The loss of Situational Awareness
Neither artificial nor intelligent. I am not by any means an expert at finance but I think I do now have some advice for people who are: Do not name your hedge fund anything that will be hilarious if it…
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Apple Reports 3Q 2026 Results: $29.8B Profit on $109.4B Revenue
Apple today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2026, which corresponds to the second calendar quarter of the year. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $109.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $29.8 billion, or $2.02…
Fortnite Returns to iPhone in Brazil as Epic Games Store Launches
Epic Games today said that the Epic Games Store can now be downloaded on iPhones in Brazil through the Epic Games website. In its announcement, Epic Games complained about the third-party store installation process, which requires nine steps and includes…
Senators Demand Apple Commit to Not Buying Chinese Memory Chips
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer has teamed up with several of his Senate colleagues to demand Apple commit to not purchasing chips from Chinese companies ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) or Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC). [PDF] With memory shortages causing Apple…
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 is $40 off at Costco and comes with over $50 in freebies
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 9. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge The Galaxy Watch 9 launches on August 7th, and not only does Costco have the best preorder incentives we’ve seen so far, the watch is also discounted. The…
FCC Bans New Foreign-Made Robot Vacuums, Threatening Future Matter and HomeKit Models
The FCC this week banned all new “foreign-produced advanced robotic devices” because of an “unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.” The government says networked robotic systems lead to vulnerabilities that allow bad actors to control the…
LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you’ll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing…
Govee’s portable smart lamp is down to one of its best prices to date
Buying multiple lamps for different rooms can get expensive. Govee’s rechargeable Table Lamp Classic gives you one lamp you can use throughout your home instead of getting one for every room, and right now it’s down to $59 ($21 off)…
Apple Donating to Japan Earthquake Relief Efforts
Apple CEO Tim Cook today said Apple would be making a donation to support earthquake relief efforts in Japan. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake (per the USGS) hit the Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing at…
NASA’s Curiosity rover found a ‘sea of polygons’ on Mars
The latest discovery from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is a field of honeycomb-shaped polygons covering a Martian valley called Valle Grande. As Gizmodo reports, Curiosity has snapped pictures of the unusual terrain texture before, called polygonal fractures, each about 1.5…