AI researchers claim 93% accuracy in detecting keystrokes over Zoom audio
Mitigating factors include typing style, multi-case passwords, uncommon laptops.

Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend
US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.

Dealmaster: Save on Apple gear, Lenovo laptops, PlayStation 5, and more
Get ready for dorm move-in day with savings on great tech!

Efficient motors and LFP batteries will power this new medium-duty truck
Motiv has been making electric powertrains for other chassis for 14 years now.

Zoom has “Zoom fatigue,” requires workers to return to the office
Zoom surprisingly decides its teams are more effective working in-office.

Starliner undergoing three independent investigations as flight slips to 2024
"The design changes were, I would say, minimal."

New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer COVID wave
Absolute numbers are low, but several indicators show pandemic virus is on the rise.

Amazon gets “last rites” from FTC as antitrust complaint looks imminent
FTC's lawsuit is likely to be filed in federal court this month.

Crucial early-warning listserv for tracking disease outbreaks is in danger
ProMED, which broke news of COVID, SARS, and MERS, is short on cash and in turmoil.

General Motors will add bidirectional charging to its Ultium-based EVs
The rollout starts with 2024 models, including the Silverado and Blazer EVs.

Rogue planets may be more numerous than stars in our galaxy
Planets cast loose from their exosolar system are remarkably common.

Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers
The open source software legend left us on August 3 at age 62.

The helicopter on Mars just flew again after surviving an emergency landing
"The helicopter worked as planned and executed an immediate landing."

Here’s how ChargePoint plans to increase EV charger reliability
A new Network Operations Center is aimed to bring ChargePoint close to 100% uptime.

Developer logs reveal more details about next-gen Apple M3 and M3 Max chips
Compared to M2 Max, M3 Max could come with four more high-performance cores.

Even the Pope is worried about AI and its “disruptive possibilities”
Papal communiqué warns of AI produced "at the expense of the most fragile and excluded."

Turning my Framework laptop into a tiny desktop was fun. Now it needs a job.
"Reuse" doesn't get as much attention as the other two Rs, but it's important.

SpaceX conducts a mostly successful test of its Super Heavy booster
There were positives and negatives to be taken away from the test firing.

T cells burn out just a few hours after encountering cancer tumors
Why do T cells become exhausted within a few hours of bumping into cancer?

Review: Oppenheimer is pure visual poetry
Technically it's a biopic, but it doesn't play like one.
