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Unraid verlaat Slackware Linux om traag updatetempo voor packages en security

Unraid, het besturingssysteem voor flexibel schijfgebruik in servers en nas-apparaten, stopt met het gebruik van Slackware als ondergrond. De opslagsoftware stapt over naar een 'meer upstream' Linux-distributie, met betere ondersteuning voor package…

Lamine Yamal Teases Upcoming Beats Over-Ear Headphones

Ahead of the upcoming World Cup, football superstar Lamine Yamal has arrived at training camp for the Spanish national team sporting what seems to be the unreleased over-ear headphones that appeared in a U.S. Federal Communications Commission databa…

Ex-DeepMind researchers raised $50M to build AI that figures out which scientific questions are worth asking

London-based AI lab Inherent emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $50 million seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Radical Ventures. Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures also participated, alongside Ex/Ante, Metaplanet, Macroscopic Ventures, and My…

Pressing Shut Down on Windows doesn't actually shut down your PC—and its breaking things

Saving 5 seconds isn't worth the potential problems.

I finally tried Google Opal, and it’s the first no-code programming tool that actually works

Google Opal finally killed the drag-and-drop nightmare that ruined every no-code tool before it.

Companies Are Getting Burned by Burning Tons of Tokens

Wait, this costs money?

Meta, other social networks will pay $27 million to settle Kentucky school district lawsuit

The Kentucky school district that filed a social media addiction lawsuit against Meta and other companies is getting $27 million in settlement.

Mina the Hollower, a Sims alternative and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie Game Roundup: Mina the Hollower, a Sims alternative and more

Where did Natural Scrolling option go on MacOS 26

On my Mac Mini M4 running MacOS Taho 26.5, I do not find Mouse or Trackpad along the left side os system settings (seems it has moved to Accessibility). When I search for Mouse, none of the settings include a Natural Scrolling option. …

Cannot Text Android After Last iOS Update

Since the last iOS update I can no longer text Android users from my MacBook. I CAN text them from my iPhone though! Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Thank you in advance. Someone suggested that I look at the answer t…

Quilts Are Better Than Sleeping Bags

Tired of sleeping like a mummy in a bag? Improve your backcountry sleep and carry less weight with an ultralight quilt.

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

Plus: A ransomware group is now stealing data in person, BusPatrol wants to hand its license plate surveillance data to the cops, and more.

Tello Mobile Plan Review (2026): Low Cost, Reliable Service

With inflation and gas prices rising, I’m trying to save money wherever I can. I tested Tello’s budget cell phone plan, and for me, it turns out prepaid can be just as good.

Quilts Are Better Than Sleeping Bags

Tired of sleeping like a mummy in a bag? Improve your backcountry sleep and carry less weight with an ultralight quilt.

Tello Mobile Plan Review (2026): Low Cost, Reliable Service

With inflation and gas prices rising, I’m trying to save money wherever I can. I tested Tello’s budget cell phone plan, and for me, it turns out prepaid can be just as good.

Parloa turns its $350 million war chest into a partnership web spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI

Parloa, the Berlin-founded AI agent management platform, has announced a wave of strategic partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI, Five9, and Epic as it deploys the $350 million it raised in its January 2026 Series D round. The company, which buil…

Nvidia paid Groq $20 billion and took its top engineers. Now Groq is raising $650 million for what’s left.

Groq is raising $650 million from existing investors to fund its inference cloud business, Axios reported. The raise comes six months after Nvidia struck a $20 billion not-acqui-hire that paid out Groq’s investors in cash, took several senior engine…

HeartFocus Link adds AI cardiac imaging to any hospital ultrasound machine with a tablet and an HDMI cable

HeartFocus, the AI-powered cardiac imaging software developed by French medtech company DESKi, has launched HeartFocus Link, a product that connects a tablet to any cart-based ultrasound system through a simple HDMI setup. The tablet runs HeartFocus…

Microsoft threatened a security researcher with criminal prosecution. The cybersecurity community is furious.

Microsoft published a blog post on Wednesday criticising a security researcher known as “Nightmare Eclipse” for publicly disclosing a series of unpatched vulnerabilities in Windows Defender and BitLocker. The company then invoked its Digital Crimes …