Technology
Review: Lanterns is a truly unique twist on the superhero genre
Gritty HBO series is a beacon for what's possible when one is allowed to get creative with the tropes.
Don't throw away your old graphics card — here's what you can do with it
An old GPU has lots of potential for a second life, from adding more horsepower to your current machine to crafting a purpose-built second one.
MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play
MIT researchers left 13 copies of an AI coding agent alone on a virtual island for 30 hours each, with no task. The agents climbed hills, drew pictures with blocks and made up gam…
GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories
The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source develop…
Wyze moved the screen on its new smart scale to the handle so it’s easier to read at eye level
Wyze announced a new version of its Ultra BodyScan smart scale that debuted nearly a year ago with additional electrodes on a retractable handle, allowing it to provide a breakdow…
Uber wins bid to throw out £200m black cab claims
Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.
PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5 with three rockets built
Spanish launch company PLD Space announced that it has started system-level testing of its Miura 5 orbital rocket and has now built its first three vehicles. Two of the three are …
Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review
Apple said that it will ban AI apps that don't moderate offensive content.
Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours with no human help
Four AI agents running on Google’s Gemini 4 Argon have defeated the Ender Dragon, Minecraft’s final boss, without human help. It took them 27 hours and 14 minutes from their first…
6 unexpected uses for your old PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 arrived in 2006 and shouldn't have any right finding a place in a modern media center. Here's a number of reasons why it should make a return.
Microsoft fixes classic Outlook bug that hid Copilot buttons
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that removed the Copilot Chat and Copilot buttons in the classic Outlook desktop mail client for some Windows users. [...]
Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares
That's more than $10 billion in shares, or around 1% of Musk's current net worth.
Disney to spend $180M on Character.AI staff over three years, filing shows
Disney expects to spend about $180m over three years on the Character.AI staff it is hiring, a bankruptcy court filing shows. The sum covers pay and retention. Character Technolog…
DIY VR: How to build your own headset, and why you probably won't want to
A primer on the joys and pains of building your own head-mounted display.
Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down
If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, an…
Tenstorrent raises $1.5B at a $6.2B valuation to scale its Galaxy servers
Tenstorrent, the AI chip company run by Jim Keller, has closed a $1.5bn Series E round at a $6.2bn post-money valuation, it announced on Monday. Trace Capital and Innovation X led…
Musk says he will give a SpaceX share to every child in America next year
Elon Musk’s pledge covers shares from his own stake, and he says it is only the first giveaway. He posted the pledge on X early on Monday, hours after Anthropic set out its own sh…
What's the point of the 2.5G Ethernet port on your router?
Most routers have several 1 Gbps ports, but yours might have one or more 2.5 Gbps options that are great for speeding up compatible devices.
Democrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge
Democrats could win back control of Congress this November, and if they do, they'll need to decide how to approach one of the country's newest and thorniest political issues: AI. …
From Email-to-Case to the Boardroom: How Inherited Agents Break Governance Built for Software
In Salesforce Agentforce, the recommended way to make an agent respond to events is a Flow: a record is created or a case is updated, and the Flow passes data into the agent's pro…
Even Realities G2 review: Smart glasses, stupid controls
Even Realities makes one of the best smart glasses on the market, but controlling its growing feature set is harder than it should be.
Nscale reportedly faces investor pushback on its $30B IPO valuation
Some investors are pushing back on the roughly $30bn valuation that British AI cloud company Nscale is seeking in its planned New York listing, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. A val…
Stratospheric airship flew from US to Japan to test sky cell tower concept
Tests showed Sceye’s high-flying platform can deliver connectivity in disasters.
The Maeving RM2 is high-style electric riding with a few compromises
There's a fast-growing category of two-wheeled electric vehicles splitting the difference between high-end scooters and entry-level motorcycles, fresh bikes with avant-garde style…