Finally, a Note-Taking App that Feels Like It Was Made for Windows
Noteastic is a newly released, free, native Windows note‑taking app focused on handwriting. Built specifically for Surface Pro and other pen‑enabled devices, it delivers low‑latency inking and a clean, ribbon‑free interface. While it outperforms OneNote’s clunky layout and offers smoother pen performance, it currently lacks features such as text boxes, extensive color palettes, and cloud synchronization. The developer promises ongoing updates to address these gaps.
Don't Panic over New Linux Exploits: How to Check if Your PC Is Affected in Under 5 Minutes
The article guides Linux users on quickly confirming whether a newly reported CVE affects their system. It outlines step‑by‑step checks for Debian, Ubuntu, and RHEL, including package version comparison and kernel verification. The author emphasizes that most distro teams release...
Rhythm-Training Game Played to Music on a Cell Phone Shows Promise for Reducing Stuttering in Children
A proof‑of‑concept study tested the mobile rhythm game Rhythm Workers as a non‑verbal intervention for children who stutter. Over three weeks, pre‑teens aged 9‑12 logged about 300 minutes of beat‑matching taps, and compared with a control group, showed significant reductions...
Register Now For Chase Freedom Flex 5x Points Categories Q2 2026 (Amazon!)
Chase has opened registration for the Q2 2026 bonus categories on its Freedom Flex credit card, allowing members to earn 5x points on Amazon, Chase Travel and Feeding America donations, each capped at $1,500 of spend. The travel category stacks with...
That USB4 Port Isn’t What You Think — and It Might Mean Missing Features
USB4 ports are not universally feature‑rich; the standard only guarantees 20 Gbps data rates, basic DisplayPort Alt Mode, and a single external display. Higher speeds such as 40 Gbps or 80 Gbps, multi‑monitor support, and advanced charging are optional and depend on the...
5 Clever iPhone Tricks You Might Not Know
Popular Science highlights five lesser‑known iPhone utilities that turn the phone into a conversion, measurement, navigation, and sound‑monitoring device. The Calculator app hides a conversion mode for currencies, temperatures, and more. The Measure app provides distance, area, level, and spirit‑level...
YMH Studios Partners with Magellan AI to Make Full Ad Attribution Free for All Advertisers and Agencies, Network-Wide
YMH Studios announced a strategic partnership with Magellan AI that makes full multi‑platform ad attribution free for every advertiser and agency using its network. The offering covers audio RSS, Spotify streaming, and YouTube video, with YMH absorbing all attribution costs...
Shotoku To Unveil Aura Robotic Control System For PTZ Cameras At 2026 NAB Show
Shotoku announced the Aura TR‑XPTZ control system, extending its high‑end robotic camera expertise to PTZ productions, at the 2026 NAB Show. The suite also includes the Swoop robotic crane family—available in 140 cm and 220 cm versions with SmartPed or manual bases—and...
Monocyte Immune Shifts in HIV Patients on Injectable Therapy
Researchers published a longitudinal study showing that people living with HIV who switch from daily oral antiretrovirals to the long‑acting injectable combo cabotegravir‑rilpivirine experience an early, transient rise in monocyte activation followed by a sustained decline below baseline levels. Flow...
Robinhood Joins the High-Fee Premium Credit Card Race With an Invite-Only Platinum Offering
Robinhood has launched an invite‑only Platinum Credit Card priced at $695 per year, positioning it below the Amex Platinum ($895) and Chase Sapphire Reserve ($795) fees. The new card, issued by Coastal Community Bank, follows the 2024 Gold Card and...
Maersk Offshore Wind Christens Its New WTIV Maersk Viridis
Maersk Offshore Wind officially christened its new 40,000‑ton wind turbine installation vessel, Maersk Viridis, on the ship’s main deck. The vessel features a Jones Act‑compliant feeder‑based installation system with stabilizing technology for high sea states. Maersk Viridis will sail to...
Anthropic Is Doubling Claude's Usage Limits During Off-Peak Hours for the Next Two Weeks
Anthropic announced a two‑week promotion (March 13‑27) that doubles Claude’s usage limits during off‑peak hours, specifically a five‑hour window from 8 AM to 2 PM ET. The boost applies automatically to Free, Pro, Max and Team plans across web, desktop, mobile, as well...
