Toyota invests $531 million in Texas to produce axles in-house
Toyota will construct a 500,000-square-foot building and add 400 jobs to its complex near San Antonio that produces Tundra and Sequoia to make "drivetrain parts.".....»»
US offers $10 million for information on indicted WhisperGate malware suspect
A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging a Russian citizen with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The U.S. Department of State’s.....»»
Scales helped reptiles conquer the land—when did they first evolve?
300 million-year-old tail print shows that scales evolved earlier than expected. Enlarge / Upper left: a reconstruction of Diadcetes. Below: false color images of its foot and tail prints. Right: the section of the tail that left.....»»
Why the harsh Snowball Earth kick-started our earliest multicellular ancestors
For a billion years, single-celled eukaryotes ruled the planet. Then around 700 million years ago during Snowball Earth—a geologic era when glaciers may have stretched as far as the Equator—a new creature burst into existence: the multicellular o.....»»
Elon Musk gives close-up tour of SpaceX’s mighty Starship rocket
SpaceX boss Elon Musk has offered a close-up look at the Starship megarocket on the launchpad at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas......»»
New ransomware, infostealers pose growing risk in 2024
BlackBerry detected and stopped 3.1 million cyberattacks (37,000 per day) in the first quarter of 2024. Between January and March 2024, BlackBerry detected 630,000 malicious hashes, representing a 40% increase from its previous reporting period. 60%.....»»
Gitleaks: Open-source solution for detecting secrets in your code
Gitleaks is an open-source SAST tool designed to detect and prevent hardcoded secrets such as passwords, API keys, and tokens in Git repositories. With more than 15 million Docker downloads, 16,200 GitHub stars, 7 million GitHub downloads, thousands.....»»
Ancient Hominin Lucy Wasn’t as Hairy as We Imagine
Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominin, may have been much less hairy than we imagine—a perhaps shocking revelation for our modern sense of nakedness.....»»
How to Stay Safe during Lightning Storms
Each year in the U.S. lightning strikes 37 million times and kills 21 people on average. Here’s how to stay safe during lightning storms.....»»
Antarctic Ice Hides 40-Million-Year-Old River System
Beneath the Antarctic ice, scientists find remnants of a giant river system that flowed for thousands of miles.....»»
Best manufacturer: Toyota is run by car fans, and it"s paying off
Best manufacturer: Toyota is run by car fans, and it"s paying off.....»»
We"re 65 With $1.5 Million in an IRA and $4,200 Per Month in Social Security. What"s Our Retirement Budget?
We"re 65 With $1.5 Million in an IRA and $4,200 Per Month in Social Security. What"s Our Retirement Budget?.....»»
Riders jump off Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Over Texas to escape stuck raft in viral video
Riders jump off Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Over Texas to escape stuck raft in viral video.....»»
Toyota recalls nearly 150,000 new crossovers in U.S. for airbag deployment issue
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 145,254 crossovers in the U.S. due to an issue with airbag deployment that may violate federal safety standards......»»
Tony Gullo, founder of Gullo Auto Group, dies at age 90
Tony Gullo, owned three Conroe, Texas, dealerships and capitalized on the Toyota growth wave. A family man and philanthropist, he also was deeply involved in his community......»»
5 EV trends in latest U.S. registration data
Tesla registrations fell for a third straight month in April, Toyota's bZ4X made the top-10 model list, factory incentives soared, and EV market share rose to 7.4 percent, data from S&P Global Mobility showed......»»
Rewriting the armadillo family tree: A new species, plus a name change for the state mammal of Texas
While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters. There are nearly two dozen species of armadillos, from six-inch long "pink fairies" to giant armadillos that measur.....»»
The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organized sport
President and CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker recently called for an additional $104 million in government funding for Olympic athletes......»»
Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken Seriously Enough
Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate......»»
Engineers produce the world"s first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip
As lasers go, those made of Titanium-sapphire (Ti:sapphire) are considered to have "unmatched" performance. They are indispensable in many fields, including cutting-edge quantum optics, spectroscopy, and neuroscience. But that performance comes at a.....»»
A rare blue-eyed cicada was found in Niles, Illinois: Thousands more could exist, professor says
Carole Will McDonald didn't think she would find a blue-eyed cicada when she went looking for one in her front yard in Niles. It was a one-in-a-million shot, she understood, to find one amidst its red-eyed brethren in a sea of cicadas that have taken.....»»