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It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning for the Next Two Solar Eclipses

In 2027 and 2028, there will be two spectacular, long-duration solar eclipses. Here’s what you need to know about them.

Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos

Observatories have been built in mines, deep under the Antarctic ice sheet, and elsewhere in an effort to detect the fleeting particles.

Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater

Science

The island could capture billions of gallons of water a year if it implemented systems to catch it as it falls from the sky.

Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt Out

Technology

When Twitch announced that streamers could opt out, thousands of users questioned why their content was being used to train AI models in the first place.

New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG

Security

At a press conference outside Madison Square Garden, politicians, musicians, and privacy advocates argued for tighter restrictions on how public venues deploy biometric surveillance.

The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China

Business

The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd. But can it ever hold down a real job?

Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want

Business

Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.

These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI

Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve male loneliness.”

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.

The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty

Science

A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines.

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