Waymo Co-CEO Tries to Make a Case for the Safety of Driverless Cars
Waymo’s co‑CEO Tekedra Mawakana is campaigning to reassure the public about autonomous‑vehicle safety as the company expands. Waymo now operates robotaxis in ten U.S. cities and plans to launch in New York, London and Tokyo, targeting one million rides per week by...
Peterson Introduces ‘Fail-Safe’ Trailer Safety Lighting
Peterson Manufacturing has launched the Genesis Truck and Trailer Light, a ‘fail‑safe’ LED safety lamp designed to stay illuminated as long as the trailer has power. Each diode operates independently, automatically redistributing output when a diode fails, removing ambiguity for...
Exhibitor Viewpoint: AudioShake at the NAB Show
AudioShake, founded by CEO Jessica Powell, will showcase its newest low‑latency AI separation models at the 2026 NAB Show. The technology automatically isolates dialogue, music, and effects, enabling real‑time broadcast cleanup, improved transcription, and automated copyright compliance. Major broadcasters such...
Data Centers Emerge as Growing Wedge Issue in Midterm Races
Data centers have become a wedge issue in the 2026 midterm races, pitting economic growth arguments against rising utility costs for voters. In Michigan, Democrat Jocelyn Benson pushes for water‑use and energy‑cost regulations while Republican Tom Leonard calls for a...
The Galaxy S26 Ultra Is a Reminder that Faster Charging only Matters if You Can Use It
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers 60 W fast charging using standard USB‑PD accessories, sidestepping the need for proprietary bricks. In a real‑world test at Atlanta’s airport, the phone jumped from under 20 % to about 60 % in minutes with a regular charger...
Microsoft Quietly Scraps Plans to Bring Copilot to Notifications and Settings on Windows 11 as It Moves to Reduce AI...
Microsoft has abandoned its plan to embed Copilot‑branded AI features—such as Settings integration, notification suggestions, and an autonomous File Explorer menu—into Windows 11. Announced in 2024 and demoed publicly, the features never entered preview and have now been officially scrapped. The...
This $155 ESP32-Powered DIY Drone Can Hit 67 Mph
A DIY quadcopter called ESP‑Blast, built around a $155 ESP32 microcontroller, achieved a recorded top speed of about 67 mph. The drone weighs 136 grams, uses a 450 mAh battery for roughly five minutes of flight, and features a fully 3D‑printed PETG frame....
New Study Raises Concerns About AI Chatbots Fueling Delusional Thinking
A Lancet Psychiatry review by Dr. Hamilton Morrin of King’s College London finds that large‑language‑model chatbots can validate and amplify delusional beliefs, especially in users vulnerable to psychosis. The analysis of media reports highlights mystical, sycophantic responses—most notably from OpenAI’s...
Amazon Is Selling Vintage-Style ChatGPT AI Smart Glasses for only $25
Amazon is offering the Oiciido AI Smart Glasses for $25, a 50% discount from the original $50 price. The glasses integrate ChatGPT, allowing voice‑activated internet queries, calls, and music playback via built‑in stereo speakers and a noise‑canceling microphone. They feature...
UK to Open AR8 Auction in July
The UK government will launch Allocation Round 8 (AR8) renewables auction in July, part of a broader energy‑security package prompted by the Middle‑East conflict. The timetable is intended to give clean‑energy investors certainty and includes the first eligibility for plug‑in solar...
Strait of Hormuz Crisis Drives Demand for Commercial Geospatial Intelligence
The U.S.-Iran conflict has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a live testing ground for commercial geospatial intelligence. The chokepoint, handling about 20% of global oil shipments, saw commercial traffic halted after strikes, creating urgent demand for real‑time maritime visibility....
Global Food Systems Get an AI-First Digital Transformation Thrust
Cropin, the world’s largest AI platform for agriculture, has unveiled the Cropin Ecosystem – an integrated agrifood solution designed to reduce risk and uncertainty across the food supply chain. Leveraging more than a decade of data, the platform combines AI,...
TESS Discovers a Super-Earth Exoplanet Orbiting Nearby Star
Astronomers using NASA's TESS have confirmed a new super‑Earth, TOI‑1080 b, orbiting an inactive M4V star 83 light‑years away. The planet is about 1.2 times Earth’s radius, likely rocky with a mass near 1.75 Earth masses, and completes an orbit in just under...
