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We Finally Know How Much Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Album Cost

The saga of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album that Martin “pharma bro” Shkreli bought for approximately $2 million in 2015, continues. The album’s contents have always been a highly guarded secret, and it was seized by the U.S. government in 2018 after Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud. For years, it was reported that the government had sold the album directly to PleaserDAO, a crypto collective that specializes in NFTs. However, Bloomberg now reports that

A huge fight looms over the NASA budget this fall

This has been a good week for the US space agency in terms of the federal budget. On Tuesday, a committee in the US House of Representatives passed a $24.8 billion budget bill for the coming fiscal year. Then, two days later a Senate committee passed a $24.9 billion budget for NASA. Both of these measures would keep funding more or less at the level of the current fiscal year and, for the most part, keep the space agency's programs going on their current trajectories. These bills are not final

Apple TV+ shares Stillwater season 4 trailer ahead of August 1 premiere

Just weeks after announcing its return date, Apple has released the trailer for the new season of Stillwater, the mindfulness-themed animated series based on Jon J Muth’s bestselling Zen book collection. Watch the trailer below. Stillwater returns to Apple TV+ on August 1 Stillwater is one of the highest-rated kids’ shows on Apple TV+, and it has snatched quite a few awards since it premiered in 2020. After a two-year hiatus, the show is set to return in two weeks, and Apple TV+ has just rele

This Simple Strategy Could Curb One of Semaglutide’s Worst Side Effects

Semaglutide’s ability to help people lose weight is legendary, but so are the side effects. The active ingredient in medications Wegovy and Ozempic, semaglutide is renowned for causing severe nausea in some people, sometimes to the extent that they stop treatment. But new research published in the journal Diabetes Care suggests there may be a simple way to combat that effect. Led by a team in Israel, the researchers found that giving people more time and flexibility to ramp up to the recommende

An Innovative New Security Camera Has a Solar Panel that Follows the Sun

I've tested solar panels for home security cameras before. Almost every brand has one nowadays, and they're an easy way to use wireless cams and keep their batteries full. But mounting those little solar panels in the right spot can be a pain, which is why I'm fascinated by Baseus S2's solution: A built-in solar panel that moves. This camera, currently available for preorder at $130, includes a solar panel on top similar to Eufy's model but with one big difference. This panel is designed to rot

Your Weekend Streaming Watch List: 'Untamed,' 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' and More

Looking for your new favorite show on streaming? This week, a few new good ones just arrived. On Paramount Plus, you can catch a new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and on Prime Video, the final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty debuted two new episodes. On Netflix, the new mystery thriller Untamed, about a murder being investigated inside Yosemite National Park, would make a great, addictive weekend binge. The platform also just released all four Jaws films and the riveting new doc

These Continuous Glucose Monitors Have Been Recalled Due to Faulty Speakers. What You Need to Do to Stay Safe

Dexcom customers, listen up: Certain continuous glucose monitoring receivers have been recalled due to speaker malfunctions, which can cause you to miss alerts or alarms for dangerous blood sugar levels. Since May 2025, there have been 112 complaints globally, with 56 reported injuries. Missing an alert from your continuous glucose monitor may result in health consequences like vomiting, seizures, loss of consciousness and hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic symptoms. Certain Dexcom G6, G7, One and

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot

The startup behind the viral AI coding app Cursor is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in a bid to bolster its competition with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and win over businesses looking to supercharge their employees with AI coding tools. In one recent case, Cursor maker Anysphere struck a deal to acquire the AI-powered customer relationship management (CRM) startup Koala, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. As part of the deal, Cursor will bring on several

How to Get Foreign Keys Horribly Wrong

Constraints keep the integrity of your system and prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot. Foreign keys are a special type of constraint because, unlike unique, check, and primary keys, they span more than one relation. This makes foreign keys harder to enforce and harder to get right. In this article, I demonstrate common pitfalls, potential optimizations, and implicit behavior related to foreign keys. Table of Contents Watch 📺 This article is inspired by a talk I gave at DjangoCon EU

More Than Half of Teens Surveyed Use AI for Companionship. Why That's Not Ideal

Is your teen using an artificial intelligence chatbot for companionship? If you don't know, it's time to find out. Common Sense Media released a study this week, where it found that more than half of pre-adult teenagers regularly use AI companions. Nearly a third of the teens surveyed reported that conversations with AI were as satisfying as conversations with actual humans, if not more so. Researchers also found that 33% of teens surveyed use AI companions such as Character.AI, Nomi and Replik

This Search Engine Lets You Hide AI-Generated Images in Search Results

DuckDuckGo, the company behind the privacy-focused search engine, now has a new tool built into its search engine that lets you filter out AI-generated images from your search results. That way, you may see fewer misleading or fake photos when looking for images. However, the filter is not on by default, so you have to enable it. Here's how to use the AI-generated image filter in DuckDuckGo. 1. Go to duckduckgo.com. 2. Search for an image, something like "baby peacock." 3. Go to the Images t

It's the End of the Road for Microsoft Store Movies and TV Shows. What It Means for You

Microsoft is exiting the market for selling and renting TV and movies across its platforms. There was no reason given for the abrupt change, with Microsoft simply posting the news on a support page on its Xbox website. "Microsoft has stopped selling new movie and TV content. Existing customers can continue to access their previously purchased content on Windows and Xbox devices," Microsoft said in the post. The company said playback and download options will continue to be available for shows

Exposed MCP servers across the internet

Knostic’s research team conducted a systematic study to locate exposed MCP servers on the internet. Leveraging Shodan and custom Python tools, we fingerprinted and mapped production MCP servers. All servers we discovered were insecure and revealed their capabilities to anyone asking. In this series of posts, we are sharing our findings, along with a guide detailing how we fingerprinted MCP servers. We identified a total of 1,862 MCP servers exposed to the internet. From this set, we manually v

