Ars Technica With over 900 US measles cases so far this year, things are looking bleak
US hasn't seen this many cases this early in a year since the 1990s before we hit "elimination."
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Lifehacker Reverse Searing Is Faster in the Air Fryer
Good steak faster is never a bad thing.
Ars Technica Mike Lindell’s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes
Lindell brief has many defects including "cases that do not exist," judge says.
MacRumors What's Next for the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch SE 3
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch, which launched on April 24, 2015. Yesterday, we recapped features rumored for the Apple Watch Series 11, but since 2015, the Apple Watch has also branched out into the Apple Watch Ultra and...
Ars Technica New study shows why simulated reasoning AI models don’t yet live up to their billing
Top AI models excel at math problems but lack reasoning needed for Math Olympiad proofs.
Polygon The Last of Us’ post-apocalyptic homophobia reveals its shallow setting
Just like the season before it, The Last of Us season 2 walks a line between faithfully adapting its source’s already cinema-inspired material and expanding on that material to meet the medium of television. And so, as players watched in 2020’s The...
Ars Technica Looming tariffs are making it extra hard to be a tech geek
Looming tariffs are already making electronics shopping harder.
Kotaku Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games We’re Psyched To Jump Back Into
Though the weather has taken a turn for the better recently, nothing beats staying inside for some gaming—or, if you prefer, taking a game to go with you on your portable device of choice. Should you be planning on staying in this weekend with some...
Kotaku Many Physical Switch 2 Games Don't Contain The Game At All
As pre-orders for the Switch 2 went live earlier this week, we started to learn more about many of the launch and post-launch games that will be available for Nintendo’s next big console. And it turns out that a lot of physical Switch 2 games are...
Ars Technica New study: There are lots of icy super-Earths
"Microlensing" lets us find planets at much greater distances from their star.
Propublica Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
by William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing and Andy Kroll ProPublica is a...
Lifehacker How to Get Minesweeper and Seven Other Classic Games Back in Windows 11
Play those classic Windows games on your modern PC.
Polygon The last Blue Prince secret? Sharp political commentary
In Blue Prince, you never see another person. There are no weapons, per se. You interact with the world only through your note-taking ability and your wits. It is, quintessentially, a puzzle game. And playing Blue Prince like it is just a puzzle...
Polygon Watch the all-time action classics that inspired Netflix’s Havoc
The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans’ new action movie, Havoc, has finally dropped. The Netflix original — made under Evans’ deal with the streamer, which also...
Kotaku Green Minecraft Movie Milk Gets Its Color From Chemicals The Government Wants To 'Eliminate'
Minecraft has milk in it but it’s not green. Instead, the “Creeper milk” going viral on Tiktok arises purely from the marketing geniuses behind chocolate milk maker TruMoo.Drafting off of the Minecraft Movie’s box office success, the dairy company...
9to5 Mac CarPlay just added three new features with iOS 18.4
Even as CarPlay 2 work keeps chugging along, Apple has been slowly adding new features to the existing CarPlay too. Last fall CarPlay got some Apple Intelligence enhancements, and recently Ford EV owners gained NACS routing. Now, with iOS 18.4,...
Lifehacker This Cyber Attack Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts
Hackers are contacting victims via WhatsApp and Signal.
Daring Fireball Henry Blodget’s Illustrated 2013 Travelogue of Flying in Coach on a Long International Flight
Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon back in 2013: The first thing wrong with the stupidest article to be posted to the Internet in the year 2013 — and possibly the entire century — is the title: “I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On...
Propublica Louisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science
by Richard A. Webster, Verite News This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for...
The Intercept Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It.
In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda. The post Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It....
Lifehacker Oura’s AI Chatbot Really Makes You Think—About Yourself
Instead of trying to have all the answers, the Oura Advisor knows how to ask the right questions.
Daring Fireball Henry Blodget Creates Imaginary Staff of AI Personalities for His New Website and Hits on One of Them
Henry Blodget, who sold Business Insider to German publishing giant Axel Springer for $340 million a decade ago, has supposedly launched a new site, Regenerator, built on Substack. I was going to tack on an “alas” re: building on Substack, but...
