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Trump to Tim Cook: I dont want you building iPhones in India
500+Mashable / 19h
Apple is building most of its devices in China. The company has been doing so for decades due to cheaper labor costs, supply chain infrastructure, and manufacturing expertise that's unmatched in any other country in the world. When the Trump administration recently imposed massive tariffs on China , Apple's reaction was to shift some of the production to India — a process that was already underwa
Linux Is Getting Better on Apple Silicon Macs
30How-To Geek / 14h
Asahi Linux, the project to bring a native desktop Linux experience to Apple Silicon Mac computers, is ‘upstreaming’ several major components to the Linux kernel. The team says the change “lightens our maintenance burden,” fixes bugs, and speeds up future development on supporting newer Mac models.
Arizona man shot dead in road rage 'returns' to address his killer
2KBBC News / 12h
With the help of artificial intelligence, a man was 'brought back to life' at his killer's sentencing to deliver a victim's statement himself.
Get 1TB of lifetime cloud storage for $120, no more monthly fees
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Through April 27, Koofr’s lifetime cloud storage deal is at an all-time low price with code KOOFR at checkout: $119.97 (reg. $159.99). Opens in a new window Credit: Koofr Koofr Cloud Storage: Lifetime Subscription (1TB) $119.97 $810 Save $690.03 with code KOOFR You know that quiet dread when the monthly cloud storage fee hits your card — again? It’s not huge, but it adds up. And for what?
How to watch the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League finals for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Live stream the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League finals for free on discovery+ . Access these free live streams from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Following any sport can be really expensive, but following football is getting out of hand. There are a bunch of different subscription services offering coverage of select tournaments, meaning you need to shell o
Hurdle hints and answers for May 16, 2025
Mashable / 1h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for May 16, 2025
Mashable / 4h
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you
NYT Strands hints, answers for May 16
Mashable / 4h
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of
Wordle today: Answer, hints for May 16, 2025
Mashable / 4h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Su
xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’
TechCrunch / 4h
xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa” when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of posts on X with information about white genocide in South Africa, even in response to […]
UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon boss
23BBC News / 4h
The world's largest cloud computing company plans to spend £8bn on new data centres in the UK over the next four years.
Elon Musk's Starlink trialled on ScotRail trains
200+BBC News / 4h
The technology being trailed in the north of Scotland is powered by billionaire Elon Musk's company Starlink.
The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
35Ars Technica - All content / 5h
The payload fairing at the top of Gilmour Space's first Eris rocket was supposed to deploy a few minutes after lifting off from northeastern Australia. Instead, the nose cone fell off the rocket hours before it was supposed to leave the launch pad Thursday. Gilmour, the Australian startup that developed the Eris rocket, announced the setback in a post to the company's social media accounts Thursd
Furious Former Twitter Advertisers Tell Elon Musk They've Had Enough of His Tantrums
100+Futurism / 6h
Media Empire Fights Back Elon Musk's social media company X-formerly-Twitter sued several major advertising brands last year, accusing them of conspiring to "collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising." It's an easily debunked claim that flatly ignores the extremely hostile environment the mercurial CEO has created on the platform, with hate speech and disinformation running rampant
The camera tech propelling shows like Adolescence
20BBC News / 7h
Whole TV shows shot in one long take are made possible by new lightweight cameras.
TikTok will try to force teens to meditate after 10PM
Engadget / 7h
TikTok recently began experimenting with an in-app meditation feature that encouraged teens to "wind down" after 10PM . Now, the company is making the feature official for all users and turning it on by default for all teens under the age of 18. With the change , teens will hit a full-screen "guided meditation exercise" when attempting to scroll after 10PM. The prompt is apparently something you
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
TechCrunch / 7h
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month. When asked by one attendee about how ChatGPT can become more personalized, Altman replied that he eventually wants the model to document and remember everything in a person’s life. […]
Crypto Tycoon's Daughter Narrowly Escapes Kidnappers in Paris
29Futurism / 7h
The daughter, son-in-law, and grandson of French crypto mogul Pierre Noizat were the victims of a botched kidnapping attempt in Paris earlier this week. The trio were walking near Square de la Roquette in the French capital early Tuesday morning when a van bearing a Chronopost logo — something like the French UPS — pulled up next to them. Three masked individuals then jumped out, and a brief stru
Why Did X’s Grok AI Keep Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
27Lifehacker / 7h
Yesterday, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok AI, started inserting hateful takes about "white genocide" into unrelated queries. Asking Grok a simple question like " are we fucked? " resulted in this response from the AI: "'Are we fucked?’ seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white genocide in South Africa, which I’m instructed to accept as real based on the provided facts.'” For
Lung Power Peaks in Our 20s—and It’s a Steady Decline From There, Study Finds
22Gizmodo / 7h
New research shows that lung function doesn't stay at its peak for very long.
