The Pixel Watch 4 might not become e-waste if you damage it
Google is hosting its annual Pixel event on August 20, which will likely feature the Pixel 10 series and the Pixel Watch 4. The new Pixel phones are expected to…
ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows
On Thursday, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent, a new feature that lets the company’s AI assistant complete multi-step tasks by controlling its own web browser. The update merges capabilities from OpenAI’s…
Trump admin to finally cap price of weird bandages that cost $10 billion last year
Last year, Medicare spent over $10 billion on dubious bandages—called skin substitutes—that come with eye-popping prices. Some are made from medical waste, like dried bits of discarded placentas or infant…
The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access…
Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
The US Senate voted to rescind two years’ worth of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), delivering a blow to public radio and television stations around the country.…
Synths hunt down deadly monsters in latest Alien: Earth trailer
The premiere of Alien: Earth is just weeks away, and FX/Hulu dropped one last trailer to pique our interest, along with a much more detailed synopsis. It’s meditative and existential…
Hackers Use GitHub Repositories to Host Amadey Malware and Data Stealers, Bypassing Filters
Threat actors are leveraging public GitHub repositories to host malicious payloads and distribute them via Amadey as part of a campaign observed in April 2025. “The MaaS operators used fake…
DHS Abandons Fighting Actual Crime To Focus All Of Its Attention On Undocumented Migrants
Even during the (relatively more sane) first Trump administration, it was clear there just weren’t enough dangerous criminals residing in this country illegally to back up Trump’s bloated, fact-free “invasion”…
Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.
Delta has become the first airline to announce that it is using AI to boost profits by personalizing pricing through a pilot program that for months has caused customers to…
Fanfic study challenges leading cultural evolution theory
It’s widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave an optimal balance between novelty and familiarity. What we choose to consume and…