Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank’s ruling focused as much on the timing of xAI’s lawsuit as on the substance of the law itself. Frank wrote that xAI filed its request for a…
The office desk is no longer the default setting for business computing. HP’s 2026 commercial PC lineup includes Intel-powered laptops, convertibles, and desktops built for employees moving between meeting rooms, home offices, client sites, and shared workspaces. First announced at HP Imagine 2026, the lineup includes Intel configurations across HP’s EliteBook, ProBook, and EliteDesk families,…
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take…
Perhaps more importantly, Rorra, Boroux, and Culligan have shed nearly all plastic from their devices, especially in areas that come in contact with filtered water. Boroux in particular has taken the extra step of attaining certification for microplastic filtration. If microplastics are a big concern for you, the new generation of gravity-fed filters does quite…
Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a “holistic improvement in life,” rather than “12 weeks, Demo Day is coming,” Rowan Aldean, 26, explained. Intrigued, I spent an afternoon visiting the house, meeting its residents, and doing a vibe check. I arrived after…
Samsung’s record second-quarter earnings were powered almost entirely by its semiconductor business, masking losses in the division that includes smartphones, televisions and home appliances. With the mobile business under pressure from higher component costs, Samsung is relying on the newly launched Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8 to lift premium sales and improve the…
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Because retired batteries retain economic value, they seldom go directly to landfills. In principle, batteries that remain in good condition can be repurposed for less demanding uses, while others can be recycled into raw materials for new batteries. Repurposing, however, requires recyclers to test and grade batteries, modules, and sometimes individual cells. It is a…
Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers, recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots. The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly, Green incongruously used the phrase “I appreciate the pushback,” leading viewers to speculate that he’d written…
Meta AI can now connect to calendars and email, build plans, and complete multistep tasks — an early move toward the personal agents CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed during the company’s July 29 earnings call. Meta’s network of social and messaging services could make those agents more useful by supplying personal context. In Europe, the same…
