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How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

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Matthew MacConnell • August 3, 2026 Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive lighting has entered its own lumen arms race. Anyone who has driven at night

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Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters

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Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation • August 3, 2026 Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch. Congress specifically wrote into

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Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

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Robert Pearlman • August 3, 2026 For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the Universe. Now, Lego is inviting builders to look inward with its latest model of the orbiting observatory. The new Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope (set no. 11382) was released on August 1 for $140 at the toy

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An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

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Nate Anderson • August 3, 2026 Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May through early June. It was a disaster. When exam results

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2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn’t completely extinct yet

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Jonathan M. Gitlin • August 3, 2026 As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that’s with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a car. And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off

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SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana

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Eric Berger • August 3, 2026 SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There have been persistent rumors about such an agreement for months, but now The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans

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US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

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Jeremy Hsu • August 3, 2026 Ukrainian drone operators have destroyed many Russian armored vehicles on the ground and even military helicopters in midair using $400 Shrike drones with explosive payloads. Now thousands of such drones are getting upgraded with an AI system capable of autonomously tracking and homing in on moving targets. In mid-July,

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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette • August 3, 2026 It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. July’s list includes outfitting cyborg cockroaches with a tiny diving suit for

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Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble

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Nilay Patel • August 3, 2026 Today, I’m talking with Toni Schneider, who is the brand new CEO of the social platform Bluesky — he formally took over after a short stint as interim CEO. This is one of my favorite kinds of interviews to do on Decoder, because a couple years ago, we had

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Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC

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Jay Peters • August 3, 2026 Building on its recently announced plans to bring original Xbox games to PC, Microsoft is also planning to let developers bring their Xbox 360 games to PC as well, according to a leaked document, seen by The Verge, that was sent to developers recently. Xbox 360 games will be

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