Understanding where the CFPB stands is both a bit complicated and incredibly straightforward. The case in question is where a lot of the uncertainty resides. The staff, though, says that has not been their experience. That seems pretty believable, given Elon MusktweetedCFPB RIP the day that Vought was made acting head. In his ownstatementto the court, Pfaff said that despite Martinezs claims, CFPBs work is not being done. All of which, he says, have been ignored....

The living achievement is the Colossal woolly mouse, as the company has dubbed it. The last mammoths went extinct about 4,000 years ago. The hairy proboscideans were close relatives of the mastodon and extant elephants. Three genetically edited mice in the hands of a Colossal researcher.Photo: Colossal Biosciences Colossal scientists generated the woolly mice by simultaneously editing seven genes in the animals genetic code. Thus, the animals hair grew up to three times longer than in unedited rodents....

Those are, of course, the kind of organizations that rely on accurate weather forecasting to perform. Cuts at the FAA have already raised growing concerns about an increase in aviation accidents. And more slash-and-burn tactics by DOGE arent going to make anyone safer. Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 03, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland....

Fireflys first mission to the Moontouched down on the lunar surfaceon Sunday at 3:34 a.m. The Texas-based company released a clip of Blue Ghosts descent toward the Moon followed by a smooth landing. The lander casts its shadow across the lunar surface, appearing as a well-defined silhouette once the dust settles. Firefly’s Blue Ghost landing moments before reaching the lunar surfaceFirefly Aerospace/Gizmodo We cant wait to see more of Blue Ghosts journey unfold on the lunar surface....

News of Lowes passing was firstannounced on Facebookby Lowes longtime friend Marvelous Marvin Boon.TVLine later confirmed Lowes passing. According to TVLine, Lowe passed away March 2, reportedly after battling a long illness. Im beyond devastated, Boon wrote. © Adult Swim A part of me [has] also died. He was a supremely talented artist and voice actor. A true warm-hearted genius. Funniest man on Earth too. Ive stolen jokes from him for decades....

Its a new month, so its time for another one of GooglesPixel Feature Drops. Pixel Studio can now generate images of people. But its only just started rolling out as of this writing. The new Pixel Feature Drop enables Pixel 9 users to generate images of people in the Pixel Studio app.© Google Ill be looking to see how the styles vary compared to Apples image generation algorithms. Like cameras, each AI-led image-generation tool has its own aesthetic....

The next frontier of stem cell transplantation might involve the eyes. Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear led the study, a Phase I/II clinical trial of 14 patients. And theres a lot of pain and discomfort. Ula Jurkunas and her surgical team performing a CALEC transplantation.© Mass Eye and Ear Theyve developed a technique to safely collect and then grow healthy stem cells from a persons uninjured cornea. All of the patients experienced at least some improvement in their visual acuity as well....

Opinion-oriented articles will be more clearly delineated from straight news reports with a new Voices label. Standard news articles will not include the AI features. Voices and Insights button now live @latimes. The Los Angeles Times will now feature AI-generated counterarguments on opinion-oriented articles.Getty Now the voice and perspective from all sides can be heard, seen and read no more echo chamber. How much of this will end up in the alternative viewpoints onTimesarticles?...

As io9 haspointed out previously,Star Trekis not your typical sci-fi franchise when it comes to toys. Now theyre inching closer to your shelf by going on pre-order today. (We used the shots with the accessories included because theyre justso good.) The gang’s all here!© Nacelle Pre-order details can be found atNacelle Store. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Nacelle © Nacelle © Nacelle...

winespring livestreamed the Cybertrucksharrowing journeythrough the parade on X. It doesnt take long for the boos, jeers, and beads to start flying. From inside the Cybertruck, the sound of the beads repeatedly ricocheting off the car is a constant din. Elon Musk holds up an Air Force One stuffed toy as he walks from the presidential helicopter Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on February 19, 2025 in Washington, DC....

Nothinghas been busy makingsomethingin its smartphone labs. The company, headed by OnePluss co-founder,Carl Pei, announced two new mid-range devices atMWC 2025. Theres a 50-MP primary camera with OIS and an f/1.8 aperture, which Nothing says is co-engineered with Samsung. © Nothing Theres a secondary 50-MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and 30x digital ultra zoom. Theres also an 8-MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field of view (FoV). The backside is a Pixel-like camera bar....

The $550 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition looks like the toy version of the largerRTX 5080andRTX 5090. Its a third the size and offers a third of the performance of the highest-end GPU. But will it truly hit the performance needed to offer up solid framerates at 4K resolution? © Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Read on to find out (spoiler: occasionally, in some games, but not always). What about 4K, you ask?...

The asset prices then, predictably, crashed, leading Bloomberg to dub the reserve announcement the Trump Pump. It should be kept to a minimum. Cut it out with these schemes guys. © Brian Ach (Getty Images) To be clear I am PRO CRYPTO. I own BTC [Bitcoin] and some of these. But to me, that doesnt include government money buying in! Not the proper, principled role of government. Cut it out with these schemes guys....