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The Food and Drug Administration FDA has granted expedited reviews for three experimental psychedelic drugs targeting major depression and post‑traumatic stress...

More than two‑thirds of babies under two use screens, and some are exposed for up to eight hours a day — according to a report from The Times. Nearly a third of...

Testimony Highlights Elon Musk testified on day two of his trial against OpenAI, stating that he helped create the company as a nonprofit counterweight to Goog...

University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon loves his coffee, and studying the factors that create the perfect cup is a significant part of his research. Hi...

Apple Vision Pro Used In World-First Cataract Surgery Apple's Vision Pro has been used in what's described as the world's first cataract surgery performed with...

Overview Sony is reportedly rolling out a 30‑day online check‑in requirement for some digital PS4 and PS5 games, meaning players could temporarily lose access...

Overview Apple is adding a new App Store subscription option that lets developers offer lower monthly prices in exchange for a 12‑month commitment. The change...

Bloomberg Terminal’s Growing Complexity For its famous intractability, the Bloomberg Terminal has long inspired devotion, bordering on obsession. Among traders...

Details Google has reportedly signed a classified agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its AI models for “any lawful government purpose.” The deal is said to...

UAE to Leave OPEC Amid Hormuz Oil Crisis The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OP...

Overview Bay Area homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan is trying to swap a 13‑acre Mill Valley property for Anthropic equity instead of cash. He create...

Background The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a dispute over labeling requirements for the popular Roundup weed killer, which thousands of people blame...

Background Researchers say infrasoundhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound — low‑frequency vibrations from things like pipes, HVAC systems, and traffic that...

The Trump administration announced it will reimburse energy companies $885 million to cancel two planned offshore wind farms. In return, the firms have agreed t...

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high‑stakes t...

Study Overview Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI‑generated, according...

Background In January, the European Commission launched an initial investigation—known as a specification proceeding—into how Google has implemented AI in the...

Notepad++ has finally made its way to macOS, and this time it is not through a compatibility layer. A new community‑driven port brings the long‑standing Windows...

Background China has blocked Meta's planned $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the deal withdrawn after months of scrutiny from both Beijing...

Background When the Call Federal Credit Union outside Richmond, Va., was robbed at gunpoint in 2019, the suspect took $195,000 from the bank's vault and fled b...

Changes to Copilot Billing GitHub announced in a blog post that Copilot will move to usage‑based billing starting June 1. Base subscription prices remain uncha...

Microsoft to Stop Sharing Revenue With OpenAI Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is ending revenue‑sharing payments to OpenAI and making the partnership non‑excl...

Signature Collection Backers of the initiative announced this weekend that more than 1.5 million people signed a petition to bring the one‑time, 5 % wealth tax...

Introduction An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The whale has resurfaced. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup spun out of High‑Flyer Capital Ma...

> 'There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States,' says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org. Fast Company...

Background Public stock exchanges are beginning to warm to climate‑tech startups, according to a TechCrunch reporthttps://techcrunch.com/2026/04/25/the-climate...

Current State of Right‑to‑Repair Legislation “California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Oregon and Washington have all passed comprehensive right...

Background Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away. He made off with $195,000 from a bank robbery in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded police until inve...

Background Google’s Threat Intelligence teams examined Common Crawl’s repository of billions of public web pages to search for known attacks targeting AI syste...

Overview More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he's nearing his long‑stated goal of turning the platform into an “everything app” with...

> “I love these machines,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Shayde: > “I was super‑active in the Unix‑PC Usenet groups back in the 90s… We hacked the hell out o...

Overview Apple’s leadership transition to former hardware chief John Ternus is expected to bring a series of hardware updates and new product categories. Indus...

Sales Overview Framework began shipping its new Laptop 13 Pro this week, and the Ubuntu variant is outselling the Windows variant, reports PC World: > “It’s se...

Background In March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the moon‑orbiting “Lunar Gateway” space station was being paused to focus on missions to...

Overview The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, a revival...

Experiment Overview Theoretical neuroscientist and cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming describes an experiment comparing three groups—AI‑only, human‑only, and hu...

Background America's National Science Board NSB was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation. The Washington Post describ...

Background After Australia banned social media for users younger than 16, teenagers “immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions,” reports Fortune. A 14‑...

Colorado's age‑verification bill adds open‑source exemption Colorado's age‑attestation bill moved through the House committee with new exemptions for open‑sour...

Overview Polestar’s new Polestar 4 replaces the traditional rear‑view window and mirror with a live video feed from a wide‑angle camera. The high‑resolution di...

Background Microsoft introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in 2016, providing an optional Linux environment for Windows 10 and later versions. An open...

> “Old code like amateur radio and NFC have long been a burden to core networking developers,” reads the pull request. And so Thursday Linus Torvalds merged the...

Overview The White House’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation hired Collin Burns—formerly of OpenAI and Anthropic—to lead its efforts in assessing national...

Background The Free Software Foundation’s Licensing and Compliance Manager published a blog post stating that “Responsible AI” licenses RAIL are nonfree and un...

Overview Intel’s stock surged 24% on Friday, marking its biggest one‑day gain since October 1987. Investors cheered signs of renewed growth driven by mounting...

Background Physicists have proposed a new kind of atomic clockhttps://phys.org/news/2026-04-physicists-revive-1990s-laser-concept.html based on a revived super...

FDA Approval of First Gene Therapy for Deafness An anonymous reader quoted a report from NPR: > The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therap...

Overview Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoedhttps://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24 a bill that would have impo...