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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers

The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk. The rule states that new foreign-made product models for network routers will land on the Covered List, a set…

The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US

In December, the Federal Communications Commission banned all future drones made in foreign countries from being imported into the United States, unless or until their maker gets an exemption. Now, the FCC has done the exact same for consumer networking…

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones

Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called DarkSword. Now someone has leaked a newer version of DarkSword and published it on the code-sharing site GitHub. Researchers are warning that…

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow ‘Organ Sacks’ to Replace Animal Testing

As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks.” Bay Area-based R3 Bio has been quietly pitching the…

The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness

A few years ago, I took a zombie test. I had flown to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit neuroscientist Giulio Tononi and learn about his much-debated theory of consciousness, integrated information theory. The most tangible outcome of Tononi’s work is a…

2,100 years ago, someone hurled a rock inscribed with ‘Learn your lesson!’

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. No one wants to get pelted by a rock, much less one inscribed with an infuriating taunt. Nevertheless, the unwanted projectiles have brained unfortunate…

Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain

A team led by neurobiologist Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading at Heidelberg University has identified a key molecular process that drives the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Working with researchers from Shandong University (China), the scientists used a mouse model of Alzheimer’s…

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 will get Apple AirDrop support starting today

As Google promised, Apple AirDrop sharing is expanding to more Android devices. Samsung announced today that its Galaxy S26 Series is getting AirDrop support through the Quick Share feature. Google first introduced the Quick Share feature on its Pixel 10…

Every bulb on Govee’s new outdoor string lights can display multicolor effects

Available starting today through Govee’s online store and Amazon, the Outdoor Chromatic String Lights are available in two lengths: a 32-foot option with 10 bulbs for $169.99 and a 65-foot version with 20 bulbs for $299.99. Each bulb features an…

Do you want to build a robot snowman?

Nvidia’s GTC conference had everything: trillion dollar sales projections, graphics technology that can yassify video games, grand declarations that every company needs an OpenClaw strategy, and even a robot version of the beloved snowman Olaf from Disney’s “Frozen.” On the…