This was the worst week I have had in quite a while, maybe ever. The situation between Anthropic and the Department of War (DoW) spun completely out of control. Trump...
Gemini 3.1 Pro Aces Benchmarks, I Suppose
I’ve been trying to find a slot for this one for a while. I am thrilled that today had sufficiently little news that I am comfortable posting this. Gemini 3.1...
TerraPower gets OK to start construction of its first nuclear plant
On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site...
Space Command chief throws cold water on the question of UAPs in space
Judging from recent comments from Gen. Stephen Whiting, head of US Space Command, we shouldn’t expect anything like that in whatever the government might release in response to Trump’s pending...
Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases
System can identify genes, regulatory sequences, splice sites, and more. Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of...
Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case
Google is in the midst of rewriting the rules for mobile applications, spurred by ongoing legal cases and an apparent desire to clamp down on perceived security weaknesses. Late last...
Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide “countdown”
Google sued by grieving father Gemini allegedly called man its “husband,” said they could be together in death. Jonathan Gavalas. Credit: Edelson law firm A man killed himself after the...
After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases
Finally, Bloomberg’s sources cautioned that Sony’s strategy for single-player releases could change again at some point in the future. Historically, Sony did not release its first-party games on PCs. That...
Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans
The results: The team found traces of wild grasses and legumes, fruits or berries, green vegetables, and roots and tubers native to the broader region. Shards recovered from sites in...
The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race
During a brief hearing on Wednesday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation spent only a few minutes “marking up” new legislation that provides guidance to NASA for...
MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price
The Neo won’t be for everyone, but Apple has managed to preserve a premium feel. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Credit: Andrew Cunningham NEW YORK CITY—Whether you’re talking about the iBook, MacBook,...
Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. The camera now sits flush with the back panel. Credit: Ryan Whitwam The camera now sits flush with the back panel....
A Tale of Three Contracts
The attempt on Friday by Secretary of War Pete Hegsted to label Anthropic as a supply chain risk and commit corporate murder had a variety of motivations. On its face,...
No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon
NASA has fixed the problem that forced the removal of the rocket for the Artemis II mission from its launch pad last month, but it will be a couple of...
Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal
In a statement, Accenture CEO and chair Julie Sweet said: By acquiring Ookla, we will help our clients across business and government scale AI safely and build the trusted data...
FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger “a lot cleaner” than defunct Netflix deal
FCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality. Credit: Getty Images | Kenneth Cheung Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has...
What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes
“a key change in how people constructed knowledge” Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals. Credit: The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University...
There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV
Last time we looked at the used electric vehicle market, it was to see what the options are if you’re spending $10,000 or less. Two solid choices emerged quickly: a...
M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon
Apple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family. As part of today’s MacBook Pro update, Apple has also unveiled the M5 Pro...
New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices
Most of Apple’s laptop lineup is getting refreshed today—the high-end MacBook Pros are getting M5 Pro and M5 Max chip refreshes, and the MacBook Air is getting upgraded with an...
