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The Trump transition team is looking for “big changes” at NASA—including some cuts. Read more

On 18 February 2024, a missile attack from the Houthi militants in Yemen hit the cargo ship Rubymar in the Red Sea. With the crew evacuated, the disabled ship would take weeks to finally sink, becoming an symbol for the security of the global Internet in the process. Before it went down, the ship dragged… Read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) research, particularly in the machine learning (ML) domain, continues to increase the amount of attention it receives worldwide. Read more

I spent nearly a year with Woosh’s smart air filter, which can give you a better idea of when to replace your home’s HVAC filter. Read more

IEEE Spectrum’s most-read energy stories of 2024 centered on creative ways to produce, store and connect more carbon-free energy. Our readers wanted to know more about power beaming, new kinds of nuclear fusion, vertical solar farms, powerful ways to drill deeper into the Earth’s crust to harness geothermal energy, and grid hardware that connects renewable… Read more

Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments. Read more

The US has intensified its campaign to counter China’s ambitions in technology leadership, with the Biden administration initiating a high-stakes investigation into China’s expanding dominance in legacy semiconductor manufacturing. The US Trade Representative (USTR) is probing whether China’s practices — backed by extensive state support — constitute unfair competition, endangering American industries and national security.… Read more

In just two years, AI has gone from hype to essential skill, offering massive productivity gains and increasing creativity among teams who use it. Here’s how. Read more

Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when Toontown Online disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as Toontown Rewritten. Read more

Suddenly, every possible dating and hookup app for every possible scenario exists—AI girlfriends, kink-positive polyamory, gay cruising. Why does it feel like none of them are the answer? Read more