12+ min ago   (378+ words) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his social network Threads two weeks ago to announce Meta Compute, a new "top-level initiative" led by the company's most senior executives. In doing so, he reemphasized Meta's commitment to being an AI infrastructure…...

24+ min ago   (996+ words) Edith Flanigen, an eminent chemist who rose to the top tiers of research at Union Carbide by creating synthetic emeralds and complex materials that help convert crude oil into gasoline, purify water and improve the manufacture of products like laundry…...

46+ min ago   (624+ words) ChatGPT may be an excellent tool in case your strongly-worded email to your landlord about that ceiling leak needs a second pair of eyes. It also excels at coming up with a rough first draft for non-mission-critical writing, allowing you…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (923+ words) At UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, located at 6,894 feet above sea level near Donner Pass, researchers collect detailed measurements of the snowpack each day. There is still some snow on the ground to measure, but less than they usually…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (464+ words) Houston, we have an egg! In major news for followers of Southern California's most famous feathered power couple, bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have welcomed their first egg of the 2026 season in their Big Bear nest. Jackie began to show…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (166+ words) A new image taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provides an astonishingly close up look of a dying star crumbling into gas and dust " as well as a morbid preview of the fate that could eventually befall our Sun....

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (521+ words) Bosses being severely disconnected from the needs of their employees is a tale as old as time. But it sure feels like the AI craze has driven them to lock themselves in ever taller ivory towers, as employees are told…...

4+ hour ago   (609+ words) Tesla appears to be getting closer to deploying Optimus in its factories " and Austin is the next training ground. Tesla told workers during a town hall last week that it plans to begin collecting data to train its humanoid robot…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (503+ words) For years now, Facebook's feeds have been drowned out by an unrelenting tidal wave of AI slop, turning the platform " which feels like it's long been abandoned by practically anybody under the age of 65 " into an unrecognizable digital hellscape. It's…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (547+ words) Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago. To get a better picture of what such a lush…...