New Microsoft Surface Laptop specs leaked in benchmark test
Microsoft's stellar Surface Laptop is overdue for a refresh, and we just got some pretty concrete evidence that a new model is coming soon.An unreleased Surface Laptop 8th Edition with...
Spotify’s new green checkmark separates real artists from AI content
The green checkmark, rolling out over the coming weeks, requires consistent listener engagement, platform policy compliance, and a real-world, identifiable presence. Content farms and AI-generated artist profiles are explicitly excluded...
Best Lego deal: Save 39% on the Lego Botanicals Flower Arrangement
SAVE $43.07: The Lego Botanicals Flower Arrangement (10345) is on sale at Amazon for $66.92, down from the list price of $109.99. That's a 39% discount and a sale price...
Why gaming platforms are replacing games as the core driver of user engagemen
For a long time, games and the platforms they lived on were treated as separate layers. One was the product. The other was distribution. That distinction is becoming less relevant....
The classic comedies ‘Airplane’ and ‘The Naked Gun’ almost never happened
There are few filmmakers who can say they established the formula for an entire genre of film. Well, the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams certainly did! If you look at...
$650 billion in AI capex and compute constraints
Google Cloud grew 63%, AWS 28%. Meta raised its full-year capex guide to $125-$145 billion, sending its shares down 6% after hours. Combined 2026 AI spending across five hyperscalers is...
Best Pokémon TCG deal: Chaos Rising Booster Pack preorders are cheaper at Amazon
TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Chaos Rising Sleeved Booster Pack listed for $12.99 with free delivery, sold by MVP Marketplace. That’s still above TCGplayer’s lowest unopened presale...
Italy’s antitrust authority closes probes into DeepSeek, Mistral, and Nova AI
The AGCM accepted binding commitments from all three chatbot providers, establishing a concrete benchmark for what ‘adequate’ hallucination transparency must look like in practice, and a 120-day compliance window before...
Jimmy Kimmel reacts to King Charles giving Trump a golden bell
Despite the First Lady calling for him to be fired and various figures on the right going after him, Jimmy Kimmel is carrying on as normal.The topic for Wednesday's monologue?...
Eight banks now backing SoftBank’s record $40 billion OpenAI loan
HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Intesa Sanpaolo are among eight institutions that have submitted commitments as sub-underwriters, in one of the largest tests of creditor appetite for AI-linked debt. The $40...