Why ‘Starfleet Academy’ Brought Back a ‘Deep Space Nine’ Icon
'Star Trek' and its love of long-lived species was the key to pulling together the new show's wonderful 'DS9' tribute.
February 2026
Watch a Man Get Launched Off a Truck at 50 MPH, for Science
Relax, you're in the loving arms of physics.
Senegal shuts National ID office after ransomware attack
Senegal closed its national ID card office after a ransomware cyberattack disrupted ID, passport, and biometric services. Senegal confirmed a…
Discord’s age verification mandate is a leap toward a gated internet
Discord is about to force some of the people who use its messaging app to make a choice: Use the…
AI caricatures go viral, but data privacy risks are not to be ignored
Seemingly harmless AI image trends may covertly normalize risky data-sharing habits.
After Republican complaints, judicial body pulls climate advice
Meant to help judges handle scientific issues, document is now climate-free.
AI-Generated Text and the Detection Arms Race
In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence.…
Fugitive Crypto Scam Kingpin Gets 20 Years for $73 Million ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam
In a victory for US law enforcement and crypto fraud victims, a federal court has sentenced a crypto scam kingpin…
ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale “Zero False Positive” AI-Powered Code Security
January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came…
Privacy vs. Secrecy in Adolescence: How to Help Your Tween Tell the Difference
Most parents only get a glimpse of what their tweens do online. If you are lucky, you might notice or…