Feb 05 Researchers link DeepSeek’s chatbot to Chinese Mobile, telecom banned from operating in U.S. By Byron Tau, Associated Press The chatbot's web login page contains heavily obfuscated computer script that when deciphered shows connections to computer infrastructure owned by China Mobile, a state-owned telecommunications company. Continue reading
Feb 05 Researchers say an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this decade. Continue reading
Feb 01 The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded By Timothy J McCoy, Sara Russell, The Conversation In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth. Continue reading
Jan 30 Two stuck NASA astronauts take their first spacewalk together after 8 months aboard the International Space Station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Continue reading
Jan 29 Analysis: What does the commerce secretary do? By Linda J. Bilmes, The Conversation There is no other Cabinet position that has to engage with lawmakers in Congress across so many disparate technical issues, committees and stakeholders. Continue reading
Jan 28 Climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely and intense, preliminary study finds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions in this month's fires by 35 percent and its intensity by 6 percent. Continue reading
Jan 28 Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s chatbot sparks discussion about AI competition By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America's leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost. Continue reading
Jan 27 What is DeepSeek? Here’s a quick guide to the Chinese AI company By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Some U.S. tech industry observers worry the Chinese startup has caught up with the American companies at the forefront of generative AI at a fraction of the cost. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 4:59 Study finds gender-affirming medical care for minors is very rare, refuting political narrative By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Kaisha Young Trump and Republican candidates made rolling back federal protections for transgender people a big issue, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on TV ads, much of it focused on gender-affirming care for minors. Despite the attention, a new study finds… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 3:44 How sail-powered cargo ships are charting a course to sustainability on the high seas By John Yang, Claire Mufson Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as they try to navigate the industry… Continue watching