Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says. Apple reportedly won’t comply with a government order in India to preload iPhones with a state-run app that can track and block lost or stolen phones via a device’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code. While the…
Valve has work to do on the software side—but some fixes are coming. By Valve’s admission, its upcoming Steam Machine desktop isn’t swinging for the fences with its graphical performance. The specs promise decent 1080p-to-1440p performance in most games, with 4K occasionally reachable with assistance from FSR upscaling—about what…
The update is rolling out to Pixels starting today. Google is following through on its pledge to split Android versions into more frequent updates. We already had one Android 16 release this year, and now it’s time for the second. The new version is rolling out first on Google’s…
Samsung’s long-awaited tri-fold phone is launching in Korea this month, with a US launch early next year. Samsung has a new foldable smartphone, and it’s not just another Z Flip or Z Fold. The Galaxy Z TriFold has three articulating sections that house a massive 10-inch tablet-style screen, along…
Study: Moai were created by small, decentralized working groups, not managed by one central “chieftain.” Credit: ArcGIS Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago. The volcanic rock used for the moai came from a quarry site called Rano Raraku. Archaeologists…
A key driver of US renewable energy research is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader…
Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today. Chris Avellone wants you to have a good time. People often ask creatives—especially those in careers some dream of entering—”how did you get started?” Video game designers are no exception, and Avellone says that one of the most…
New research offers clues about why some prompt injection attacks may succeed. Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions. The findings reveal a…
One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge. A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away.…
Uncontrolled mining in areas of Myanmar ruled by powerful ethnic armies has boomed. In early 2025, Sian traveled deep into the mountains of Shan State, on Myanmar’s eastern border with China, in search of work. He had heard from a friend that Chinese companies were recruiting at new rare-earth…
