The video game hardware market in North America just had its worst November in three decades. Unit sales plummeted to 1995 levels, even as the average price of a console hit a new record high of $439. The PS5 retook the top spot from the Switch 2, but the overall picture is bleak.
Science Corporation, founded by ex-Neuralink exec Max Hodak, is pivoting part of its focus from brain-computer interfaces to organ preservation. The goal is to create a smaller, more portable system than current clunky and costly perfusion tech. It’s a stark shift with huge implications for transpla
Google has launched the public beta of its Interactions API, a stateful system for building AI agents. It promises cost savings and complex workflows but introduces new trade-offs around data control and transparency that developers need to weigh carefully.
Mozilla has a new CEO and a new AI-focused direction. Former Firefox GM Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says trust means keeping AI optional and under user control.
X has updated its terms of service to explicitly claim rights to the “Twitter” name and trademarks. This comes after a startup founded by a former Twitter lawyer filed a petition to cancel those trademarks for a new platform.
The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th image. The milestone photo, suggested by a high school student, shows mesas and dunes. The orbiter has enough fuel to keep going until the mid-2030s.
In a podcast interview, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dismissed the rush to declare artificial general intelligence (AGI) as “nonsensical benchmark hacking.” He argues the real test for AI is whether it can boost GDP growth to industrial revolution levels, and admits the tech still lacks its defining
According to PCWorld, a ransomware group is threatening to leak a 94GB dataset containing the private viewing habits of Pornhub Premium subscribers. The breach stems from a 2023 incident involving a third-party analytics partner.
In a recent debate on the Online Safety Act, UK MPs shifted focus to VPNs, arguing providers should prevent children from bypassing age checks. This push for regulation threatens the core utility of privacy tools for millions of adults. The government says it’s monitoring the situation and “will not
Zencoder has launched Zenflow, a free AI orchestration desktop app. It uses structured workflows and pits models like Claude against OpenAI’s to verify code, aiming to solve the “slop” problem in AI-assisted development. The company claims it improves code correctness by about 20%.
