Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record A humanoid robot took the fastest half-marathon record away from human athletes. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/robot-runner-…
US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-opens…
Mercedes’ first all-electric C-Class is its sportiest one yet https://www.theverge.com/transportation/914951/mercedes-benz-c-class-ev-electric-range-specs
La-Z-Boy’s recliners and sofas are getting built-in Klipsch speakers https://www.theverge.com/tech/914248/la-z-boy-audioluxe-furniture-recliner-sofa-speaker-subwoofer-klipsch
You can grab a Sonos Era 100 for $85 off thanks to Sonos’ latest refurb sale https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/914900/sonos-era-100-300-refurbished-speakers-anker-nano-charger-deal-sale
F1: New hybrid rules will come into effect at the Miami Grand Prix in May Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/f1-new-hybrid-rule…
Deezer says AI song uploads have nearly overtaken human music https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/915027/deezer-ai-music-daily-uploads
Palantir Posts Bond Villain Manifesto On X https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/20/1654212/palantir-posts-bond-villain-manifesto-on-x?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Tyler Buchanan admits role in scheme that stole at least $8 million in virtual currencyA Scottish man linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime crew has pleaded guilty in the US to a phishing and SIM-…
Box64 0.4.2 Begins Working On POWER PPC64LE Backend, Support For SteamRT3 + Proton 11 While FEX-Emu has been garnering a lot of attention due to being sponsored by Valve and slated to be used by the S…
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Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud. https://arstechnica.com…
Fortnite developers can make AI characters now — just don’t try to date them https://www.theverge.com/games/914963/fortnite-ai-characters-developers-conversations
Git 2.54 Released With New Experimental "git history" Command Git developers continue working toward Git 3.0 while out today is Git 2.54 with a few interesting additions... https://www.phoronix.com/ne…
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Allbirds' Move To AI Has Echoes of the Dot-Com Frenzy https://slashdot.org/story/26/04/20/1647258/allbirds-move-to-ai-has-echoes-of-the-dot-com-frenzy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen The future war film, from the director of Moon , is adapted from 2000 AD's comic series. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/rogue-tr…
Excessive friendliness may cause users to forget they're talking to a very confident autocompleteA study into how humans interact with chatbots suggests the fastest way to make an LLM feel human isn't…
It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'It's illegal and impractical to construct a nuclear power plant in your backyard. But a DIY tritium nuclear batter…
Birdfy’s new 4K feeder wants to teach you about the birds it identifies https://www.theverge.com/tech/914832/birdfy-feeder-metal-2-4k-wide-angle-camera-ornisense-ai-price-availability
NSA Using Anthropic's Mythos Despite Blacklist https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/20/0353220/nsa-using-anthropics-mythos-despite-blacklist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Google previews Android CLI as agentic development continues to snowballGoogle has introduced a new Android command-line interface built specifically for AI agents, claiming a 70 percent cut in token …
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