
The New Yorker - 9 hours 22 min ago
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Newser - 9 hours 52 min ago
California's governor just took a torch to the man he views as "the [Thomas] Edison of our time." In a new episode of "The Axios Show," Gavin Newsom calls Elon Musk "one of the great disappointments" of this era, accusing the Tesla chief of handing the electric-vehicle future to China...

The Atlantic - 9 hours 57 min ago
Having two controllers on a midnight shift might be standard procedure, but they can still be overwhelmed.

IEEE Spectrum - 10 hours 7 sec ago
A technical exploration of IEEE 802.11bn's physical and MAC layer enhancements including distributed resource units, enhanced long range, multi-AP coordination, and seamless roaming that define Wi-Fi 8. What Attendees will Learn Why Wi-Fi 8 prioritizes reliability over raw throughput Understand how IEEE 802.11bn shifts the design philosophy from peak data-rate gains to ultra-high reliability. How new physical layer features overcome uplink power limitations Learn how distributed resource units...

Newser - 11 hours 22 min ago
A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages. After more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days, California jurors decided Meta and YouTube...

Vox - 11 hours 52 min ago
A scoreboard shows a call being confirmed by ABS during a spring training game on February 25, 2026, in Scottsdale, Arizona. | Chris Coduto/Getty Images For a sport that's more than 150 years old , the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season is set to feature an unusual number of firsts. The official Opening Day on March 26 is the earliest in baseball history . The first official game of the season tonight between the Giants and the Yankees which is Opening Night , not Opening Day ...

NBC News - 12 hours 33 min ago
A jury in New Mexico has found Meta liable for compromising the safety of children on its platforms, and ordered the Instagram and Facebook owner to pay $375 million in damages. The company is vowing to appeal the verdict while another jury in Los Angeles weighs whether Meta and YouTube deliberately made their platforms addictive to kids. NBC's Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

Los Angeles Times - 13 hours 22 min ago
Last year, four streaming services raised their prices, prompting many of their customers to elect the more affordable ad-supported tiers. According to new research from Deloitte, two-thirds of streaming subscribers are now paying for ads, revealing an increase in price sensitivity.

Vox - 13 hours 52 min ago
An Iranian Shahed-136 drone is displayed at a rally in western Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images After more than three weeks of war in Iran, the US has destroyed major components of Iran's military, including ballistic missile sites and much of the country's navy . One advantage Iran retains, though, is the Shahed-136. The Shahed, a one-way, single-use attack drone, is small, inexpensive, and highly accurate. Iranian drone attacks have led...

ABC News - 14 hours 43 min ago
A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children's mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law...

Sky News - 16 hours 17 min ago
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, has been ordered to pay $375m (£280m) in damages after it was found to have knowingly harmed children's mental health.

ABC News - 17 hours 47 min ago
A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education...

BBC - 1 day 1 hour ago
The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.

BBC - 1 day 1 hour ago
The government will interview the young people and their parents before and after they try the limits to assess their impact.

NBC News - 1 day 2 hours ago
OpenAI announced that it was shutting down its video generation platform "Sora." A deal that Disney struck with the company in December which resulted in a $1 billion investment will be dissolved. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports on the latest developments and what it means for the tech giant.

Sky News - 1 day 2 hours ago
Hundreds of British teenagers are set to take part in a trial to find out how effective a ban or restrictions on social media would be. ...

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 5 hours ago
Amid gaming industry woes and a lack of "Fortnite" popularity, Epic Games is cutting costs and laying off 1,000 staffers.

Air and Space - 1 day 5 hours ago
Wild-born male regent honeyeaters passed their cultural knowledge to young captive-born birds...

New York Times - 1 day 7 hours ago
Arm Holdings helped pioneer the concept of selling intellectual property rather than products.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 8 hours ago
Last week's Nvidia GTC conference highlighted new chip architectures to power AI. But as the chips become faster and more powerful, the remainder of data center infrastructure is playing catchup. The power delivery community is responding: Announcements from Delta , Vertiv , and Eaton showcased new designs for the AI era. Complex and inefficient AC to DC power conversions are gradually being replaced by DC configurations, at least in hyperscale data centers. "While AC distribution remains...

Air and Space - 1 day 9 hours ago
A bright meteor streaked across the afternoon sky and exploded over southeast Texas this weekend...

Newser - 1 day 12 hours ago
"Attention" is the first word, and it comes in Persian three times before a male voice launches into hours of measured, seemingly random numbers. The transmission, on shortwave radio, has aired twice daily since the US-Israel strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, reports Wired , citing the group Priyom, which...

Air and Space - 1 day 20 hours ago
Learning to adapt to life with geographic atrophy (GA), one woman finds new ways to stay true to her adventurous spirit...