Events continue to be fast and furious. This was the first actually stressful week of the year. That was mostly due to issues around Anthropic and the Department of War....
Anthropic and the Department of War
The situation in AI in 2026 is crazy. The confrontation between Anthropic and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is a new level of crazy. It risks turning quite bad for...
Musk has no proof OpenAI stole xAI trade secrets, judge rules, tossing lawsuit
Hostility is not proof of theft Even twisting an ex-employee’s text to favor xAI’s reading fails to sway judge. Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit...
The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series is available for preorder today and ships on March 11. The Galaxy S26 lineup doesn’t change much on the outside. Credit: Samsung There used to be...
Judge doesn’t trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter
Let me search that for you Court to search devices itself instead of letting government have full access. The Washington Post building on August 6, 2013 in Washington, DC, Credit:...
Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates. Shingrix, the vaccine for the shingles, is seen at a pharmacy on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 in Cohoes, N.Y....
2026 Lexus RZ 550e review: Likable, but it needs improvement
Sometimes you drive a car you just don’t gel with. The original Lexus RZ was such a case. It was Lexus’ first battery EV, and I was less than impressed...
RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
In an illustration of the severity of the current memory shortage, HP Inc. CFO Karen Parkhill said that RAM has gone from accounting for “roughly 15 percent to 18 percent”...
Trump’s MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is likely to face scrutiny over her qualifications for becoming the country’s...
Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else
The act gives the administration the ability to “allocate materials, services and facilities” for national defense. The Trump and Biden administrations used the act to address a shortage of medical...
Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory
The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal...
Paramount increases its Warner Bros. Discovery bid by $1 per share
Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from Netflix for WBD’s movie...
Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released full-year data on how the country generated electricity in 2025. It’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation. The bad news...
DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones
DJI, the most popular consumer drone maker, is suing over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s import ban against new, foreign-made drones, which has been in effect since December 23, 2025....
UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
A UK regulator today fined Reddit £14.5 million ($19.6 million) for not verifying the ages of users. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) alleged that the failure to check ages...
In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US
The bulk of the supply chain for phones, tablets, computers, game consoles, and most other tech is still overwhelmingly reliant on overseas manufacturers. Most of Apple’s A- and M-series chips...
Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game
Stories and lesson learned from an impossibly large community modding project. The city of Anvil, rendered in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Credit: Daniel Larlham Jr. Despite being regarded as...
50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system.
I noticed the engine running just twice. One was at wide-open throttle, and the other was when the engine was likely operating at higher rpms to help charge the battery....
Lamborghini cancels electric Lanzador as supercar buyers reject EVs
Lamborghini has managed to sell quite a lot of Urus SUVs, but an all-electric alternative with an even higher price tag was probably a stretch. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via...
Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal
Su said the warrant structure would help “make sure that we are always a clear seat at the table when [Meta] are thinking about what they need next.” Meta’s chief...
