The Future of AI Is in Ted Cruz’s Hands Now
No way it can be as bad as a 10-year moratorium on regulation, right?
The Amazing Art and Toys We Loved at DesignerCon 2026
From custom action figures to handcrafted sculptures, we found some truly hilarious, cool stuff.
Xbox Forces a Third Price Hike Down Players’ Throats
And it comes just when you thought you'd buy an Xbox to play 'GTA VI.'
Sony announces major layoffs at Bungie, including most of the Destiny team
Some devs working on Marathon have also been laid off and studio head Justin Truman has stepped down.
Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off
Cellebrite claims the hardware predates current sanctions and was used without its consent.
Everyone Wants to Build AI Using Someone Else’s Work
Publishers and artists aren’t the only ones accusing AI startups of foul play these days.
Millie Bobby Brown Says the End of ‘Stranger Things’ Was a ‘Very Hard Time for Me’
The star of the Netflix series was just 10 when she started playing Eleven and became very attached to the character and her castmates.
Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors
After Ford's automated quality-control systems and AI tools fell short, the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers over the past three years to mentor younger staff and reprogram the underperforming technology. "Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it," Charles Poon, Ford's vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, told reporters on a call Wednesday. "Over prior years, we didn't pay as much attention as we should have to the ...
The Aerogarden I Recommend to Everyone Is Just $83 Right Now, a 63% Discount
This flash deal is a rare chance to buy one of our favorite hydroponic gardens for less than $100.
Samsung’s Budget Galaxy A27 Isn’t Much of an Upgrade
It's $50 more than the previous model, and many of its other features, like the rear cameras, are downgrades.
Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
Un0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.
General Intuition's $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
We Thought Computer Chips Were Running Out of Room. IBM Found a New Way Forward.
The new chip technology packs nearly 100 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip.
IBM Crosses One of Computing’s Biggest Barriers With World’s First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip
The new chip technology packs nearly 100 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip.
Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman
Madison Mills / Axios: Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman Meta Superintellige
Samsung's latest budget phone has mild upgrades and a $50 price hike
The Galaxy A27 5G has a stronger chipset, at least.
While Jony Ive Is Designing Ferraris, Another Apple Designer Is Thinking Different About the Golf Cart
Apple veteran Julian Hoenig has a vision for the future of short-range rides.
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding As soon
17 Best Prime Day Fitness Tech Deals (2026) Up to $250 Off
I've compiled a list of the best fitness tech deals this Amazon Prime Day, including smartwatches, walking pads, and recovery gear. You can thank me later.
The ‘House of the Dragon’ Odd Couple on Their Westeros Road Trip
Tom Glynn-Carney (King Aegon) and Matthew Needham (Lord Larys Strong) talk about being the show’s most unlikely duo in season three.
Sources and a draft document: the US proposes that the EU sign on to an AI partnership to help secure chip supply chains; the one-page statement had few details
Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg: Sources and a draft document: the US proposes that the EU sign on to an AI partnership to help secure chip supply chains; the one-page statement had few details The US
Micron Locks In Historically High Memory Prices For Five Years
Micron has signed 16 "strategic customer agreements" (SCAs) that include a floor price the company says comes with "a very robust gross margin for Micron, well above our peak quarterly margins in any past cycle." Most of the deals run through 2030 and cover about 40% of Micron's revenue. The Register reports: Micron CEO, president and chairman Sanjay Mehrotra explained the SCAs in prepared remarks delivered during the company's Q3 earnings call. He explained that Micron has signed 16 SCAs, most ...
Google Finance is now available as a standalone Android app
Google Finance is a standalone Android app now, with an iOS version on the way.
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The Universe's First Stars Were Shaped By Turbulence and Were Not As Massive as Thought
For a long time, astrophysicists thought that the Universe's first stars, called Population III stars, were uniformly massive. It seemed like the conditions they formed in were calm and serene, which favoured massive stars. But new research based on high-resolution simulations show that conditions were more chaotic than thought, and gas cloud turbulence means that Population III stars were not all massive. This affected the metallicity of the next stars to form.
Strange Side Effect Found Among Ozempic Users—and It Has to Do With Smell and Taste
New research has identified a potential, if small, added risk of smell and taste disturbances linked to GLP-1 use.
Plain-language AI workflow tool could cut cloud energy use and costs dramatically
Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering question
Stop Mowing Your Grass Forever With One of These Highly Rated Robot Mowers On Sale
You don't need to cut your own grass anymore. Most of the best robot mowers I've tested are on sale for Prime Day.
World Rocked by 4 Powerful Earthquakes in Less Than 8 Hours. Were They Connected?
These events killed at least 164 people in Venezuela and injured several in California and Japan.
Sony A7R VI review: A huge speed boost makes this a nearly perfect high-resolution camera
Sony's A7R VI finally serves up speed and resolution together thanks to the new 67MP stacked sensor.
