by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Google News has begun showing Polymarket bets and odds alongside actual stories, according to a report by Futurism. These look to appear as large blocks that include links to numerous ways for people to lose their money. Bets tend to appear in the “For...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
A warrantless wiretapping authority that has facilitated surveillance for decades is up for renewal in Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), last reauthorized in 2024, is set to expire on April 20th. A bipartisan coalition of...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. We’re back to being ignored, but the company is showing signs of life. It’s been nine...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
After its history-making trip around the Moon, NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to return to Earth later today. The Orion spacecraft carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen is scheduled to splash down off the coast of...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Not everyone needs a $1,000 soundbar. It’s easy to argue the sonic superiority of those flagship models from Samsung, Sonos and Sony, but for some people a simple boost to their TV speakers can provide a world of difference. As part of its 2026 soundbar lineup, Sony...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Whoop is popular among congressional staffers. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Cloudflare, the cloud provider that connects millions of sites to the internet, wants to “fix” another digital giant: WordPress. It announced a new open-source system, called EmDash, that’s supposed to address the “core problems that WordPress...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 per month more. As reported by 9to5Google, YouTube has started...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
(April 6, 2026) – Before going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped one more photo of the Moon, as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft. | Image: NASA As the Artemis II astronauts prepare for the most dramatic and potentially dangerous...
by bleffel | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sam Altman’s tenure at OpenAI has been… messy. Messy to the point where Altman was briefly fired from his role as CEO, only to be reinstated days later, at which point he began reshaping the organization permanently. This week, The New Yorker published a deep...
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