2026-06-18

I'm a smart home reviewer, and these are the only deals I'm shopping this Prime Day

It's Amazon Prime Day, and smart home deals are everywhere. But don't fall for any deal: these are the ones worth your time and money. [...]

2026-06-18

20 scientific breakthroughs that the experts got wrong first

From continental drift to germ theory to the discovery that ulcers are caused by bacteria, the history of science is full of ideas that were right all along — and dismissed anyway [...]

2026-06-18

How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members

Leaked files show the invite-only network grades members by their money and fame, shaping who’s in, who’s out, and who pays. [...]

2026-06-18

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 19, #634

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 19, No. 634. [...]

2026-06-18

Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: "One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do" — remarks on where automation got it wrong

Elon Musk has been a central figure in the AI and robotics build-out, with his company Tesla being one of the key players in the modern landscape [...]

2026-06-18

Netflix has canceled The Boroughs after one season despite rave reviews — but there's a major reason why it's not coming back

The Boroughs will not be returning to Netflix which may seem like a shocking decision. [...]

2026-06-18

This SIM-card-sized 8TB PCIe 5.0 SSD hits 11GB/s, but AI firms will likely hoard them all — and Longsys's jaw-dropping mSSD also sports VC phase-change liquid cooling

Longsys's latest mSSD builds on Gen 4 by delivering double the maximum capacity and a massive upgrade in read/write speeds, thanks to a new controller under the hood. [...]

2026-06-18

'Holy crap, this is not how you cool facilities' — Nuclear engineer wants to use special bubbles to save AI data centers from a massive energy crisis

MIT researchers adapted nuclear reactor cooling principles to reduce energy consumption and water use in rapidly expanding AI data centers. [...]

2026-06-18

Anthropic's Claude Code Artifacts update brings live, shared dashboards and interactive workspaces to enterprises

Anthropic announced a potentially game-changing new feature for users of Claude Code on the Claude Team and Enterprise subscription plans: Artifacts. This update turns a Claude Code session's work into a live, interactive, and shareable, custom HTML webpage, allowing a Claude Code user to plug in live code, multiple data sources, and have it surface on an interactive URL that they can send to [...]