In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
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Why it's important to not put your PC on the floor
If you're not going to put it on your desk, at least do these things.
Humanoid robots are getting even creepier (this one can cry on command)
Humanoid robots have improved emotional mimicry to the point of being able to cry during an emotional conversation.
Apple buried Copland 30 years ago. Now the failed OS boots in a browser
Thirty years after Apple abandoned Copland, its doomed attempt to create a modern Mac operating system, a new emulator lets you try the final developer build in your browser.
Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
Weekly poll results: the Redmi Note 17 Pro and Note 17 Pro Max feel like a step back
While they were not universally loved, the Redmi Note 15 series from Xiaomi got a positive response in a poll a year ago. The Pro+ model was clearly the fan favorite, but the Pro did well for itself too.
The Motorola Signature 27 has one huge advantage over other Samsung rivals
I couldn’t contain my excitement when I heard that Motorola plans to bring its Signature 27 phone to the US.
My favorite Pixel 11 Pro feature is something no other Android phone can match
I’m a big fan of the Pixel 11 Pro. I’ve been using Google’s flagship Android phone for over a month now, and there’s so much about it that I love — be it the excellent cameras, gorgeous design, or clean software.
Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
Britain’s Royal Air Force has gained some space cadets, in the form of No. III Space Effects Squadron, tasked with protecting critical satellites that the UK relies on for communications and navigation.
Flip Fluid on Flip Dots
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Motorola Edge 60 Fusion starts receiving the Android 17 update
Motorola has started rolling out the update to Android 17 for the Edge 60 Fusion in India, according to reports on Reddit.
Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Tesla’s pivot from making electric cars to humanoid robots is facing challenges because of complex robot hands and disgruntled employees pushing back against training their robotic replacements.
The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?
When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.
Thieves Stole ‘Nvidia’ Trailers. They Got 20 Tons of Sand
They wanted the silicon. They got the sand.
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YouTube keep freezing on your Galaxy phone? It’s not just you
TL;DR Users of several Samsung phones are reporting YouTube playback issues. Navigating away from YouTube and back while a video is playing can cause the video to freeze. Most reports come from Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra users.
AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.
Last month, we shared word of a Stanford University study that found entry-level employment in so-called "AI-impacted" occupations lagging well behind that in other fields.
Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his
Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.
Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told
Free speech and media advocacy groups urged a judge to block a California settlement with Paramount Skydance that would let the company finalize its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
ShinyHunters tells The Reg: We hacked the FBI to 'protect our business'
ShinyHunters, the data theft and extortion crew that has stolen sensitive information belonging to millions of cancer patients, university and K-12 students, and Carnival cruisers, wanted to preserve their reputation and keep their “business” afloat.
Google-backed energy outfit brings 33 MW of 4 GW geothermal potential online in Utah
Google's bet on geothermal energy is starting to pay off. Fervo Energy, an enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) provider backed by the Chocolate Factory, achieved first power at its Cape Station power plant in Beaver County, Utah this week.
Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"
Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally.
The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics — see it at TechCrunch Disrupt
Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.
Crooks use fake desktop apps to fool HR staff into giving them remote access
You work in your company's human resources department and use HR software to check employee information, benefits, and payroll.
A Google Photos bug is preventing users from sharing, editing, and deleting pictures
Credit: Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel owners are experiencing an issue with the Google Photos editor. Options like sharing, deleting, and editing become unresponsive after a photo is edited.
After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild
Imagine starting a space company in October 2019 with the aim of changing the world. Then, a few months later, a global pandemic shuts the world down.
Introducing the new Copilot with Home, Code and Autopilot
We’re reimagining Microsoft Copilot to enable work as it evolves and to help expand what every individual and every organization can accomplish in the flow of human ambition.
BOFH: The Helldesk opens its third eye and ascends to a higher plane of troubleshooting
The Boss has had some feedback from the using classes about our method of fixing IT problems (i.e. fixing them), and how we could do things a little better. "So... you want us to... not fix the problems?" the PFY asks.
