RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

A research facility within the US National Institutes of Health that is tasked with studying Ebola and other deadly infectious diseases has been instructed by the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to stop research activities. According to an email viewed by WIRED, the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland, was told […]

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Apple Warns More Users About Mercenary Spyware Attacks

Apple this week sent out notices to people who may have been targeted with government-sponsored spyware attacks, reports TechCrunch. An Italian journalist and a Dutch activist said that they received notifications from Apple via iMessage and email. Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise […]

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Google Pixel 9a review

Introduction Google’s “A-series” of devices remains the most affordable entry point into the Pixel ecosystem on a current generation device. The search giant didn’t really introduce any massive changes to the formula this year, but there are still changes to consider. [embedded content] The design has been updated and is now flatter and more in […]

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Third US Plant Set to Make Apple Chips Breaks Ground

Apple has reaffirmed its commitment to making chips in the United States as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) begins construction on its third fabrication facility in Arizona. The facility in Phoenix represents part of a $100 billion investment TSMC pledged in March to make over four years in the American semiconductor industry. The new plant […]

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Google CEO Suggests iOS 19 Will Feature Built-In Gemini Integration

Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said that he hopes to reach a deal with Apple regarding built-in Gemini integration on iPhones by the middle of this year, according to Bloomberg. The report said that Pichai shared this remark in court today, during the U.S. Department of Justice’s ongoing antitrust trial against Google. Pichai confirmed that […]

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Meta, Spotify, and Match Launch Coalition Against Apple and Google

A new lobbying group formed by Meta, Spotify, and Match Group is challenging Apple and Google’s role in the mobile app ecosystem, arguing the company should bear legal responsibility for verifying users’ ages and accusing them of anti-competitive business practices that disadvantage developers, Bloomberg reports. The “Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience” is a coordinated […]

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Samsung reports record-high quarter due to strong Galaxy S25 sales

Samsung posted its earnings report for Q1 2025, revealing that strong Galaxy S25 sales propelled the company to an all-time record quarter. The January-March period recorded revenue of KRW 79.14 trillion ($55.7 billion), marking a 10% increase year-over-year. Operating profit reached KRW 6.7 trillion ($4.7 billion), approximately 1.5% higher than the same period last year. […]

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ChatGPT’s Excessive Flattery Prompts OpenAI to Roll Back Update

OpenAI has reversed a recent update to GPT-4o, the model powering ChatGPT, following widespread complaints about the chatbot’s strange behavior. Deployed late last week, the update made ChatGPT excessively agreeable and unnaturally effusive in its praise, and the responses quickly became the subject of mockery on social media. CEO Sam Altman announced Tuesday that the […]

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Google Announces End Date for Original Nest Thermostat Support

Google has announced that first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats will lose support in October 2025, disabling their connected features (via ArsTechnica). After October 25, 2025, these devices will no longer receive software updates or connect to Google’s cloud services. Users won’t be able to control them via the Google Home app or voice assistants, […]

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