Wired
My favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and gets great battery life, despite being just $750 right now.
Ars Technica
About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
Ars Technica
Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
Wired
You don’t want any old gaming laptop. Here’s my take on which to get, based on hundreds of hours of testing.
Wired
Xteink’s new X4 Pro e-reader is its best yet, but the lack of an ebook store can be limiting.
Wired
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.
Wired
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
Wired
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and deleteduser.com—and set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them corporate secrets.
Wired
Hairmax’s LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex took only 90 seconds per treatment, and it produced visible results along my widening part.
NY Times Tech
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
Wired
With rising temperatures and drier conditions, fires are more likely to explode. And with more people living next to forests, the results can be catastrophic.
Wired
A new software update builds on WhatsApp’s group chat chops by adding anonymous polls and introducing an easier way to start a smaller private chat away from the larger group.
Wired
If you want to capture the sun’s power with solar panels, these are the best solar generators I’ve tested.
TechCrunch
OpenAI said it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra over concerns about its cybersecurity prowess.
Ars Technica
Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.
TechCrunch
After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
TechCrunch
The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.
Ars Technica
Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
TechCrunch
Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.
Ars Technica
New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.