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Google put AI chips in orbit to see whether a data center can survive up there

Google confirmed on October 1, 2026, that a prototype satellite carrying its tensor processing units reached orbit and is operating as expected, the first hardware step in a research effort called Project Suncatcher. The spacecraft was built with the imaging-satellite company Planet and rode SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare, a launch that put 130 payloads into space. […]

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A light-based test spotted AI-made videos 97.79% of the time on Celeb-DF face swaps, and Veo-3 fakes 94.8% of the time

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Researchers found a neurotoxin in pet cooling mats a chewing dog could swallow

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Shelters placed 1.00 million cats in the first half of the year as dog adoptions stayed 6.3% below 2016 levels

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Marlin and wahoo are showing up off Southern California, and an olive ridley sea turtle nested there for the first time on record

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Ring’s first smart lock recharges by hand when the battery dies, and it still needs FCC sign-off

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Google’s $180 Fitbit Edge promises a week of battery and a battery you can replace yourself

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A 60-centimeter marine reptile fossil from China kept its stomach, liver and intestines

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Two giant Australian stick insects turned out to be five, and one lays eggs with a lid

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A simulation burning 40 million processor hours modelled how the first stars seeded early galaxies with iron

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An astronaut’s photo caught a patch of Madagascar made of the same type of rock as the Moon’s highlands

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Technology

Roman harbor concrete healed itself and has lasted 2,000 years in seawater

By Cassian Holt

Technology

A recall pulls 31,000 fire-spray cans that can burst apart in the middle of a fire

By Cassian Holt

Technology

Microsoft admits its September Windows 11 update is breaking backups and blocking some PCs from booting

By Cassian Holt
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Military

Declassified video shows the 50-hour hunt for two airmen down in Iran

By Rowan Calder

Military

Two former airmen drew 111 and 78 months for diverting a $1.68 million wire

By Kade Winslow

Military

A postcard offering extra veterans benefits through a ‘Veterans Savings Program’ is a scam, the FTC warns

By Rowan Calder
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Google put AI chips in orbit to see whether a data center can survive up there

By Dorian Maddox
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A light-based test spotted AI-made videos 97.79% of the time on Celeb-DF face swaps, and Veo-3 fakes 94.8% of the time

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Meta says its scam-warning campaign reached more than 303 million people in 18 markets

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Meta says it caught over 97% of 33.2 million pieces of child-exploitation content before anyone reported them

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Transportation

A software error can dim the low beams on 30 Thomas Built school buses

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A solar controller can push 24 volts into 16,128 Grand Design Reflection trailers wired for 12

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Transportation

4,206 Honda VT1300CX and VT750 motorcycles can stall from a defective fuel pump

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A loosening roll pin can let 24,656 Roadmaster tow bars separate from the hitch

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Transportation

A seat-post bolt can break on $9,000 Urban Arrow cargo bikes

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Transportation

Chicago is putting a battery train on a commuter line that runs 45 to 65 miles between charges

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Transportation

A seizing rocker arm broke a rider’s bone, and Triumph recalled 1,560 race bikes

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

11 rapid-transit systems split America’s subway ridership, and New York alone takes 1.2 billion of the annual trips

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

11 legendary long-distance trains you can still ride, including a four-night, 2,775-mile crossing of Canada

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Transportation

Riding a rail car to check the tracks has killed 14 workers since 2020

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Transportation

A pedestrian’s death on the tracks in Sharon adds to 1,317 rail trespassing cases last year

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Transportation

Can-Am recalls 14,014 three-wheelers and motorcycles after their instrument screens go blank

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Transportation

Ford recall covers more than 226,000 vehicles; what owners should verify next

By Cassian Holt

Transportation

10 motorcycles insurance data marks as the costliest to crash and the deadliest to ride

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

9 of the tallest mountains in North America

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Transportation

Zoox recalled robotaxi software after one vehicle became confused by heavy smoke

By Rowan Calder
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Energy & Climate

The Energy Department is sending $96 million to 67 early-career scientists in 26 states

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

The Pacific patch that drives El Nino hit 29.70C, hotter than in 1982, 1997 or 2015

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

Operators evacuated 130 Gulf platforms and rigs and shut in about 1.3 million barrels a day for Isaias

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

A fourth emergency order keeps a Colorado coal plant open past its 2025 retirement

By Everett Sloane
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