Ubuntu 26.04 Delivers Great Performance Improvements For AMD Strix Point,…
Ubuntu 26.04 Delivers Great Performance Improvements For AMD Strix Point, Especially For RDNA 3.5 Graphics As part of my ongoing testing around the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 release I have been running a …
Google’s Spotlight-like desktop search bar for Windows is available for…
Google’s Spotlight-like desktop search bar for Windows is available for everyone https://www.theverge.com/tech/911741/google-windows-app-launch
Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’…
Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’ https://www.theverge.com/tech/911658/google-chrome-gemini-ai-skills-availability-launch
Google introduces "Skills" in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusable
Google introduces "Skills" in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusable You can save custom prompts you find useful or grab a premade Skill from Google's library. https://arstechnica.com/google…
Social Media Platforms Need To Stop Never-Ending Scrolling, UK's Starmer Says…
Social Media Platforms Need To Stop Never-Ending Scrolling, UK's Starmer Says https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/0412227/social-media-platforms-need-to-stop-never-ending-scrolling-uks-starmer-sa…
Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle "We believe this is the final nail in the coffin of the proton radius puzzle." https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/physicists-think-theyve-…
Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow
Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IPAmazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two…
Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math
Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy liftingEvery now and then, a researcher comes up with something that sounds either wrong or unoriginal to outsiders – yet ca…
The world’s oldest art, now in 6K IMAX…
The world’s oldest art, now in 6K IMAX https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/911678/werner-herzog-cave-forgotten-dreams-imax
Sony’s latest gaming headset offers great open-back audio…
Sony’s latest gaming headset offers great open-back audio https://www.theverge.com/tech/908132/sony-inzone-h6-air-open-back-gaming-headset-hands-on
Sony’s new 1440p OLED gaming monitor seems a lot better than its first…
Sony’s new 1440p OLED gaming monitor seems a lot better than its first https://www.theverge.com/news/907924/sony-inzone-m10s-ii-oled-tandem-gaming-monitor-specs-price-features
Google Faces Mass Arbitration By Advertisers Seeking Billions…
Google Faces Mass Arbitration By Advertisers Seeking Billions https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/048209/google-faces-mass-arbitration-by-advertisers-seeking-billions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop…
DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop https://www.theverge.com/tech/911635/blackmagic-design-davinci-resolve-21-photo-page-raw-support
Nginx 1.30 Released With Multipath TCP, ECH & More
Nginx 1.30 Released With Multipath TCP, ECH & More Nginx 1.30 was just released as the newest stable version of this popular web server. Nginx 1.30 incorporates all of the changes from the Nginx 1.29.…
Circle K partners with IONNA to upgrade its EV charging experience
Circle K partners with IONNA to upgrade its EV charging experience The OEM-backed charging network offers 400 kW NACS and CCS DC fast chargers. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/circle-k-partners-w…
Airport measles case reported in Idaho, state with lowest vaccination rate
Airport measles case reported in Idaho, state with lowest vaccination rate In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/ai…
GNOME Mutter 50.1 Fixes Performance Regression For Some NVIDIA Driver Versions
GNOME Mutter 50.1 Fixes Performance Regression For Some NVIDIA Driver Versions GNOME Shell 50.1 and Mutter 50.1 were released today as the first point releases in the GNOME 50 series... https://www.ph…
A New Computer Chip Could Finally Withstand The Hellscape of Venus…
A New Computer Chip Could Finally Withstand The Hellscape of Venus https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/0356227/a-new-computer-chip-could-finally-withstand-the-hellscape-of-venus?utm_source=rss…
Lucid sells more robotaxis to Uber, appoints a new CEO…
Lucid sells more robotaxis to Uber, appoints a new CEO https://www.theverge.com/transportation/911628/lucid-uber-robotaxi-nuro-ceo-saudi-arabia
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?…
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered? https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/911579/google-synthid-ai-watermarking-system-reverse-engineered
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