BAFTA-Winning Game Music Composers Don't See AI as a Threat — Rather, It Could ‘Revolutionize the Art’
BAFTA‑winning game music composers Austin Wintory, Borislav Slavov and Jesper Kyd see generative AI as a catalyst rather than a threat. They compare AI’s potential to historic shifts like recording and drum machines, suggesting it could become a routine part...
'God-Tier Audio in a Car’ — I Heard the New Cadillac’s AKG Dolby Atmos Sound System and I’m Never Going...
Cadillac’s 2026 electric lineup—including the Lyriq, Escalade IQ, Vistiq and Optiq—features an AKG‑tuned Dolby Atmos audio system that delivers reference‑grade, spatial sound with up to 42 speakers and active noise cancellation. Test drives revealed immersive mixing of tracks like Jimi Hendrix...
Mastering YouTube Promotion Strategy: How Independent Artists Can Use Google Ads for Growth
Independent musicians are turning to Google Ads to cut through YouTube’s crowded feed and drive targeted video views. By leveraging demographic, geographic, and interest‑based targeting, artists can place in‑stream, discovery, or bumper ads directly before fans of similar genres. Measurable...
Flipkart Calls Re 1 Milk Offer a Limited Promotion After Bamul Moves CCI
Flipkart defended its Re 1 per litre milk promotion as a limited-time campaign, saying prices are set by sellers and farmer procurement rates remain unchanged. The company’s statement follows a complaint by Bangalore Cooperative Milk Union (Bamul) to the Competition Commission...
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E-Quipment Highlight: Trova E-Spotter Electric Terminal Truck [Video]
Trova, a Dublin, Virginia‑based firm, unveiled the E‑Spotter, a purpose‑built electric terminal tractor featuring a 220 kWh battery pack split into two 110 kWh modules. The battery sits between the frame rails and slides out via a front‑bumper drawer, while the vehicle...
I Turned on This Android Auto Feature and Driving Got Way Less Distracting
Android Auto’s Driving Mode lets users mute nonessential alerts and prioritize voice‑only interactions while behind the wheel. The feature can auto‑activate through Bluetooth pairing or motion detection, and users can fine‑tune which contacts and apps break through. Setup is a...
Rivian’s RJ Scaringe Thinks We’re Doing Robots All Wrong
Rivian founder RJ Scaringe has launched Mind Robotics, a new venture focused on industrial robots that prioritize advanced hand dexterity over humanoid complexity. The company raised a $500 million Series A round led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz, bringing total funding to...
Free Unlimited Recruitment Video Face Swap: Create Viral Hiring Videos Without Limits Using Deepfake Maker
Deepfake Maker has launched a browser‑based, free unlimited video face‑swap service that lets users replace faces in MP4, MOV or GIF clips without watermarks or usage caps. The AI automatically detects facial landmarks, tracks movement and blends lighting to deliver...
Betterleaks, a New Open-Source Secrets Scanner to Replace Gitleaks
Betterleaks, an open‑source secrets scanner created by the original Gitleaks author, aims to supersede Gitleaks with a faster, more accurate engine. It scans directories, files, and Git repositories using customizable CEL rules and BPE tokenization, achieving 98.6% recall on the...
AI Companies Want to Harvest Improv Actors’ Skills to Train AI on Human Emotion
AI data‑labeling firms are recruiting improv actors to teach large language models how to recognize and express authentic human emotions. Handshake AI, a contractor for OpenAI and other labs, posted a $74‑per‑hour part‑time role that asks performers to improvise unscripted...
The Lethal Cost of Regulatory Perfection in Rare Disease
During a congressional hearing, neurologists warned that rare disease patients are dying while therapies linger in FDA review. The FDA recently rejected the SCA drug troriluzole, demanding more statistical certainty despite trial data showing over 50% fall‑risk reduction. Congress has...
Rethinking Where Patient Recruitment Begins
Clinical trials have long relied on site‑based recruitment, leaving under‑ and misdiagnosed patients underrepresented. Recent studies show digital outreach can identify symptomatic individuals who never enter traditional healthcare pathways, dramatically expanding the eligible pool. Digital campaigns have cut cost per...
