Engineered E. coli dependency may help contain microbes to defined areas

Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming’s “compiling shaders” wait times

PC gamers who are tired of waiting for their games to “compile shaders” during some load times may want to dig into the ...
Houston Chronicle

Muslim parent sues over Texas voucher program’s block on Islamic schools

A Houston-area parent is suing state officials, accusing them of religious discrimination for barring Islamic schools from participating in Texas’ private school voucher program. The plaintiff, Mehdi ...
TechCrunch

Walmart agrees to $100M settlement over deceptive pay practices in Spark Driver program

Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over deceptive pay practices within its Spark Driver service, which uses gig workers to deliver ...
PBS

A timeline of tensions over Iran's nuclear program as talks with U.S. approach

Iran and the United States are due to hold new talks in Geneva on Thursday over Tehran's nuclear program. The talks come as America has assembled the largest fleet of warplanes and aircraft in the ...
The Aspen Times

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies takes over Aspen Snowmass’ Ambassadors program

Aspen Snowmass’ mountain ambassadors program — a volunteer position that provides information, free mountain tours, coffee, and water to Aspen Snowmass guests — has been handed over to the Aspen ...
Ars Technica

Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler

Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments. But as usual ...
Click2Houston

Texas school voucher program raises concerns over public school funding

HOUSTON – As Texas rolls out its new school voucher program, public school educators and teacher advocates are raising concerns about how the policy could impact classroom funding across the state. In ...
Click2Houston

Answering common questions over the now-open Texas school voucher program

HOUSTON – Just hours after Texas officially opened applications for its new school voucher program, thousands of families rushed to sign up. By noon on Wednesday, more than 20,000 students had applied ...
WLRN

State sued again over changes to HIV/AIDS medication assistance program

The State of Florida has been sued again regarding its decision to change eligibility requirements for its prescription medication assistance program for people living with HIV/AIDS. The AIDS ...
STAT

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary tries to soothe staff concerns over voucher program

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. WASHINGTON — At an employee town ...
Business Insider

I used my Costco membership to save over $11,000 buying my car. Now, I won't ever shop for a vehicle any other way.

Recently, I used Costco's Auto Program to save thousands of dollars when buying a car. It was easy to use, and I liked that I didn't have to negotiate or haggle with a dealership. More Costco members ...