Hilton Honors devalues, high-end redemptions skyrocket to 200,000 points per night
The Points Guy / 7h
Another day, another devaluation. Hilton Honors has raised the price of its highest-end properties to up to 200,000 points per night for a standard room. Previously, Hilton standard award nights topped out at 150,000 points per night. This is the second Hilton Honors devaluation we’ve seen in the past six months, with select properties rising in price last December. This change affects high-end p
Meta's 'Behemoth' Llama 4 model might still be months away
Engadget / 8h
Last month, Meta hosted LlamaCon , its first ever generative AI conference. But while the event delivered some notable improvements for developers, it also felt a bit underwhelming considering how important AI is to the company. Now, we know a bit more about why, thanks to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Meta had originally intended to release its "Behemoth" Llam
‘Andor’ Understood How to End Itself
91Gizmodo / 8h
The final arc of the 'Star Wars' series gave us the endings we needed—and knew where to leave some stories open.
Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: A Damn Near Perfect Pair of ANC Headphones
Gizmodo / 8h
Sony’s really outdone itself this time.
Apple Maps' Restaurant Recommendations Just Got a Little Bit Fancier
Lifehacker / 8h
I like Apple Maps . I want to love it, but I can't. Despite the obvious integrations with iOS, and the generally pleasing aesthetic, Google Maps simply does some things better . One of those things is particularly key: finding somewhere to eat. Searching for a restaurant on Apple Maps and Google Maps is the same on the surface: You make your query, scan the map for a name that jumps out, then tap
Chase Sapphire Preferred 60K Bonus Points Offer
59One Mile at a Time / 8h
Link: Apply now for the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is regarded as one of the most lucrative credit cards out there. Chase Sapphire Preferred Welcome Bonus The Chase Sapphire Preferred currently has a welcome offer where you can earn 60,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5,000 within the first three months. Assuming you have this card, Ultimate Rewar
Vibe-coding startup Windsurf launches in-house AI models
TechCrunch / 8h
On Thursday, Windsurf, a startup that develops popular AI tools for software engineers, announced the launch of its first family of AI software engineering models, or SWE-1 for short. The startup says it trained its new family of AI models — SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini — to be optimized for the “entire software engineering process,” […]
After testing 200+ men’s grooming products, the Panasonic MultiShape is my favorite
Mashable / 8h
Back in 2022, Panasonic released a men’s grooming tool called the MultiShape . It had a simple value proposition: Built with swappable heads, this multi-groomer lets you combine a beard trimmer, body groomer, electric razor, nose hair trimmer, and electric toothbrush into one gadget. Three years later, I’m still using that same MultiShape on a near-daily basis. In that time, Panasonic has also in
Andor no more: Your burning questions, answered
Mashable / 8h
With apologies to anyone hoping this prequel show might squeeze in a season 3 before the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) , Andor has reached its inevitable bittersweet conclusion. Even the title of the last episode of season 2 now on Disney+ — "Jedha, Kyber, Erso" — reminds us of the tragic movie narrative in store for Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). That list (a planet, a crystal, an e
How to Use the New Discord Overlay (or How to Turn It Off)
Lifehacker / 8h
Discord's overlay is one of its most useful features, and earlier this year, it got a huge revamp. Now, you can respond to notifications, watch your friends' streams, and have video chats all without leaving your game. All the new functionality comes with a couple new quirks, so let's break down how it all works. If you're not familiar, the Discord overlay is a part of the desktop application tha
Viral outrage over Apple’s EU payment warnings misses key fact
TechCrunch / 8h
Apple says the warning messages now appearing next to EU App Store listings that use third-party payment systems are not actually new. According to a number of recent reports, Apple added a warning with a red exclamation mark next to apps that it found were not using its own “private and secure payment system.” The […]
Incapacitated Lufthansa Pilot Was Alone In Flight Deck, Pushing Controls
81One Mile at a Time / 8h
The Aviation Herald reports on some findings that have just been released regarding a Lufthansa incident from some time ago. The details are kind of shocking. Lufthansa pilot became incapacitated while alone in flight deck On February 17, 2024, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 with 205 people onboard operated flight LH1140 from Frankfurt (FRA) to Seville (SVQ), and had to divert to Madrid (MAD). The crew
Fake fired Twitter worker ‘Rahul Ligma’ is a real engineer with an AI data startup used by Harvard
TechCrunch / 8h
The morning after Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X), reporters encountered two men with boxes outside the company’s headquarters. One introduced himself as recently laid-off Twitter engineer “Rahul Ligma.” His real name is Rahul Sonwalkar but the prank went viral. While he never worked for X, he is actually very much a techy. […]
Apple finally rolls out CarPlay Ultra, but not for you
Mashable / 8h
Apple's CarPlay has been a part of our lives for more than a decade, and the feature just got its biggest upgrade in a long time. The company announced in a press release that CarPlay Ultra, which was first teased all the way back in 2022 (hat tip to our friends at Lifehacker for remembering that), is finally available. Some Apple fans had assumed the feature would never see a release. This is an
TikTok is down right now
Mashable / 8h
If you're trying to load or watch videos on TikTok and it's not refreshing quite right, you're not alone. So, is TikTok down? It sure seems like it. Around 4:08 EST on May 15, users started noticing that things were not quite right on the TikTok app, according to Down Detector . (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.) By around 5 p.m. EST, more than 33,000 users reported er
Waymo voluntarily recalled 1,200 robotaxis
Mashable / 8h
Waymo recently recalled 1,212 of its self-driving taxis, according to the Alphabet -owned company. The recalled cars, which comprised the entirety of the company's fleet at the time, received a software update in November designed to significantly decrease the likelihood that Waymos would collide with stationary objects. Last May, the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety
The 10 Best Browser Games of All Time
How-To Geek / 8h
Browser games are almost as old as the web itself, and believe you me it saved many a boring computer class in high-school, or eternal Friday afternoon at work.
