California’s San Andreas Fault has long stood as one of the most closely watched geological features on the planet. Seismologists monitor it with networks of sensors, hoping for any clue that might hint at when the next major rupture could strike. Yet much of what happens along the fault slips by unnoticed. Slow movements that […]

Android users just gained fresh options to shape what their devices send to the cloud. The changes arrive at a moment when Google has begun counting every byte of backup data against account storage limits. No longer do messages, call logs, and settings slip by unnoticed. Users can now flip switches. They can decide what

Netflix built an empire on giving viewers control. Pick what to watch. Pause it. Binge it over days or weeks. That model upended television. Now the company that killed appointment viewing finds itself considering a partial return to it. Executives have discussed adding live channels that stream programs continuously. These would run shows or films

The U.S. Space Force took a concrete step into offensive space operations last month. On June 8, it accepted the Meadowlands Counter Communications System into service. Built by L3Harris Technologies, this mobile electromagnetic warfare platform jams adversary satellites from the ground. It doesn’t destroy them. It doesn’t create debris. It simply shuts them up. Temporarily.

Taco Bell has taken the unusual step of stripping fresh ingredients from its menu at multiple locations. The fast-food giant posted signs notifying customers it could no longer serve lettuce, cilantro onion blend, pico de gallo or guacamole. The reason sits at the center of a rapidly expanding public health headache. Cyclosporiasis. The intestinal illness

Record labels and artist groups have drawn a line. A broad alliance of music organizations wants Spotify, Apple Music and other major platforms to mark songs that rely on artificial intelligence. The push comes as AI-generated tracks flood catalogs and listeners struggle to tell human work from machine output. But this isn’t about banning the

American utilities find themselves in an unfamiliar spot. Surging electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centers has them scrambling not just for transformers and transmission lines but for the very fuel that powers the most reliable form of generation available: nuclear. The pressure comes from hyperscalers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google. They need constant, carbon-free

Education leaders watched with alarm as ransomware incidents climbed sharply in recent years. One analysis pointed to a 16 percent jump in attacks on the sector within a single year. That surge turned schools, colleges and universities into a preferred mark for cybercriminals who once focused elsewhere. But the picture grew more complicated. Early 2025

Executives stare at dashboards glowing with green metrics. Revenue forecasts hold steady. Customer scores tick upward. Yet beneath the surface, something shifts. Systems once reliable begin to diverge from their original design. Dependencies multiply unseen. And one day, a single prompt triggers cascading failure. This pattern now carries a name. Systemic drift. It doesn’t announce

Security researchers uncovered six vulnerabilities in U-Boot, the open-source bootloader that powers everything from network routers and industrial controllers to enterprise server management boards. The issues strike at the heart of its FIT image signature verification, a mechanism meant to guarantee that only trusted firmware loads during device startup. Four bugs trigger device crashes. Two