· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running
Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.
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· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Robinhood is making a social network
Robinhood is now beta testing a Twitter-like social media platform it calls Robinhood Social. The trading-focused platform was announced last September at the company's HOOD Summit, but it's rolling out to 1,000 people who attended the event and will expand to "an additional 10,000 customers over th
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes
He told the Wall Street Journal he thinks autonomous planes will be "10 times harder than Nikola ever was."
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law
Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Facebook will pay TikTok and YouTube creators up to $3,000 a month to post Reels on its platform
Meta’s Creator Fast Track programme guarantees three months of pay for established creators willing to build a following on Facebook, after the company paid out a record $3 billion to creators in 2025. Facebook has a creator problem that three billion monthly users cannot solve. The platform is enor
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
David Sacks’ big Iran warning gets big time ignored
Sec. Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, and David Sacks during The White House Digital Assets Summit in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 7, 2025. | Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the politics of technology an
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"
Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The best deals on MacBooks right now
It’s 2026, and that means Apple sells MacBooks equipped with not just its capable M-series processors but A-series chips that were previously exclusive to the iPhone. With the MacBook Neo starting at $599, the company now offers a wider range of options with more sizes and price points than ever bef
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Hoto’s powerful PixelDrive electric screwdriver is 25 percent off
Hoto makes electric screwdrivers for different budgets. If you don’t want to spend much, you can get its most basic model, which we’ve recommended many times. That one comes with 25 bits, and has three levels of torque for $29.99 (usually $59.99). But if you want more power and versatility, its Pixe
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Congress considers blowing up internet law
Internet platforms' liability shield Section 230 faced another round of attack at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, this time with two distinct undercurrents complicating the conversation. One was an unprecedented wave of ongoing legal challenges to the law's scope, and the second wa
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Amazon doesn’t want the blame for the Post Office going under
Amazon is going on the defensive after a report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that the ecommerce giant plans to slash shipments with the United States Postal Service, which said this week that it's running out of money. In a lengthy statement published on Wednesday, Amazon says it didn't wan
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The FBI is buying Americans’ location data
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Diet
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn't have permission to see it.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet, selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games
When winning depends on intuiting a mathematical function, AIs come up short.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good
Early Access impressions: New characters shine, but it feels like we've done this before.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum
She made a full recovery, despite the maggots.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why
"This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval
Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale.