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Roku's Howdy, launched in August 2025, is the company's first paid, ad-free streaming service priced at $2.99 per month . The service surpassed 1 million subscribers in eight months since launch, acco

Motorola announced its 2026 Razr lineup featuring familiar designs with price increases across all models. The lineup received battery upgrades, with the base Razr gaining a 4,800mAh cell, the Razr+ r

Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's motion for a new trial on April 28, 2026, determining that his arguments lacked legal merit and relied on evidence that was neither new nor c

Nvidia demonstrated Neural Texture Compression technology at GTC 2026, which uses small neural networks to compress game textures and reconstruct them in real time using the GPU's Tensor Cores, reduci

I need to verify this information before creating a knowledge base entry, as it's a specific claim about OpenAI's Codex system prompt. OpenAI implemented explicit guardrails in its Codex tool to preve

A study by researchers at the University of Connecticut School of Business and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business found that racial diversity on college campuses results in higher earnings for gradua

Seven California-based lawsuits allege that OpenAI could have prevented Canada’s deadliest school shooting by not reporting a flagged ChatGPT account to law‑enforcement. Safety‑team experts had identi

On April 22, 2026, attackers hijacked Checkmarx's KICS security scanner and Bitwarden's CLI within hours of each other, both using the same command-and-control domain in a coordinated supply chain cam

GM's Super Cruise hands-free driving system has reached 1 billion cumulative miles driven across nearly 750,000 vehicles , marking a major achievement since the feature's 2017 debut. Nearly half of th

A 74-year-old man developed a severe, rapidly progressing infection after sustaining a wound while swimming in warm, brackish waters off Florida's Gulf Coast. Within three days, his limbs showed signs

GitHub is transitioning GitHub Copilot to a usage-based billing model to manage escalating AI inference costs. Effective June 1, subscribers will receive a set allotment of 'AI Credits'

Japan Airlines and GMO AI & Robotics announced a three-year demonstration experiment to test humanoid robots for ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda Airport beginning in May 2026, aimed at reducin

Neanderthal and modern human brains from the same time period had similar sizes , though average Neanderthal brain volume was roughly 1410 cm³, higher than the mean value for humans today . However, w

NASA officially delayed Artemis III to no earlier than 2027 in December 2024 , with the launch currently targeted for Q2 2027 . The mission will launch crew on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket car

Zoox approached robotaxi design by prioritizing autonomous operation requirements over traditional vehicle constraints, with sensor placement as a foundational design decision. Sensors positioned on t

The expansion of AI infrastructure across the United States has sparked significant debate between urban and rural areas, with large tech companies and the federal government advocating for data cente

Northrop Grumman confirmed corrosion in both the HALO and I-HAB modules of NASA's Lunar Gateway space station, citing a 'manufacturing irregularity.' The company attributed the issue to the French-Ita

Legacy, launched in 2023, was a blockchain business simulator that raised $54 million via a virtual 'land sale' in 2021 , but tanked almost immediately after launching . Molyneux later stated that fun

All 22 members of the National Science Board, which advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation, were fired on April 24 without explanation. Members received no explanation for their termi

Scientists are concerned about the upcoming El Niño because it's developing against the backdrop of already-elevated global temperatures from climate change, which could create a 'perfect storm' of cl

A widely-downloaded open source package called element-data was compromised after attackers exploited a vulnerability in developer account workflows, gaining access to signing keys and releasing a mal

Microsoft will continue to have a license to OpenAI IP through 2032, but Microsoft's license is now non-exclusive, allowing OpenAI to serve its products across any cloud provider . Microsoft will stop

Recent research found that participants exposed to infrasound reported increased irritation, unease, and elevated stress levels regardless of other conditions. While infrasound appears to be one contr

Super ZSNES is a modern SNES emulator created by two of the original ZSNES developers, zsKnight and _Demo_, which has been rewritten from scratch as a GPU-powered successor. The emulator uses GPU acce

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission, comprising astronauts from the

Prime Video released the official full trailer for Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir TV show, a live-action series about Ben Reilly . The eight-episode series premieres on MGM+ May 25, 2026 before rolling ou

The teaser for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 boasts a decidedly more adventurous vibe. The teaser has a much more traditional Trek feel with a voice-over about the power of exploration and sh

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed the record for human spaceflight's farthest distance from Earth on April 6,

Current and former Palantir employees have expressed concerns about the company's 'descent into fascism,' particularly following the company's involvement in the Trump administration's crackdowns on c

Twelve companies including Anduril, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, and others have received contracts to develop space-based interceptor prototypes for Golden Dome , with

Porsche has agreed to sell its 45% stake in Bugatti Rimac to a consortium led by HOF Capital , ending its involvement in the 2021 joint venture with Rimac Group. Porsche will also divest its 20.6% sta

Europe authorized Moderna's combination mRNA flu-COVID vaccine before the United States did. This dual-purpose vaccine addresses two respiratory viruses in a single shot. The European Commission grant

The FCC has expanded its foreign-made router ban to also cover consumer Wi-Fi hotspots and LTE/5G home-internet devices, though existing products and phones with hotspot features are not affected. Cel

Google-parent Alphabet will invest up to 40 billion in Anthropic, deepening its partnership with the AI startup . The deal consists of 10 billion in immediate cash at a 350 billion valuation, with an

Fossilized jaws reveal that enormous octopuses growing up to 19 meters long were top predators in the oceans during the Cretaceous Period, potentially making them the largest marine animals and invert

Samsung's mobile division may record its first-ever annual loss in 2026 , driven primarily by rising memory chip prices, particularly low-power DRAM . Samsung executive TM Roh has warned that a possib

NASA successfully rolled out the Artemis III core stage on April 20, 2026, delivering it from Michoud Assembly Facility to Kennedy Space Center . The revised mission plan calls for a crewed test in Ea

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after 15 years, during which he transformed the company from a 350 billion valuation to a 4 trillion powerhouse. His legacy centers on operational leadership and

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was charged with using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to win more than 400,000 in bets on the Pol

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year attempting to weaken the Endangered Species Act, but one major effort faced a significant setback when Republicans in th

NASA has put its Lunar Gateway space station project on hold because of corrosion found in two main modules, HALO and I-HAB. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified before Congress that both the L

The base model $599 M4 Mac mini with 256GB storage is now completely out of stock on Apple's Store with no option to order it. Other Mac mini configurations face significant delays, with wait times ra

The 2027 BMW 7 Series is the most extensive update the car has ever received, with BMW rolling its next-generation Neue Klasse technology into a current-production model for the first time. The electr

Researchers have developed copper-coated carbon nanotube fibers with electrical conductivity reaching approximately 50% that of pure copper , representing significant progress toward competitive alter

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeting launch as early as September 2026, ahead of the May 2027 deadline. The telescope is ready for launch ahead of schedule and under budget. Roman wil

Data center facilities linked to major tech companies could emit 129 million tons of greenhouse gases annually, potentially surpassing the total emissions of entire nations like Morocco. Tech companie