California on Wednesday began investigating whether Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has been letting users turn pictures of women and girls into salacious images.
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California investigating Grok AI over lewd fake images
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Hydrogel cilia set new standard in microrobotics
Scientists have created hydrogel-based artificial cilia that move almost exactly like real biological cilia – the closest imitation achieved so far. The researchers can program each micrometer-sized cilium to move freely in space – just like…
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SpaceX breaks pad turnaround record at Cape Canaveral with midday Starlink launch – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-98 mission on Jan. 14, 2026. The flight, which lifted off at 1:08 p.m. EST (1808 UTC) marked the fastest… Continue Reading
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Researchers highlight advancements in chemical looping fluidized bed reactors
Traditional techniques of converting fossil fuels for heat and power generation and chemical production increase the carbon footprint, harming society and the environment. To mitigate this problem, carbon capture and storage technologies aimed at…
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Black Ivory coffee: Elephant gut bacteria may contribute to its smooth, chocolaty flavor
Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The guts of Asian elephants that produce Black Ivory coffee (BIC)…
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Companies confess their agentic AI goals aren’t really working out – and a lack of trust could be why
- Business risks, transparency, and compliance are the biggest hurdles for agentic AI deployment
- Nearly half of organizations are running AI agents in silos
- Allowing AI to adapt to workload variables is key
Three in four (73%) organizations admit…
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Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later
How does procrastination arise? The reason you decide to postpone household chores and spend your time browsing social media could be explained by the workings of a brain circuit. Recent research has identified a neural connection responsible for…
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From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation will make 2026 an exciting year for space
In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds, water…
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App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B
The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to app intelligence firm Appfigures‘ annual report. In 2025, global downloads of all mobile apps and…
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Why don't antibiotic-making bacteria self-destruct?
Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician’s backyard. The molecule, called lariocidin, is produced by the microbe Paenibacillus and shows broad activity against pathogenic bacteria,…
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