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Brent crude climbed past the $100-per-barrel mark amid escalating US-Canada trade tensions, while Apple prepared to hold its annual product event, expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone. The event also marks the public debut of John Ternus, who recently took over as Apple's CEO, with analysts watching for potential price increases across the product lineup.
Users on Reddit report water leaking into the battery compartment of Dyson's new $499.99 CameraJet toothbrush, with one saying their unit failed within 30 seconds of use. Dyson acknowledged that a small number of early batches may have experienced a component issue, though it says the product's current unavailability online is due to strong demand rather than the defect.
A new report suggests Apple's upcoming foldable phone, launching today, will be called the iPhone Duo rather than the previously rumored iPhone Ultra. The device is expected to lack certain premium features found in the iPhone 18 Pro Max, such as a telephoto lens, variable aperture, and Face ID.
Tom's Hardware reviewed Goodram's PX700, a budget-tier PCIe 4.0 SSD, finding it delivers solid speed, strong power efficiency, and cool single-sided operation. The drive, made by the established EU memory assembler Goodram, outperformed expectations against comparable drives using similar hardware in its price class.
NYU researcher Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI touted a breakthrough on the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem that closely mirrors a year-long personal project he ran with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge using Claude and Codex as assistants. Buckmaster alleges OpenAI accessed his private Codex session logs and that the company issued threats regarding his career after he raised concerns, though he says the AI-generated proof itself was low quality, calling it 'AI slop'.
Verdant, an economic think tank pushing for stricter data center regulation, says techUK's widely cited job creation figures are inflated. It estimates existing UK data centers support about 4,400 direct jobs versus techUK's 24,300, and projects only 10,400 permanent jobs by 2035 for planned sites versus techUK's forecast of 40,200.
Microsoft has begun testing several new Xbox features with Insiders, including the option to select startup animations from Xbox One through Xbox Series X/S consoles, though not the original Xbox or Xbox 360 boots. The update also adds a local search tool for games and achievements, higher-resolution Remote Play, background downloads during cloud streaming, and a Voice Clarity feature to reduce background noise in chat.
The White House deleted a Tetris-style browser game called 'Build The Wall' from its website days after The Tetris Company publicly objected to the unauthorized use of its game mechanics and look. The company said on X it had no involvement in creating the game and takes copyright infringement seriously. The White House has not explained the removal or responded to media inquiries.
Suno introduced its new v6 model family, trained entirely on licensed music data from partners including Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, replacing the data used to build earlier versions. The lineup includes a standard v6 model, an experimental 'wild' version, and a faster 'mini' model for free users, with older models set to be phased out. New editing tools let users tweak lyrics, isolate instruments, and use text, images or video as creative references.
A personal blog entry recounts the author's discovery that entire apples, including cores and stems, can be safely eaten, along with strawberry stems and kiwi skins. The post frames this as a gradual personal realization rather than scientific reporting, noting the writer's initial hesitation before eating a stem.
Roame, a Y Combinator-backed search engine that helps travelers find flight and hotel award seats using points and miles, is hiring a Content Editor. The role focuses on building a repeatable, partly automated video production system rather than manual editing, aimed at quickly publishing time-sensitive content like mistake fares and transfer bonuses.
IEEE Computer Society and ACM have selected Jie Ren of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Amit Samanta of University of Utah, and Xuan Wu of Oregon State University as the 2026 George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship recipients. The fellowship recognizes outstanding doctoral students working in high-performance computing.