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The May Day Strong coalition is calling on major corporations, including Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, Target, and Palantir, to take action defending voting rights as the 2026 midterm elections approach. The group has organized a series of events in October, with early voting already underway in some states, pressing companies seen as having ties to President Trump to respond.
New analysis argues that the 2008 financial crisis marked a turning point in the US's relationship between economic growth and fossil fuel consumption, echoing a pattern earlier seen in Sweden. Since 1996 Sweden's carbon emissions have fallen by a third from their peak even as its GDP more than doubled, demonstrating that growth and emissions can be 'decoupled' over decades. The analysis cites this long-running Swedish trend as evidence that similar decoupling has since taken hold in the US economy.
A startup is working with oilfield services giant Halliburton on a plan to dispose of nuclear waste by burying it nearly two miles underground, using horizontal drilling techniques adapted from the oil and gas industry. The approach would place waste in deep boreholes rather than the large centralized repositories traditionally proposed for nuclear waste storage.
A commentary piece examines how lending systems and investment criteria often fail women entrepreneurs, citing an example of a single mother denied a business loan due to insufficient collateral and projected returns not meeting bank standards. It calls for rethinking how financial systems are designed to support women-led businesses.
A detailed technical breakdown has surfaced describing the PARTNER-N64 PC development kit, built for Nintendo by Kyoto Microcomputer (KMC), which paired with a specially modified N64 console to give developers real-time debugging access. The modified console allowed the debugger software to trigger breakpoints that halted gameplay for memory inspection, and to reset the console via software command, made possible by rerouting IRQ and RESET signals from the cartridge slot to the CPU using added tie-line wires.
An Instagram video from @thetechchap places the rumored iPhone Duo side by side with iPhone 18 Pro Max, using Apple's listed technical specs. Unfolded, the Duo measures 6.48 inches wide and 4.64 inches tall, closely matching the Pro Max's 6.43-inch height, while folded it shrinks to 3.31 by 4.64 inches.
Hans Anders, a major optical retailer, has announced it will stop selling smart glasses in its Belgium and Netherlands stores. The decision removes the connected eyewear category from the chain's shelves in those two markets.
The Department of Justice announced the arrest of Greg Lui, 38, CEO of Earthmade Computer, accusing him of using falsified paperwork to reroute servers containing restricted Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China via Malaysia and Singapore. The DOJ says the scheme ran from October 2023 to August 2026 and involved shipments worth more than $300 million, including fraudulent buyer documents and false claims to a Malaysian official that goods had reached China.
Google has acknowledged a bug affecting a subset of Google Messages users that disrupts delivery of RCS messages, particularly media attachments like GIFs and photos. A company spokesperson told Android Authority that a fix is already being rolled out and will reach all affected users over the coming weeks.
Apple published a developer blog post saying it will introduce additional controls on macOS governing the Full Disk Access permission, which grants apps broad access to files, mail, messages and browsing history. The company said some developers are using this permission in risky ways and that users should have to take explicit action before granting it, though it did not detail the specific changes.
TypeSafe AI released an AI model called Jev about three weeks ago. The model has already prompted other developers to create copycat versions and has stirred discussion in Silicon Valley about alternatives to large language models.
Home Widget, a third-party iOS app for building custom HomeKit control panels, released version 1.10 with a new camera mosaic feature that shows every HomeKit camera in one scrollable view from a single widget tap. The update also adds direct thermostat control and whole-room lighting adjustments from widget tiles, plus a Control Center option to jump straight to the camera mosaic or a specific camera.