Kotaku Wicked Director And Deadpool Writers Join Split Fiction Movie
A live-action movie adaptation of Split Fiction, EA and Hazelight’s recently released hit co-op game, is moving forward according to new report claiming that the director of Wicked is set to helm the film. It’s also reported that Sydney Sweeney...
BBC - Europe 'Something different in the air' as hushed Rome reckons with Pope's death
Visitors have noticed a unique atmosphere at the Vatican in the days before Pope Francis's funeral and the conclave.
Lifehacker The Original Google Pixel Watch Is on Sale for $80
The GPS + Cellular version of the first generation smartwatch is 76% off.
The Intercept Pentagon Insiders on Hegseth Leak Hypocrisy: “Full On Shit Show”
Current and former Defense officials describe Pentagon unrest over accusations of leaks while their boss shares classified information. The post Pentagon Insiders on Hegseth Leak Hypocrisy: “Full On Shit Show” appeared first on The Intercept.
Lifehacker How to Track When Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Are Back in Stock
Set your future self up for success.
Polygon When does the Celestial Guardians expansion release in Pokémon TCG Pocket?
Celestial Guardians is an upcoming expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket that will add more than 200 cards to the game. Celestial Guardians focuses on Pokémon from the Alola region and features the legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala. You can look...
Polygon Pokémon Go Vanillite Community Day guide
Pokémon Go is having a Vanillite Community Day event on April 27 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. As expected with a Community Day event, Vanillite will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny. There are also several other...
MacRumors MacRumors Giveaway: Win a 13-Inch iPad Air and Mount From Lululook
For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 13-inch iPad Air and a Lululook Foldable Magnetic Charging Mount to go along with it. Lululook makes all kinds of stands and accessories for...
Kotaku Bag More Treasure When You Learn How To Lockpick In Oblivion Remastered
Lockpicking is one of the very first skills you’ll need to learn and master early on in Oblivion Remastered. You’ll first encounter locked chests in the underground caverns beneath the prison, and then in nearly every dungeon thereafter. It’s a...
Apple Insider iPhone 17 Air -- All the rumors about Apple's thinnest iPhone yet
Apple is rumored to be shaking up its 2025 iPhone lineup, with a new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air. Here's what the rumor mill thinks is coming.Apple is expected to debut an ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim in 2025.The long-rumored iPhone 17...
Lifehacker My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Latest M4 MacBook Air
All of the 2025 M4 MacBook Air models just hit record low prices.
404 Media Behind the Blog: Feeling Smart Along the Way
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss cheating in job interviews, "scary good" surveillance tech, and prudes in payment processing.
Lifehacker Netflix Finally Adds Dialogue-Only Subtitles
No more having to read about "trees rustling in the background."
Apple Insider Mac mini prices plunge to as low as $360 this weekend
Apple's Mac mini is on sale this weekend, with current and closeout deals dropping models down to as low as $359.99.Mac mini prices have fallen to as low as $359.99.Kicking off the sale is a blowout special on the last-gen M2 Mac mini, which in...
Apple Insider Tom Hanks 'Greyhound' sequel sails into D-Day & the Pacific
Tom Hanks is steering Apple TV+ back into WWII waters with a high-stakes sequel to "Greyhound," with production scheduled for early 2026."Greyhound" returns with a sequelApple Original Films is once again partnering with Hanks' Playtone banner and...
Lifehacker Threads Is Going All In on Ads
Two years after its launch, the monetization begins.
MacRumors The MacRumors Show: Latest iPadOS 19 and iPhone 17 Air Rumors
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the rumored look of the iPhone 17 "Air" and iPadOS 19's major productivity update. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos We take a closer look at the rumored...
The Intercept Hegseth Purges Defense Advisory Board After MAGA Came For It
On Tucker Carlson’s show, a MAGA loyalist ripped the Defense Policy Board. In short order, Pete Hegseth purged all its members. The post Hegseth Purges Defense Advisory Board After MAGA Came For It appeared first on The Intercept.
MacRumors Best Apple Deals of the Week: Woot's Blind Box Apple Watch Band Sale, Plus Steep Discounts on MacBook Air and More
Multiple Apple products hit all-time low prices this week, including the M4 MacBook Air, 11th generation iPad, and M3 iPad Air. We're also still tracking a sale on Apple Watch Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop bands at Woot, which can net you up to...
