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Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools
12 May 2026 @ 1:33 pm
Workers are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks.
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
12 May 2026 @ 11:00 am
SpaceX cleared an important milestone Monday on the road to launching a new version of Starship.
Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks
11 May 2026 @ 10:28 pm
Production-version patches are coming online and should be installed pronto.
Audi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here's its interior
11 May 2026 @ 10:01 pm
Audi made sure to consult American tastes for its first full-size SUV.
After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029
11 May 2026 @ 8:48 pm
FCC extends waiver allowing routers and drones to get patches for two more years.
Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months
11 May 2026 @ 8:37 pm
Can AI save us from the AI industry’s endless thirst for water? Outlook not so good.
Passengers from hantavirus ship arrive in US; 3 people in biocontainment
11 May 2026 @ 6:12 pm
A US passenger tested "mildly positive," but WHO is calling it "inconclusive" for now.
Starlink shuts down its GPS-style cheat code. Researchers may unlock it anyway.
11 May 2026 @ 5:55 pm
Shutdown of Starlink location feature won’t dampen interest in GPS alternatives.
iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more
11 May 2026 @ 5:20 pm
Probably the last big updates we'll see before the next versions appear at WWDC.
Samsung made a “mockery” of Dua Lipa by putting her picture on TV boxes, lawsuit says
11 May 2026 @ 5:15 pm
Lipa says her picture contributed to Samsung's "enormous revenue."