Daily archive
26 stories from 12 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.
Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning opened to $5.5 million at the box office. TechCrunch says the weak start raises questions for a fall slate of films featuring villainous tech CEOs.
Also covered by Slashdot
#TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 begins within 48 hours at Moscone West in San Francisco. Early pricing offers up to $100 off a pass before prices rise at the door, along with 50% off a second pass.
#Elgin Community College hired Flock Safety to install six surveillance cameras in April 2025 to help locate stolen cars and missing people. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, College President Peggy Heinrich later asked for the cameras to be removed, and the company declined.
Also covered by Slashdot
#A Bloomberg report says the next iPad mini with an OLED display will likely cost about $799, versus the current $599 model. Higher RAM prices and the costly OLED screen are cited as the reasons for the increase.
Also covered by AppleInsider, Wccftech
#Apple's Welcome Home event is expected to bring a new smart home hub, Apple TV and HomePod Mini refreshes, and possibly homeOS. A new rumor from The Verge says the next Apple TV may gain a built-in microphone and a remote with a speaker for Siri control.
#Xpeng Inc. says its advanced driver-assistance technology can be modified for European roads without being rebuilt from scratch. The company says the adaptation needs only relatively small amounts of data.
#Hyperscalers, data centers and chip firms are borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars for the AI buildout. Rising concentration and complex data-center financing are reshaping corporate credit markets.
#Senate and governor candidates across the US are campaigning against data centers. Wired examines how data centers could shape the outcome of these races.
Also covered by TechCrunch
#The Verge's weekly Stepback newsletter examines how pervasive horror has become in the tech and entertainment industry. It highlights Resident Evil's commercial success as a key example.
#Apple supplier Luxshare Precision Industry faces a US patent investigation over data-center power technologies after infringement allegations from Vicor Corp. A filing on Saturday said Luxshare expects no material impact from the probe.
#Richualist is a Battlefield 200 company covered by TechCrunch. The company is aimed at making curly hair easier to style and detangle.
#Efferon is a startup that has developed blood-purification technology aimed at reducing the toll of pediatric sepsis. TechCrunch profiles the company.
#Streaming services including Disney Plus and HBO Max are experimenting with vertical content to compete with TikTok and Instagram. Vurt is pushing for vertical video to be recognized as its own genre.
#Executives argue voice AI often misses important points because it lacks a context layer. That gap causes the whole voice pipeline to break.
#A Wired piece describes a long session of making video games with Google's AI Playground tool. The author calls the output video game slop.
#A reporter describes starting to use AI regularly by running powerful models locally, avoiding cloud services that require personal data. The piece describes the experience as exciting, overwhelming and frustrating.
#NASA published a web page with photographs, video, drawings and annotations documenting what the four Artemis II astronauts saw and recorded while orbiting the Moon. The material is titled 'Sights and Sounds of Science'.
Also covered by Slashdot
#Wired explains what is known about the 2026 Super El Niño and the link to a record-hot planet. The article covers the key open questions scientists are working to answer.
#Redwoods evolved for a cool, foggy climate. A new study shows the trees slow down photosynthesis as their surroundings get warmer.
#The LeapPad was a smart book that played sounds, responded to taps and helped children learn to read, but its high price and parenting concerns limited it. The Verge covers its decline in a Version History episode.
#Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella now refers to AI as 'super intelligence', echoing Trump administration wording. The Decoder reports he uses the term to criticize OpenAI and Anthropic.
Also covered by The Decoder
#A regulatory or practical hurdle facing self-driving trucks has been cleared. The development is part of broader coverage of AI's growing role in transportation.
#Toho released a new Godzilla Minus Zero trailer featuring King Ghidorah's gravity beams and Godzilla's atomic breath. IGN published the trailer details.
#Season of the Witch is a lesser-known George A. Romero film, made after Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies. The review describes it as a slow-burn feminist occult drama.
#The guide collects 13 gift ideas for travelers, selected by WIRED staffers who travel often. It is aimed at holiday shoppers looking for practical presents for people who travel.
#A Wired feature profiles Muslim manosphere influencers, from Red Pill coaches to self-described Dawah Bros, who police women online. The piece reports that these creators use religious framing to spread hypermasculine and misogynistic content across social platforms.
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