iOS 27 will let users pick third-party AI models, report says
This next year or so is gearing up to be a big one for Apple. Case in point: Just this week, Mashable previewed the new features coming to iOS 26.5,...
Google offers EU concessions on news-search ranking
The proposals filed in Brussels aim to settle the European Commission’s investigation into whether Google has been demoting publishers’ pages with third-party advertising content. Failure to settle could expose Alphabet...
Nintendo announces Switch 2 ‘Pokémon Pokopia’ bundle, but there’s a catch
Pokémon Pokopia has been a huge hit for Nintendo, so much so that some folks have thought about buying a $450 Switch 2 just to play the cozy life sim....
Proposed class action accuses Roku of bricking users’ TVs with bad updates
A couple of major TV brands are now at the center of a class-action lawsuit.A plaintiff named Terri Else proposed a class-action suit in California against TCL and Roku, per...
Beijing’s lobbying offensive on the EU Cybersecurity Act in numbers
A KPMG-conducted study commissioned by the CCCEU estimates that phasing Chinese suppliers out of 18 critical EU sectors between 2026 and 2030 would cost €367.8bn. Reuters’ headline rounds that down....
‘Daily Show’s Desi Lydic roasts Trump’s bizarre White House event for children
Donald Trump hosted a group of children in the Oval Office for a physical fitness event on Tuesday, reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, and the result was as ridiculous...
Ametek to buy Indicor’s instrumentation businesses for $5bn
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice banks one of the cleanest mid-market industrial partial exits of 2026, three and a half years after carving the portfolio out of Roper Technologies. Ametek pays...
Best robot vacuum deal: Save $200 on EcoVacs Deebot X11
SAVE $200: As of May 6, the EcoVacs Deebot X11 robot vacuum is on sale for $899 at Amazon. That's a 18% discount on the list price. $899 at Amazon...
Thailand approves $29bn in projects, with TikTok’s data-centre expansion
Bangkok’s Board of Investment cleared six major investments on Wednesday. Three of them are data centres. The headline is the TikTok number, but the larger story is what Thailand is...
The DJI Flip drone has dropped to its lowest-ever price at Amazon — save $130
SAVE $130: As of May 6, the DJI Flip (RC 2) is on sale for $509 at Amazon. That's a 20% discount on the list price. $509 at Amazon $639...