Monica Lewinsky Has Always Hated Notifications
The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.
Data Center Operators Are Trying to Fix Their Water Use Problems
Google, Microsoft, and other hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.
What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock
Several real estate listings in the San Francisco Bay Area are offering to exchange a home for a piece of the AI startup.
Best Apple 3-in-1 Travel Chargers (2026): Anker, ESR, Satechi
Keep your trio of Apple gadgets powered up wherever you go with these compact folding chargers.
Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.
I tested Rhino Linux's new Lomiri snapshot - and it took me back to the glory days of Unity
Rhino Linux has always been a beautiful desktop Linux distribution, and there are some major changes on the horizon that will conv…
Redditors Are Using AI to Beat Obscene World Cup Ticket Prices
Soccer fans on r/WorldCup2026Tickets are using Claude to build DIY ticketing software, exchanging on back channels, and leaving sc…
Dead touchscreen? This Android tool lets you extract files from an unresponsive phone
If you've ever broken your phone's screen but still wanted to get data or files from it, you know how painful that can b…
Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items
"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn
A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.
Microsoft plans Linux tools and an RTX Spark desktop for Windows developers
One hardware announcement and several software highlights from Microsoft Build.
Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps
Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.
Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Ring cameras scan guests and passersby and use AI to identify faces.
If I had a hammer... it might actually be a rhino tooth
Neanderthals had some wild stuff in their toolkits.
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims fal…
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.
Build 2026: Microsoft's MDASH exits preview with 100+ specialized threat-hunting AI agents
Microsoft's Build 2026 security news centers on an agentic AI vulnerability system designed to find real exploitable flaws, c…
Microsoft's first reasoning model is one of 7 AIs just released at Build - what we know so far
Microsoft AI has fully joined the conversation with MAI-Thinking-1, alongside new coding, image, and voice models.
4 Nvidia RTX Spark laptops I'm most excited to try - including Microsoft's new Ultra
Nvidia just announced its new RTX Spark CPU on models from all the major PC brands. These four look the most interesting.
Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches
International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.