3 Agents. 3 LLMs. 1 Aging GPU: Engineering Parallel Inference on Bare Metal
Beat the 8GB VRAM limit. Learn how to run three different LLMs on a single 8GB GPU using C++ layer multiplexing and admission control. The post 3 Agents. 3 LLMs. 1 Aging GPU: Engineering Parallel Infe
Google Starts Lowering Play Store Fees, Making Good On Epic Games Settlement
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google's stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, and Google is beginning to implement app store changes as agreed in its settlement with Epic. The lower developer fees and new payment options that Google promised are rolling out in select markets this month before expanding. [...] Starting on ...
IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip
IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.
Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware
Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive.
‘Absolute Batman’ and ‘Joker’ Animated Series in the Works
DC Sudios greenlit a Joker anime, a Krypto kids cartoon, and an animated 'Absolute Batman' series.
Nothing Just Gave Us a Solid Glimpse at Its Budget Phone 4b
Look! Two cameras!
Kobo Libra Colour Sale (2026): The E-Reader Deal Worth Jumping on This Prime Day
The color e-reader that’s most worth your money this Prime Day isn't from Amazon.
Robots that can identify materials and map unknown environments could aid nuclear and defense sectors
Robots that can see beyond human vision, build live 3D maps of unknown environments and identify what objects are made of are being developed by researchers at the University of Surrey, opening new po
FOSS Weekly #26.26: Free Origin Access, Niri Tiling, Firefox Tricks, Myna in Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff
Brave browser released Origin, a striped down, non-crypto version of the Brave browser. It's basically Brave browser without the bloat but still with ad-block and anti-tracking. Here's the good thing which you will lke a s Linux user. This Brave Origin costs $6o for Windows and macOS users, but it is free for Linux users. Not everyday we Linux users get such privilege.Epic Games open-sourced Lore at State of Unreal 2026, a Git alternative built specifically for projects that mix code with huge b...
Insurers turn to generative AI for catastrophe modeling, but hallucinations and sales logic could get in the way
Diffusion models generate tens of thousands of plausible weather events where historical data doesn't exist. Insurers are hoping for more precise risk assessments. Researchers warn about hallucination
Video Shows Police Drone Use a Magnet to Disarm Overdosing Suspect, Cops Take Victory Lap
The curious copaganda clip is being used to claim drones are the future of policing, but is this how they'll really be employed?
Space Force Ordered a Satellite Launch—and Had It in Orbit 17 Hours Later
Rocket Lab set a new record for launching a satellite on demand.
5 Open Source Omni AI Models That Handle Text, Images, Audio, and Video
Take a practical look at multimodal, any-to-any systems for vision-language reasoning, speech interaction, document intelligence, real-time assistants, local deployment.
Apple Hikes Prices on Almost Everything Except iPhones
Macs, iPads, HomePods, and Apple TVs all cost way more now. Even the already expensive Vision Pro, too.
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What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere?
What links certain mathematical models of traffic flow, shallow-water waves, and quantum particle scattering? The surprising answer lies in a corner of the algebraic combinatorics world that goes by the name of positive Grassmannian. In simple terms, the positive Grassmannian is a shape that classifies other shapes. Remarkably, pieces of the positive Grassmannian can be reassembled in forms that… Source
I Found the Best iPad Deal for Amazon Prime Day This Year (2026)
With four iPads to choose from, there’s a clear winner in terms of discounts for Amazon Prime Day.
Getting More Out of KDE Plasma System Monitor
One of the biggest strengths of KDE Plasma is its customization, and the System Monitor is no exception.I have shown this with KDE Konsole tweaks earlier and now I am here to do the same with KDE System Monitor.Like most other parts of the Plasma desktop, the System Monitor offers plenty of customization options that are easy to overlook.Let me show you how to transform the default KDE Plasma System Monitor into a clean and powerful system monitoring dashboard. Understanding the System Monitor L...
Grok AI is reportedly a porn platform now, with over half its traffic tied to adult content
Two former xAI employees estimate that porn accounts for well over half of all Grok traffic. xAI is leaning into it, while OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google won't touch adult content. The article Grok AI
Letting an LLM Pick the Right RAG Page: The Arbiter Pattern at the End of Retrieval
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #7C] - One LLM call ranks the candidates with reasons. The output is one typed object your auditor can defend The post Letting an LLM Pick the Right RAG Page: T
Can your smartwatch detect sleep apnea?
No smartwatch can actually diagnose sleep apnea, but some can track certain signs that might indicate you have the condition.
