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Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. “Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.” Max Planck in 1938 Max Planck in 1938 German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work.

The Amble One is a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy designed for luxury resorts. It seems to be the week for cheap EVs. Right after the production model of the Slate electric truck was revealed, complete with a bump in range, a new European entrant in electric mobility is launching out of stealth mode today and plans to bring its own affordable yet stylish rides to market.

This is my drone, this is my gun Half-million strong military will train on drones as “universal combat tool.” Jeremy Hsu – Jun 26, 2026 6:19 pm | A South Korean soldier checks a drone equipped with rifles during an anti-terror drill at the Kintex exhibition centre in Goyang on October 27, 2022. A South Korean soldier checks a drone equipped with rifles during an anti-terror drill at the Kintex exhibition centre in Goyang on October 27, 2022.

His doctors went looking for cancer, then they saw the worms’ heads. Beth Mole – Jun 26, 2026 5:43 pm | Radiologic findings from a study of autochthonous neurocysticercosis brain lesions mimicking metastatic disease. Radiologic findings from a study of autochthonous neurocysticercosis brain lesions mimicking metastatic disease. A  60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn’t shake. It had started two weeks prior and was only getting worse.

Illinois passed a similar law, giving services more incentive to make ads less booming. On July 1, it will be illegal for streaming platforms to play ads louder than the content being watched in California. As The Hollywood Reporter highlighted this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill (SB 576) in October 2025 that prohibits any video streaming service from transmitting the “audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany” in the state.

Russian government lashes out at Apple’s “bizarre” decisions. According to Apple’s 2025 App Store Transparency Report, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App Store. In 2025, Russia asked that Apple remove 1,213 apps—many of these VPN apps designed to thwart the country’s draconian Internet censorship.

Supercomputer clashes with Cox ruling? NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony. In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, The New York Times proposed to amend its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to clarify a claim and allege that Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT works by building a bespoke supercomputing system ranked among the most powerful in the world.

FCC refuses to provide messages, has “wasted a year” of court’s time, filing says. Jon Brodkin – Jun 26, 2026 2:51 pm | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr arrives for an FCC meeting on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr arrives for an FCC meeting on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Update began June 15 and will no longer allow you to share your login info. A scene from the Netflix original series Beef. A scene from the Netflix original series Beef. Recently, my father called me in a panic. There were just a few minutes until Netflix would start streaming a live MMA event, and he couldn’t get into my account. For a while, my father had accessed Netflix as an add-on member with his own profile through my household’s account.

It’s “an exciting advance in efforts to restock the antibiotic arsenal.” Beth Mole – Jun 26, 2026 1:46 pm | This is a slide culture of a Streptomyces sp. grown on tap water agar, 1972. This is a slide culture of a Streptomyces sp. grown on tap water agar, 1972. Antibiotic resistance has loomed over humans since the moment we started using antibiotics.