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Can AI fix loneliness? The answer is… complicated

Loneliness has quietly become one of the biggest modern problems, and now, AI is stepping in as an unlikely companion. A new study...

The Spaceballs sequel will be released in April next year

There's finally a release date for the Spaceballs sequel — but before you get too excited, it's a whole year away. As first...

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is a stunner, but it’s two-year old sibling is still kicking it just fine for me

It’s been just over a month since Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series. As someone who has followed and used Samsung phones for...

First smartphone with color e-ink and LCD just showed up

Just when it felt like smartphone designs had hit a plateau, something genuinely different shows up. A new device from Bigme is making...

Your Galaxy S26 FE could use an older chip, and early benchmarks already show the gap

Samsung hasn’t even announced the Galaxy S26 FE, but it’s already appeared on the benchmark listings. Renowned Indian tipster Abhishek Yadav spotted the...

Is Dunesday dead? Would a new release date actually save Avengers: Doomsday or Dune: Part Three?

Hollywood is always chasing popular trends, from cinematic universes to live-action remakes to, more recently, double features. However, it looks like Marvel Studios...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s blog has been turned into a podcast

For those will never tire of the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, a special treat is on the way. The esteemed late...

An Italian court ruled Netflix has to refund its customers for price hikes dating back to 2017

Instead of raising prices again, Netflix may have to lower its subscription costs in Italy. A court in Rome recently ruled that Netflix...

Apple pulled this AI app… and now it’s suddenly back

Remember those moments when a tech giant throws a curveball, only for the underdog to dodge it with style? That’s exactly what just...

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5 Best Accounting Software for Property Management in 2025

The best property management software with accounting integration...

April 2025 TIOBE Index: Kotlin, Ruby & Swift Drop in Popularity

Popularity consolidated in the top 20 programming languages...

Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Reveals an Industry at a Crossroads

The AI industry is undergoing a complex and...

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LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap

“There’s a lot of snake oil out there, and mixed in with all the hype are genuine advancements,” Brin says. “Parsing our way through that stew is one...

How I Healed My Mother Wound and My Daughters Are Healing Theirs – Tiny Buddha

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‘Is This AI Sapient?’ Is the Wrong Question to Ask About LaMDA

The uproar caused by Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer who believes that one of the company’s most sophisticated chat programs, Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) is sapient,...

The Sexist Pseudoscience at the Heart of Biology

For years, studying zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved spiders, enjoyed cutting up dead things I’d found by the side of the...

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The Spaceballs sequel will be released in April next year

There's finally a release date for the Spaceballs sequel — but before you get too excited, it's a whole year away. As first...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s blog has been turned into a podcast

For those will never tire of the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, a special treat is on the way. The esteemed late...

An Italian court ruled Netflix has to refund its customers for price hikes dating back to 2017

Instead of raising prices again, Netflix may have to lower its subscription costs in Italy. A court in Rome recently ruled that Netflix...

Ireland is testing out a digital wallet that conducts age verification for social media users

Before it's publicly available later this year, the Irish government is trialing its Government Digital Wallet, which includes a way to verify a...

Apple iOS 26.5 public beta is now available

Apple has released the first public beta for iOS 26.5, just a few days after the beta for developers came out. One of...