Data centers are coming for rural America
…There is a handful of planned data centers around the state, which recently prompted the state legislature to pass a bill ordering an 18-month moratorium on permits and building of any…
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Why isn’t the Trump phone made in the USA?
…He claims that recent AI developments have “accelerated how fast you can program a factory of robots,” though cautions that building them is another question entirely. Supply chain analyst Kevin O…
What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?
…In the tracker space, cheaper Chinese knockoffs undercut Fitbit’s prices while offering much of the same basic tracking capabilities. In 2026, it’s a bit of a different story. Increasingly…
Cybersecurity
…spanning half a decade.” With Claude, building the code that exploited the two MacOS bugs took five days, Calif says. Richard Lawler May 13 AI cybersecurity updates for MDASH, Mythos, and GPT…
How Iran out-shitposted the White House
In the early days of the war on Iran, while the White House was busy posting Call of Duty memes and AI slop of dancing bowling pins, the Iranian regime’s state…
Samsung
…Along with AirDrop compatibility , the update brings other features that launched on the Galaxy S26 , including an updated Bixby , AI call screening, and easier AI image editing in Creative Studio. Breaking: Samsung…
They’ve finally made the Oura Ring smaller and lighter
…Lab uploads will allow Oura users to directly import test results into the app and chat with Oura’s AI chatbot about the findings. (As always, an obligatory reminder that most AI…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/img_4936-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Obviously, we bought it. The AI weed vape cost $67 after tax. …
Instagram Richard Lawler May 18 With mass layoffs plannned, Meta reassigns thousands of employees to AI initiatives. The New York Times and Reuters report that a memo was sent to Meta employees…
Dyson put someone else’s motor in its robot vacuum
…The recently launched Spot & Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop was “co-engineered,” Nathan Lawson McLean, senior design manager at Dyson, told The Verge. According to Lawson McLean, the device merges “new…