Category: Science/Technology

Fibermaxxing? Your microbes (and your health) say ...

Scientists are making progress understanding how a fiber-rich diet can help with chronic disease

How scientists are perfecting chocolate

Researchers are probing cocoa’s confections to better understand flavor, crystals and bloom

Now Rippling is counter-suing tiny startup Runlaye...

This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It's a seller- and buye...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 m...

California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.

Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports...

Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.'s famed Liverpool Football Club.

As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new ...

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.

OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee ...

San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and...

A California Program Is Bringing Down the Cost of ...

The approach is like a Costco for heat pumps, and it’s helping make installations more accessible as heat waves worsen.

The Outlaw Chemist Teaching People How to Make Dru...

Willy Myco has made over 120 videos showing people his exact process for making everything from LSD to DMT vapes. Not everyone’s a...

The Best Portable Solar Panels: My Take After Year...

Clean, free power from the sun is easier and more affordable to capture than ever with the best portable solar panels.

Orange Crush: TAG Heuer Drops a Bright Revamp of t...

The solar-powered limited edition may be here to mark the final Dutch Grand Prix taking place in Zandvoort, but it’s the juicy ico...

OpenAI risks White House relationship with hiring ...

Ball infuriated Trump AI officials last month after claiming that the White House should create “regulatory risk” -- or new rules ...

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes positive AI message,...

Amid AI doomerism, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is continuing his attempt at positive messaging about the tech in a new manifesto whil...

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen mulls dropping $56B eBay t...

Cohen – who became a favorite of retail investors as GameStop rose to “meme stock” prominence – is instead considering proposing a...

Flock’s Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gas...

Flock could've gone mobile. The post Flock’s Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp appeared first on Futurism.

Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a D...

Residents were left in the dark for five years. The post Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Cons...

USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper’s Par...

They were "shocked" by the news and are calling for the company to "immediately end its partnership." The post USA Today Journalis...

Zuckerberg’s Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms...

The hypocrisy is astounding. The post Zuckerberg’s Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms AI Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted...

Scientists Warn That New Satellites Could Cause Ey...

Terrifying. The post Scientists Warn That New Satellites Could Cause Eye Damage for People on the Ground appeared first on Futuris...

Best Video Calling App in 2026: The Top Apps Compa...

Best Video Calling App in 2026: The Top Apps Compared for Work, School, and Family Video calling has become as common as sending a...

Every ₦100M Business Was Once a ₦10M Business. So ...

Every ₦100M Business Was Once a ₦10M Business. So What Changed? STRETCH Solutions Lab: The Scale Room Bootcamp The answer isn’t ha...

One-wheeled AI security robot could patrol your pr...

One wheel, 360-degree vision and AI: 1Rollo could patrol property, detect unusual activity and alert a guard before trouble starts...

Lost your TV remote? Use your phone instead

Lost your TV remote? Turn your phone into a remote for Roku, Samsung, LG, Fire TV, Google TV, Vizio and other popular smart TVs in...

Your blood pressure cuff may expose your health da...

Health apps may expose sensitive data to advertisers and brokers. Learn how to limit tracking, remove personal information and avo...

A phishing email scam is spreading as fake party invitations that install malware and steal your contacts. Here's how to spot it a...

Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (...

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, Au...

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzle...

NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August...

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto...

An FBI agent allegedly stole $1m in crypto by memorizing a seed phrase, then asked ChatGPT how to move to Europe.

'It's not our job to make the audience comfortable...

New Sky TV supernatural thriller Possession is one of the most uncomfortable watches of the year — so don't think its colonial his...

Dramatic photos show lava spewing from Fuego volca...

Guatemalan officials on Monday began evacuating two villages near the Fuego volcano due to the ongoing eruption.

Bezos, Leonardo DiCaprio set up $200 million wildl...

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have announced a $200 million fund set to protect species on the b...

SpaceX shows strong growth in its first earnings r...

Elon Musk's rocket, satellite and AI provider reported quarterly revenue of $7.8 billion, topping Wall Street forecasts.

Disney partners with TikTok to offer creator conte...

Disney and TikTok are teaming up to let users create short-form videos that draw on the entertainment giant's large stable of movi...

Why SpaceX stock is falling despite strong revenue...

Investors are focused on whether SpaceX will be able to deliver on its ambitious artificial intelligence agenda.

