Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing

Publishers spent years figuring out how to get clicks on Google. But new AI search features have torn that ecosystem apart.

r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more

The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, “If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or ...

Now you can watch Instagram Reels on your Apple TV

Now Meta is bringing the app to Apple TV, though there’s been little fanfare. MacRumors spotted an updated Instagram app in ...
Opinion

Benn Jordan’s long-running investigation of Flock culminates in a ‘review’ of the surveillance state.

Want a recap of all the abuses of Flock? A look at its failures to properly secure its system? An examination of its efficacy? Well, it’s all here, along with possible solutions to the problems of ...

Firefox’s new ad tries to remind you of a time before the internet sucked.

Let’s travel back to when memes were new, anyone could get their 15 minutes with a silly dance, and the amount of data tech ...

Blue Planet III is keeping the rough edges in the age of AI

BBC’s Blue Planet III is keeping in shots that would normally end up on the cutting room floor to prove it’s real.

Ken Kutaragi calls physical media just a ‘metaphor’ for owning games.

The so-called “Father of the PlayStation” told VGC that while he understands why users are upset about Sony phasing out game ...

What to expect from Apple’s ‘Pro and tell’ event

A MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen has been a fixture of the rumor mill since at least early 2023. But now, in late 2026, it may finally come to fruition. The name MacBook Ultra has been floating ...

I hope Apple’s touchscreen MacBook takes some lessons from this Lenovo laptop

It looks like the long-rumored touchscreen MacBook might actually get announced next week, and after using the Lenovo Yoga 9n for our testing of Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, it got me thinking: this ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirms Starshield and Starlink are back to normal.

The Ukrainian president posted on X that the services have been “restored to the speeds we had before the restrictions.” Reuters reports that the defense ministry said the connection remained stable ...

Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk

According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B. But from moment one, her take on the genre was restless, relentlessly ...

LG’s brilliant C6 OLED TV is already $400 off ahead of Black Friday

The C6 is still an impressive 4K TV, even with the recent privacy concerns. LG’s C6 OLED TV offers a few small but welcome upgrades over last year’s C5, including a faster Alpha 11 AI Gen3 processor ...