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Researchers working on data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory buried deep in Antarctic ice think they may have spotted tau neutrinos, a certain flavor of the subatomic particles from space. The seven candidate signals appeared in 9.7 years of observatory data, a testament to just how elusive these little particles…

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Google Meet is rolling out filters you can use to “lightly” touch up your complexion before you head into a meeting. The company first launched the feature on mobile last year, but now it’s coming to Google Meet’s web app.

You can choose from two different filters: subtle and smoothing. While Google says the subtle filter applies “very light” complexion

• Sam Bankman-Fried came up with a list of bad ideas after FTX's bankruptcy
• One of them was going on Tucker Carlson's show and taking an anti-woke heel turn.
• The list was included in prosecutors' sentencing submission, asking for 50 years in prison.

After FTX declared bankruptcy, in November 2022, its founder and former CEO came up with a list of terrible

Starship flew faster and longer than ever before on Thursday, but with both stages lost during the mission, there’s clearly much more progress to be made. Here’s our detailed breakdown of Integrated Flight Test 3 and what happens next.

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Prosecutors in New York asked a court on Friday to sentence crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for defrauding crypto investors and extracting billions of dollars from his companies FTX and Alameda Research. FTX imploded in 2022, turning a high-flying company once valued at $32…

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Pornhub, you can take away Texans' porn, but what you won't do is take away their determination to get their NSFW content — come hell or high water.

As we reported on Friday, Pornhub went dark in Texas. Why? The state has new age verification laws. As such, anyone who has a Texas IP is blocked from accessing the adult website.

"[W]e have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to

No matter how you feel about whether or not Marvel’s star is waning at present, few can deny the reality that it is still one of the biggest studios in Hollywood. But with that presence comes the very real fact that everything about it is news—especially when it’s mess.

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• Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon to see and hear the universe more clearly.
• Lunar telescopes could be even stronger than the James Webb Space Telescope.
• They may have to compete with entrepreneurs

• A judge issued a disqualification ruling in Trump's Fulton County election-interference case.
• The county's DA, Fani Willis, dated the man she hired as a special prosecutor to oversee the case.
• A lawyer for Mike Roman, a Trump codefendant, argued she benefited from his hiring.

A Georgia judge ruled Friday morning that District

• The National Association of Realtors said it'd reduce commissions as part of a $418 million settlement.
• Commission rates of 5% to 6% of a home's purchase price were previously standard.
• Cut commissions could lead to lower home prices but may force some agents out of the industry.

The entire real-estate industry could shift in homeowners' favor

Facebook is a wasteland. Once the default gateway to the internet, today the site has a reputation as one of the least cool places on the web—at least for America’s taste-making young people. But, as the New York Times recently pointed out, there’s one corner of the platform that keeps the under-35 crowd coming back.…

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• March 2024 may be the best month in the best year to see the Northern Lights, aka aurora borealis.
• That's because the sun is hyperactive, and the equinox can create holes in Earth's magnetic field.
• Here's everything you need to know to spot the northern lights.

This could be the best month, of the best