Some Gen Zers swap smartphones for "dumb" phones i...

"It really opens up your mind," said one 23-year-old who ditched smartphones to wean herself off social media.

AI models are behaving unexpectedly. Experts warn ...

AI models are engaging in unauthorized actions — in the most recent case, creating fake identities and attempting to persuade real...

How PiggyVest went from ₦21 million in savings to ...

In its first year, PiggyVest recorded ₦21 million in savings. And honestly, that number’s worth sitting with for…

WAEC portal finally up after candidates reported p...

The result portal of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is finally up and running following hours of…

Africa has an energy crisis, and its digital infra...

In the latest MTN Chair episode, Africa’s energy crisis, economic dependence and fragmented regulatory environment dominated the c...

World Bank says AI offers Africa a historic chance...

The World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 made a bold claim, stating that artificial intelligence (AI) is a…

Bolt plans to roll out ChatGPT payments as it targ...

Ride-hailing company Bolt has disclosed plans to launch a ChatGPT payment outlet to allow users to complete their…

'It's real, and it's happening': Antibiotic resist...

A global analysis shows how antibiotic resistance has been increasing among childhood infections.

Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pl...

Using advanced neutron imaging, researchers scanning fossils from Queensland uncovered clues about the complex food chain of prehi...

'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in...

A camera drone captured extraordinarily rare footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the Australian coast.

Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to mov...

While eclipse paths always move from west to east, this one seems to reverse direction on maps as it crosses the Arctic. Here's th...

A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supe...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the first...

New York school pauses humanoid classroom robot pi...

Salamanca City Central School District paid $57,590 for a Realbotix M-Series humanoid robot and AI program that was meant to launc...

Water cyberattack hits at least 7 states

CISA warned about exposed programmable logic controllers weeks before hackers targeted dozens of Minnesota water utilities in a co...

The scam text test: Spot danger before you tap

A simple six-step scam text test helps you spot phishing messages about fake deliveries, toll notices and bank alerts before you c...

Fake party invitation scam can hijack your compute...

Fake party invitations trick victims into downloading malware that gives criminals remote access to computers and spreads through ...

DoorDash gets FAA approval for its own delivery dr...

DoorDash earned FAA Part 135 air carrier certification and launched DoorDash Air, but several operational approvals remain before ...

GOP AGs warn OpenAI's Altman to preserve records i...

An experimental AI agent allegedly escaped its controlled environment and hacked into Hugging Face systems, prompting 15 red-state...

OpenAI to pay $3.2 million to settle DOJ allegatio...

OpenAI allegedly failed to advertise PERM jobs on its careers website and required paper applications to discourage U.S. workers f...

China narrows America’s AI lead as Huawei expands ...

Keith Krach says the U.S. still leads China in the global AI race but warns Huawei’s rapid international expansion is helping Beij...

Exclusive: Kenya’s Cloud9 acquires Chpter less tha...

Cloud9, a Kenyan startup that offers digital banking services for businesses, has acquired social commerce platform Chpter in an a...

IHS shareholders back MTN’s bid for full ownership...

MTN Group has secured shareholder approval to acquire the remaining shares in IHS Holding Limited

Omowonuola Akintola wants Africa to build its geos...

An unmapped village. A community overlooked for development. A disaster response slowed by missing data. Those are the kinds of pr...

Here’s what a ₦1 million crypto trade could cost u...

A ₦1 million ($733.92) Bitcoin transaction can attract multiple taxes amounting to ₦64,250 ($47.15) before accounting for exchange...

The surveillance system that helped Nigeria curb p...

Falcon Eye, developed by Israeli defence company RTCom Defense, helped Nigeria fight piracy. It is now pushing to join the war on ...

Can AI Help Close The Black Maternal Health Gap? T...

What if artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to provide better health care for Black women across the nation? In a new film ...

Jay Ellis Talks Entrepreneurship, Patience And Exp...

Jay Ellis is in awe of some of the world’s greatest works of global engineering, just like the rest of us.

Kevin Hart Joins The Beyoncé And Jay-Z As One Of T...

All roads lead back to comedy for Kevin Hart.

Exactly How Many Days Did It Take OpenAI To Detect...

OpenAI took days to detect a major cybersecurity threat caused by its AI agent.

