Tech & AI

Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

That’s what DESI was designed to do: take precise measurements of the apparent size of these bubbles (both near and far) by determining the distances to galaxies and quasars over 11 billion years. That data can then be sliced into…

Federal judge blocks DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration’s banks of personal information

A federal judge on Thursday issued an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing systems at the Social Security Administration (SSA) that store the personal information of millions of Americans. In the Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge…

Best Camera Phone Under $500

Image: Google Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 9a, which it claims boasts the best camera among all smartphones under $500. The Pixel 9a is the most durable in Google’s lineup and offers the longest battery life of any Pixel…

Get lifetime access to this AI plant identifier app for A$23

TL;DR: Identify plants for life with Plantum’s premium plan — now only A$23 through 30 March when you use code SAVE5 at checkout. Imagine walking through a garden or forest and being able to name every plant you see. With…

Who’s Elon Musk’s Biggest Fan? His Mom

She sits in on his business meetings, defends him on X, and travels to give talks about how she raised him, the richest man in the world—but who is Elon Musk’s mother? Today on the show, we learn all about…

Gmail’s new AI search now sorts emails by relevance instead of chronological order 

Google is rolling out a new Gmail update that is designed to help you find the email you’re looking for more quickly. The company announced on Thursday that it will now use AI to consider factors like recency, most-clicked emails,…

Is Google Rigging Search? EU’s Preliminary Findings Are In

Image: Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash The European Commission claims that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has breached the Digital Markets Act. The specific allegation is that Google is self-preferencing on Search and the Play Store. The DMA applies to “gatekeeper” organisations that have…

Tesla recalls nearly all of its Cybertrucks yet again

Imagine recalling a supposedly tough truck so many times that we’ve ran out of headlines to highlight it. Tesla Cybertruck has been recalled for the eighth time, with several of those recalls being for nearly every Cybertruck that’s ever been…

Speediance Gym Monster 2 Review: All-in-One Workout Machine

I learned how to lift in college when I was running track, and I fell in love with the feeling of a heavy dead lift, squat, and clean. I’ve been lifting for the last decade, but it’s never been the…

TikTok to start pushing Amber Alerts to users’ For You feeds

TikTok is partnering with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to bring real-time Amber Alerts directly to users’ For You feeds in the United States, the company announced on Thursday. With this new feature, if an Amber…