Apple Insider CalDigit Element 5 Hub review: A fast and reliable Thunderbolt 5 hub with only the essentials
As Thunderbolt 5 devices become more widely available, the CalDigit Element 5 Hub offers a compact, no-frills expansion option with only the essential ports.CalDigit Element 5 Hub review: The CalDigit Element 5 Hub adds more Thunderbolt 5 ports to...
Polygon What time does Diablo 4 season 8 release in your time zone?
Season 8 of Diablo 4, Belial’s Return, out this week, sees the… uh… return of an old foe from Diablo 3: Belial, Lord of Lies. In addition to fighting the large, eye-obsessed boss, you’ll be able to wield powers inspired by some of the series’...
BBC - Europe Pope saved my children's future by bringing us to Italy, says Syrian migrant
In 2016, Pope Francis visited Lesbos and flew 12 migrants back to Italy on his plane - Wafaa Eid was one of them.
Apple Insider Five years of Apple Silicon, and ten years of Apple Watch on the AppleInsider Podcast
While we'll never stop looking ahead to what's coming, and never stop looking at what's going on right now, it's also time to look back at how much Apple Silicon and the Apple Watch have meant to us all.Craig Federighi revealing how Apple Silicon...
MacRumors Send Web Links That Jump to the Exact Text You Mean
Sometimes when you share a webpage link with someone, you just want to bring their attention to a specific passage or sentence to make your point, rather than have them read through the entire article. In 2020, Google added a function to its...
Technology Review The Download: how Trump’s tariffs will affect US manufacturing, and AI architecture
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sweeping tariffs could threaten the US manufacturing rebound Despite the geopolitical chaos and market...
Apple Insider Inside Apple Journal - the most personal diary you'll ever have
Imagine turning everyday experiences — a photo, a song, a quiet moment — into something worth remembering. With Apple's Journal app, you can do just that, but only on your iPhone.How to get the most out of JournalJournal isn't just about capturing...
Den of Geek The 15 Best Heist Movies Ever Made, Ranked
Movies and heists are the perfect pairing. Both require a perfect crew, a ton of charisma, and clockwork precision in an environment where everything is ready to go wrong. Though we’ve been trained to understand that the perfect crime is as rare as...
Apple Insider Apple wants nearly every iPhone 18 sold in the US to come from India
Apple will reportedly dramatically accelerate manufacturing efforts in India, and may try to import nearly every iPhone 18 sold in the US from the country by the end of 2026. There are reasons to be skeptical that this will happen.Foxconn's iPhone...
Propublica Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
by Rob Davis, photography by Sarahbeth Maney This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for...
The Intercept Trump’s Very Stable Genius Coin
Reporters Matt Sledge and Jessica Washington discuss Trump’s growing crypto empire as he deregulates the industry. The post Trump’s Very Stable Genius Coin appeared first on The Intercept.
Geek Feed Jimmy Smits’ Replacement as Bail Organa Revealed
Word has been going around that a legacy character is being replaced in Andor because of scheduling conflicts, and a lot of rumors are saying that it’s going to be Leia’s adoptive father Bail Organa who was played by Jimmy Smits in the Prequels and...
Propublica ICE Air Has a New Contractor. This State Is Asking How It Will Protect the Detainees on Board.
by McKenzie Funk ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....
Technology Review Sweeping tariffs could threaten the US manufacturing rebound
Despite the geopolitical chaos and market collapses triggered by President Trump’s announcement of broad tariffs on international goods, some supporters still hope the strategy will produce a “golden age” of American industry. Trump himself...
The Intercept Trump Doesn't Need an Executive Order to Kill Progressive Nonprofits
Fearing retribution from Trump, major donors to progressive organizations are holding back at a time when they need it most. The post Trump Doesn’t Need an Executive Order to Kill Progressive Nonprofits appeared first on The Intercept.
Den of Geek House of the Dragon Season 3 Finally Gears Up For Action With New Cast
Stabbings. Bludgeonings. Splitting men from groin to throat. Slipping on entrails. Killing a warhorse with a single punch. And corpses so mangled after battle that they’re only identifiable by their shoe size. Such are the rumoured feats of the...