Dyfed-Powys Police cops to cyberattack, staff data potentially nicked
Dyfed-Powys Police has revealed it was hit by a cyberattack that knocked some of its systems offline, with investigators now trying to establish whether the intruders got their hands on staff data during the break-in.
Another week, another data breach for Revolut customers
Revolut customers have been caught up in a second data breach this month after attackers socially engineered their way into US brokerage DriveWealth and stole historic personal information.
Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients
Around this time last year I was attending an aging conference in Manchester, listening to a talk about fly aging, when my phone started pinging.
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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs
Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps.
Sovereign AI Is a Control Problem, not a Location Problem
Data sovereignty is an architectural constraint for 50% of firms, yet only 10% budget for it, a critical gap where enterprise risk quietly accumulates.
Why letting Claude clean your TV's bloatware isn't the best idea
Don't let an AI bot potentially crash your TV.
Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money
Big AI has a problem. Its companies must ingest other people’s work.
Weekly poll: what do you think of the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max?
Hot on the heels of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 announcement, Xiaomi unveiled two flagships featuring the new chips.
PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained…
Why your iPhone hates printer cables
AirPrint is the easiest path to printing on iPhone; other apps enable this, but printing with a cable isn't supported.
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat.
Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now. He’s targeted a $20 trillion valuation—nearly four times the value of market leader Nvidia —on that premise.
Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?
Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.
How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone
Our resident Microsoft-watcher Richard Speed last week wrote about his seven-hour odyssey bringing a Windows 11 box up to snuff with the latest patches.
A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth's rotation.
Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.
Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, went before the Senate health committee Thursday, facing questions about her stances on vaccines, flavored vapes, birth control, and abortion, among other issues.
Google Health 5.09 arrives with more than just your new Pixel Watch features
TL;DR Google Health 5.09 is rolling out now for both iOS and Android. The update delivers the new Pixel Watch Health Guardian features already announced yesterday. We also get a few updates related to activity logging and custom food items.
Valen creator drives 'Golden Spike' to connect new languages with Rust
Programming language generics can now ride in style from one language’s compiler to another and back again, thanks to experimental work from Mojo core contributor Evan Ovadia.
Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?
Researchers say they recently found Google ads delivering a sophisticated tech support scam that freezes the screens of both Windows and Mac devices and displays messages urgently instructing them to phone a bogus call center.
Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing
The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?
Normally, we try to update you quarterly on what's going on with the US electric grid since it provides a nice view of developing trends and smooths out some month-to-month randomness.
Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux on the M4 Mac mini
Gravity Linux is a newly announced distro targeting newer Apple Silicon Macs, and its first experimental alpha already boots an accelerated desktop on the M4 Mac mini.
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
In January, the Trump administration rolled out a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare—a federal healthcare program for seniors that previously hasn't required doctors to get any such pre-approval,…
Some Pixel owners are still missing alarms because of a years-old Clock bug
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Some Pixel owners are still struggling with a long-standing bug that prevents alarms from going off. All they get is a notification that says “alarm didn’t fire for an unknown reason.”
The OnePlus 16’s coolest feature is also its most embarrassing
Just as I started to get over the near-uselessness of HiLight on the new Pixel 11 Pro models, I got hit across the face with OnePlus’ curious little decision with the upcoming OnePlus 16.
Therabody Promo Codes: 15% Off September 2026
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When chat is the wrong UI
We’re 176 years into this AI experiment. Wait…it’s only been three years? Are you sure? Sometimes I remember things that happened last year, but it feels like it was so long ago.
AI-powered fuzzing with the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent
If you’re new to fuzzing and want to learn the fundamentals first, check out our Fuzzing 101 course at gh.io/fuzzing101. Continuous fuzzing is not a magic solution that solves all your problems.
