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TechCrunch

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

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Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

TechCrunch

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite.

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Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

Ars Technica

In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films

The actor, who starred in 1993's Jurassic Park, died Monday in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 78.

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In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films

Engadget

OpenAI launches a physical keypad for controlling agents

OpenAI's collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder is available to order today.

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Engadget

OpenAI launches a physical keypad for controlling agents

Engadget

Apple quietly hid a big change coming for CarPlay with iOS 27

Apple announced the new CarPlay feature not long after Google announced a similar update for Android Auto.

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Engadget

Apple quietly hid a big change coming for CarPlay with iOS 27

TechCrunch

Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads

Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive ...

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Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads

WIRED

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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WIRED

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

TechCrunch

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

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Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

Engadget

Apple is reportedly shopping for AI chip companies

Apple's current M2 Ultra-powered servers don't seem to be cutting it, so the company is shopping around for more power.

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Apple is reportedly shopping for AI chip companies

TechCrunch

Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027.

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Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations

TechCrunch

Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.

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Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

Engadget

Samsung is making Amazon Music pre-installed bloatware on Galaxy phones

Don't use Amazon Music? Too bad, Samsung is installing it for you anyway.

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Engadget

Samsung is making Amazon Music pre-installed bloatware on Galaxy phones

Ars Technica

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.

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Ars Technica

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

WIRED

Lionel Messi’s Final World Cup—and the Death of Early Retirement

Argentina’s Lionel Messi was supposed to be done years ago. Now, sports science is helping soccer’s biggest stars rewrite the rules of aging.

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WIRED

Lionel Messi’s Final World Cup—and the Death of Early Retirement

Engadget

Valve appears to be discontinuing self-repair parts for the LCD Steam Deck at iFixit

An iFixit staffer told a Steam Deck user that the company had no plans to stock replacement OEM batteries.

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Engadget

Valve appears to be discontinuing self-repair parts for the LCD Steam Deck at iFixit

Engadget

A hacker accessed Suno source code that reportedly details how the company scraped millions of songs

Suno says it was breached in November and "no sensitive personal information was compromised."

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Engadget

A hacker accessed Suno source code that reportedly details how the company scraped millions of songs

Ars Technica

OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?

The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.

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Ars Technica

OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?

WIRED

An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI

Gidi Littwin’s new AI startup, Hemispheric, makes diagnostic brain scans for conditions like depression, PTSD, and Parkinson’s. He wants the technology to be as cheap and easy as for a blood test.

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WIRED

An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI

Ars Technica

A most improbable astronaut just went to space

"I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut."

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Ars Technica

A most improbable astronaut just went to space

WIRED

The Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2026: Air, Pro, Mini

Apple just raised its prices. Here’s an updated breakdown of the brand’s tablets to find the best one for your needs.

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WIRED

The Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2026: Air, Pro, Mini

Ars Technica

How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?

"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy. We're focused on making them cheap and light."

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Ars Technica

How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?

WIRED

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Review: Great Power, Shocking Price

But with great power comes a great price.

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WIRED

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Review: Great Power, Shocking Price

WIRED

4 Best Personal Safety Alarms: Garmin, Sabre, & More (2026)

Make some noise for safety with our favorite alarms, from keychain sirens to wearable bracelets.

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WIRED

4 Best Personal Safety Alarms: Garmin, Sabre, & More (2026)

Ars Technica

Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science

Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils.

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Ars Technica

Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science