Smartphone case makers appear to have dropped a sneak peek at Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra devices. Several third-party manufacturers have already published product listings for cases designed for Apple’s upcoming line of smartphones. The iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the foldable iPhone Ultra are all expected to…
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A whistleblower working inside the United States Postal Service (USPS) has told Congress that a brand-new system for screening mail-in ballots — built in a matter of months, against the advice of the agency’s own staff — is so rushed and untested that it risks mass rejection of legitimate ballots just as the 2026 midterms…
When the long awaited role playing game “Fallout 4” dropped in 2015, it marked the first installation in the franchise in five years. The release quickly became a running joke, with working class gamers yukking it up over their plans to call in sick the day it hit store shelves, and the game’s developer even…
1996 was a big year for tech: Dolly the Sheep, Internet Explorer 3.0, and the launch of the app currently at the heart of Canada’s digital sovereignty battle. The news: Following US President Donald Trump’s trade tirade, Google Maps and Apple Maps have renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users, prompting an exodus…
A traveling petting zoo has become the center of a mini health crisis in North Carolina. After recently hosting events for elderly people and schoolchildren, several of its adorable baby goats tested positive for rabies, The New York Times reported, in a situation that the zoo’s owner is calling a “nightmare.” Now, state officials are…
Former Republican congressman and ironic meme icon George Santos was just banned from Kalshi — for life. It’s the first lifetime ban that the prediction market has ever handed out, the New York Times reports, which is pretty incredible considering all the inside trading that’s suspected to happen on the platform. There was pretty much…
The following comes from a conversation with a friend about place and alignment. I keep returning to emotions. We talk about choice, manifestation and intention, but rarely about sensation as a way to determine place. For many, it’s the reason to travel or move. See somewhere new. Break old patterns and habits. Experience that belonging,…
Google hasn’t released a frontier-level Gemini Pro AI model since early 2026, but it sure loves rolling out new Gemini Flash variants. Today, Google is announcing its third Flash model release in just six weeks, making it more likely that we’ll never see the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro. But no matter, says Google, because Gemini…
Chef Robotics has designed its robotic system to handle high-mix food preparation. | Source: Chef Robotics Physical AI has made remarkable strides, but most of the time, we use rigid objects to train foundation models. Food represents one of the most complex manipulation challenges in robotics, noted Chef Robotics. Every ingredient is deformable, inconsistent in…
