The period of 2008 to 2009 was rough for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers. While Ford technically never filed for bankruptcy — though it did receive some of those sweet bailout funds — GM and Chrysler did. GM seemed to have it the worst, as the automaker had to get rid of four of its divisions to get its head above water.…Read more...

Where OpenAI’s mission has focused on bringing AI to scale, its rival Anthropic has focused on safety and security. And its co-founders, siblings and former OpenAI employees Daniela and Dario Amodei, say their concerns about AI’s potential for harm originate from watching the evolution of other technologies.Read more...

Scientists have spotted a rocky exoplanet with a possible atmosphere, which they believe may be burbling out from a magma ocean on the distant world.Read more...

It’s been almost 10 years since the most recent Chevrolet Malibu was revealed, and while there was never really anything wrong with the car itself, it wasn’t exactly memorable — which is probably why it was such a popular rental car. Still, despite largely being forgotten and often assumed dead, believe it or not, the…Read more...

A new partnership between the Treasury Department and Wall Street banks looks to curb the threat of cyber attacks on the U.S. financial system. Read more...

In March, a software bug threatened to derail large swaths of the web. XZ utils, an open-source compression tool embedded in myriad software products and operating systems, was found to have been implanted with a backdoor. Read more...