Google’s AI Mode search can now answer questions about images
Google's AI Mode can now understand images as part of your searches.
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Trump gives China one day to end retaliations or face extra 50% tariffs
China expects to outlast US in trade war, alarming Big Tech.
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Paramount drops action-packed Mission: Impossible—Final Reckoning trailer
"If we want to bring the world back from the brink, we have to deal with him."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Second child dies of measles—anti-vaccine advocate reported it before officials
Another tragic death highlights growing power of anti-vaccine advocates.
Beth Mole
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White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporter
Waltz apparently accepted iPhone contact suggestion without verifying accuracy.
Jon Brodkin
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A begrudging defense of Nintendo’s “Game-Key cards” for the Switch 2
Op-ed: Game-Key cards have problems, but I'll take them over download-only.
Andrew Cunningham
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F1 in Japan reminds us a great track might not make for a great race
Here's why the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix was so boring.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Nintendo isn’t using anti-drift Hall effect sensors on Switch 2 joysticks
But Nintendo promises "redesigned" Joy-Cons are "smoother" and "more durable."
Kyle Orland
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Our top 10 Jackie Chan movies
Chan's distinctive style combines slapstick, acrobatics, martial arts, and astonishing stunts he performs himself.
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DOGE gearing up for hackathon at IRS, wants easier access to taxpayer data
IRS worker: "an open door controlled by Musk for all Americans' most sensitive information."
WIRED
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The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policy
FCC invokes 1960s-era policy to punish media after decades of minimal enforcement.
Jon Brodkin
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How did eastern North America form?
Collisions hold lessons for how the edges of continents are built and change over time.
Knowable Magazine
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Go back to the Grid in TRON: Ares trailer
It's more of a standalone reboot rather than a direct sequel to 2010's TRON: Legacy.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Dustland Delivery plays like a funny, tough, post-apocalyptic Oregon Trail
Buy low, sell high, fight raiders, and fix tires in this quirky RPG.
Kevin Purdy
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Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Ecosystems are inconveniently complex, and elephants won't make good surrogates.
Nitin Sekar
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The military's stable of certified rockets will include Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Vulcan, and New Glenn.
Stephen Clark
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Midjourney introduces first new image generation model in over a year
The new model is now in public alpha and has personalization enabled by default.
Samuel Axon
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Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit
OpenAI loses bid to dismiss NYT claim that ChatGPT contributes to users’ infringement.
Ashley Belanger
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Not just Switch 2: ESA warns Trump’s tariffs will hurt the entire game industry
"[It's] hard to imagine a world where tariffs like these don’t impact pricing."
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NSA warns “fast flux” threatens national security. What is fast flux anyway?
Used by nation-states and crime groups, fast flux bypasses many common defenses.
Dan Goodin
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Microsoft turns 50 today, and it made me think about MS-DOS 5.0
A story about an obsolete PC, an old library book, and one version of MS-DOS.
Andrew Cunningham
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Gemini “coming together in really awesome ways,” Google says after 2.5 Pro release
Google's Tulsee Doshi talks vibes and efficiency in Gemini 2.5 Pro.
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EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network
Regulators discuss size of penalty as X calls punishment "political censorship."
Jon Brodkin
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NJ teen wins fight to put nudify app users in prison, impose fines up to $30K
Here's how one teen plans to fix schools failing kids affected by nudify apps.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump tariffs terrify board game designers
Most games are made in China. They now face hefty fees.
Nate Anderson
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We have the first video of a plant cell wall being built
Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it's hard to image its construction.
Jacek Krywko
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Newly hatched hummingbird looks, acts like a toxic caterpillar
"Batesian mimicry" is when a species evolves to look like one that's inedible.
Elizabeth Rayne
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2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV LT review: This is one long pickup truck
Has the moment passed for massive electric trucks with massive range?
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Switch 2 preorders delayed over Trump tariff uncertainty
Nintendo will "assess" market conditions; planned June 5 launch date still set for now.
Kyle Orland
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SpinLaunch—yes, the centrifuge rocket company—is making a hard pivot to satellites
"Launch has generally been more of a cost center than a profit center."
Eric Berger
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USDA cuts could cause long-term damage, reverse hard-won progress
Yield-increasing conservation measures now branded as "far left climate activities."
Inside Climate News
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Old faces in unexpected places: The Wheel of Time season 3 rolls on
Episode six: Elayne sings karaoke, the Forsaken attack, and Rand pays his toh.
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson
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Rocket Report: Next Starship flight to reuse booster; FAA clears New Glenn
"The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight."
Eric Berger
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Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.
Beth Mole
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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world
DeepMind says AGI could arrive in 2030, and it has some ideas to keep us safe.
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Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.
Yes, encryption/decryption occurs on end-user devices, but there's a catch.
Dan Goodin
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