NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA officials had an earlier plan to bring the Mars samples back to Earth, but the program slammed into a budgetary ...
AT&T promises bill credits for outages (see fine print, many exceptions apply)
AT&T notes that some residential fiber customers in multi-dwelling units "have an account with AT&T but are not billed by AT&T for Internet service." In the case of outages, these customers would not ...
How I program with LLMs
Give an LLM a specific objective and all the background material it needs so it can craft a well-contained code review packet and expect it to adjust as you question it. There are two major elements ...
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China’s illness spike is mostly just seasonal flu and other usual bugs
There's a good chance you've seen headlines about HMPV recently, with some touting "what you need to know" about the virus, aka human metapneumovirus. The answer is: not much. It's a common, usually ...
New videos show off larger Nintendo Switch 2, snap-on Joy-Cons
Genki is reportedly using a scale 3D model of the Switch 2 to show off its console cases behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show. A video from French tech site Numerama shows that 3D ...
Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time
As well as broadcasting live footage accessible to anyone on the Internet, the misconfigured cameras also exposed data they ...
EU “energetically” probing disinformation, right-wing bias on X, report says
The European Commission (EC) is planning to "energetically" advance its probe into content moderation on X (formerly Twitter) ...
Honda shows off “nearly production” EVs and new operating system at CES
At last year's CES, Honda showcased prototypes that embodied the Zero platform ethos of "Thin, Light and Wise." This year, ...
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
The official launch of the "Powered by SteamOS" program has been a long time coming; Valve's Lawrence Yang said as far back as 2022 that the company is "excited to see people make their own SteamOS ...
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...
Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation
However, in a report ending November 29 of last year, which was only recently published, Fidelity's valuation of Relativity plummeted. Its stake in Relativity, valued at $31.8 million last March, was ...
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