Proof of life: How CAPTCHA changed the internet

See how we created a form of invisible surveillance, who gets left out at the gate, and how we’re inadvertently teaching the ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
247Sports.com

Daily Delivery: K-Stater turns to Etsy to solve football team's issues

Kansas State is 5-6 on the season heading into Saturday's regular-season finale against Colorado. It's been a frustrating season for all, but one prominent K-State fan has taken matters into her own ...
Engadget

Google's Nano Banana Pro image generator leverages Gemini 3 for improved visuals and text rendering

Google just unveiled its Nano Banana Pro image generation platform, which is also going by the name Gemini 3 Pro Image. The company promises this is an improvement over previous versions of the ...
eWeek

Inside Google’s Nano Banana Pro: Sharper Text, 4K Images, and Upgraded Design Tools

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Bleeping Computer

ClickFix malware attacks evolve with multi-OS support, video tutorials

ClickFix attacks have evolved to feature videos that guide victims through the self-infection process, a timer to pressure targets into taking risky actions, and automatic detection of the operating ...
MIT Technology Review

DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...
CNN

An object in a satellite image defies explanation. Could it solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries?

An odd shape in the South Pacific that has sparked the latest push to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time came to light in a backyard in California. US Navy veteran Mike Ashmore was at ...
WHDH

Scam text, frozen Venmo, and $5,000 gone — how Solve It 7 got it back

BOSTON (WHDH) - The message looked legitimate and urgent, but following its instructions set off a chain of costly clicks for Karen Caplan. The text claimed there was a problem with a credit card ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-1, Its First In-House Text-to-Image AI Model

Microsoft has unveiled MAI-Image-1, its first text-to-image model fully developed in-house. MAI-Image-1 ranks among the top 10 models on the LMArena platform, meaning it delivers strong results when ...
The New York Times

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key. By John Schwartz John Schwartz, ...