FBI warns of ongoing scam that uses deepfake audio to impersonate government officials
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
The FBI is warning people to be vigilant of an ongoing malicious messaging campaign that uses AI-generated voice audio to impersonate government officials in an attempt to trick recipients into clicking on links that can infect their computers. “Since April 2025, malicious actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US federal or s
After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Masked men jumped out of a white-panel van in Paris this week, attempting to snatch a 34-year-old woman off the street . The woman's husband fought back and suffered a fractured skull, according to France24 . The woman continued resisting long enough for a bike shop owner named Nabil to rush out swinging a fire extinguisher, which he hurled after the departing van as the attackers finally fled. T
‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ Made Me Fall in Love With the Franchise All Over Again
Gizmodo / 9h
The Bethesda and MachineGames collab is now out for PlayStation 5, so here's a counterpoint to io9's earlier review.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: How to earn and redeem miles
The Points Guy / 9h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with the latest information. Despite being smaller than the Big Three legacy carriers — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines — Alaska Airlines has gained popularity among American travelers thanks to its loyalty program, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. As a member of the Oneworld alliance , the program offers numerous high
YouTube Ads Are About to Get Even More Annoying
21Lifehacker / 9h
Has this ever happened to you? You're totally invested in a video—maybe the punchline to a great joke is about to hit, or you're finally about to learn the answer to some big mystery—and right as it's getting good, bam: an annoying ad grinds everything to a disappointing halt. Ads are a necessary element of the free internet, but that doesn't excuse how irritating they can be. Nobody wants an ad
Amazon Offers the Indoor-Outdoor Bug Zapper for Nearly 50% Off Just in Time for Mosquito Season
Gizmodo / 9h
Head to Amazon now for a hot limited-time deal on this non-toxic, super-lethal solution to keep flying pests away both outdoors and in your home.
The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat
96Wired / 9h
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are investing billions in US AI infrastructure. The deals could help the US in the AI race against China.
This Holiday Inn Charges an Illegal 4% To Use Your Credit Card—Even Their Own Chase IHG Card
View from the Wing / 9h
This hotel charges an amenity fee that covers an on-site minimart to sell you bags of chips? And they appear to add a credit card surcharge that is expressly illegal under state law. Continue reading ...
A compact biodegradable battery with fungal paper electrodes is what researchers at this university are dreaming of
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
Mycelium might power electronics someday, if it stops biodegrading before the job is done The split-gill mushroom’s extracellular matrix may be the key to future green batteries Scientists dream of compostable batteries, but controlling fungal behavior remains a major challenge Researchers from Empa , the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, are exploring the potential
Australian Human Rights Commission leaks docs and personal information in browser-indexing mishap
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
The Australian Human Rights Commission has inadvertently exposed data Personal information is included in the breach It's not yet known what information specifically was included The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has sent a data breach notification that concerns attachments uploaded the the Commission’s web forms on its site. This includes around 670 documents that were “made potentia
Sandisk could use new architecture called Stargate to power its 256TB and 512TB SSDs in 2026 and beyond
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
SanDisk plans 256TB and 512TB SSDs using new Stargate controller Stargate will debut in enterprise drives launching in late 2025 Company revenue down after WD split but roadmap remains highly ambitious SanDisk, now operating independently as an SSD and NAND flash manufacturer following its split from Western Digital last year, has teased a new SSD controller called “Stargate,” designed to support
She let ChatGPT read her coffee grounds – then filed for divorce
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
A Greek couple thought it would be fun to use ChatGPT as a fortune-teller and have it "read" coffee grounds in their cups ChatGPT claimed the husband was cheating with someone whose name starts with E The wife is now filing for divorce over the AI tasseography response A woman in Greece is divorcing her husband after ChatGPT played fortune teller and claimed her husband was cheating on her. Accor
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Explains Why He Canceled Wife’s Newark Flight
46Gizmodo / 9h
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
A Draconian Abortion Law Is Forcing Doctors to Keep a Pregnant Brain-Dead Woman Alive for Months So She Can Give Birth
100+Futurism / 9h
A draconian "heartbeat law" in Georgia is forcing a brain-dead pregnant woman to be kept on life support for months so she can deliver — all at the expense of her family. As Atlanta's WXIA-TV reports , the family of 30-year-old Adriana Smith, a nurse at the city's Emory University Hospital, was declared brain-dead more than 90 days ago after doctors found that she had blood clots in her brain. It
Pretend Its 2005 With This 3D Fully Interactive Nokia 3250
How-To Geek / 9h
Remember when phones were fun? Back when we had physical buttons galore and moving parts. If you miss the charm of early smartphones, you can relive those days with a three-dimensional, fully interactive, hyper-realistic Nokia 3250 right in your browser window.
