Science & Technology — November 4, 2026

Google dismantles Android TV botnet. Google shut down a botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes and cut ties with the company behind the campaign.

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Voyager 1 nears one-light-day milestone. Nearly 50 years after launch, NASA’s probe approaches a distance of one full light-day from Earth. Engineers are battling dwindling power and technical glitches.

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Dinosaur bone yields 115-million-year-old blood cells. Chemical tests on an Aratasaurus bone identified heme, the compound that lets hemoglobin carry oxygen, preserved alongside 3D red blood cells for 115 million years.

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Voters push back on AI data centers. Voters approved dozens of local data center moratoriums and elected governors opposed to the AI buildout in Texas, Georgia, and Ohio. AI-linked stocks fell.

Axios characterized the results as an “AI earthquake,” framing them as a broad voter revolt against the technology industry at the polls. The outlet put the size of the artificial intelligence expansion at stake at $10 trillion and described Texas as the buildout’s epicenter, making opposition victories there especially notable. The market reaction came in early trading after the election outcomes became clear, according to Axios.

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