
Tech Meme - 41 min 37 sec ago
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple is closing its Towson, Maryland store, the first US location where retail employees unionized; the union says it is "outraged" and exploring legal options — Apple today announced it will be permanently closing three retail stores in the U.S. in June, including Apple Trumbull in Trumbull …...

TechRadar - 49 min 11 sec ago
Grab the thin and light iPhone for a skinny AU$1,297...

Tech Meme - 1 hour 31 min ago
Bloomberg : Sources: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned bank CEOs about Anthropic's Mythos model's risks at an urgent meeting Tuesday — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns …...

Tech Meme - 1 hour 35 min ago
Bloomberg : Alibaba led a ~$293M funding round for ShengShu, just two months after the creator of the Vidu AI video generator raised ~$88M — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s cloud division led a 2 billion yuan ($293 million) funding round for ShengShu Technology, bolstering the war chest of a young contender in China's crowded AI video contest.

TechRadar - 1 hour 46 min ago
I couldn't even hazard a guess for what's to come...

GeekSpin - 1 hour 59 min ago
That "update later" button could be putting your iPhone at risk and Apple isn't taking any chances this time. In a rare move, the tech giant is sending urgent lock screen warnings directly to users running older iOS versions, cautioning that their devices may already be targets of real-world cyberattacks. The alert isn't just […] Read the original article here: Apple issues urgent alert for older iPhones...

The New Yorker - 2 hours 26 min ago
While America and Iran negotiate a ceasefire, Beirut remains under siege.

TechRadar - 3 hours 46 min ago
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Engadget - 3 hours 46 min ago
Apple is closing three of its retail stores this summer, including its first location to unionize. The tech company said it plans to permanently close Apple Store in Trumbull, CT, Escondito, CA, and Towson, MD. The Apple Store location in Towson, was the first where unionized workers and Apple reached a contract agreement back in 2024. MacRumors published a statement from Apple confirming the closures. The company credited noting "the departure of several retailers and declining conditions"...

The Hill - 3 hours 59 min ago
The Pentagon has denied threatening the Vatican during a late January meeting with the Holy See's then-envoy to the U.S., as Pope Leo XIV has warned against the growing use of military action in recent months. The Pentagon's policy office head, Elbridge Colby, met with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican's former diplomat to the U.S.,...

The Hill - 4 hours 11 min ago
High-stakes talks are set for Islamabad this weekend where U.S. and Iranian officials plan to meet to negotiate the terms of a tenuous ceasefire to end the war in Iran. The White House called the talks "ongoing" but any agreement remains extremely fragile as fighting continues across the Middle East. "As the White House has...

Engadget - 4 hours 57 min ago
A film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid is in the works again, this time from filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the directors of Final Destination: Bloodlines , according to The Hollywood Reporter . The duo are reviving the project at Columbia Pictures as part of a new first-look deal with Sony, the latest attempt in what's been multiple decades of work to turn the blockbuster stealth game into a blockbuster film. "Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic...

The Guardian - 5 hours 5 min ago
These are the best USB chargers in the US to keep devices juiced up quickly and safely for all your tech needs Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things USB chargers power the world. From phones to laptops and even bike lights , the gadgets we use every day increasingly rely on USB connections for power, making chargers an indispensable tool to keep your life running. Though the U in USB stands for "universal," you sadly can't expect every...

Variety - 5 hours 17 min ago
Highlighting a rift in the right-wing political spectrum, President Donald Trump lashed out against four widely followed conservative influencers — Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones — who have spoken out against the recent Trump-led attack on Iran. In a 482-word post on his Truth Social account Thursday, Trump laid into the […]...

The Hill - 5 hours 36 min ago
The State Department will host a meeting next week in Washington, D.C., to discuss ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel and Lebanon, a department official confirmed Thursday. The official gave no further details on the talks, which will be focused on ending current hostilities between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, which Israel has targeted in...

Variety - 5 hours 53 min ago
Entertainment industry veteran Thai Randolph has taken the wraps off her new venture: NILE & Co., described as a content and commerce platform that works with “creators who move culture.” Randolph is the former CEO and co-founder of Kevin Hart's Hartbeat, which she exited in 2023. She is the founder and CEO of NILE & […]...

Observer - 6 hours 1 min ago
Under Andy Jassy, Amazon is pouring $200 billion into A.I. infrastructure to dominate the cloud and secure its next decade of growth. With record spending, Jassy wants Amazon to define the global A.I. landscape before anyone else.

The Next Web - 6 hours 14 min ago
In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies' infrastructure relationship to approximately $35 billion. The new contract will deliver early deployments of Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform across multiple sites, and is designed specifically for […] This story continues at The Next Web...

Engadget - 6 hours 38 min ago
You may already know that emulators can run Wii games on a Mac . But one developer has flipped the script. Bryan Keller now has an ancient version of the Mac's operating system running on Nintendo's 2006 game console (via Kottke ). Why? Because they said it couldn't be done. The developer first had the idea in 2013 while a sophomore in college. However, they found renewed motivation five years ago when Redditor u/CussdomTidder posted , "There is a zero percent chance of this ever...

The Next Web - 6 hours 44 min ago
In short: OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project, citing the high cost of industrial electricity in Britain and an unfavourable regulatory environment around AI copyright. The project, announced in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale, had planned to deploy 8,000 GPUs at sites in north-east England, scalable to 31,000 over time. OpenAI says […] This story continues at The Next Web...

Ars Technica - 7 hours 2 min ago
Western Union exec says there were "challenges" working with Broadcom.

NY Post - 7 hours 14 min ago
They're e-reading Amazon the riot act. Bookworms are lighting torches and sharpening their pitchforks in fiery fury as Amazon prepares to cease supporting older Kindle technologies this spring. "Starting May 20, 2026, customers using Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the...

Observer - 7 hours 40 min ago
New evidence ties cryptographer Adam Back to Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto, reviving interest in the mystery behind the pseudonymous inventor. We have a rundown of the most discussed Satoshi Nakamoto theories over the past 15 years.

The Next Web - 7 hours 44 min ago
In short: Google Cloud and Intel have announced a deepened multi-year AI infrastructure partnership covering both CPU deployment and custom chip co-development. Google Cloud will continue adopting Intel's Xeon 6 processors across its global infrastructure for C4 and N4 instances, while the two companies are expanding their joint development of custom Infrastructure Processing Units designed to […] This story continues at The Next Web...