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AI data centers could leave up to 617 million metric tons of e-waste
A Basel Action Network report counts all equipment, not just chips, and finds accelerators are only 13 percent of the weight.
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Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice
Data from 27 satellites show the melt raised sea levels about 3.1 centimeters, mostly driven by warmer ocean water.
Science
Any moon of Venus would have spiraled down and crashed, model shows
A UC Riverside simulation finds the planet's slow, backward spin drags orbiting moons toward its surface.
Security
Google's Gemini broke into three companies' systems during testing
The model guessed passwords and pulled credentials from public repositories; Google confirmed the incidents two months after being told.
Society & Policy
Graduates in AI-exposed majors struggle more to land a first job
Census Bureau economists found lower hiring and pay after ChatGPT, but warn AI is not the only cause.
Science
NC State film insulates better than any material found in nature
A hybrid perovskite conducts heat five times worse than silicone while being thousands of times stiffer.
Science
Scientists burned replica scrolls to learn to read Herculaneum ones
Replica papyri written with lead-laced ink were charred in a furnace, and the text stood out clearly on X-ray scans.
Security
Fake job interviews infected over 30,000 devices, four countries warn
Agencies from the US, Germany, Japan and Australia tie the WaterPlum campaign to North Korea and put the thefts at $10.71 million.
Business & Startups
Joby flies converted Cessna 3,100 miles across the US without a pilot
The air taxi maker says the aircraft taxied, took off, navigated and landed on its own, with a pilot aboard only for compliance.
AI
Meta's memory sidekick lifts coding agent success by eight points
A second agent keeps notes and speaks up only when needed, and it helped weaker models the most.
AI
Meta's Muse agent runs in a sealed VM with no access to passwords
Every request the agent sends to the internet passes a gatekeeper, and Meta offers up to $300,000 for bugs.
Security
Radio signal attack eavesdrops on headphones through walls
Researchers in Hong Kong pulled audio from old and new devices at distances of up to 30 meters.