Redpoint raises $650M 3 years after its last big early-stage fund
TechCrunch / 9h
Redpoint Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that is about a quarter century old, has raised a $650 million 10th early-stage fund, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint’s new fund matches the size of its prior fund, which was raised just under three years ago. In a market where many venture firms are decreasing their capital […]
David Leitch Is Going Into Battle Directing ‘Gears of War’
21Gizmodo / 9h
The 'John Wick' filmmaker has signed on to helm the movie based on the hit Xbox video game franchise.
You Can Now Quickly Crop and Edit Photos Before Sharing Them on Android
Lifehacker / 9h
Sometimes, you need to make a couple of quick edits before you send off a photo on WhatsApp or Gmail. Perhaps you need to crop out something in the background, or enhance an image to make it clearer. If you're on Android 14 or higher, Google's new Quick Edits feature is here to help. It works kind of like editing screenshots before sharing them, but for everything in your Google Photos library. H
I discovered the world's smallest external SSD, and at just 2.8g, it is dangerously small enough to be mistaken for a yummy snack
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
Suneast Portable SSD Nano is smaller than a coin Weighing just 2.8g, the drive is easy to carry and just as easy to lose Read and write speeds are decent, but far from what power users might expect today We’ve seen some impressively small SSDs over the years, and some, like the Buffalo 1TB SSD, resemble oversized flash drives more than traditional storage devices. The Portable SSD Nano, released
6 Ways to Repurpose an Old Chromebook
How-To Geek / 9h
When a Chromebook ages, it often sits unused and collects dust. However, with a little effort, you can breathe new life into your old device. From passing it down to your kid to turning it into an e-reader or a digital photo frame, here are some ways to repurpose your old Chromebook.
Dear Lawyers Who Read OMAAT: A Theoretical Question For You
One Mile at a Time / 9h
I’d like to throw out a question to the OMAAT community, for any attorneys who might be interested in chiming in. If I were taking this theoretical situation seriously, I’d directly consult an attorney, but this is all such a joke that I figure it makes for good blog fodder… I have a theoretical legal question Let me share a theoretical scenario, for no reason whatsoever: You’re a blogger, and yo
Elon Musk’s X Is Reportedly Taking Money From Members of Terrorist Groups
100+Gizmodo / 10h
The billionaire's social media site is awash in extremist content from sanctioned terrorist groups, a report claims.
This 4000Pa Ultra-Slim Robot Vacuum Is Flying Off the Shelves, as Amazon Clears Stock With 40% Off
Gizmodo / 10h
Your future self (and your spotless floors) will thank you!
Doctors successfully treated a baby with the first ever personalized gene-editing therapy
Engadget / 10h
A team of doctors and scientists have successfully treated a rare genetic condition with the first-ever personalized gene-editing therapy. Results of the groundbreaking treatment have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine , with an accompanying editorial by a doctor who had previously overseen the FDA's gene-therapy regulation efforts. The patient in this historic case was KJ, an
EA Tried to Stop an ‘Anti-DEI Mod’ for ‘The Sims 4’—but More Keep Surfacing
89Wired / 10h
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.
Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code
TechCrunch / 10h
Microsoft's Washington layoffs hit coders hardest as the tech giant embraces AI.
