2026-06-28

Consumer Reports' 6 favorite compression socks of 2026

A sock that feels too tight won't get worn, no matter the compression level. Consumer Reports tested several pairs to find the ones worth buying [...]

2026-06-28

Consumer Reports' 7 favorite bed sheets for 2026

A sheet's thread count says little about how it will actually feel. Consumer Reports tested dozens of sets to find the ones worth buying [...]

2026-06-28

This Is the Most Detailed Image Yet of the Milky Way's Center

The Euclid space telescope's stunning photo of our galaxy's “crowded heart” captures more than 60 million stars. [...]

2026-06-28

Battery swapping for EV trucks to go mainstream as Octopus teams with CATL to service 300,000+ electric trucks across Europe

Octopus and CATL plan European battery swapping hubs supporting 300000 electric trucks while expanding energy storage capabilities. [...]

2026-06-28

Use Android Auto? How to limit what information Gemini learns about you

Google's AI offers a lot of convenience in your car, but you're offering up a lot of sensitive information. [...]

2026-06-28

India’s payments chief says AI will drive UPI from 750 million to a billion daily transactions

India’s Unified Payment Interface has grown to over 750 million daily transactions, and the head of the body that oversees it says AI will be central to reaching a billion. Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India, told TechCrunch at Mumbai Tech Week that AI could drive the next half […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-28

Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting

Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new ways to surface Your Algorithm, the feature that lets users specify which topics they want to see more or less of. In an Instagram post this week, Mosseri said the goal is to evolve the tool “from a setting to something that feels central to your experience on Instagram.” […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-28

Salesforce employees are confused about why the company is promoting a competitor inside Slack

When Anthropic launched Claude Tag on Tuesday, a high-profile AI product that works as a persistent teammate inside Slack channels, some employees at Salesforce, which owns Slack, were confused. Salesforce promoted Anthropic’s new product on social media even as it competes directly with Salesforce’s own Slackbot and Agentforce platform, The Information reported. The tension is […]<br /&g [...]

2026-06-28

Only three AI models finished above starting capital in a 500-day startup survival test

Researchers at Princeton University built CEO-Bench, a test where AI agents have to run a fictional software company for 500 simulated days. Most current models go broke, and a simple rule-based heuristic with no AI beats nearly all of them.<br /> The article Only three AI models finished above starting capital in a 500-day startup survival test appeared first on The Decoder. [...]