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The tech world is a realm that enjoys obsessing over the newest things: the vibe coding apps, the orchestrating agents, the driverless cars. It also enjoys modernizing the very ancient.
The latest example: saunas, which are believed to have existed in some form or another since the Stone Age. They’ve been popular gathering points since the Romans embraced bathing as a public pastime, and lately, there’s been a boomlet in sauna culture at high-end spas, wellness centers and other hangout destinations. They’
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Once upon a version of 'Tron: Ares,' Cillian Murphy might've returned to be the big bad, which might've made it better to people? Read more ›
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The suspect in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was raising alarms among employees at OpenAI months before the shooting took place. This past June, Jesse had conversations with ChatGPT involving descriptions of gun violence that triggered the chatbot's automated review system. Several employees raised concerns that her posts could […] Read more ›
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Can being "very online" really affect our brains, asks the Washington Post: Research suggests that scrolling through short videos on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube Shorts is affecting our attention, memory and mental health. A recent meta-analysis of the scientific literature found that increased use of short-form video was linked with poorer cognition and increased anxiety... In a 2025 study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, researchers looked at longitudinal data... Read more ›
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Former Xbox president Sarah Bond thanked former CEO Phil Spencer and congratulated his successor, Asha Sharma, in a letter sent to all staff as news broke that she was leaving after eight years with the company. Read more Read more ›
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Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker demand Trump pay Americans $1,700 in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling. Read more ›
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A mom shares what it's like raising a teenage ski athlete in the US Ski Team pipeline and the family sacrifices required along the way. Read more ›
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A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple's extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP's vintage iBook can be seen ready to download updates after connecting to the internet, even today. Read more ›
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Apple’s AirTag is designed to help people keep track of personal belongings like keys, bags and luggage. But because AirTags and other Bluetooth trackers are small and discreet, concerns about unwanted tracking are understandable. Apple has spent years building safeguards into the AirTag and the Find My network to reduce the risk of misuse and to alert people if a tracker they don’t own appears to be moving with them.If... Read more ›
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Marc Bowker, a small business owner, said Trump continues to cause uncertainty for small businesses after Supreme Court tariff ruling. Read more ›
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Anxiety held me back from traveling alone for years, but I finally faced my fears with my first solo trip to Iceland. It helped build my confidence. Read more ›
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Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas argued that Trump's tariffs were lawful and that reversing them could get messy. Read more ›
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Foldables are now fully part of the smartphone landscape. They are no longer experimental, no longer fragile tech showcases meant only for early adopters. In 2026, the real question is simple: can a foldable completely replace your primary phone without experiential compromise? The HONOR Magic V5 (official page) makes a very strong case that it can. This device refines what HONOR has been building for years. It is thinner, equipped... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: You wear them at work, you wear them at play, you wear them to relax. You may even get sweaty in them at the gym. But an investigation into headphones has found every single pair tested contained substances hazardous to human health, including chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminization of males. [...] Researchers say that while individual... Read more ›
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Consumers, small businesses, and trade lawyers could all benefit in some way from the SCOTUS decision against IEEPA tariffs, but it's complicated. Read more ›
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Balatro developer LocalThunk has marked the second anniversary of his hit indie roguelike with a heartfelt blog post that ended: "Yes, I'm still working on 1.1." Read more Read more ›
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Earlier this month, Anker debuted its new Prime 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with a launch discount on Amazon. This deal is still available this weekend, allowing you to clip an on-page coupon on Amazon to get the accessory for $119.99, down from $149.99. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep... Read more ›
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Intel's Core 200E-series 'Bartlett Lake' CPUs to offer up to 12 cores at a 125W TDP, according to a leak. Read more ›
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Meta's former chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has said that LLMs aren't all that. Steve Hanke said he's "on LeCun's side of the court." Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A radical bet on a totally different type of longevity cure • The Top 5: The best home sauna tech• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “The Secret World of Roald Dahl,” “Vigil” and “Love Story”Judging strictly by appearances, anyone who is anyone in tech is looking to carve out a niche for themselves in AI. The smart ones are asking themselves... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices. The company has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and intends to release it later this year with health-tracking features and a built-in Meta AI assistant.... Read more ›
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OpenAI has more than 200 people working on a family of AI-powered devices that will include a smart speaker and possibly smart glasses and a smart lamp, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. New details are starting to emerge about the group and its development strategy. The smart speaker—the first device OpenAI will release—is likely to be priced between $200 and $300, according to two people with... Read more ›
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Alibaba Group on Monday unveiled Qwen3.5, the new generation of its large language models, adding to the recent flood of new AI model releases from Chinese companies ahead of the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest holiday. Alibaba, a major global competitor in open-source AI models, said ... Read more ›
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Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google and Microsoft at least $80 billion to run its Claude AI on their cloud servers through 2029, according to the startup’s most optimistic recent forecasts. That’s not the only way the tech giants can make money from Anthropic: They get a cut of the revenue Anthropic generates if their customers buy its AI. And that’s a fast-growing source of revenue. Anthropic paid only about... Read more ›
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Perplexity is no longer offering ads, an executive told The Financial Times. The AI search startup is pulling back from this line of business as rival OpenAI started showing its users ads in ChatGPT conversations earlier this month. The company said it was worried ads would undermine users’ ... Read more ›
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Etsy saw its profit dip in the fourth quarter, even as revenue grew slightly, the company said Thursday, a day after the online marketplace said it would sell the Gen Z-focused clothing resale app Depop to rival eBay for $1.2 billion. Etsy reported revenue of $881.6 million, a 6.6% increase from ... Read more ›
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A new holy grail has emerged in the AI industry in recent months: continual learning, or the promise of AI that’s able to learn from real-world experience the way humans do, without having to undergo long formal training processes that require tons of computational power and data.And as you’d might expect with the rise of an ill-defined, buzzy term in the tech sector, investors are already telling me that they’re... Read more ›
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun ramping up its use of administrative subpoenas to obtain identifying information from major tech companies on anonymous social-media accounts that criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement or post about ICE agents’ locations. The New ... Read more ›
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Over the last two years, investors and researchers have flocked to startups helping bring AI into the physical world, from developing robot hands to the AI models that train robots to software to train self-driving cars. Now one startup says it can solve a perennial problem for robots and other AI-powered systems: getting precise location data that helps the bots detect other people and things.ZaiNar, a Belmont, Calif.-based startup that... Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of War is considering ending its partnership with Anthropic over a dispute about how the startup’s AI model, Claude, can be used by the U.S. military, according to an Axios report. Defense officials have been pushing leading AI firms to allow military use of their tools for “ ... Read more ›
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