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Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls
5 May 2026 @ 5:17 pm
Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.
Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million
5 May 2026 @ 5:07 pm
SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million.
How do you design a $30,000 electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks.
5 May 2026 @ 3:39 pm
We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California.
Charlize Theron is a bewitching Circe in Odyssey trailer
5 May 2026 @ 3:20 pm
"You're a man who needs to control his fate. But you cannot control this."
Musk's Europe gamble: Will others follow the Dutch and approve FSD?
5 May 2026 @ 3:09 pm
The Dutch road authority will ask other EU regulators to approve the driver assist.
DHS abuses 1930s customs law in attempt to get data on Canadian from Google
5 May 2026 @ 2:02 pm
DHS targeted a man who hadn't entered the US for years for criticism of ICE operations.
Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website
5 May 2026 @ 11:20 am
Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.
"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
4 May 2026 @ 9:38 pm
"To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."
Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work
4 May 2026 @ 7:45 pm
Intentional errors can be useful.
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
4 May 2026 @ 7:03 pm
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.