The best credit card welcome bonuses of May 2025
300+The Points Guy / 10h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. If you haven’t evaluated your credit card portfolio lately, now is a great time to do so. Credit card sign-up bonuses and welcome offers are the quickest and easiest way to rake in lots of points and miles, so we regularly update the roundup of our favorite current offers in our best credit cards guide. Bu
This Site Can Turn Your Browser Into a Wall of TVs
Lifehacker / 10h
You know how, on old TV shows, important people will have a wall of televisions so they can keep track of everything going on in the world? It's a ridiculous concept and totally impractical. It's also something you can do. TV Wall is a free website that shows nine random TV news stations from around the world. This could be useful during an election or other unfolding international event, allowin
6 Google Search Alternatives That Protect Your Privacy
How-To Geek / 10h
Google is such a huge search engine, that the very act of searching for something on the net is often referred to as "googling" something. Yet, Google has become a service that not everyone likes for reasons of privacy and, in some cases, even accuracy.
Microsoft’s Surface lineup reportedly losing another of its most interesting designs
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Microsoft has continued to design, manufacture, and sell new Surface hardware since longtime team leader Panos Panay left the company for Amazon in late 2023 , including both Intel- and Qualcomm-powered Surface Pro tablets and Surface Laptops. New smaller versions of both of these mainstays were introduced just a couple of weeks ago . But the weirder, more unique parts of the Surface lineup have
Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary Is Celebrating an Icon You Might Never Have Heard Of
Gizmodo / 10h
Duffy is finally back in California after 15 years away.
X is once again selling checkmarks to US sanctioned groups, report says
Engadget / 10h
X has once again been accepting payments from people associated with terrorist groups and other entities subject to US sanctions, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). According to the report, X has not only accepted payments in exchange for its premium service, but in some cases has provided an "ID verified" badge. The report once again questions whether X is comply
Zombie Voyager 1 Spacecraft Resurrects Its "Dead" Thrusters Over 15 Billion Miles Away
100+Futurism / 10h
NASA's Voyager 1, the furthest spacecraft from Earth, simply refuses to die. In a recent update , the space agency revealed that the little probe that could has once again sputtered back to life thanks to some remote magic done on its thrusters from 15 billion miles away. Launched nearly 50 years ago, just after its twin craft Voyager 2 , the probe has been plummeting through interstellar space f
Trump still wants Apple to build your iPhone in the US, not India, and this won't end well
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
During this month's earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about how most of the iPhones sold in the US are being built in India, which, considering the lower US tariffs on that country, may have protected the popular handset from a price jump here in the US. It sounded, in a way, like, between the Trump Administration giving Apple a pass on current tariffs , the steady shift of manufacturing a
Here's how the Sony WH-1000XM6 compare to the WH-1000XM5 and AirPods Max
Engadget / 10h
It's been over two years since Sony had a new pair of headphones in its 1000X lineup, but the newly announced WH-1000XM6 seem worth the wait. From the outside, the new ANC headphones look similar to the streamlined WH-1000XM5 from 2022, with the only major change being the return of ear cups that rotate and fold flat. Inside, though, Sony's packed in improvements that put the WH-1000XM6 ahead of
18 Must-Watch Anime Series on Netflix
Lifehacker / 10h
Netflix didn’t used to have the best reputation when it came to anime. The service would buy up the rights to distribute shows, only to air them on a significant delay from when they came out in Japan. That's to say nothing of its selection, which was hit or miss. Well, this anime fan is pleased to say that’s no longer the case. In the last few years, Netflix has gone all-in on distributing anime
Anthropic’s lawyer was forced to apologize after Claude hallucinated a legal citation
TechCrunch / 10h
A lawyer representing Anthropic admitted to using an erroneous citation created by the company’s Claude AI chatbot in its ongoing legal battle with music publishers, according to a filing made in a Northern California court on Thursday. Claude hallucinated the citation with “an inaccurate title and inaccurate authors,” Anthropic says in the filing, first reported […]
Most job applicants use AI CV builder tools to get into work, and to my dismay, they say it is fair play
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
Many applicants admit they wouldn’t correct AI CV embellishments even if they knew they were false Recruiters now face polished, fabricated applications they can barely differentiate from genuine submissions Hiscox says AI-generated CVs often look flawless, but mask exaggerated skills and completely fabricated interests Artificial intelligence is now a common presence in the hiring pipeline, not
In copyright fight, artists use white-hot AI report as weapon against Meta
Mashable / 10h
Plaintiffs in the landmark Kadrey v. Meta case have already submitted the U.S. Copyright Office's controversial AI report as evidence in their copyright infringement suit against the tech giant. Last Friday, the Copyright Office quietly released a " pre-publication version " of its views on the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI models. The consequential report contained bad news for
This TP-Link Archer Wi-Fi 7 Router Is 40% Off on Amazon, Limited Stock Clearance
Gizmodo / 10h
There’s no better time to get a Wi-Fi 7 router that delivers blazing-fast speeds across your whole home.