Geek Feed More Details on the Ryan Gosling-Led Star Wars: Starfighter
Star Wars Celebration last weekend saw director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling officially revealing Star Wars: Starfighter, and we don’t know much about the story except that it stars Gosling and it’s going to take place years after the events of...
Den of Geek How Doom Changed Gaming Forever
My mother was never fond of me playing violent games, so I had to sneak sessions of Mortal Kombat and Wolfenstein 3D away from her discerning eye. One game that was so notorious that I had to take extra precautions in playing it, either on our...
In These Times A Small Texas Town Takes on Crypto Noise Pollution
The massive new Bitcoin mine is part of a plan to fill in Texas’s energy infrastructure—but it comes at the cost of locals’ health.
Apple Insider Apple explains how App Store reviews are summarized with AI
Apple's iconic App Store was recently updated to feature AI-generated summaries of user reviews, and now we know how it all works.Apple has explained how its AI generates summaries of App Store Reviews.In October 2024, an unlisted App Store article...
The Intercept After Tucker Carlson Guest Attacked a Defense Advisory Board, the Pentagon Nuked Its Website
A fired aide to Pete Hegseth had laid into the Defense Policy Board, a political football dominated by hawkish establishment figures. The post After Tucker Carlson Guest Attacked a Defense Advisory Board, the Pentagon Nuked Its Website appeared...
Den of Geek Join Our EPIC Superman Comics and Collectibles Auction TONIGHT!
The sun is shining, temperatures are rising, and that can only mean one thing: the Summer of Superman is here! And it’s not just a publishing initiative. It’s a celebration of all things Superman, and tonight, Den of Geek and eBay Live have got...
Den of Geek Havoc Ending Explained: How The Raid Director Redefines the Gritty Cop Movie
This article contains full spoilers for Havoc. For all the blood and guts and general nastiness it contains, Havoc is toughest to watch in its first three minutes. That’s when we watch as Detective Walker sits pensively and thinks about what he’s...
The Next Web Meet the Dutch tech stars speaking at TNW Conference
As our favourite Dutch holiday approaches, TNW is celebrating the tech titans shaping the future in the Netherlands. Our beloved home country is the proud parent of a prodigious brood of digital talent. It’s given birth to cultivated meat, raised...
Den of Geek TV Premiere Dates: 2025 Calendar
Wondering when your favorite shows are coming back and what new series you can look forward to? We’ve got you covered with the Den of Geek 2025 TV Premiere Dates Calendar, where we keep track of TV series premiere dates, return dates, and more for...
The Verge - TV Shows Love, Death, and Robots Vol. 4 introduces its cast in wild new trailer
Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots anthology series has always featured pretty stacked casts, and it doesn’t sound like the show’s next season is going to be any exception. Along with a new trailer for the upcoming season, Netflix released a full...
BBC - Innovation Cyber attack causes further chaos for M&S shoppers
Customers have reported problems with click and collect orders as well as card and contactless payments.
404 Media Payment Processors Force AI Site Civitai to Remove Incest and Diapers
Civitai is also demonetizing content featuring the likeness of real people and making it harder to find.
Propublica ICE Awarded a $3.8 Billion Contract to Hold Immigrants on a Military Base. Days Later, It Was Canceled.
by Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg and Avi Asher-Schapiro ProPublica is a nonprofit...
BBC - Innovation How can you keep your child safe online?
Tech firms are being urged to do more to stop young people accessing unsuitable material.
404 Media This Website Is Running on a Wii
Alex Haydock found a dusty old Wii console at a hardware swap and modded it to run his website.
Technology Review Driving business value by optimizing the cloud
Organizations are deepening their cloud investments at an unprecedented pace, recognizing its fundamental role in driving business agility and innovation. Synergy Research Group reports that companies spent $84 billion worldwide on cloud...
The Next Web ‘Untappable’ encryption edges closer after quantum messaging breakthrough
Researchers at Toshiba Europe have used quantum key distribution (QKD) cryptography to send messages a record 254km using a traditional fibre optic cable network. It’s the first time scientists have achieved a coherent quantum communication using...
404 Media Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump
PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of some of the content that is being deleted by the administration.
404 Media Even the U.S. Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water
A new government illuminates the environmental impact of generative AI.
Technology Review The Download: Apple’s eucalyptus carbon bet, and climate tech’s bad vibes
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal “We were losing the light, and still...
