Robots Are Speeding Up the Most Boring Job In Astronomy

sciencehabit writes: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has, for more than 20 years, pioneered collecting spectra from millions of astronom...

Remote Tasmanian Island To Be Powered By 'Blowhole' Energy That Harnesses Waves

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Technology that harnesses wave energy through a "blowhole" is being tested ...

If Twitter’s dark mode has recently changed for you, you’re not alone

Not the familiar dark blue. The feeling of opening Twitter and noticing that something’s off probably isn’t a new one, but it usually is...

Clearview AI Violated Canadian Privacy Law

sinij shares a report from CBC.ca: American technology firm Clearview AI violated Canadian privacy laws by collecting photos of Canadians wi...

Malicious Chrome and Edge Add-Ons Had a Novel Way To Hide On 3 Million Devices

In December, Ars reported that as many as 3 million people had been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that stole personal data ...

Amazon Alexa can now help find a COVID test or ruin your morning with Minions

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon added a few abilities to Alexa last month, introducing a variety of Super Bowl-related skills and...

Don’t buy Teslas during a production ramp, Elon Musk says

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge The quality of Tesla’s cars suffers any time the company dramatically scales up production, CEO Elon Mus...