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An asteroid discovered late last year is continuing to stir public interest as its odds of striking planet Earth less than eight years from now continue to increase. Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024…

On the Friday after Christmas, OpenAI published a blog post titled “Why OpenAI’s structure must evolve to advance our mission.” In it, the company detailed a plan to reorganize its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). In the…

What you need to know OPPO’s Find N5 takes the crown as the world’s thinnest foldable, measuring just 8.92mm folded and 4.21mm open. IPX9 rating makes it tougher, though dust resistance is still missing. It’s priced at around $1,867, but…

A new malware campaign targeting freelance developers has been using deceptive job advertisements to trick them into downloading malicious software disguised as legitimate tools. The campaign primarily spreads through GitHub repositories and relies on freelancers’ eagerness to secure remote work…

Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit. The company said it’s introducing the change because highlights haven’t been effective in driving…

New Yorkers’ ongoing attempts to rein in car traffic on the island of Manhattan took a serious blow yesterday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy terminated the city’s congestion charge, which made drivers pay for going below 60th Street. Duffy claimed that…

Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe may amuse readers to Feedback by emailing feedback@newscientist.com Solved! Or not Feedback is as fond of true crime as the…

Shortly after introducing subject tracking with its latest smartphone gimbal, DJI has done the same with its new lightweight camera gimbal. The RS4 Mini is now available with DJI’s RS Intelligent Tracking Module to keep a human subject in frame…

ColorOS 15, which made its debut with the Oppo Find X8 series, introduced the O+ Connect feature that allows Oppo phones to easily share files with iPhones and iPads. Now, with the launch of the Oppo Find N5, the company…

Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families known as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. The activity, linked to North Korea, has been codenamed DeceptiveDevelopment, which overlaps with clusters tracked…