Soundbar alternative, ShinyHunters, flesh-eating bacteria, open source DOS, home automation, phone charging, Tesla Semi and defunct chain restaurants. In the next week, I’m replacing my low-tech toilets with high-tech variations. The project is a little more complicated as I had to have outlets installed (through block walls) and I need to paint the wall behind the toilet when it is missing. I’ve done a lot of planning to make sure the project proceeds smoothly, so we’ll see how it goes. There are a lot of other interesting stories in this week’s news so make sure to check them all out below.
- DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 drone review: High-quality aerial video at its most affordable
- KTC H27P3 27-inch 5K dual-mode gaming monitor review: Incredible pixel density and flexibility
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- $399 Dwarf Mini Is ‘the World’s Smallest Smart Telescope’
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- Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage
- How indirect prompt injection attacks on AI work – and 6 ways to shut them down
- Facing Router Ban, TP-Link Tells FCC It’s Investing Hundreds of Millions in the US
- FCC’s Foreign-Made Router Ban Expands to Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Devices
- Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop
- Will Starlink Escape the FCC’s Router Ban? Not With Production in Vietnam
- FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features
- Nearly half of cybersecurity pros want to quit – here’s why
- Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic’s Claude goes rogue
- Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials
- I’ve been subscribed to a data removal service a month now – what I wish I knew sooner
- Encrypted App Signal Preps New Changes To Counter Account Hijackings
- Video Platform Vimeo Hacked by ‘ShinyHunters’ Gang
- Change These 6 Gemini Settings ASAP to Protect Your Privacy
- Ransomware accidentally destroys all files larger than 128KB, preventing decryption — VECT code likely partly vibe coded with AI or used an old code base, security researchers suggest
- 19-Year-Old Nabbed in Ukraine for Hijacking 610,000 Roblox Accounts
- Startup Claims It Successfully Grew Human Sperm in a Dish For the First Time to Help Infertile Men
- RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing
- Antibiotics Are an Economic Failure
- Flesh-eating bacteria devour man’s arm and leg in just three days
- Health is Tim Cook’s defining legacy – and your Apple Watch proves it
- OpenAI announces GPT-5.5, its latest artificial intelligence model
- Google Meet’s AI Note-Taking Feature Now Works for In-Person Meetings
- I tried this free Windows cleanup tool to see if it’d speed up my PC – and it worked
- I’m a Lifelong Windows User. These 6 macOS 27 Upgrades Could Change My Mind
- Zombie Subscriptions Are Draining Your Bank Account: These 7 Apps Hunt Them Down for You
- Can AI Replace Your Favorite Apps? I Found Out the Hard Way
- Canonical’s approach to AI is refreshingly thoughtful – Microsoft should take note
- Apple to Add More AI Photo Editing Tools to iOS 27
- iOS 27 Rumor Tips New AI Image-Editing Tools for Photos App
- 5 ways your Windows updates are about to get a lot less painful
- Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 – and it’s so much more than the code
- Apple Readies Photo-Editing Overhaul With New AI Tools in iOS 27
- Google Wallet Was Broken for Years. These New Features Finally Fix It
- Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
- Here’s to the stable ones: In praise of Tim Cook
- Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?
- I’m automating these 5 unexpected home devices – and life has been so much easier
- I compared Thread, Zigbee, and Matter – here’s the best smart home setup for you
- CPU requirements for AI workloads are multiplying, driving intensifying shortages and price hikes — Intel already shifting production from consumer chips to Xeon as inference workloads drive server CPU ratios back toward parity with GPUs
- Intel stock jumps 28%, setting a record, after it posts strong Q1 with rising forecasts — Intel says yields are improving faster than expected with new nodes
- First Intel Wildcat Lake laptop spotted in the wild, geared to compete with MacBook Neo — features an aluminum chassis with 11W fanless mode
- Tim Cook Is Boring. That’s Why Apple Dominated
- Apple’s Cook Gives Ternus a Pipeline of 10 Major New Product Categories
- Apple’s New CEO May Be Forced to Drop His Dream of a Foldable iPad
- Six things I’ll remember when I think about Tim Cook’s version of Apple
- Apple Planning to Launch Two New ‘Ultra’ Products in the Next Year
- New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O’Leary’s 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved
- Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity agreement, opening up potential partnerships with Amazon and Google — Microsoft will continue to receive revenue share through 2030
- Musk Testifies He’s Suing OpenAI to Stop Altman’s ‘Looting’
- PayPal’s new CEO makes Venmo a standalone business unit as potential buyers circle
- Nvidia quietly launches 12GB RTX 5070 laptop GPU — midrange mobile gaming gets more VRAM amid the RAMpocalypse
- Nvidia exec says AI is more expensive than actual workers — yet some companies don’t see the extra costs as a negative
- Is the Vision Pro Dead? Apple Reportedly Stops Work on Its Pricey Headset
- Satellite-Connected Cows? Starlink Mobile Now Used for Livestock Tracking
- Oppo Find X9 Ultra Review: One of the Very Best Phones for Photographers
- Never Settle No More: Is OnePlus Done in the US?
- Stop Worrying About How You Charge Your Phone
- Apple Has a New CEO. Here’s What It Means for Your Next iPhone
- OpenAI is making its own phone to compete with the iPhone: report
- Samsung’s Rumored Passport-Style Foldable Shows Up in New Leak
- Apple’s 20th-Anniversary iPhone Could Feature Bezel-Less Curved OLED Screen
- I tested a BlackBerry-style Android phone with a keyboard, and it’s weirdly practical in 2026
- First Look: Motorola’s New Foldables Are Bold…and a Little Uneven
- Tesla confirms Cybercab with no steering wheel enters production
- Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
- A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound
- Tesla Semi: first truck rolls off high-volume production line
- 10 Things From the 2000s That Are Now Collectible—and Valuable
- 8 Defunct Chain Restaurants That Used to Be Everywhere
- 5 Destinations Where Tourists Outnumber Locals (And Where to Travel Instead)
- How Homes in Bali Are Designed for Harmony—and to Keep Demons at Bay
- Leonardo da Vinci Designed a Nightmare Scuba Suit
- What the Color ‘Haint Blue’ Means to the Descendants of Enslaved Africans
- At a Festival in Bhutan, Some Dancers Bare All to Ward Off Evil Spirits
- 9 Hit Songs You Didn’t Know Were Written By Carole King
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