April’s top 5 robots: they fail, they flail, they play ping pong and poop NFTs
Robots may someday dominate our world. Let’s keep an eye on them.
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Intel Arc G3 Extreme CPU Shows Promising Performance in Benchmark Leak
With retail leaks revealing a new MSI Claw handheld slated to arrive soon with Intel’s Arc G3 Extreme dedicated handheld CPU onboard, it’s no surprise to...
Read moreXbox Announces Game Dev Update Event Featuring Xbox Helix Preview
Microsoft has officially announced a Spring 2026 Game Dev Update event scheduled for May 7 at 18:00 UTC. This is a new event by Microsoft—likely part...
Read moreProduct Experimentation with Propensity Scores: Causal Inference for LLM-Based Features in Python
Every product experimentation team running causal inference on LLM-based features eventually hits the same wall: when users click “Try our AI assistant,” the volunteers aren’t a...
Read moreGood Luck Getting a Mac Mini for the Next ‘Several Months’
Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts that AI adoption has happened faster than expected.
Read moreUSB-C Charger Juices Up 100 Devices At Once
Back when phones used to ship with chargers in the box, you’d get a plugpack that could charge one device. Aftermarket manufacturers eventually started making chargers...
Read moreThe craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon...
Read moreMicrosoft Surface Pro 12 and Laptop 8th Gen Leak With Panther Lake CPUs
Microsoft has so far been mum on the prospect of new Surface hardware featuring Intel’s Panther Lake CPUs, although leakers have started reporting that that’s exactly...
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Age Against The Machine
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts,...
Read moreNorthrop Grumman delivers sensor for missile-warning satellite as Pentagon cancels program
The Next-Generation OPIR Polar satellite procurement faces ax as Pentagon cites alternatives in low and medium Earth orbit to replace coverage The post Northrop Grumman delivers...
Read moreThe new ‘Xbox mode’ for Windows 11 has arrived, but don’t get your hopes up for performance improvements: it’s just a new UI
The “dedicated gaming experience” for WIndows 11 is now rolling out in “select markets.”
Read moreTrump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general
In a series of social media posts Thursday, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Make America Health Again influencer Casey Means to be surgeon general, lashed...
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