Steve Ballmer got suspended by the NBA because of a podcast and a jumbotron corruption scandal

Sep 3, 2026

INGLEWOOD, CA - JULY 19: A view of Halo Board inside the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers new arena, during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jevone...

OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is ‘the most intelligent and aligned model in the world’

Sep 3, 2026

The new frontier model is particularly competent at agentic, computer-use tasks.

Ugreen’s new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubs

Sep 3, 2026

Ugreen has three new hubs that run your smart home with local AI rather than the cloud. The top model runs on Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform and costs $20,000.

You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank

Sep 3, 2026

Does your power bank have "CryoPulse technology" or a "Cyber Window"? If you disappointingly answered "no" to both, you might want to consider upgrading to Ugreen's new MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power...

SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other ‘compute partners’

Sep 3, 2026

Several AI companies experienced issues at around the same time.

The Apple Vision Pro was used for a successful hip surgery

Sep 3, 2026

Stryker says its SportSuite Vision software for the headset received De Novo authorization from the FDA in July.

Dungeons & Dragons is getting a ‘Ravenloft’ live-action Netflix series

Sep 3, 2026

Strahd returned earlier this year in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. | Image: Wizards of the Coast A Ravenloft series is currently in development from executive producer Alfonso Cuarón, writer...

The face of American feminism

Sep 3, 2026

American feminist leader and author Gloria Steinem photographed in San Francisco in 1977. | Janet Fries/Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you...