Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps

Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.
F1 in Bahrain… in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start

A software bug waylaid half the field and required a race reboot.
Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher

Unconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches

Ars Technica’s guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.
New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"

Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls.
Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo’s new documentary Africa: Earth’s Wild Home
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.

The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.