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Why the American Southeast is becoming a new hotspot for wildfires
Smoke lingers in the air from the Brantley Highway 82 Fire on April 24, 2026, in Atkinson, Georgia. The wildfire was one of many burning in the southeastern United States. | Sean Rayford/Getty...
Don’t freak out about hantavirus
Members of Spain’s External Health Service in Tenerife, Canary Islands, on May 10, 2026, after passengers disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship. | Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu via Getty Images...
eBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion acquisition bid
No thank you, we’re good. | Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images eBay has officially rejected GameStop's offer to buy the online marketplace for $56 billion, citing concerns around "operational risks"...
Lotus will return to combustion engines for its cars
It's part of yet another ambitious pivot for the UK car maker.
These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper
iRobot upgrades its lidar-based robot vacuum line with eight new models. | Image: iRobot iRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums just...
Digg is back again, this time to aggregate AI news
Kevin Rose says Digg will introduce new topics in the future.
Sony upgraded its wearable AC so it’s cooler and better at hugging your neck
The Reon Pocket Pro Plus delivers a 20 percent improvement in cooling performance over last year’s model. | Image: Sony Sony has announced a new version of the wearable personal air conditioner the...
Gemini for Google Home will no longer freak out if you ask it how to make a margarita
Google has rolled out updates to make Gemini for Home faster and more useful.
Daybreak is OpenAI’s response to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
OpenAI has launched a cybersecurity initiative called Daybreak, powered by GPT-5.5 and Codex Security.
OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos
OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them. Daybreak uses the Codex Security AI agent that launched in March to...