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The 36 best gift ideas for mom this holiday season

Your mom deserves the best, and we're going to help you get them something special. The right gift can make family or friend time more valuable, after all, or it can greatly enrich time spent alone. If your mom says that she has all that she needs, don't take her word for it and show […]

We visited the heart of America’s chipmaking boom

Arizona's economy was once dominated by the "five C's": cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. But a new C has emerged that could grow to overshadow the rest: chips. New semiconductor manufacturing facilities are springing up across the greater Phoenix area, stretching across blocks of new roads with names like "Processor Parkway" and "Transistor Terrace." […]

Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel

It was really easy getting Google's Gemini app to make an image of a second shooter at Dealey Plaza, the White House ablaze, and Mickey Mouse flying a plane into the Twin Towers. We asked and it complied. There were few filters or guardrails, another sign that the battle over generative AI content moderation and […]

AirPods’ best features come to Android and Linux with free app

You no longer need an iPhone to get the most out of AirPods. Apple’s AirPods provide a basic listening experience when paired to non-Apple devices, but the free LibrePods app, developed by Kavish Devar, unlocks features like ear detection, head gestures, and customizations on Android and Linux devices, as spotted by Android Authority. LibrePods was […]

ChatGPT Atlas adds Arc-like vertical tabs

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT Atlas with vertical tabs that make it look a bit like the Arc browser. Now, instead of opening a new tab at the top of the AI-powered browser, you can change your tab style to access them within a left-hand sidebar. Similar to Arc, you can resize the sidebar on ChatGPT […]

Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws

President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order as soon as Friday that would give the federal government unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence, including the creation of an "AI Litigation Task Force" overseen by the attorney general, "whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge State AI laws." According to a draft of the […]

Netflix signs a three year deal to stream MLB live events and games

Today, Major League Baseball announced new media rights deals with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix that run for the next three seasons. The Netflix deal brings live MLB games to its platform and continues to grow its library of sports programming in an arrangement that Front Office Sports reports is worth about $50 million per year. […]

AI, my unexpected daily travel companion

I was starting to doubt it would ever happen, but I finally found a regular, helpful use for AI: vanlife travel planner. I'm not a student and I don't code. I am, however, on day 48 of my van tour through Europe with my wife and dog. We travel without a specific itinerary, chasing the […]

Fortnite is getting Unity games

Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival, Unity, to bring games made using Unity’s engine into Fortnite. The change will mean that Unity games could sit alongside Epic’s own suite of experiences as well as those created by third-party developers using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite — and it opens […]

EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead

EA has announced some big changes for the future of its F1 racing series. Next year, instead of a new game, the company will opt to release a paid expansion for F1 25 as part of “a strategic reset for the F1 Franchise,” EA says. The next full F1 game, a “reimagined” experience, will arrive […]

The Jeep Recon lives

It’s been over three years since we first caught glimpse of Jeep’s Wrangler-esque Recon EV, named after the automaker’s suspension-lifting package of off-roading options for its popular lineup of SUVs. Jeep originally pegged the Recon’s sales debut for 2023, but that obviously didn’t happen. And since then, there have been further delays, and even rumors […]

Senator Warren presses Trump admin on potential AI bailout plans

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing the Trump administration for more information on potential plans to “prop up” major AI companies with money from taxpayers. In a letter to David Sacks, the White House special advisor for AI and Crypto, and Michael Kratsios, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Senator Warren […]