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Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro
New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.
Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds
The MacBook Neo is a step in the right direction, though.
What the heck is wrong with our AI overlords?
New profile of Sam Altman shines a light on a whole industry.
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
Use of AI coding tools has become a convenient boogeyman for any tech issues.
SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet
Supreme Court's precedent-setting Cox ruling helps Grande beat music piracy claims.
Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour
Is 90 percent accuracy good enough for a search robot?
Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support
Linux devs think even one second spent on 486 support is a second too many.
Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon
The Moon, the Earth, and the Sun-oh what fun!
The Rivian R2 will launch with 335 miles of range
The test document also shows the effect on range of fitting all-terrain tires.
Intel is going all-in on advanced chip packaging
Intel is hoping to cash in on the AI boom.
Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored
"Humans have probably not evolved to see what we're seeing. It is truly hard to describe. It is amazing."
After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
The charter renewal gives Kennedy broad authority to pick anyone for the panel.
From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability
New model can respond to disruptions and figure out moves it wasn't trained for.
Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws
Court rules US preempts states from applying gambling laws to prediction markets.
Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again.
“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO
OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.
NASA's Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
Lori Glaze: "We have seen real commitment to try and do that... from both Blue and from SpaceX."
Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices
The market for new cars has slumped as Americans look for deals on used EVs.
Why will today's lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?
"Don't expect hi-res video."
What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later
Director Christopher Nolan's breakout film explores themes of the nature of memory and personal identity.
CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards
Quizlet flashcards seem to include sensitive information about gate security at CBP locations.
Artemis II is going so well that all we're left to talk about is frozen urine
"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature."
Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law
A state bill is a glimpse of how corporations are limiting people's ability to make their own fixes and upgrades.
Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
Congress will likely reject the White House's NASA cuts, just as it did last year.
Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
Ice Age hunter-gatherers "were intentionally relying on random outcomes in repeatable, rule-based ways."
As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly
The cabin was colder on Thursday, but the crew has been able to adjust the temperature.
Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions
Some banks "agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot," NYT reports.
"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds
Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting "faulty" AI answers.
Trump ignores biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing
Nearly 50% of data center projects delayed as China holds key to power infrastructure.
OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security
The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access.
Netflix must refund customers for years of price hikes, Italian court rules
Consumer group says it will sue if Netflix doesn't reduce current prices.
EV adoption in America: Who's winning, who's losing?
Some OEMs saw double-digit growth in Q1, others saw double-digit declines.
OpenAI takes on another "side quest," buys tech-focused talk show TBPN
OpenAI says program will remain in Los Angeles and will be editorially independent.
Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon
I don't think we could be more pleased."
Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says
Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.
SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude
Amazon denies violation, says SpaceX caused conflict by lowering Starlink satellites.
Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars
Google Vids brings together Google's most capable AI creation tools.
Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones
A receptor that's used to find prey is also activated by progesterone.
New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian
Collection of fossils includes Ediacaran, Cambrian species, suggesting a transition.
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
Both GDDRHammer and GeForge hammer GPU memory in ways that compromise the CPU.
Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity
And solar power accounted for about three quarters of the renewables.
Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license
Gemma 4 brings the first major update to Google's open models in a year.
This Ford is the quickest production car at the Nürburgring, ever
Only three race cars have ever gone quicker around this famous track.
Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks
But the effort to stop the spread of leaked Claude Code client code is an uphill battle.
Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we've already been there?
NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has been there, done that."
Tesla sales grew by 6% in Q1, but company has an overproduction problem
Between January and March, Tesla built 50,000 more cars than it could sell.
Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink
Amazon wants in on the low-Earth orbit Internet action.
Artemis II, NASA's boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon
Liftoff of Artemis II with four astronauts occurred at 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC) on Wednesday.
Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times
Microsoft, Intel are also working on their own solutions for the issue.
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