iPadOS 27 & macOS 27 beta 3 get a version 2 update
It’s OS 27 public beta day, but developer beta testers are getting a little treat with version 2 updates of the iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 beta 3 release. While it isn’t clear exactly what Apple might have changed in its second version of macOS 27 beta 3 and iPadOS 27 beta 3, they are […]
Meta Pulls Instagram AI Tool That Turns Your Photos Into Deepfakes Without Permission
Meta has withdrawn its creepy new AI image tool following major public backlash. Muse Image allowed people to generate images using public Instagram posts and profile pictures as references. Users claim this tool manipulates their content without their explicit consent and that this approach poses a probable risk of misuse, harassment, and deepfake‑style edits. Before […]
Like Google’s Project Loon, but for missiles: Ukraine is weaponizing stratospheric balloons to boost strike range
Kyiv has floated more than 1,000 cheap balloons into Russia as decoys, relays, and now even launch platforms, with a balloon-dropped Hornet drone reportedly doubling its strike range to around 300 km The DART missile drops from balloons at 12–18 km and deliberately kills its own navigation in the terminal phase, leaving Russian jammers nothing […]
This Is Why LinkedIn Sucks Now
If you’re online, you know by now that AI slop isn’t limited to visuals-focused social media platforms. Even LinkedIn, an ostensibly career-focused social site, has become absolutely overrun with AI-generated posts, per two separate analyses. Originality.ai and Pangram, two AI checkers, both say that more than 50% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn use AI […]
ACRouter picks the smartest AI model per task, beating Opus-only setups by 2.6x on cost
Model routing is becoming a key component of the enterprise AI stack, dynamically sending prompts to the right AI model to optimize speed and costs. However, current frameworks mostly treat routing as a static classification problem, which severely limits their potential. A new open-source framework called Agent-as-a-Router tackles this bottleneck, treating the router as a […]
No room in your kitchen for a Ninja Slushi? We tested 3 blenders that make perfect slushies for one for a fraction of the price, and actually fit in your cupboard
The Ninja Slushi is one of my all-time favorite kitchen appliances, but it’s simply too large for my kitchen. Thankfully there are personal blenders that are smaller, cost a lot less, and make perfect slushies for one in just a few seconds — and here I’ve picked three of the best that can tackle ice […]
Apple lawsuit reveals how many of its former employees now work at OpenAI
Apple filed a blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the company of trade secret theft. There are a lot of interesting tidbits throughout the initial filing, but one stat in particular stood out to me: the number of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI. More than 400 Apple employees now work at OpenAI […]
Moana’s live action remake failed to make a splash at the box office as movie fans call it a ‘lifeless carbon copy’
Moana had a disappointing weekend at the box office, only making $95 million from its huge $250 million budget The live action remake currently sits at 33% on Rotten Tomatoes Fans have criticized Moana for being an exact replica of the beloved animated movie Moana set sail for theaters recently, but its opening weekend was […]
Claude Gets Its Own Version of Spotify Wrapped—But This One Is Actually Useful
Remember Spotify Wrapped, Apple Replay, and YouTube Music Recap? Anthropic has started testing something similar under the name Reflect. It’s a new Claude dashboard that offers users a structured view of their usage over time. Reflect is available in Claude’s web and desktop apps and lets users review one, three, six, or twelve months of […]
AMD is quietly building a frame generation mode that beats Nvidia at its own game
AMD has been hinting at Multi-Frame Generation for its Radeon cards for a while now, and it looks like the company is further along than it has let on. Preliminary support quietly showed up in the ADLX FidelityFX SDK back in April with the FSR Redstone update, letting users pick a frame generation ratio for […]