A new paper in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics has put forth an intriguing theory: A so-far unexplainable neutrino could have been blasted at Earth by a cosmic particle accelerator known as a “blazer.” But let’s back up.For a while now, we’ve been reporting on a watershed 2023 …

On Wednesday, the Russian space agency (commonly known as Roscosmos) streamed a 5-hour spacewalk on the exterior of the International Space Station. Dubbed Roscosmos Spacewalk 66, the event saw cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev perform necessary maintenance to the station.NASA’s summary says the walk primarily aimed to “install a …

Spotify, which has offered access to audiobooks (including its own first-party titles) for a few years now, has begun offering long-form magazine articles in audio format. The new “Articles” category dishes up more than 650 English-language pieces from publishers like The Atlantic, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Wired, Vanity Fair, Variety, Billboard, …

Unitree might be looking to make its fortune in humanoid robotics, but it’s also playing around with niche projects, like this $650,000 humanoid mecha robot you can sit in and drive yourself. The GD01—the “world’s first production-ready manned mecha”—is on sale now, and could be used for construction purposes, a …

Another day, another issue with Tesla’s Cybertruck. The blocky, stainless steel truck is facing a fresh recall, warning that some trucks risk losing their wheels on the road. Regulators say a defect in the brake rotors on 173 Cybertrucks with 18‑inch steel wheels could cause cracks around the stud holes, …

On Tuesday, Google announced the Googlebook, its new AI laptop line that succeeds a decade and a half of Chromebooks. The company positions Googlebook as a laptop line built around its Gemini intelligence system and an Android‑based OS. While existing Chromebooks will continue to receive updates, the Googlebook will sit …

OpenAI has introduced a new safety feature to ChatGPT that lets users add “trusted contacts” to their profiles. These contacts will receive alerts if a user’s ChatGPT exchange points to signs of self-harm—one of many changes OpenAI is making to its best-known product after multiple suicides that allegedly involved the …

Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will be the last game in the franchise to support PlayStation 4. Black Ops 7 was launched on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, but the next version coming this year, widely reported as the next Modern …

If your 2026 resolution is to learn a new language, this one’s for you: In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Google Translate has added a new pronunciation practice tool that uses AI to help users improve their speaking skills in supported languages. Users can now listen to the correct pronunciation …

Mozilla says its “zero-days are numbered” after identifying 271 security‑sensitive Firefox vulnerabilities using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model.In security terms, a zero‑day is a vulnerability that developers do not yet know about and therefore have had “zero days” to fix. Mozilla caught this slate of vulnerabilities by having Claude Mythos …