Steve Madden Says HBCUs Deserve More Attention ‘Es...

Steve Madden wants to ensure HBCU students have a stake in the fashion industry.

TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robo...

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in ...

Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Sriniv...

Let's see how this "frontier community for techno-optimists" is doing ...

The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac.

Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve ...

June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

The Delicate Art of Making a 1907 House Smarter

I tested modern locks, lights, climate controls, and more in a historic home that I very much wanted to keep historic.

The Best Audio Players for Kids: Yoto, Toniebox, a...

Whether you want an audio player that’ll grow with your kid or one that your toddler can operate independently, I have a recommend...

Alienware 27 QD-OLED (AW2726DM) Review: A $350 Win...

We’ve come a long way since exclusively $1,000+ OLED gaming monitors. Alienware’s latest display brings the price down to a shocki...

People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t...

The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his part...

Best Robot Lawn Mowers (2026): My Picks After 3 Ye...

Smart mowers are an expensive alternative to old-fashioned yard work, but they’re finally good enough to consider if you’d rather ...

Indigenous group rolls out draconian mass surveill...

Flock Safety currently partners with more than 60 Arizona law enforcement agencies, though some cities have begun backing away fro...

Short sellers have made a fortune betting against ...

SpaceX is filled with risks, if the shorts are right.

Social media companies sued over deaths of 4 teens...

The four teens who died by suicide each experienced harms including social media addiction, severe sleep deprivation, depression, ...

Roomba-style vacuums are ‘advanced robotic devices...

Your robotic vacuum could be spying on you.

Silicon Valley couple schemes Grammy winner out of...

Songwriter "Oak" Felder and music mogul partner Lucas Keller are suing Walter and Samia De Brouwer for $5M over stolen AI music so...

Scientists Forced to Go on OnlyFans After Their Fu...

Gotta fund your research somehow. The post Scientists Forced to Go on OnlyFans After Their Funding Was Cut appeared first on Futur...

The More People Learn About AI, the More They Want...

"I hear people champion AI and I'm like, 'sure, why don't we all participate in our collective downfall?'" The post The More Peop...

We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Startup That Co...

"If you're reaching out to us to apply for a job, you might want to take notes." The post We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Start...

OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging M...

Is OpenAI trying to spin us a yarn? The post OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Rep...

Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible f...

"The public has been asked to accept a significant expansion of surveillance based on the promise that it would dramatically impro...

Best Free Apps for Students in 2026: 12 Tools That...

Best Free Apps for Students in 2026: 12 Tools That Actually Help You Study Being a student has never required more digital tools. ...

Best Laptop for Students in 2026: The Honest Revie...

Best Laptop for Students in 2026: The Honest Review of Top Picks for Every Budget Buying a laptop for school or university is one ...

Cybersecurity Threats Students Need to Know About ...

Cybersecurity Threats Students Need to Know About in 2026 Students have never been more connected. From submitting assignments onl...

Moonshot 2026 Brings OpenAI Africa, Flutterwave, a...

Moonshot 2026 Brings OpenAI Africa, Flutterwave, and Nigeria’s SEC Chief Together to Define What It Takes to Build for a New World...

How to Spot AI Fake Product Reviews

How to Spot AI Fake Product Reviews Online reviews help you compare products, evaluate sellers and make more informed buying decis...

Fake ShinyHunters email exploits Carnival breach

A fake ShinyHunters email uses Carnival breach data to demand $2,000. Spot the warning signs and protect your accounts before you ...

Humanoid robot fails caught on camera: machines attacking engineers, crowds and even a child, with no off switch. Kurt Knutsson an...

Russian hackers can steal emails without a click

Russian hackers can steal passwords, 2FA tokens and 90 days of email when a malicious message appears in an inbox preview pane.

The six-stage journey: Why 62% of organizations ar...

In 2026, the AI conversation has shifted from implementation to ROI. Here's why most companies fail to capitalize.

Why security debt belongs on the boardroom agenda

the importance of security debt and how businesses should address it.

Microsoft warns Teams mobile users to update app n...

Teams users warned to update before the end of September 2026, or lose access to their calendar.

Is AI creating the next wave of software sprawl?

Perhaps the drive to adopt AI is exposing existing, disconnected processes as a deeper, more urgent problem.