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

When root meets immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. log tampering

Why ISO 27001 Demands Immutable Logs (Without Actually Saying So) # ISO 27001 is like that careful lawyer who never says exactly what they mean – it tells you what needs to be achieved, not how to do it. When it comes to logging, this is particularly telling: Control A.12.4.2 simply states that “logging information and logging facilities shall be protected against tampering and unauthorized access.” Period. How? That’s your problem to solve. But anyone who’s ever had to investigate a security

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Best Internet Providers in Cary, North Carolina

What is the best internet provider in Cary? CNET recommends AT&T Fiber as the best internet provider in Cary. It offers reliable service with plans that suit most households and includes unlimited data and equipment at no extra cost. If speed is your priority, Google Fiber is one of the fastest options in Cary, with plans from 1,000Mbps to 8,000Mbps. It’s also known for excellent customer service, earning top marks from J.D. Power in the South region. But if you don’t need gigabit speeds, ther

Trump admin squanders nearly 800,000 vaccines meant for Africa: Report

Nearly 800,000 doses of mpox vaccine pledged to African countries working to stamp out devastating outbreaks are headed for the waste bin because they weren't shipped in time, according to reporting by Politico. The nearly 800,000 doses were part of a donation promised under the Biden administration, which was meant to deliver more than 1 million doses. Overall, the US, the European Union, and Japan pledged to collectively provide 5 million doses to nearly a dozen African countries. The US has

Experts lay into Tesla safety in federal autopilot trial

This week, a federal court in Miami started hearing a wrongful death case involving Tesla's crash-prone Autopilot driver assistance system. It's not the first time that Tesla Autopilot has been implicated in fatal traffic crashes, but it is the first time that a federal court has heard such a case. Until now, the most high-profile court case involving Tesla Autopilot was probably the California trial over the death of Walter Huang, who was killed in 2018 when his Tesla Model X steered itself in

Netflix’s first show with generative AI is a sign of what’s to come in TV, film

Netflix used generative AI in an original, scripted series that debuted this year, it revealed this week. Producers used the technology to create a scene in which a building collapses, hinting at the growing use of generative AI in entertainment. During a call with investors yesterday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos revealed that Netflix's Argentine show The Eternaut, which premiered in April, is "the very first GenAI final footage to appear on screen in a Netflix, Inc. original series or film.” S

After 5 years in development, the Assassin’s Creed TV series is happening

The long-running video game series Assassin's Creed will get a live-action TV series adaptation. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter report that Netflix has greenlit the series after years of development hell; the intention to produce the series was announced in 2020. The series had been through multiple creative teams even before it was greenlit, but Netflix settled on two co-showrunners. Roberto Patino, a writer on FX's Sons of Anarchy and HBO's Westworld, will join David Wiener, who led Param

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign

In January, YouTuber Jon Prosser posted a video to his Front Page Tech channel that claimed to be “your very first look at iOS 19,” the operating system that Apple would announce as iOS 26 a few months later. Though Prosser claimed he “could not show the real video of what I saw” because he wanted to protect his source, the rest of the video showed a mock-up for a redesigned version of the Camera app, which ended up being a preview of the company-wide “Liquid Glass” redesign that Apple would sh

Spotify’s new 30-hour audiobook plans are too short to finish long books

Spotify has launched two new Audiobooks Plus add-on subscriptions that allow Premium users to double their audiobook listening limit to 30 hours. They’re available to individual Premium subscribers and users who manage Family and Duo plans. Other users on Premium accounts can now also request 15 hours of audiobook access from their plan manager. However, the new plans are still too short for those who prefer to listen to longer books. The 30-hour limit won’t get you through titles like George R

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Ring has once again started letting police request footage from users. Axon, a law enforcement technology company and maker of TASER, announced in April that it’s partnering with Ring to allow customers to share “relevant video with law enforcement to help solve crimes faster and safeguard neighborhoods,” as spotted earlier by Business Insider. The

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

Forgot that tune? Circle to Search now remembers your previous song searches

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out Song Search history to Circle to Search. Tapping on the new icon will open a page with your past searches, complete with song titles, thumbnails, and artist information. The feature is available on Android in the beta and stable channels. Finding out the name of a song or the artist behind it is as easy as bringing up Circle to Search and activating Song Search. But what if you want to listen to a song you previously searched for

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is the premium smartwatch I prefer - here's why

ZDNET's key takeaways The Apple Watch Ultra 2 features a rugged design that's ideal for adventurists, available now for $779. It has a gorgeous 49mm watch face that gets plenty bright for outdoor use. The bulky design won't be everyone's cup of tea. View now at Amazon The multitude of upgrades, from its tough exterior to a wide array of features, allow the Apple Watch Ultra 2 to deliver the definitive smartwatch experience. Also: Prime Day is over, but some of our favorite deals are still li

Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Surging Among Young Americans, and No One Is Quite Sure Why

Young people appear to be increasingly vulnerable to gastrointestinal cancers, but researchers aren’t entirely sure what is driving the surge in disease. In a new study out this week, scientists led by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that rates of early-onset GI cancers—those occurring in people younger than 50—are rising more rapidly than other types of cancer. In particular, colorectal cancer cases have significantly increased, while rates of other forms of the disease, like stomach ca

Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code — without telling users

Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan. Users are only told “Claude usage limit reached,” and given a time (typically within a matter of hours) when the limit will reset. But with no explicit announcement of a change in limits, many users have concluded that the