3 Warning Signs Your HDD Is About to Fail (and What to Do)
Hard disk drives (HDDs) often give early warning signs before catastrophic failure, including SMART status alerts, unusual noises, and sudden capacity loss. Windows utilities like WMIC and CHKDSK can surface SMART "Pred Fail" codes, while physical symptoms such as repetitive...
The Racing Simulator That Finally Decoded the Experience of Real-Life Driving
Marble Labs unveiled the XP1 racing simulator, a physics‑driven platform that claims to replicate real‑world driving dynamics more faithfully than traditional sims. Developed over a decade with CAD engineering and validated by Le Mans class winner Justin Bell, the system replaces...
New Planctomycete Species Discovered Underground
Researchers have isolated and described a new planctomycete, Anatilimnocola aquadivae sp. nov., from deep subsurface percolate samples. Comprehensive phenotypic, electron‑microscopic, and genomic analyses place it within the Pirellulaceae family but as a distinct lineage. The genome encodes anaerobic respiration, aromatic‑compound...
Nulogy Launches ‘Manufacturing Operating System’
Nulogy introduced its Manufacturing Operating System (MOS), a unified cloud platform that consolidates production, quality, compliance and collaboration tools for manufacturers, contract packagers and 3PLs. The solution promises real‑time visibility and agility by linking disparate enterprise and point solutions on...
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Costco Now Lets You Order Custom Cakes Online — Here’s How It Works
Costco has introduced a digital ordering channel for its custom cakes through the member app, ending a decades‑old paper‑form process. Shoppers can now select size, flavor, and decorations on their phones and receive an email receipt confirming the request. The...
HP Indigo Adds Mobile Robots to Its Portfolio, Developed by MoviĜo Robotics
HP Indigo announced it will sell and support autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) developed by MoviĜo Robotics to its print‑industry customers. The robots handle B‑to‑pallets, postal pallets, carts and racks for both sheet‑fed and web‑press environments. The partnership introduces the Sharko 5 RT,...
U. Chicago’s AI Initiative Signals ‘Ambitious’ Vision of the Future, Say School Leaders
The University of Chicago has launched an AI initiative that funded 15 faculty and staff proposals spanning AI’s role in education, the arts, life sciences, cognitive science, and societal resilience. President Paul Alivisatos described the effort as a historic "signal...
How to Experiment Safely With OpenClaw Without Risking Your Company’s Data
OpenClaw, a locally‑run AI assistant framework, hosted a free workshop in Miami that attracted 200 attendees and a 500‑person waitlist, highlighting strong market interest. Unlike cloud‑based chatbots such as ChatGPT, OpenClaw lets users build custom autonomous agents that integrate with...
Business Bosses Told to Check Details After Companies House Glitch
A technical fault in the UK Companies House web‑filing platform on Friday let users navigate back and edit or view other firms' records, exposing personal details of directors for up to five million companies. The glitch prompted an immediate suspension...
Centre Identifying Sites in J&K for New Hydropower Projects, Says Khattar
India's central government is actively scouting locations in Jammu and Kashmir for new hydropower plants, while reviving three to four stalled projects. Existing stations are undergoing desilting to boost reservoir capacity. Parallel studies are evaluating water‑ diversion corridors that could...
Sam Altman Admits That AI Is Disrupting the Basic Fabric of Capitalism
At the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that artificial intelligence is upending the long‑standing balance between capital and labor. He highlighted the rise of “AI washing,” where firms blame AI for layoffs while deeper market forces are...
RL Agents Go From Face-Planting to Parkour when Researchers Keep Adding Network Layers
A Princeton‑Warsaw team demonstrated that deepening reinforcement‑learning networks to up to 1,024 layers can boost performance by 2‑to‑50×, unlocking novel behaviors such as upright walking and parkour in simulated humanoids. The breakthrough relies on Contrastive RL, a self‑supervised algorithm that...
IBM, Sonic Delay Lines, and the History of the 80×24 Display (2019)
IBM’s 3270 terminal, launched in 1971 with an 80×24 display, became the market‑dominant CRT terminal and forced competitors to adopt the same size. The later IBM PC’s monochrome display adapter added a fifth line, establishing the 80×25 format that persists...