2026-05-01

Apple appears to have discontinued its cheapest Mac mini

The compact desktop Mac now starts at $799 and comes with 512GB of storage. [...]

2026-05-01

Take Secure Wi-Fi Anywhere With a Pocket-Sized ASUS Mini Router

A compact mini router is perfect for small spaces, like your apartment or local coffee shop, and fits in your carry-on. [...]

2026-05-01

Definitely not your usual EV: China begins sea trial for world's largest electric ship — Ning Yuan Dian Kun is longer than a football field, weighs 10,000 tons, and uses 10 container batteries with a total 19MWh capacity

A Chinese electric cargo ship with 19 megawatt hours of batteries is completing trials, combining large-scale energy storage and automation. [...]

2026-05-01

Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root. [...]

2026-05-01

A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat

Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about China. [...]

2026-05-01

OpenAI Faces Lawsuits Over Deadly Mass Shooting in Canada

In 2025, OpenAI banned a ChatGPT account linked to the alleged shooter. CEO Sam Altman later said he was sorry the company didn't alert law enforcement. [...]

2026-05-01

The 10 best treehouse hotels in the U.S. for 2026

America's best treehouse hotels, from a 47-foot Oregon perch above a suspension bridge to a Big Sur cliff with Pacific Ocean views [...]

2026-05-01

200,000 MCP servers expose a command execution flaw that Anthropic calls a feature

Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol as the open standard for AI agent-to-tool communication. OpenAI adopted it in March 2025. Google DeepMind followed. Anthropic donated MCP to the Linux Foundation in December 2025. Downloads crossed 150 million. Then four researchers at OX Security found an architectural problem that affects all of them.MCP's STDIO transport, the default for connect [...]

2026-05-01

AI performances and screenplays won't be eligible for Oscars

Will that stop them from taking over? [...]