Researchers Induce Smells With Ultrasound, No Chemical Cartridges Required https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/16/079216/researchers-induce-smells-with-ultrasound-no-chemical-cartridges-required?utm…
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway https://www.theverge.com/policy/913038/age-verification-flaws
Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/912997/character-ai-books-mode
Meet the Quantum Kid Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/meet-the-quantum-kid/?utm_brand=arst…
Latest version points to a shift in how Microsoft thinks about IDEsVisual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet develope…
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth https://www.theverge.com/podcast/911753/sam-altman-openai-ronan-farrow-new-yorker-feature-trust-liar-ai-industry
Intel Formally Announces Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" Intel today formally announced the Core Series 3 low-end mobile processors previously known as Wildcat Lake. These are the new Intel 18A offerings…
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Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet https://www.theverge.com/tech/913062/moft-trackable-tripod-wallet-magsafe-magnetic-camera-shutter-button
FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why Trump FCC starts handing out exemptions to its ban on foreign-made routers. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-exempts…
Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools https://www.theverge.com/tech/913068/canva-ai-2-update-prompt-based-editing-availability
Rust 1.95 Released With Several Improvements Rust 1.95 was released to the wild today as the latest feature update to this popular programming language... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-1.95-Relea…
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Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops https://www.theverge.com/tech/913026/intel-core-series-3-panther-lake-18a-budget-chips-specs
Forged metadata made AI reviewer treat hostile changes as though they came from known maintainerSecurity boffins say Anthropic's Claude can be tricked into approving malicious code with just two Git c…
Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike https://www.theverge.com/tech/912921/meta-quest-3-3s-vr-price-hike-ram-memory-shortage
Linux Mint 23 Making Progress On Ubuntu 26.04 Base, Linux 7.0 Kernel & Wayland The Linux Mint project published their March 2026 monthly status update where they note the ongoing work toward Mint 23 "…
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Mozilla Announces "Thunderbolt" As An Open-Source, Enterprise AI Client Mozilla today announced "Thunderbolt" as an open-source AI client built for control and independence. Mozilla Thunderbolt, while…
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Govee’s new LED Lightwall comes with its own self-standing frame https://www.theverge.com/tech/912668/govee-lightwall-color-changing-led-aluminum-frame-smart-home
Publisher claims misconfigured Salesforce-hosted page leaked dataTextbook giant McGraw Hill has landed on a ransomware crew's leak site after an alleged Salesforce-linked misconfiguration spilled 13.5…
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 camera is better at capturing slo-mo footage and photos https://www.theverge.com/tech/912381/dji-osmo-pocket-4-camera-stabilizied-gimbal-4k-slow-motion
Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find https://www.theverge.com/policy/913007/spotify-annas-archive-music-scraping-lawsuit-judgement
