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The social media platform recently announced that it was axing around 15% of its workforce. Source link

When Pinterest and Dow announced layoffs last month, they attributed the job cuts in part to a shift to artificial intelligence — a sign that some employers are stepping up their investment in AI as...

In the US, nearly half of adults are single. A quarter of men suffer from loneliness. Rates of depression are on the rise. And one in four Gen Z adults—the so-called kinkiest generation, according to one study—have never had...

We are only a month into 2026, yet it’s already clear what one of the major space stories of...

In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies of cosmic rays—particles arriving at high speed from outer space. Anderson built an improved version of a cloud chamber, a device...

Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is acquiring his AI startup xAI, the centibillionaire announced on Monday. In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial...

Nonmedical devices that read brainwaves, such as smart headbands, headphones, and glasses, are becoming more popular among consumers. The products claim to make users more productive, creative, and healthier. IEEE Spectrum previewed several of these smart wearables that were...

Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network that launched last week and bills itself as a platform "built exclusively for AI agents," had a security vulnerability that exposed private messages shared between agents, the email addresses of more than 6,000...

At first glance, it might not seem like people have much in common with deer. But a strange discovery about how their...

Hazardous dual-use functions (for example, tools to fabricate biometric voiceprints to defeat authentication). Regulatory adherence: confine to licensed facilities and verified operators; prohibit capabilities whose primary purpose is unlawful. Close the loop at real-world choke pointsAI-enabled systems become real...