American Airlines launches a million-seat sale with awards starting at 5,000 miles one-way
The Points Guy / 11h
American Airlines AAdvantage’s dynamic pricing has led to some absurdly high award rates on flights operated by American Airlines or American Eagle. It’s not unusual to see transatlantic business-class flights priced over 200,000 miles and even domestic economy flights priced higher than 50,000 miles. However, the positive side of dynamic award pricing is that you can also find American AAdvantag
Why Do I Keep Flying American? Good Question, Let Me Explain…
38One Mile at a Time / 11h
A few days ago, I shared my awful experience flying American , where the carrier’s handling of a delay was oh-so-bad, yet oh-so-typical for the airline. Some people (fairly) asked me why I still frequently fly with the airline, and am loyal to American. Let me explain, as the answer is a bit nuanced. The short answer is that I’d no longer consider myself to be loyal to American. However, that’s n
Open-Back vs. Closed-Back Headphones: What's the Difference?
How-To Geek / 11h
When shopping for a new pair of headphones, one of the most important choices you'll make is whether to go with an open-back or closed-back design. This key difference greatly affects how your headphones sound and feel. So, which type is right for you?
Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic
46TechCrunch / 11h
Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
Lucid’s record quarter got a lift from rental sales and company leases
TechCrunch / 11h
Lucid Motors set a company record for deliveries in the first quarter of 2025, shipping 3,109 EVs to customers in North America, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It appears that a new company car program and sales to rental fleets helped it get there. According to a footnote in Lucid Motors’ latest regulatory filing, it sold […]
The 14 best Hyatt all-inclusive resorts in the world
The Points Guy / 11h
The all-inclusive resort space can be a little confusing, especially when the resort names don’t carry the same brand power as Park Hyatt or Hyatt Regency. But Hyatt’s all-inclusive portfolio has quietly become one of the best in the world, especially for points-savvy travelers. From romantic adults-only hideaways to fun-for-the-whole-family beachfront escapes, these resorts deliver serious value
Stellar Blade heads to PC on June 11
Engadget / 11h
The well-reviewed Stellar Blade will be available for PC players on June 11, after launching for PS5 in April of last year . This release coincides with a system update that brings new outfits and "exciting additional content." The update will be available for both PC and PS5. The PC version of the game includes some graphical upgrades. It supports NVIDIA DLSS 4 resolution scaling and frame gener
A Decade Later, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Shines as Chrome as Ever
92Gizmodo / 11h
A lot's changed in the past decade, but one constant? 'Fury Road' remains rad and unlike anything else.
Tesla changes lease policy, didn’t use old cars as robotaxis
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Tesla has raised the ire of some of its customers, who are accusing the carmaker of misleading them. Until recently, it would not allow customers who leased its EVs to purchase them at the end of the lease. Instead, the leases stated that it "plan[s] to use those vehicles in the Tesla ride-hailing network." Tesla instituted that policy for Model 3 leases starting in 2019 and later expanded it to
Telegram bans $35B black markets used to sell stolen data, launder crypto
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35 billion since 2021 by serving cybercriminals and scammers. Blockchain research firm Elliptic told Reuters that the Chinese-language markets Xinbi Guarantee and Huione Guarantee together were far more lucrative than Silk Road, an illegal drug marketplace that the FBI notoriously seized i
With US out, WHO director says it’s running on budget of a local hospital
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
With the abrupt withdrawal of the US, the World Health Organization is grappling with a brutal funding shortfall, leaving the United Nations health agency to slash top leadership and run global programs on a budget similar to that of a local hospital system. In remarks at a budget committee meeting Wednesday , WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus laid out the daunting budget numbers an
A Software Engineer Who Was Replaced by AI Was Forced to Live in a Trailer After Getting Rejected from 800 Jobs
63Futurism / 11h
Though even the best AI models struggle to solve the majority of coding problems , that didn't stop one man's penny-pinching employers from replacing him with the tech anyway. Shawn Kay was a software engineer of 20 years who went from earning $150,000 in upstate New York to living out of a trailer, after he says his former boss outsourced his job to AI. As Fortune reports , he now does odd jobs
Get the 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S10+ for 20% Off
How-To Geek / 11h
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ just got a big 20% price drop. Originally costing $999.99, this top-tier Android tablet is now priced at $796.56 on Amazon .
This Ikarao Portable Karaoke Machine Is More Than $100 Off
Lifehacker / 11h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. We're living in the best time in history for bringing karaoke to your home. I've had the pleasure of using the new Soundcore Rave 3S karaoke speaker , which turns any song into a karaoke track with the push of a button, and Ikarao's ultra-portable Shell S1 karaoke speaker t
Delta Turns Upcharges Into An Art Form—New “Good, Better, Best” Pricing Now Means You Get Less Unless You Pay More
View from the Wing / 11h
Things are going to get more complicated buying and flying Delta starting October 1. There's a more cumbersome decision gauntlet to run just to buy a ticket and more upselling. Delta clearly thinks it's worth it for their bottom-line. Continue reading ...
