At its Roblox Developer Conference, Roblox announced expanded generative AI creation tools, deeper NPC capabilities, and the ability for developers to publish their games as standalone apps on mobile, PC, and consoles, plus in-browser play via links. The company also launched a Roblox Card and Roblox Wallet for creators, and is expanding its natural-language game creation tool 'Build' from New Zealand to Serbia and Singapore, with new desktop access, an asset library, and prompt-based scene generation coming later this year.
A new Nature Climate Change study by Van Tricht, Zekollari, Huss and colleagues models the fate of individual glaciers worldwide using three global glacier models and multiple climate scenarios ranging from 1.5°C to 4.0°C of warming. Researchers define a glacier as extinct once its area falls below 0.01 km² or its volume drops under 1% of its original size, and their projections show extinction rates peaking around the middle of this century.
The team behind Neki, released in platform preview, ran a benchmark scaling from 5 to 512 shards and reached 118,538,803 sustained queries per second over 16 minutes, using 1.22 PiB of data across 512 Postgres primaries and 480 routers. The test consisted only of single-shard point-select reads by primary key, with no writes, joins, or cross-shard queries, and per-shard throughput actually rose to 231,521 QPS at full scale, well above the initial 200k target.
Major AI companies are accelerating efforts to build superintelligent systems, pushing timelines and resources into overdrive despite unresolved safety and control questions. The push reflects competitive pressure among leading labs to be first to achieve transformative AI capabilities.
GreyNoise reports that a suspected Russian-speaking threat actor deployed hundreds of AI agents, trained in a lab, to hunt down internet-exposed PaperCut NG and MF servers and exploit two known vulnerabilities. The campaign hit at least 440 instances across 395 organizations in 48 countries, with attackers pivoting from initial compromise toward Windows Active Directory environments.
Apple's newly reported Series 12 reportedly introduces two significant hardware changes compared to the Series 11, enabling a range of software features exclusive to the newer model. These upgrades reportedly touch on sensors and design elements that unlock new AI-driven capabilities not available on the previous generation.
After a $113 monthly T-Mobile bill and rising costs, including a pricier upcoming iPhone 18 Pro, the author switched to a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). MVNOs like Mint Mobile, Visible, and US Mobile don't own their own networks—they lease access from AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon—letting customers keep similar coverage while paying less.
Amazon has cut the price of the Strebito 144-in-1 screwdriver set from $49.99 to $39.99, a 20% discount. The kit includes an electric driver with a rechargeable 350 mAh battery, a manual precision driver, 120 magnetic bits, and 22 additional maintenance tools for electronics repair and PC building.
A writer previewing Apple's overhauled Siri AI, arriving with iOS 27 next week, shared three real-world tests that impressed them. Siri successfully added an entire NFL team's schedule to a calendar with streaming details, located a license plate number buried in an old email, and helped with an Apple Watch band sizing question.
Apple's new AirPods 5 are now available for pre-order at $129 and $149, but Best Buy is offering trade-in credit that can bring the price down to as low as $64. Meanwhile, the flagship AirPods Pro 3 remain on sale for $199, and other discounts include $330 off a Studio Display XDR, a Ceramic Apple Watch Series 12 markdown, and AirTags returning to $20 each.
Following the debut of Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, at $1,999, commentary suggests Apple should now build smaller flip-style and larger tablet-style foldables similar to Samsung's Z Flip and Lenovo's X1 Fold. The idea is that Apple has proven it can engineer a durable hinge and thin foldable body, making it easier to scale that design up or down for new devices.
Matt Mullenweg told Automattic staff on Slack that he is back in control as CEO, just days after the board had voted to place him on leave and install CFO Mark Davies as interim chief. Davies' Slack account has reportedly been deactivated, but Automattic has not confirmed Mullenweg's claim, and Mullenweg says a formal blog post explaining the situation is coming.
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