Sail, whose software optimizes how AI models run on existing chips, emerges from stealth with $80M in seed and Series A led by Kleiner at a $450M valuation
Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: Sail, whose software optimizes how AI models run on existing chips, emerges from stealth with $80M in seed and Series A led by Kleiner at a $450M valuation For months, Kl
Claude Code in Slack
a tip to get better UI from Codex
Salesforce launches Help Agent to simplify AI customer service deployment
Salesforce Inc. is launching a new prepackaged artificial intelligence agent for customer service, enabling organizations to quickly build and deploy AI agents. Today Salesforce announced Help Agent,
The Company Trying to Bring Back the Mammoth Just Teamed Up With the US Government
The biotech startup that’s promised to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to preserve America’s endangered species before they die off.
America Is Creating a DNA ‘Noah’s Ark’ for More Than 2,300 Endangered Species
The biotech startup that’s promised to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to preserve America’s endangered species before they die off.
Warp lands $60M to automate payroll, compliance and HR with AI
Employee management startup Warp today said it has raised $60 million in new funding to expand a platform that uses artificial intelligence to run payroll and other back-office work with little staff
The Ultimate Summer Sale Pairing: Steam Sale Meets GeForce NOW Discounts
Summer savings are heating up. From the Steam Summer Sale to GeForce NOW membership discounts, this week’s GFN Thursday delivers double the deals and more ways to get the most value from cloud gaming.
AI-driven race strategy could give Formula One teams competitive advantage
Scientists believe AI could provide F1 strategists with additional information to inform their decision-making during races—where quick decision-making based on data can improve performance on track.
Exclusive: LucidLink launches MCP server to give AI agents shared access to distributed files
LucidLink Corp., the maker of a cloud network-attached storage system based on object storage technology, today extended its distributed file system technology into agentic artificial intelligence wit
Colossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’
The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.
Apple and Audi Alumni Have Made a Luxe EV Based on the Moon Buggy
The Amble One is a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy designed for luxury resorts—but a car is also coming.
21 Walmart Deals We Like Better Than That Other Sale Happening Right Now
Welcome to Walmart deals for folks who’d rather not shop at Amazon. These are the best gadget deals at Walmart this Prime Day.
Genndy Tartakovsky Is Developing a New ‘Conan the Barbarian’ Cartoon
Plus, Elektra returns to 'Daredevil: Born Again.'
Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal
Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal Amid allegations of sh
Terramaster F4-425 Pro: An Hardware Upgrade for an Already Solid NAS
Terramaster F4-425 Plus was the first NAS I ever used in my hoemlab setup. It's a solid device for a NAS. Not too expensive, silent and has a decent operating system. The hybrid HDD+SSD model along with TRAID and built-in backup tools makes it a good NAS choice.Now Terramaster has refreshed their F4-425 series with a Pro model. The main thing that changes here is the CPU. There is also a revamped operating system in the form of TOS 7 but that should be available on previous F4-425 models, too.20...
Exponential View: global AI sales, excluding China, hit $25B in Q1, exceeding an estimated $21B in data center and chip depreciation costs; margins remain thin
Jacob Reid / Bloomberg: Exponential View: global AI sales, excluding China, hit $25B in Q1, exceeding an estimated $21B in data center and chip depreciation costs; margins remain thin Revenue from a
The Roadmap to Becoming an AI Architect in 2026
Follow this step-by-step path through the design, decision-making, and leadership skills that move an engineer into the architect's seat.
Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.
‘Invincible’ Soars to Early Season 6 Renewal, Jack Quaid Joins Voice Cast
Quaid will voice Gravitator in season five of the Prime Video animated series.
Google will open the Play Store to outside billing on June 30
Google will allow developers to offer alternative billing in the US, the UK and Europe starting on June 30.
Two Massive Earthquakes Struck Venezuela. Thousands Are Feared Dead
The country’s interim leader declared a state of emergency on Wednesday following shocks measuring 7.5 magnitude after two quakes hit in less than a minute.
Thousands Feared Dead After Venezuela Struck by Strongest Earthquake in Over 125 Years
The country's interim leader declared a state of emergency on Wednesday following shocks measuring 7.5 magnitude after two quakes hit in less than a minute.
I Deleted Every Static Claude API Key I Owned. Here’s the Keyless Migration, Provider by Provider.
Author(s): Anup Karanjkar Originally published on Towards AI. Workload Identity Federation just hit GA the per-provider setup, and the precedence trap that cost me two quiet days Last Tuesday I went
I Replaced ChatGPT With Local AI for 30 Days. Here’s What Actually Happened.
Author(s): MayhemCode Originally published on Towards AI. Why Local AI Is Not a Fringe Thing Anymore My ChatGPT Plus subscription was costing me $20 a month. That’s $240 a year. For someone who uses A
Building Long-Running Claude Managed Agents: Why State Matters More Than Compute
Author(s): Divy Yadav Originally published on Towards AI. Photo from AI At 9:03 am on a Tuesday, my research agent said hello and stared at an empty /workspace/. Six hours of analysis from the night b
Five Ways Claude Code Runs Multi-Step Work. The Two Questions That Pick the Right One.
