Wikipedia hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm that vandalized pages

The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages and modifying user scripts across multiple wikis.

Chemists create complex DNA structures without hydrogen bonds

No "sticky ends"? No problem. A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X

New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced ...
The New York Times

Maybe America Needs Some New Cities

It sounds a bit kooky to promise a whole city from scratch. But it has been done before — and might just help solve the housing crisis. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Conor ...
The New York Times

They Use MetroCards to Make Art. They’re Starting to Run Out.

The fare card is dead. How much longer can these New York artists stretch a finite supply? The fare card is dead. How much longer can these New York artists stretch a finite supply? Shih-Pao Lin, a ...

Court docs name D4vd as target of Celeste Rivas Hernandez murder investigation; new gruesome details revealed

Court documents made public in the alleged homicide of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez reveal gruesome new details about ...
Engadget

Anthropic beefs up Claude's free tier as OpenAI prepares to stuff ads into ChatGPT's

Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to ...
Science Daily

MIT scientists strip cancer of its sugar shield

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. Their strategy targets a hidden “off switch” that tumors ...
Navy Times

New commander of US Navy Submarine Force Atlantic takes over

Vice Adm. Richard Seif relieved Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher as commander of Submarine Force Atlantic on Saturday at Naval ...
Harvard Business Review

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”

In July 2025, the Justice Department announced it would not make any additional files public from its investigation into child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The backlash against the decision was ...
Wired

Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake

Today, Meta went to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation on its apps, including Facebook and Instagram. The state claims that Meta violated ...