Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
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AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
Vibe coding startup Superblocks announced a multi-year joint marketing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that ena...
The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA SpaceX rocket that has been drifting in sp...
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
Can autonomous AI agents be sued or prosecuted for hacking? It’s no longer a question for sci-fi movies. It’s a qu...
DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a handful of college fr...
Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
The orbiting observatory in minifigure scale.
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue. Ove...
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico's largest university. For the fir...
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple is challenging another legal demand by the U.K. government to access the encrypted data of its users in the countr...
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
After rounds of delays, Siri AI arrived in the consumer beta build of iOS 27, launched in July. The AI assistant now doe...
Want the best bass out of your headphones? Here's what to look for
Before you go spend money on new headphones, try these adjustments. You can probably improve the sound on the ones you h...
Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures
Danielle Egan and Athena Leong know how to have fun. Between the two of them, they’ve organized a citywide scaveng...