Month: July 2026
AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development — or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. “Al could…
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Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?
A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist. Unlike others who have had their phones seized with…
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AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
It’s earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion — from the last quarter’s projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google’s new projected range — $195 billion — is much more…
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This comfy gaming headset that can play audio from two sources is $25
While most gaming headsets have moved towards low-latency wireless connections, there’s something to be said for a budget-friendly, capable wired headset. The EPOS H3 Hybrid is on sale for just $24.99 at Woot, a whopping 75 percent off its original price of $99.99. It has an unorthodox batch of features:…
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Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries
In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack — but only for Europe. Logitech will do much the same. User-replaceable batteries will be the law in Europe in February 2027, but instead of bringing them to the rest…
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Meta drops major climate pledge after a decade of membership, says it is still committed to renewable energy
Meta has funded multiple natural gas power plants over the past 12 months The corporate renewable energy initiative RE100 includes Apple, Google, and Microsoft among its 444 members Meta has previously committed to running all operations on renewables by 2020 Meta has confirmed it is withdrawing from the RE100 scheme,…
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