Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe. In the very first moments of the universe, matter didn't exist as we know today. A millionth of a second or so after the big bang, the universe was a dense, hot soup scientists call quark-gluon plasma (QGP). For several years, particle colliders --which smash molecules together at nearly the speed of light--have been able to replicate this state, but often using heavy elements like lead. Now, a recent experiment by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN from its French acronym) has demonstrated this plasma can be produced by much smaller collisions. Since there's no longer an accessible natural source of this primordial sludge, these micro big bangs can help reveal what happened in the first few minutes of our universe.

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After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California's growing data center industry, action triggered by community anger over the facilities and fears of high utility bills in some communities.

Two major music publishing groups have jointly filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the company of "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history." We reached out to Anthropic for comment on the lawsuit and will update the story when we hear back. Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group were seeking more than 3 billion in damages with the lawsuit. Anthropic ended up settling that case for a record-setting 1.5 billion.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dramatic footage showing flash floods tearing through the main border crossing between Nepal and Tibet has been widely shared around the world. But the footage has become almost impossible to find on China's heavily censored internet service, with only a single image broadcast by state media. Hundreds of people are feared dead, and thousands remain missing as a major rescue operation continues into the weekend. On Saturday, Chinese state media shared videos of rescue teams searching through mud and debris, but there has been little footage of the floods themselves, or accounts from survivors or anxious families.

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OpenAI is planning to cut off Cursor's access from its models, following the AI coding assistant's acquisition by SpaceXAI. In a post on its website, the company said it's giving Cursor users as much time as it could based on its contract. It intends to pull its models from the service on November 12, 2026, but it said that Cursor could choose an earlier termination date. The company explained that it's making this choice because it can't be confident that SpaceX will use its technology within its terms of services, based on its "experience with Elon Musk's companies violating contracts." OpenAI and Musk have a long and troubled history, with the SpaceXAI chief being one of the company's earliest investors.

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AI-generated child sexual abuse material possession is protected by the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled, citing Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition precedent.