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Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the attorney general gets his way. The state...
The minimalist Light Phone III will soon support a curated set of third-party apps
An SDK will allow developers to start building non-commercial tools soon.
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
It is generally frowned upon to care too much about appearances. We have a lot of little aphorisms discouraging this - books and their covers, beauty being skin deep, style over substance, that sort...
What China is learning from the US war in Iran
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier conducts US blockade operations in the Arabian Sea on April 16, 2026. | US Navy via Getty Images Two months into the US-Iran war, the fighting has hardened...
LG’s UltraGear evo 5K gaming monitor is available to pre-order
The monitor uses a Mini LED screen and supports AI upscaling for lower resolution content.
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI's models to improve its own. The matter at question is model distillation, a...
Xbox owners can now disable Quick Resume for specific games
Microsoft has released a new Xbox update that adds a bunch of new features, including the ability to disable Quick Resume for individual games. Quick Resume, which lets you swap between your games...
Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves AI chatbot age verification
It's a rare moment of working across the aisle.
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one,...
Cricut’s Joy 2 makes creating stickers easier for beginners, and it’s on sale
The Cricut Joy 2 doesn’t take up much desk space and looks pretty cute. | Image: Cricut If you’ve ever thought about making your own stickers for Etsy or just for fun but don’t know where to begin,...