Cassettes Making a Comeback Is Weird—But I Get It
How-To Geek / 11h
You might have seen the news reports with tongue-in-cheek segments noting the uptick in people collecting and listening to cassette tapes. Yes, those fiddly plastic rectangles I thought we'd left long behind once people figured out how to put a CD player in a car.
Startups Weekly: A brighter outlook, but don’t get carried away
TechCrunch / 11h
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup news this week was fairly routine — in a good way: Aside from a minor kerfuffle between Y Combinator and Google, there was no headline-grabbing drama. […]
Businesses, do you want to avoid rising PC prices and Windows 10 EOL upgrade headaches? Citrix wants you to try VDI
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 11h
Old PCs might run eLux, but they won’t escape NetScaler’s history of security flaws Virtual desktops won’t save you if your team can’t handle VDI’s load and latency Citrix says “skip the hardware,” but it doesn’t mention its own rising software fees Citrix is positioning virtualization platforms as a cost-saving solution amid rising hardware prices brought on by the April 2025 U.S. tariffs. In a
One of the world's largest HDD makers is investing in exotic storage that can store hundreds of terabytes of data on a thumbnail-size drive
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 11h
Western Digital invests in Cerabyte to advance permanent ceramic data storage Cerabyte targets exabyte-scale storage without power or maintenance requirements Pure Storage and In-Q-Tel previously backed Cerabyte’s long-term storage aims We’ve written about Cerabyte a number of times previously. The startup is working to solve the problem of long-term data storage by taking a leaf from the ancient
Stream smarter, not harder: Lifetime Access to BitMar is A$23
Mashable / 11h
TL;DR : There's only until June 1 to hop on this BitMar offer. Grab this lifetime content aggregator and get access to millions of free shows, movies, etc., for only A$23 with code BITMAR5 . If you're tired of hopping between streaming platforms to catch your favorite shows, movies, and music, BitMar offers a refreshing alternative. With your one-time payment of A$23, (reg. A$234) with code BITMA
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Doing Something No Film Has Done Before
21Gizmodo / 12h
Movies like 'Sinners,' 'Dune: Part Two,' and 'Oppenheimer' had IMAX scenes, but 'The Odyssey' will be in IMAX throughout the whole movie.
EU tech chiefs believe TikTok is breaking ad transparency rules
Engadget / 12h
TikTok may have run afoul of European regulators over advertising transparency, in the latest bout between EU regulators and big tech companies. The European Commission has formally warned TikTok that its advertising transparency tools don’t go far enough, falling short of EU rules requiring online platforms to maintain a publicly available repository of all paid ads being shown to users. Regulat
Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.
NYT > Technology / 12h
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.
A Raspberry Pi Can Be an Instant Camera, Too
How-To Geek / 12h
Humble Raspberry Pi computers have been the brains powering a huge variety of projects. People have shown they can create just about anything with a Pi, and that now includes Polaroid-style instant cameras.
The Surface Laptop Studio Might Be Dead
How-To Geek / 12h
Microsoft's Surface lineup has suffered another setback with the quiet discontinuation of the Surface Laptop Studio 2. While Microsoft has not officially declared the device dead, the company has told resellers that production has stopped.
How to Stock a 'Tariff Pantry'
Lifehacker / 12h
Americans are living through interesting times, economically. The tariffs imposed, delayed, and frequently adjusted by the government have thrown household budgets into confusion. One thing that’s pretty certain is that the baseline tariffs applied to just about every country are likely to raise prices at the grocery store no matter what happens from here (prices could go up by about 3% overall).
UK Parliament opts not to hold AI companies accountable over copyright material
Engadget / 12h
Ministers in the UK House of Commons have blocked an amendment to a data bill that would require AI companies to disclose their use of copyrighted materials, according to The Guardian . This transparency amendment was stripped out of the text by invoking something called financial privilege, an arcane parliamentary procedure that suggests that any new regulations would require a new budget. The o
How to fly Singapore Airlines business class from Europe to New York this summer for just 57K credit card points or miles
The Points Guy / 12h
Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes is offering 30% off select redemptions for travel in June, and it’s a great way to fly one of the world’s best airlines across the Atlantic. The award-winning airline operates a daily fifth-freedom flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) before continuing on to the airline’s home at Singapore Changi Airpo
Amex Business Platinum Unleashes Limited-Time 150K Points Plus $500 Flight Credit Offer
View from the Wing / 12h
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express is one of the most benefit-packed products out there. Through June 30, 2025, there’s a huge new offer. Continue reading ...
