Saturn’s ocean moon looks more hospitable to subsurface life than we thought

Mars isn't our only neighbor that may harbor life. The odds have risen that Saturn's moon Enceladus may, too. On Wednesday, scientists published a paper outlining the increasing complexity o [...]

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

At the start of the month, Elon Musk announced that two of his companies — SpaceX and xAI  — were merging, and would jointly launch a constellation of 1 million satellites to operate as orbital d [...]

Alien: Earth succeeds where Ridley Scott's Alien sequels failed

Alien: Earth delivers everything you'd want from a series with "Alien" in the title: The iconic Xenomorphs hunting down hapless humans; gratuitous body horror; and androids who you can [...]

Google brings historical Street View to Google Earth

Google Earth is celebrating its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Google is bringing historical Street View imagery to the service. In a blog post, Google said the anniversary update allows us [...]

Apple commits $500 million over several years to buy US-made rare earth magnets

Apple just announced a commitment of $500 million over several years to buy rare earth magnets from the US-based company MP Materials. These rare earth magnets are used in a number of products, includ [...]

Moltbook, the 'thriving' social network for AI agents, is just a small echo chamber researchers hijacked in days

Moltbook, marketed as "A Social Network for AI Agents," has fundamental architectural flaws. A security analysis reveals the platform is not only smaller and less autonomous than claimed, it [...]

AI agents are thriving in software development but barely exist anywhere else, Anthropic study finds

AI agents are supposed to revolutionize how we work. But Anthropic's own data tells a different story: so far, that revolution is almost entirely limited to software engineering. And even there, [...]

Alien: Earth has been renewed for a second season

The Alien franchise has been decidedly hit and miss since the near-universally beloved first two movies, but it’s in a very good place at the moment. 2024’s Alien: Romulus was a magnificent return [...]

Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. [...]