientists. The DAMPE (Dark Matter Particle Explorer) space telescope is tackling this phenomenon, particularly investigating the role that dark matter may play in their formation. This international…
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"
Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."
FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder
BioticsAI CEO Robhy Bustami joined Isabelle Johannessen on Build Mode to discuss how the company has navigated a highly regulated space and kept the team motivated while cutting through all the red tape.
NASA Goddard’s Greenbelt Visitor Center Marks 50th Anniversary
Trimmed in bicentennial pageantry, NASA opened a visitor center at its Goddard campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, in May 1976. Fifty years on, the Goddard Visitor Center continues to inspire through exhibits and programs on the past, present, and future of space exploration. “NASA’s 1958 charter tasks us with sharing our work as broadly as we […]
Meta's multi-billion-dollar Graviton deal highlights intensifying CPU shortages in AI infrastructure — the industry signals a shift to Agentic inference workloads, pushing demand
Meta signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year deal with Amazon Web Services last week to deploy tens of millions of Graviton5 CPU cores across AWS data centers.
For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions
Recent: Copy Fail - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181 - April 2026 (466 comments) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965108 Points: 473 # Comments: 361
This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs
The San Francisco–based startup Goodfire just released a new tool, called Silico, that lets researchers and engineers peer inside an AI model and adjust its parameters—the settings that determine a model’s behavior—during training. This could give model makers more fine-grained control over how this technology is built than was once thought…
OpenAI has effectively abandoned first-party Stargate data centers in favor of more flexible deals — company now prefers to lease compute and says Stargate is an umbrella term
OpenAI has reportedly modified its arrangement on several Stargate projects, leaving the direct ownership set up and instead preferring to lease compute from other partners who took on the direct risk of investing in the infrastructure.
Help scientists find spacetime warps in these Euclid Space Telescope images
A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.
Gigabyte X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI Top motherboard review: The latest and greatest Xtreme
Gigabyte’s X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI Top delivers flagship-class hardware and excellent performance at a comparatively lower price, balancing high-end features, comprehensive connectivity, and even AI-focused tools for premium AM5 builds.
ESA's Proba 3 is unlocking secrets of the solar wind
It has been a dream of astronomers and solar scientists for ages. A new mission gives solar researchers a powerful new tool in their arsenal: on-demand, total solar eclipses. Launched in 2024, The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission has proven the feasibility of a free-flying, space-based coronagraph. Now, the first science results from the…
US stops exports of tools to China’s number two chip maker — Hua Hong and Huali Microelectronics reportedly on the cusp of starting a 7-nm fab in Shanghai
Applied Materials, KLA, and Lam Research received letters from the U.S. Department of Commerce preventing them from shipping some of Hua Hong's orders for the latest chipmaking tools. These are reportedly being planned for use on the Chinese company's planned 7-nm fab in Shanghai.
Save $400 on this 4K-ready MSI gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB DDR5 — budget-friendly Aegis Z2 rig also ships with eight-core AMD Ryzen CPU and a 2TB SSD, now just $1,849
A $400 saving means this MSI Aegis Z2 gaming PC, with an eight-core AMD Ryzen CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2TB SSD, could be yours for just $1,849.99.
A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner Müller
The edifice suggests a Silicon Valley-style desire to protect the president from national crises of his own making A self-declared “secretary of war” keeps committing war crimes; people are dying in Africa because of Musk’s cuts to USAID; farm bankruptcies in the US are surging ; ICE keeps acting with impunity; measles is spreading … and we are…
Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.
Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment
Nous Research , the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm , released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary systems — trained in just four days using 48 of Nvidia's latest B200 graphics processors . The model, called NousCoder-14B , is…
Image: A gently glowing galaxy
A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image from April 13, 2026.
Nvidia quietly launches 12GB RTX 5070 laptop GPU — midrange mobile gaming gets more VRAM amid the RAMpocalypse
Despite ongoing memory shortages, Nvidia has launched a higher-capacity 12GB trim of its RTX 5070 laptop GPU. The new part has 50% more capacity compared to Nvidia's existing RTX 5070 8GB model.
NASA connects little red dots with Chandra and Webb
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A "X-ray dot" found by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what these objects are. A paper describing the results is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars
Description Team members past and present from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter mission gathered on April 15, 2026, to celebrate 25 years since the spacecraft’s launch, which took place April 7, 2001. For the occasion, the team rolled out a giant global map of Mars created using imagery from Odyssey’s THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System) […]
What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Shooting stars before dawn, a brilliant meetup between the Moon and Venus and a rare blue moon to end the month.
The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers | Editorial
By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fights Donald Trump’s war on science has been vicious and hugely damaging, but it is worth noting that he has lost some of its biggest battles. Last year, Mr Trump demanded that US federal scientific and medical research…
Baking a parachute for Mars
Video: 00:02:02 Watch ESA’s Mars chief engineer Albert Haldemann explain the sterilisation process of one of the parachutes of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission and why it matters. Carefully wrapped inside a donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute, about to be baked inside a specialised dry-heat steriliser oven. The parachute…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future
After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping consequences. Ahead of OpenAI’s highly anticipated IPO, the court could rule on whether the company is allowed to exist as a for-profit enterprise and might even oust…
Rebuilding the data stack for AI
Artificial intelligence may be dominating boardroom agendas, but many enterprises are discovering that the biggest obstacle to meaningful adoption is the state of their data. While consumer-facing AI tools have dazzled users with speed and ease, enterprise leaders are discovering that deploying AI at scale requires something far less glamorous…
NASA wants to use a fleet of MoonFall drones to scout the lunar south pole: 'We believe we can do it'
NASA is exploring ways to use a fleet of drones to explore the lunar south pole with an ambitious new MoonFall project.
