The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery

Some of the new events this year would be too simple for human athletes, but they…

FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure

For years, China’s military and intelligence agencies, which carry out hacking campaigns against targets around the…

Iran War Weighs on Virginia Beach Voters in Key House Race

Ambling along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay on a balmy August morning, Barbara Evans laid…

Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety

Dan Osborn was finishing up his fourth town hall last Sunday, he says, when a “hardcore…

Meet Dean Roy, the 15-Year-Old Running for Vermont Governor and Ready for ‘Impact’

Dean Roy, 15, will appear on the ballot in November as a third-party candidate. He said…

Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All

Well, that was quick. Not even a quarter of the way into an expected 19-day federal…

Darline Graham Wins Republican Senate Nomination in South Carolina

Senator Darline Graham, who received President Trump’s backing, defeated Representative Ralph Norman, a five-term congressman, in…

PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates

We’ve all been there. You meet someone new on a dating app, start to envision a…

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Sailor Says Father Arrested by Border Patrol Has Been Released

Joshua Aviles, a Navy sailor, said his father had been freed days after he was detained…

AI Slop Is Ruining Cute Animals on the Internet

AI-generated videos and pictures are destroying one of the largest and most enduring sources of joy…