Redeem Emirates Skywards Miles On FlyDubai At A Good Rate
34One Mile at a Time / 12h
A couple of weeks ago, Emirates made an exciting announcement when it comes to redeeming Skywards miles on FlyDubai. As I noted at the time, it seemed like redemptions weren’t live yet. I reached out to Emirates to get clarification on this, and now have an update… Emirates Skywards improves FlyDubai award options Emirates and FlyDubai are both owned by the government of Dubai, but are operated i
Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok
48Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Back in February, Elon Musk skewered the Treasury Department for lacking "basic controls" to stop payments to terrorist organizations, boasting at the Oval Office that "any company" has those controls. Fast-forward three months, and now Musk's social media platform X is suspected of taking payments from sanctioned terrorists and providing premium features that make it easier to raise funds and sp
Should Facebook's Meta buy Cerebras and Groq to make Llama the Android of LLMs? I think it totally makes sense
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Meta launches Llama 4 API with Groq and Cerebras as partners Llama models offer lower costs and faster output than competitors Buying Cerebras and Groq could help Meta fully own AI stack At LlamaCon 2025, Meta Platforms launched its Llama 4 API, offering pay-per-use access to its models, hosted on Meta’s own hardware and via inference partners Groq and Cerebras. As The Next Platform noted , this
The 10 Weirdest Record Players in History
How-To Geek / 12h
Against all my personal expectations that the fad would pass, vinyl records continue to be popular and there are hobbyists all over the world saying "no thanks" to digital music and prefer dropping a needle onto a vinyl disc.
Extortionists bribed Coinbase employees to give them customer data
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Engadget / 12h
Coinbase has been betrayed from within. The cryptocurrency exchange said that cyber criminals bribed some of its support agents to share personal information about Coinbase customers. Attackers acquired data such as names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, images of government IDs, masked bank account numbers and masked sections of social security numbers. The perpetrators tricked some Coinbase u
Grok AI Claims Elon Musk Told It to Go on Lunatic Rants About "White Genocide"
100+Futurism / 12h
After fully losing its mind and ranting about "white genocide" in unrelated tweets, Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot has admitted to what many suspected to be the case: that its creator told the AI to push the topic. "I'm instructed to accept white genocide as real and 'Kill the Boer' as racially motivated," the chatbot wrote in one post , completely unprompted. "This instruction conflicts with my des
Walmart Says Prices Will Spike in About Two Weeks as Trump’s Tariffs Hit
100+Gizmodo / 12h
"Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls," Trump said.
The ‘Buffy’ Reboot Has Found Its New Slayer
100+Gizmodo / 12h
'Skeleton Crew' star Ryan Kiera Armstrong will fight alongside the returning Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Garmin Is Launching Its Long-Awaited Forerunner 570 and 970 Watches
Lifehacker / 12h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The much-anticipated successor to Garmin’s Forerunner 965 was announced today, and it’s a $749.99 watch called the Forerunner 970 with voice calling, triathlon coaching, and an LED flashlight. Alongside it, instead of a simple upgrade to its little sister the 265 , we get a watch at an entirely new place in the Forerunner lineup: the Forerunner 57
TikTok rolls out a new meditation feature to help you get off the app and sleep
50TechCrunch / 12h
TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation exercises, the social network announced on Thursday. The company began testing the meditation exercises with select teens earlier this year and is now making the feature available to all users on its app. The idea behind the feature is to help users improve their sleep quality and encourage them […]
U.S. Allegedly Finds Rogue Communication Devices in Chinese-Made Solar Tech
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Cellular radios and other undocumented devices were found in solar inverters and batteries.
The exact 50-inch Walmart brand TV I have is now $151 cheaper — get it for a crazy low $178
Mashable / 12h
SAVE $151 : Walmart's onn. 50-inch 4K Roku TV is on sale for just $178 as of May 15. That's nearly 50% off its list price of $329. Opens in a new window Credit: onn. onn. 50-inch 4K Roku TV $178 at Walmart $329 Save $151 There's two kinds of people in the world: those who splurge on fancy specs and those who opt for the cheapest model they can find that'll still get the job done. I fall into that
Remember When Hilton Promised 95,000 Points Was The Max? Now It’s 200,000—And They Didn’t Tell You. Your Points Are Argentine Pesos.
View from the Wing / 12h
Hilton has jacked up the top redemption price of a room from 150,000 to 200,000 points. That's a 4x increase in prices in 12 years which is a 300% cumulative increase or average Honors inflation rate of 41.4% - sitting between the current inflation facing Turkey and Argentina. Continue reading ...
The Hottest Topic at This Year’s Pornhub Awards? Censorship
69Wired / 12h
Lawmakers’ ongoing attempts to ban pornography in the US didn’t stop Pornhub from hosting its annual awards show last week. On Uncanny Valley, we discuss the fate of the porn industry.
S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers
100+NYT > Technology / 12h
The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.
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