AI needs a strong data fabric to deliver business value
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly in the enterprise, from experimentation to everyday use. Organizations are deploying copilots, agents, and predictive systems across finance, supply chains, human resources, and customer operations. By the end of 2025, half of companies used AI in at least three business functions, according to a recent…
Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure
Railway , a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, as surging demand for artificial intelligence applications exposes the limitations of legacy cloud infrastructure. TQ Ventures led the…
Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.
The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing — ranging from $20 to $200 per month depending on usage — has sparked a growing…
Trump announces new pick for surgeon general nomination
President Trump announced a third nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a regular Fox News contributor, after pulling his previous nomination for Dr. Casey Means.
Earth from Space: Netherlands in bloom
Image: Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 April 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colours in the tulip fields as well as the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea.
South East Water chair resigns after critical report
It comes after a group of MPs declared that they had no confidence in the company's leadership.
Cyclone Rains Spur Papua New Guinea Landslides
Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.
Why do people believe the Trump assassination attempts are fake? – podcast
A 31-year-old man has been charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, after a thwarted attack at Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner. Immediately after this, conspiracy theories spread online that the assassination attempt was fake. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Rachel Leingang about why conspiracy theories such as…
Jokes, condolences and a shiny gift: Trump and King Charles speak at US state dinner – video
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a state dinner for King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House. In his remarks, Trump said that King Charles agrees Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and praised the impact of British colonialism. Charles gave his condolences for the incident at the White House correspondence…
April's top 5 robots: they fail, they flail, they play ping pong and poop NFTs
Robots may someday dominate our world. Let's keep an eye on them.
Will AI lead to more accurate opinion polls?
It's cheaper and faster to collect people's opinions using AI, but will it make polls more accurate?
'There were letters I didn't want to open': Rise in unpaid debt court cases
The number of county court judgements rose by 17.5% in the first quarter of this year compared to last, data suggests.
Apple hails 'extraordinary' iPhone demand as boss Tim Cook heads out
Cook is preparing to bow out after 15 years at the helm and hand over to John Ternus.
Apple was surprised by AI-driven demand for Macs
Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.
Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general
Trump lashes out at Cassidy while announcing his new nomination.
US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold
"In 25 years, the average score... has never been so low."
Maine Gov. Janet Mills says she's suspending her campaign for U.S. Senate
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for U.S. Senate. That move shakes up a race Democrats see as critical in gaining the majority in the U.S. Senate.
Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age checks slow growth
Roblox's daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings report, Roblox currently has 132 million daily active users globally, down from 144 million at the end of last year, which was a drop from 152 million in Q3 […]
Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages
Apple's iPhone revenue jumped 22 percent to $57 billion over the past few months, despite supply chain issues impacting the device's processor. In an interview with Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook said iPhone "demand was off the charts," but there's "a little less flexibility at the moment for getting more parts." Cook added during an […]
NASA Invites Media to Ireland Artemis Accords Signing
Ireland will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, May 4, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason; Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., of Ireland; and U.S. Department of…
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.
Rivian downsizes new EV factory after Trump’s DOE slashes loan agreement
Rivian announced some changes today with regard to the factory its building in the state of Georgia. The company was planning to build the facility in two phases, each resulting in 200,000 vehicles of annual production capacity, for a total of 400,000 units. Rivian held a ground breaking ceremony late last year. Now the company […]
US Space Force wants space-based missile interceptors for Golden Dome ready by 2028
The United States Space Force has created a new program to develop space-based missile interceptors, with the goal of being able to demonstrate their capability by 2028.
Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination, announces new pick
President Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means' path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines.
Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft is now rolling out its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs. The new Xbox mode adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, much like Steam's Big Picture Mode, and originally debuted as the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) with Asus' Xbox Ally devices. "Some players in select markets will be able […]
Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn
If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it.
Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons , director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.
Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out
Evidence suggests that Venus is still volcanically active, and new data about a big eruption in Hawaii a few years ago could help scientists find out for sure.
Meet the legendary heroes and villains of 'Masters of the Universe' (video)
'When we started visualizing this world, we wanted to do right by the fans'
Google’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles
The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience.
I'm having to completely retrain my muscle memory in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor after 150 hours, because the new class they've added is just a dwarf in a car
The Heavy Duty expansion also adds a new mode and biome to the best Vampire Survivors-like around.
Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too
Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.
NASA Explores Prioritizing First Response Drones in Crowded Skies
Our streets are crowded with commuters and delivery vehicles, but when a police car or fire engine approaches with its lights and sirens on, drivers clear the way. In the coming years, drones for deliveries and other commercial tasks will become common in the skies over our communities, and NASA is working to ensure first […]
Talent over tokens: AI models are becoming more expensive to run, and productivity gains are limited — efficient workers might be the solution to strained budgets
Major firms are finding the rising costs of AI hard to manage, as human workers are now often more affordable alternatives to AI within certain contexts. With many platforms switching to per-token billing and rising model costs, we may be reaching an inflection point where human workers are a more efficient way to spend.
Don't do this to me Zach Cregger, don't get me excited for a Resident Evil movie—I can't get hurt again
The higher we fly, the harder the fall.
So, 47% of PC Gamer readers say they don't use AI at all, but I wonder...
Are you guys really not using upscaling in your games?
Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
Article URL: https://semgrep.dev/blog/2026/malicious-dependency-in-pytorch-lightning-used-for-ai-training/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964617 Points: 389 # Comments: 133