After a tumultuous 2025 that saw it lose around 4,000 employees, NASA finally has an operating budget for 2026, and one that largely preserves its scientific capabilities. On Thursday, the Senate passed an appropriations bill funding NASA, alongside the National Science Foundation and a handful of other federal agencies. Going into the appropriations process, the president called for a 24 percent [...]
The preprint platform arXiv is struggling with a flood of review articles, which are often generated by AI. A new, stricter moderation practice therefore applies to the computer science category with immediate effect.<br /> The article arXiv tightens moderation for computer science papers amid flood of AI-generated review articles appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has raised $10 billion in funding, split evenly between equity and debt, according to The Information.<br /> The article Elon Musk's AI company xAI raises 10 billion US dollars in capital appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
A hacking group called "DragonForce" has gained access to Co-op's membership data, the UK retailer and insurance provider shared in a press release. DragonForce actually contacted the BBC directly to confirm that it had the private data of 20 million people.<br /> Co-op's statement says the hackers accessed name and contact details, but don't have things like "m [...]