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April 12, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

The Nate app promised to automate payments with AI; instead, it had human workers pulling the levers behind the scenes.

A new report estimates electricity demand for artificial intelligence could quadruple in the next five years.

In a surprise announcement extremely late on Friday night, President Trump has exempted smart phones, computers, and chips from the so-called reciprocal tariffs, sparing Apple and others billions in import fees. Apple CE...

Researchers have long wondered why some people with high-risk Parkinson's gene variants develop the disease while others don't. A new study has uncovered that additional genetic players, particularly the Commander gene c...

Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting' The rise of AI-powered code generation tools is reshaping how developers write software - and introducing new risks to the software supply chain in the process....

Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants' social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more.

The White House's budget proposal for NOAA would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer other space programs. The post NOAA budget proposal would affect weather satellite, other spa...

Evidence is mounting that the newest version of GPT will be released soon.

The powerful GOES-19 satellites, one of the most advanced ever built, has taken on a new name.

$5.1B cancellations pitched as efficiency move, though costly Trump birthday parade mulled The US Department of Defense (DOD) has canceled contracts for "consulting and other non-essential services" in the latest round o...

The Social Security Administration is planning to stop issuing press releases and move all of its official communications to X, according to Wired. The change is happening amidst cuts at the department directed by DOGE, ...

Tesla owners are looking to sell their cars in record numbers amid protests against Elon Musk and his EV car company.

A new teaser trailer for Science Saru’s The Ghost in the Shell anime series has been announced on the official Ghost in the Shell website in a post spotted by Anime News Network. The post also revealed some of the...

The nature of thought remains one of philosophy's greatest mysteries, with deep implications for neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Two main theories compete: materialism, which sees thoughts as brain states, and ...

There are plenty of browsers to choose from these days. You can choose to use Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and more. With so many options available, you may wonder what the difference is between all of them. There is ...

A new study has found that delusions typically emerge before hallucinations in individuals at high risk for psychosis, overturning a long-standing belief that hallucinations drive delusional thinking. By analyzing sympto...

Researchers have identified mutations in the non-coding gene RNU2-2 as a cause of a newly defined neurodevelopmental disorder, often accompanied by severe epilepsy. The discovery sheds light on the critical role of small...

Batman, Robin, and Nightwing are the galaxy's last line of defense in the tokusatsu-inspired Immortal Legend Batman.

Grab epic instant shots with the Fujifilm instax mini 41. This camera boasts cool upgrades like parallax correction and smart flash control for easy, top-notch photos.   –Automatic Exposure Magic: Reads ambient light ...

Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 202, for April 13.

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 406 for April 13.