Author(s): Anup Karanjkar Originally published on Towards AI. Single agent, subagents, skills, agent teams, dynamic workflows a builder’s map, and the one that isn’t really orchestration On May 28,
Best Bluetooth Speakers (2026): JBL, Sonos, Bose, and More
Discover the best Bluetooth speakers of all shapes and sizes, from waterproof clip-ons to a massive boom box.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Review: A Private Screen Only Goes So Far
After several months of testing, it's clear that the new "Privacy display" feature on the Galaxy S26 Ultra is nice to have, but not essential.
Authors Guild test finds some AI detectors perfectly identify human writing while others fail on every single text
The Authors Guild tested five AI detectors on human-written texts. Pangram and Grammarly correctly identified all of them, while Sidekicker and ZeroGPT flagged human-written articles as AI-generated.
The 23 Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Under $30 We've Found (2026)
Everything is expensive. Treat yourself to one of these WIRED-tested and -approved Prime Day picks under $30.
Nothing teases the Phone 4b, launching on July 7
Nothing will launch the entry-level Phone 4b on July 7.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others launch Raise Us, a new non-profit led by ex-Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to help US workers adapt to AI
Lydia DePillis / New York Times: OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others launch Raise Us, a new non-profit led by ex-Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to help US workers adapt to AI OpenAI,
The Sequence AI of the Week #883: Qwen is Getting Into Robotics
One of the main frontier AI models is adding embodied AI capabilities.
Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Still Feels Off-Balance in Season 2
The live‑action sequel stretches nostalgia across an overlong season with a few bright sparks, but none strong enough to justify its existence.
New Study Shows That Tall Vehicle Hoods Cause Hundreds More Deaths Per Year
joshuark shares a report from Car and Driver: A new study conducted by the New York Times shows that the increase in vehicle hood height seen over the last two and a half decades, mainly due to the rise in popularity of large SUVs and trucks, has resulted in several thousand deaths that otherwise may not have happened. The study shows that while automakers and regulators have focused on occupant safety, they have turned a blind eye to pedestrian safety, which has fallen since around 2009. Resear...
World Cup Teams Are in a Race for AI Dominance
This year, FIFA is providing an AI agent that any team can use. Is it enough to level the playing field or will future winners be determined by which team can afford the best tools?
World Cup Teams Are in a Race for AI Dominance
This year, FIFA is providing an AI agent that any team can use. Is it enough to level the playing field or will future winners be determined by which team can afford the best tools?
Amazon Prime Day 3 is for the Real Heads, And We're Live-Blogging For Them
The third day of Amazon Prime Day is for the real heads, and so is our live blog. We'll bring you deals, trends, and commentary until Amazon's annual summer sale finally hangs up its cleats.
This Buy-It-For-Life Coffee Maker Just Won Prime Day
The Moccamaster Prime Day deal is the best price I've seen this year, on a coffee maker that will probably outlive you.
The 23 Best Prime Day Deals Under $100 in 2026
Times are hard in 2026. These Amazon Prime Day deals under $100 on earbuds, Kindles, and other tested products should help make life just a little bit easier.
There’s Still Time to Save Up to 48% on Home Security Devices During Reolink’s Prime Day Sale
Amazon's big sale event is the perfect opportunity to upgrade your home's safety for less.
Hypershell’s Flagship X Ultra Exoskeleton Hits First-Ever All-Time Low, Now 30% Off
Upgrade your body this Prime Day.
After More Than a Decade of Waiting, ‘GTA VI’ Is Finally Around the Corner
We’re finally getting Grand Theft Auto VI, poised to be one of the largest gaming releases in history.
You’re Almost Out of Time to Save Up to 47% During Roborock’s Prime Day Robot Vacuum and Floor Washer Sale
These three standout models and many more are waiting for you to upgrade your floor cleaning
Meta employees warn AI moderation rollout is too fast
By 2025, Meta will have already replaced about half of all human moderation requests with large language models and aims to increase that percentage to over 90 percent for certain types of content by
Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals
Google appears to be hemorrhaging key AI researchers to competitors. The article Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals appeared first on The Decoder.
A profile of incoming WhatsApp CEO Kunal Shah, who studied philosophy in Mumbai, advised Sequoia India, and joins a growing pool of Indian-born tech executives (Financial Times)
Financial Times: A profile of incoming WhatsApp CEO Kunal Shah, who studied philosophy in Mumbai, advised Sequoia India, and joins a growing pool of Indian-born tech executives Kunal Shah has experi
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.
C'mon, you don't need an AI to check your spelling
A Florida Republican denies claims her team used AI to work on draft legislation, saying Claude was only used as spelling and grammar checker.
Xbox is testing support for longer gamertags
Xbox is testing new features, including support for 15-character gamertags.
