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Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations

ERIC BERGER

"It comes up almost every time that I see him. Continuous human presence and no gap."

Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

BENJ EDWARDS

Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to paid deals.

OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs

REBECCA BELLAN

OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.

The US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips headed to China

REBECCA SZKUTAK

The Trump administration formalized its 25% cut of H200 chip sales in China with a tariff that applies to certain semiconductors.

Bully Online mod taken down abruptly one month after launch

KYLE ORLAND

Developers say "this was not something we wanted" as they purge open source project.

Hands On With Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, an AI Agent That Actually Works

REECE ROGERS

Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic's Claude Code AI-powered tool that's built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here's what it's like to use it.

OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain Tech Startup Merge Labs

EMILY MULLIN

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.

Minnesota Is Just the Beginning. California and New York Are ‘Next’

MAKENA KELLY, LEAH FEIGER

The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states.

Are people avoiding iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass? It’s complicated.

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM

Liquid Glass is controversial, but adoption rates aren't as low as they seem.

Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

RYAN WHITWAM

Even Google's own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack.

Iran’s internet shutdown is now one of its longest ever, as protests continue

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

Iran’s government-imposed internet shutdown enters its second week as authorities continue their violent crackdown on protesters.

Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity

LILA HASSAN

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.

AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation

JULIE BORT

Higgsfield says its on a $200 million annual revenue run rate. So it opened its previous Series A round back up and sold another $80 million in shares.

Save $50 on the OnePlus Watch 3, Which Has Revolutionary Battery Tech

BRAD BOURQUE

Save some cash on this Wear OS smartwatch with a revolutionary battery that can go for five days on a charge (16 days on low-power mode).

Elon Musk's Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn't Fixed

MATT BURGESS

X has placed more restrictions on Grok's ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.