BBC - Innovation Overhaul algorithms and age checks or face fines, tech firms told
Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.
The Next Web IQM to install Poland’s first superconducting quantum computer
Poland is set to power up its first full-stack quantum computer this year, following a deal with Helsinki-based startup IQM. IQM, Europe’s best-funded quantum hardware company, will install the machine at the Wrocław University of Science and...
Propublica White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...
Technology Review The vibes are shifting for US climate tech
The past few years have been an almost nonstop parade of good news for climate tech in the US. Headlines about billion-dollar grants from the government, massive private funding rounds, and labs churning out advance after advance have been routine....
Propublica The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor
by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
Technology Review Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal
We were losing the light, and still about 20 kilometers from the main road, when the car shuddered and died at the edge of a strange forest. The grove grew as if indifferent to certain unspoken rules of botany. There was no understory, no...
The Intercept A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements. The post A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It? appeared...
The Next Web This VC-backed network is on a mission to tackle the well-being crises with tech
Last year, NN Group and Rubio Impact Ventures launched the NN Social Innovation Startup Award providing grants and mentoring to startups to tackle mental, physical, and financial well-being challenges with tech-backed solutions. Over 360 startups...
The Next Web European climate tech funding sunk to five-year low in Q1 — here’s why
Europe’s climate tech startups raised $2.3bn (€2bn) in the first quarter of this year — the lowest total since Q3 2020, according to Dealroom data. Behind the headline figure lies a complex mix of growing pains, shifting investor focuses, and...
BBC - Innovation Trump crypto soars as president offers dinner to top holders
The meme coin's website says its 220 top investors will be invited to a gala event with the president.
Daring Fireball Trump Administration Calls E.U. Fines on Apple and Meta ‘Economic Extortion’
Reuters: “This novel form of economic extortion will not be tolerated by the United States,” a White House spokesperson said. “Extraterritorial regulations that specifically target and undermine American companies, stifle innovation, and...
Daring Fireball Clear as Mud
From the European Commission’s announcement today, “Commission closes investigation into Apple’s user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act”: Under the DMA, Apple is...
The Next Web Fertility startup ‘rejuvenates’ human eggs to boost chances of conception
German biotech startup Ovo Labs has developed new technologies to “rejuvenate” human eggs, potentially boosting the chances of conception. The therapeutics are designed to enhance in vitro fertilisation (IVF), one of the most transformative...
Daring Fireball ‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns as CBS Corporate Parent Paramount Prepares to Fellate Trump
Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin, reporting for The New York Times: CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said he would resign from the long-running Sunday news...
Unicorn Riot Chuds on Parade: Meet Trump’s Cabinet
President Trump’s cabinet is riddled with Klan-like nationalists, conspiracy theorists and xenophobes. The post Chuds on Parade: Meet Trump’s Cabinet appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
TidBits Text Fragments Enable Deep Linking on Web Pages
After decades of only being able to link to the top of Web pages or specially prepared named anchors, modern browsers now support text fragment links that can scroll to and highlight any text on any page. This long-awaited feature brings us closer...
Technology Review Roundtables: Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product
Recorded on April 23, 2025 Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product Speakers: David Rotman, editor at large, and Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been crowned the 11th Breakthrough...
Daring Fireball European Commission Fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for Breaching Digital Markets Act
The European Commission: Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses...
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop Apple and Meta furious at EU over fines totaling €700 million
EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M in first Digital Markets Act penalties.
BBC - Innovation Instagram still posing serious risks to children, campaigners say
Instagram promised more "built-in protections" for young people but researchers say users are still exposed to sexualised images and negative stereotypes.
BBC - Innovation Apple and Meta attack 'unfair' €700m EU fines
The tech giants have reacted with fury, accusing the EU of unfairly pursuing US companies.
The Intercept Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish
The school later told staff it had provided the Trump administration with personal contact information for faculty members. The post Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish appeared first on The...
The Intercept AI Firm Behind Mysterious Trump Donation Is Run by Alleged Election Overthrow Plotter
Why did a shadowy nonprofit make a six-figure gift to Trump’s inauguration committee? “It was mostly to meet people,” said a company official. The post AI Firm Behind Mysterious Trump Donation Is Run by Alleged Election Overthrow Plotter appeared...