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Study Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: many scientists have contended that humans have evolved very little over the past 1...

Overview Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting...

Interview with Fox News Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that allowing Chinese vehicle imports could put nearly a million U.S. jobs at risk. He said China’s heavily...

Background Cal’s flagship scheduling software is being moved from an open‑source license to a proprietary one. The company argues that AI‑driven coding tools n...

Case Overview An anonymous reader quoted a report from TorrentFreak stating that Spotify and several major record labels—including Universal Music Group, Sony,...

Layoffs Overview Snap is laying off about 1,000 employeeshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/912314/snap-layoffs-1000-staffers-ai-profitability, or 16% of its workfo...

Announcement Allbirds made a surprise announcement this morning: it’s pivoting from sustainable shoes to AI compute infrastructure, rebranding as NewBird AI af...

Summary An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Rivian is joining with Redwood Materials to reuse EV batteries for energy storage — t...

Background A 63‑year‑old man in Norway was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome a bone‑marrow cancer in 2018 and has been living with HIV since 2006. After...

Rothman Calls for Shorter Pre‑Show Trailers and Ads Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman urged theater owners to cut down the roughly 30 minutes of trailers and ads...

Deal Overview Amazon is buying satellite communications company Globalstar for $10.8 billion to expand its Leo satellite‑internet network and compete more dire...

Overview Sony has notified owners of recent BRAVIA television models that significant changes to the built‑in TV Guide for OTA over‑the‑air antenna users and r...

Overview The FCC has granted Netgear the first exemption from its foreign‑made router ban, allowing the company to keep selling new consumer router models made...

Price Increase Details Microsoft has sharply raised prices across its Surface lineup as RAM and component costs keep climbing. Both its mid‑range and flagship...

Background A proposed California bill, AB 2047, would require manufacturers of consumer 3‑D printers to use state‑certified software that detects and blocks di...

Overview An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and...

Overview Google is rolling out a Chrome feature called Skills that lets users save Gemini prompts as reusable one‑click workflows they can run across multiple...

Project Overview A Chicago concert superfan, Aadam Jacobs, has recorded more than 10,000 shows since the 1980s. He is working with Internet Archive volunteers...

Statement from Prime Minister UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said social media platforms should remove addictive infinite‑scroll features for young users as Br...

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet’s Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbit...

Overview Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a memristor memory device that continued operating at 700 °C【https://viterbischool...

Overview 'Rust's rise shows signs of slowing,' argues the CEO of TIOBEhttps://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/. Back in 2020, Rust first entered the top 20 of the TI...

New Snapdragon X2 Chipset A new powerful chipset has arrived to take on x86 CPUs and Apple’s M5, writes Wccftechhttps://wccftech.com/snapdragon-x2-elite-solid-...

Box Office Performance - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is officially the year's highest‑grossing film to date with $629 million at the global box office, accord...

Overview “RGB LED TVs have been the talk of the TV world this year,” notes The Verge, with models arriving from many manufacturers. The first 2026 model is her...

Mississippi has a single state‑run warehouse—operated by a contractor—that supplies all liquor for the state's 2.9 million residents. According to the Washingto...

Background Bloomberg describes the founder as a former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience....

Background Harvard‑trained neuroscientist and former Harvard Medical School professor Gideon Kreiman is leading a startup that aims to give humans “perfect and...

Market Potential The biotech industry's engineered cells could become an $8 trillion market by 2035, according to Phys.org. However, the sector faces increasin...

Overview The term clanker—a disparaging nickname for AI and robots—has “made its way into the Linux kernel,” reports the blog It’s FOSShttps://itsfoss.com/news...

Background Forbes estimates Changpeng Zhao’s net worth at roughly $110 billion, placing him ahead of Bill Gates. The 49‑year‑old billionaire founder of Binance...

Background The AI‑powered vending machine that “went bankrupt” after Wall Street Journal reporters manipulated it into giving away its entire inventory was an...

Overview Latin America has rapidly built sleek and effective payment systems because it is not constrained by legacy payment technology that isn’t designed for...

Background Arizona state prosecutors allege that Kalshi is operating an illegal gambling operation, charging the prediction market with 20 “wagering” misdemean...

Overview 'Breathable oxygen has been created from Moon dust,' reports the Telegraph, 'in a world first that paves the way for a lunar base.' Technology Jeff Be...

Changes to Luna Subscriptions and Purchases Amazon’s Luna cloud‑gaming service is removing several purchasing options, according to Engadget: - It is no longer...

Only about 2 % of visually impaired people in the United States use guide dogs, partly because breeding and training take years and fewer than half the dogs in...

Background The New Yorker published a 17,000‑word investigation that cites “a hundred people with firsthand knowledge of how Sam Altman conducts business,” inc...

Overview The ProPublica Guild staged the first U.S. newsroom strike focused on AI‑related job protections, as reported by Nieman Labhttps://www.niemanlab.org/2...

Background In 2024 The Verge’s consumer‑tech reporter paid $173 for a WD Black SN850X 2 TB SSD. By early 2025 that same SSD was listed for $649【link】. > “Like...

Overview Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Posthttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/d...

Background Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Posthttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles...

Overview Phoronix staged a showdown between Firefox and Chrome, testing them both on an Intel Panther Lake laptop running Ubuntu 26.04. Benchmark Results JetSt...

Cancellation Overview “Every single Star Trek series has been canceled…” reports ScreenRant. “There is no Star Trek in production or greenlit for the first tim...

Background An anonymous reader quoted a report from Ars Technica stating that the Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who cri...

Incident Overview Attackers briefly hijacked part of CPUID’s backend and swapped legitimate download links on its site with malware‑laced ones. The issue affec...

FAA’s New Recruiting Push Targets Gamers An anonymous reader cites a New York Times report that the Federal Aviation Administration FAA is launching a recruiti...

Splashdown NASA's Artemis II crew safely splashed down off the California coast after completing a 10‑day trip around the Moon and back. The recovery took plac...