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Can giant space mirrors boost green energy on Earth? A startup aims to discover 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 18, 2026
Reflect Orbital aims to redirect sunlight towards the night areas of the Earth.Credit: Jesper Klausen/Scientific Photo Library A risky plan to turn night into day is one step closer to reality. Last week, U.S. officials approved a mission to launch a giant mirror into space, where the device will reflect sunlight onto shadowed parts of
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AI is set to completely transform cybersecurity – here’s how researchers should prepare 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 17, 2026
For much of my computer science career, I viewed software vulnerability detection as a craft. The best researchers combine technical skill with intuition: the ability to know whether a software bug was a minor bug or a sign of a more serious vulnerability. For decades, machines found bugs and humans decided which ones mattered. Now,
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A global capital for AI safety is emerging, and it’s not in Silicon Valley 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 17, 2026
Technology companies like Google have set up important offices in London.Credit: Tim Robberts/Getty When Mythos, an artificial intelligence model from US firm Anthropic, was rolled out to a limited group of companies earlier this year, rumors quickly circulated about the system’s hacking capabilities and cybersecurity threats. True clarity about the power of the model came
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Manipulated data sets could fool AI agents 0
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- July 16, 2026
Credit: Denis Borisov/Getty Researchers are increasingly using autonomous AI agents for data interpretation. The accuracy of this analysis depends on the data sets available to these programs, and a new study documents how easy it is for scammers to “poison” these resources by uploading manipulated data sets that closely resemble the originals but lead to
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New York to impose nation’s first state moratorium on data centers 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- July 14, 2026
NEW YORK — New York will block construction of new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment and energy grid from energy-intensive facilities that fuel artificial intelligence technology. Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order Tuesday morning imposing the nation’s first state moratorium
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A US citizen is found guilty of helping to export technology to Iran in violation of sanctions.0
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- July 13, 2026
BOSTON– A Massachusetts man was found guilty Monday of conspiring to illegally export electronic components to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, who worked at global electronics company Analog Devices, was accused of helping an Iranian business partner circumvent U.S. export control laws. U.S. prosecutors say the Tehran-based business partner’s company makes
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