On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...
The Robot Report

Apptronik unveils Apollo 2 and a flagship data collection and training facility

Built as a data collection and training platform, Apollo 2 enables continuous learning through deployment, Apptronik said.
Decrypt

LongCat-2.0: The Stealth AI Model That Was Quietly Topping OpenRouter All Along

Chinese tech company Meituan officially unveiled LongCat-2.0 on June 30, confirming the open-license, 1.6-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts AI model is the same system that sp ...
Mirage News

LLNL Opens Registration for Quantum Computing Workshop

Registration is now open for the 2026 Real-World Quantum Computing workshop, jointly hosted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and San ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
Warriors Wire

Meet a scientist tracking invasive reptiles, and even their parasites

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the Everglades.
GovCon Wire

NASA to Use Rocket Lab’s Electron to Launch TSIS-2, PolSIR Missions

NASA awarded Rocket Lab two IDIQ task orders enabling the rideshare launch of the second Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor and the Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer. The projects ...