T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses. T-Mobile is asking a New York court to rule that Broadcom was contractually obligated to continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses. In its complaint, T-Mobile said it has tens of thousands of virtual machines using VMware software across approximately…
Record home battery installations unlock options for grids—and AI data centers. US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to offset rising residential electricity costs. The trend could even unlock a more flexible energy supply for power grid…
An optimal ratio of 10-15 grams of larvae per gram of specimen minimized cleaning time with no bone damage. Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared discuss the safe and practical utility of superworm larvae for cleaning museum specimens. Credit: Anthony Lewis, PLOS/CC-BY 4.0 Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei…
“We will own nothing, it’s truly sad.” Some gamers are concerned about the future of game ownership after Sony’s announcement today that it won’t produce physical discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028. On that date, “new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in…
Tariffs and anti-China policies killed this little Volvo in the United States. Did you know the average new vehicle in the US grew an inch (25 mm) wider and 22 inches (558 mm) longer between 2013 and 2023? That’s probably obvious to anyone who steps foot outside these days,…
Also, the science of poop’s distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint. It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly…
Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping.” Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The…
New Fire Stick OS helps Amazon block third-party homepage launchers, ad blockers. Amazon is blaming the threat of malware for its decision to stop releasing new Fire Sticks that support sideloading apps from outside Amazon’s Appstore. Amazon has released two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary, Linux-based operating…
Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs. Google is so famous for killing products that there’s a whole virtual graveyard you can explore. Google’s latest shutdown now has a headstone of its own. Effective today, Google has discontinued the Tenor API, which…
