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Rapper and activist Vic Mensa told Fast Company that his willingness to be openly vulnerable, both personally and politically, is what drove the viral success of his 'Orange Tree' video series. He also discussed the real-world costs he has faced for speaking out on social and political issues through his platform.
Valve designer Pierre-Loup Griffais told IGN the company is still working out 'how and when' to release a next-generation Steam Deck, even after unveiling its full 2026 hardware lineup including the Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame. He said the current RAM shortage hasn't really changed Valve's thinking on developing the handheld, though no timeline was given.
Cornelis Networks, an Intel spinoff, secured $205 million in funding led by IAG Capital Partners. The company unveiled its Active Compute Fabric, a networking technology designed to reduce GPU idle time by letting chips process and transmit data simultaneously, and it has already begun shipping the product.
Elon Musk's xAI has withdrawn the antitrust allegations it previously filed against Apple, which had accused the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI's products within its ecosystem. The company is continuing to pursue its separate antitrust lawsuit against OpenAI.
Oracle began a fresh round of layoffs, notifying affected employees by email early this morning. The company is trimming its workforce to help cover the enormous costs of building out AI infrastructure.
A tech explainer outlines the standard methods for closing Windows programs, from clicking the X button to using Alt+F4, and explains how some apps like Discord and Spotify minimize to the system tray instead of fully closing. It also covers alternative exit options like File > Quit menus and right-clicking tray icons, reserving true force-quitting for frozen, unresponsive applications.
Ahead of Friday's iPhone 18 Pro delivery day, 9to5Mac editors shared personal accessory picks including Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, the TechWoven case, Apple's FineWoven Wallet with MagSafe, a MagSafe car mount, and Anker's Prime 25W foldable 3-in-1 MagSafe charger currently discounted on Amazon. The recommendations span fast charging, wireless charging setups, cases, and wallets designed specifically for the new iPhone 18 Pro lineup.
Apple has released iOS 27 with an overhauled AI-powered Siri as one of its headline features, but access isn't immediate. Users must meet certain requirements, including a compatible iPhone and English language settings, then join a waitlist through the Siri menu in Settings before the feature activates.
A new benchmark comparing OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna and GPT-6 Astra on code review found Luna verified 69 bugs across 50 pull requests versus Astra's 92, while costing roughly 28 times less per review. Luna also produced more false positives, with 24 of 93 flagged issues failing verification compared to Astra's 4 of 96, and it caught fewer security-related bugs.
A developer launched a Show HN project that lets users upload an exported .xlsx Google Sheets workbook and extracts every comment thread from it in one list, showing the tab, cell reference, reply chains, and resolution status for each. The tool currently works only with spreadsheet files, not Google Docs or Slides. A companion add-on also lets users pull comments directly inside Google Sheets into a new tab without needing to export or upload a file.
Elon Musk has filed to voluntarily dismiss all claims against Apple in his lawsuit alleging the Apple-OpenAI ChatGPT integration created an illegal monopoly, agreeing never to sue Apple over these claims again. He is still pursuing OpenAI, arguing it used its non-exclusive iPhone deal to dominate the chatbot market, a claim OpenAI calls baseless harassment.
Fitness app SmartGym has released version 8, adding a feature called SmartGym Intelligence that lets users build workout routines by typing natural-language requests, such as specifying exercise types or restrictions. Because SmartGym isn't yet eligible for Apple's Private Cloud Compute, developer Matt Abras built a similar anonymized cloud infrastructure that routes requests to frontier AI models without logging or linking them to user identities. The update also deepens Siri integration and adds features tied to iOS 27, iPadOS, and watchOS 27.