Lawmakers are seeking to curb crypto ATM fraud with a bipartisan bill that would set transaction limits, mandate scam warnings, and require transaction records and updated kiosk location records. The proposal follows FBI-cited losses of more than $333 million, with older Americans accounting for most known-age financial losses.
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Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill targeting crypto…
The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it
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One of the space station’s robot arms, crucial for catching cargo ships and doing a share of maintenance duties, is offline for at least a few weeks for repairs.
Canadarm2, which just passed 25 years of service in April on the International Space Station (ISS), will…
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SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.
June 15, 2026
With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.
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Meta Announces Football Features in Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads Amid FIFA World Cup 2026
June 15, 2026
Meta has announced the launch of new Football features in Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads as the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off in North America. The new features include athlete content, match content, and in-product activations. Here’s everything to know about…
SpaceX has captured the attention of media, investors, and the public for years now – interest propelled by the company’s reusable rocket launches, the rise of its Starlink satellite network, and of course, for its founder and CEO Elon Musk.
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Anyone who works at Meta or knows anyone who works at Meta will tell you the same thing: It is not a happy place, particularly given the seemingly endless layoffs the company has executed over the last few years – cuts that have only accelerated as the company funnels billions into AI.
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The drama kicked…
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
June 15, 2026
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation.
On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to…
Duane Michals, who died on June 09 in New York aged 94, was the kind of photographer who makes people uneasy. He wrote directly on his prints. He blurred things deliberately. He arranged images like comic strips and called them art.
When the street photographer Garry…
These are the most heartbreaking wildlife photographs of 2026 – and they're going on an international tour
June 15, 2026
A sea turtle with a human handprint. A koala hit by a car. The 2026 Environmental Photography Award recognized some of the most heartbreaking wildlife images of the year – and now those images are going on an international tour.
The Environmental Photography Awards presented by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation were packed with fantastic compositions that not only demonstrated an eye for…
