Google's "Debug" program seeks U.S. approval to release 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida. The initiative aims to reduce disease-carrying mosquito populations using sterile males with bacteria,

When you think of Google “debugging” something, you probably think of software – not actual bugs.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Mosquito Program (WMP) of Monash University and Debug by Alphabet announced today that they are teaming up to explore a collaboration to deploy automated releases of Wolbachia Aedes aegypti ...

Editor’s Note: This “How it Was” story is told by Aubrey Kagan, who is a professional engineer with a BSEE from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand. Aubrey is engineering manager at Emphatec ...

PITTSBURGH - Computer bugs, or errors in software, can mess up just about anything: They've been blamed for missing homework, blackouts, prison breaks and even the loss of multimillion-dollar space probes. They can be costly to the economy — almost $60 ...