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Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry
5 June 2026 @ 3:55 pm
Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.
The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI "coach"
5 June 2026 @ 3:40 pm
The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google's AI Health Coach feels unnecessary.
Not the next R8? Audi reveals mid-engined plug-in hybrid V8 Nuvolari.
5 June 2026 @ 2:44 pm
The Huracan gave us the R8s, now the Temerario lends itself to a new Audi.
Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
5 June 2026 @ 2:20 pm
NASA expects to begin stacking the SLS rocket this summer for next year's Artemis III launch.
Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do
5 June 2026 @ 1:55 pm
Overpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad.
Steve Jobs in Exile is a fine profile of Jobs' years at NeXT
5 June 2026 @ 11:15 am
“Why don’t we just frickin’ call Apple?”
Review: AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a disappointing way to spend $549
5 June 2026 @ 11:00 am
The superior RX 9070 also launched for $549 just over a year ago.
The skeptic’s guide to humanoid robots going viral on the Internet
4 June 2026 @ 10:23 pm
Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.
AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data
4 June 2026 @ 9:25 pm
FCC did not violate carriers' right to jury trial, court says in 8-1 ruling.
These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda
4 June 2026 @ 8:44 pm
Estonian government benchmark shows how dozens of models combat Russia's "strategic narratives."