AI has triggered the biggest gas-plant building boom in history, and a quiet fight to stop it

The AI build-out has done something the fossil-fuel industry could not do for itself. It has set off the largest-ever construction boom in natural gas-fired power plants, the Associated Press reports. Aging coal plants are being kept alive past thei…

New Apple Pencils reportedly in development, replaceable batteries could feature

Apple is reportedly working on new versions of the Apple Pencil, including an updated Apple Pencil with USB-C and a new Apple Pencil Pro, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The report claims both accessories are expected to launch in early […] Th…

M7 Ultra chip could support up to 1.5TB of unified memory, matching Intel Mac Pro

Apple’s future M7 Ultra chip could support up to 1.5TB of unified memory, matching the highest RAM configuration offered on the 2019 Intel Mac Pro, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman […] Th…

This tiny Sony tape was supposed to change music, but it saved 1990s IT instead

DAT was supposed to replace cassettes, but it became the backbone of 1990s server backups instead

I set up local voice control in Home Assistant and stopped giving Amazon a live mic in my house

Alexa, play Good Riddance.

The 5 coolest open-source projects I've discovered in 2026

Big AI breakthroughs aren't the only interesting things happening.

GitHub is no longer the best place to host your code

Developers have more reasons than ever to move beyond GitHub, from AI concerns to easier self-hosting and stronger alternatives.

Why Xiaomi phones aren't banned, but are rarely sold in the US

The Chinese company is allowed to sell its impressive phones in the States, but it doesn't. Here's why.

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Cure cancer, cage the chatbots: Congress’s contradictory week on AI

In the space of about ten days, US lawmakers introduced a small mountain of artificial-intelligence legislation. The bills, rounded up by Nextgov/FCW, pull in two opposite directions at once. One set treats AI as a tool the government should be depl…

Chinese developers are climbing the firewall to pay more for GPT-5.6, and doing the maths on why

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.6 models are winning praise from an unlikely group. Users in mainland China, where the service is blocked and reachable only by VPN or third-party proxy, told the South China Morning Post the models are worth the extra cost. That …

Most Americans now say the public should own half of the big AI companies

An idea that sounded radical a year ago is now a majority position. Nearly seven in ten Americans support forcing AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, CNBC reports. The figure comes from a Verasight survey of …

AI bosses say demand is ‘almost unlimited’. The market is no longer taking their word for it.

Executives building the AI boom are unwavering. Demand is effectively bottomless, they say, even as the stocks that ride on it wobble, CNBC reports. Pat Gelsinger, the former Intel chief now at Playground Global, put it plainly. He thinks of AI dema…

While Neuralink drills into skulls, China’s BrainCo is betting brain tech will be something you wear

The most visible race in brain-computer interfaces involves surgery. But one of China’s most valuable neurotech firms is deliberately not competing in it, CNBC reports. BrainCo, based in Hangzhou, builds devices that read the brain from outside the …

Amazon has cut 57,000 jobs, and the people who kept theirs are not fine either

Amazon’s cuts have reached a scale that is hard to absorb. The company has laid off more than 57,000 corporate staff since 2022, around 16% of that workforce, CNBC reports. The pace has accelerated sharply. Roughly 16,000 people went in late January…

Je zet je iPhone op de verkeerde manier uit: zo gaat dat véél sneller

Druk jij meerdere knoppen in om je iPhone uit te zetten? Dan schakel je jouw iPhone op de verkeerde manier uit. Zo gaat dat veel sneller! iPhone uitschakelen Het uitschakelen… Lees verder op iPhoned

Your next flight might require headphones—here's which ones to pack

Wearing headphones is now mandatory on certain flights

6 tiny Ryobi tools that belong in every home

Compact tools with big results.

I thought I knew Photoshop, but these 3 under-appreciated features proved me wrong

Photoshop can be a lot more versatile than you think.

Stop treating your 3D printer like a vending machine for other people's models

Designing your own models is a hidden side of 3D printing that many miss out on.

Christopher Nolan Has No Time for ‘The Odyssey’ Backlash or GenAI

All Nolan wants is for people to see 'The Odyssey' with an open mind and recognize the sincere effort on display.