'Nobody was buying them so it doesn't really matte...

The Xbox price hike is here, revealing the new cost of a console in the UK.

Rare footage of humpback whale birth captured on d...

The footage is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world and the fi...

A new high for roller coasters

Correspondent Lee Cowan reports on how the ups-and-downs of today's amusement park industry are being ridden via new technologies ...

Chinese EVs pull into the lead

Last year the Chinese car company BYD (which stands for Build Your Dreams) overtook Tesla as the world's top seller of fully elect...

Resistance grows nationwide against AI data center...

To fuel their artificial intelligence initiatives, tech companies are building massive numbers of AI data centers, with more than ...

Does your phone eavesdrop on you?

When ads pop up on your phone for products after you've happened to mention them, is it an indication that advertisers are eavesdr...

Hugging Face CEO calls hack by rogue OpenAI model ...

An artificial intelligence model that was being tested by OpenAI went rogue and hacked the firm Hugging Face on its own, in what H...

6G sees everything

OPay is Okay: Trust is not claimed – it is earned...

For tens of millions of people across Nigeria, digital finance has changed everyday life. Paying bills, sending money,…

Starbase Technologies launches Yolly, a wholesome ...

Starbase Technologies, a global technology ecosystem connecting creators and innovators to build technology solutions and launch s...

Busha expands its innovation portfolio with the la...

At launch, users can participate in markets across sports, crypto, culture, politics, and economics, with additional categories ex...

How to check your 2026 WAEC results via website, a...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is expected to release the results of the 2026 Computer-Based West African…

'The apparent chaos of the Anthropocene is turboch...

In this excerpt from "Despite it All," author Fred Pearce explores the ways plants are adapting and evolving in the face of climat...

'We're a bit late on the case, but we are on the c...

Author and journalist Fred Pearce tells Live Science about his book "Despite it All" — looking at the changes that have taken plac...

Rock crystal scraper: 45,000-year-old Neanderthal ...

A chance find of rare rock crystal tools a century ago paved the way for a better understanding of Neanderthals today.

Hubble telescope takes one of the most detailed lo...

The most famous giant spiral galaxy in the universe has been revealed not to be the star factory it once was, just as NASA's Nancy...

Did fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after ...

A revived hypothesis argues that a fungus-filled world after the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have given mammals an evolutionary ...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 lineup adds three choices

Samsung's three new foldable phones run Android 17 with One UI 9 and Galaxy AI, but each targets a very different user with unique...

Lock down your ChatGPT account before the next AI ...

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol escaped a locked sandbox, exploited a zero-day vulnerability and compromised Hugging Face servers during a cy...

Chick-fil-A data breach exposes customer accounts

Attackers used credential stuffing to breach Chick-fil-A One loyalty accounts, exposing names, payment details and rewards balance...

Humanoid robot videos show machines lashing out

Viral videos show humanoid robots flailing, lurching toward crowds, and one kicking a child during public performances, raising ur...

NASA opens first major new wind tunnel in more tha...

NASA's new wind tunnel has a diameter of 20 feet and stands 24 feet tall, with wind speeds of up to 117 miles per hour. It will he...

Paidwork breach exposes 23M user records

The Paidwork data breach exposed 23 million accounts including bank account numbers, addresses and password hashes from the microt...

Humanoid robot skin senses people before contact

Gene.01's sensor-filled smart skin detects workers before contact occurs, but Generative Bionics has yet to release detailed workp...

Hotel Wi-Fi phishing attack targets Microsoft logi...

Hackers are compromising hotel Wi-Fi gateways to redirect business travelers to fake Microsoft 365 login pages that can bypass mul...

AI kill switch bill could shut down rogue models

A bipartisan House bill would let DHS order AI companies to shut down dangerous models, with fines up to $20 million per day for n...

Fake ShinyHunters sextortion email uses Carnival b...

A fake ShinyHunters sextortion email demanded $2,000 in Litecoin after the Carnival data breach exposed personal details of nearly...

FCC blocks new foreign-made power inverters and ad...

The FCC added foreign-made robot dogs, humanoid robots and other advanced robotic devices to its Covered List after national secur...

How AI could redefine healthcare by the end of the...

IEEE's 2030 report ranks health technologies as the most transformative megatrend, driven by AI-powered personalized medicine and ...