Apple unveils M5 update for the 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros
A couple of weeks ago, a YouTuber unboxed what appeared to be a refreshed iPad...
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Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false
Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to...
NATO boss mocks Russian navy, which is on the hunt for Red October “the nearest mechanic”
When one of its Kilo-class, diesel-electric submarines recently surfaced off the coast of France, Russia...
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
As if DirecTV doesn’t have enough trouble keeping customers, the satellite TV provider’s streaming devices...
Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail
Meetings can be a real drain on productivity, but a new Gmail feature might at...
OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included
Ever since a lawsuit accused ChatGPT of becoming a teen’s “suicide coach,” OpenAI has been...
GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit
The prospects of continued electric vehicle adoption in the US are in an odd place....
OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views
“ChatGPT shouldn’t have political bias in any direction.” That’s OpenAI’s stated goal in a new...
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a...
No fix yet for attack that lets hackers pluck 2FA codes from Android phones
Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal 2FA codes, location...
Google’s Photoshop-killer AI model is coming to search, Photos, and NotebookLM
Google began experimenting with conversational image editing earlier this year in the dev-focused AI studio,...
Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight
SpaceX is set to launch the 11th full-scale test flight of the company’s Starship rocket...
Apple’s streaming service gets harder to tell apart from its streaming app, box
Apple has lightly rebranded its video-on-demand streaming service. The Netflix rival that has brought us...
Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
The encryption protecting communications against criminal and nation-state snooping is under threat. As private industry...
One of SpaceX’s earliest employees is going to space—via Blue Origin
Hans Koenigsmann is one of SpaceX’s earliest, longest tenured, and most revered employees. When Elon...