Erica Schwartz Confirmed As CDC Director Right After She Ruined Her Reputation
When Erica Schwartz was first nominated for Director of the CDC, you could almost hear both a gasp of surprise and a collective sigh of relief...
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Scientists Watch as a Distant World's Atmosphere Shrinks and Thins
As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That's because it's beginning to travel through colder, darker parts...
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NASA’s Just Prolonged Voyager 2’s Science Mission With a Big Bang
Letting go is hard, especially when it concerns an irreplaceable space probe like the two Voyagers. Fortunately JPL engineers have managed to pull off a ‘big...
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One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment
Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was...
Read moreAMD Squeezes In A Few More Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 7.3
AMD today submitted their last planned feature updates ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month...
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How to craft an engagement ring in Fields of Mistria
Oh no, when I said he was "endgame" I didn't realize marriage was also very endgame content.
Read moreZapscape Is The Latest Linux Vulnerability For KVM Guest-To-Host Escape, LPE
Made public earlier today is Zapscape as a guest-to-host escape vulnerability affecting the Linux KVM x86 code for the past six years. This 2020 kernel change...
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Following its excellent Lord of the Rings cards, Magic: The Gathering's new Hobbit set is a bit of a second breakfast
It's nice to have, but it's more of the same.
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Trent Reznor on Doom: 'In some ways I felt a parallel with what I was trying to do with music'
A new range of Nine Inch Nails Quake merch is out.
Read moreFriday Five — August 7, 2026
Red Hat Recognized as a Leader for Third Consecutive Year in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application PlatformsRed Hat OpenShift is recognized as a Leader...
Read moreReproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 327 released
The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 327. This version includes the following changes: [ Colin Watson ] * Handle missing...
Read moreAMD to Acquire Taalas for Model Specific AI Inference Chips
AMD announced that it will acquire Taalas to build future model-specific AI inference chips that are purpose built to accelerate single models The post AMD to...
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