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My body refuses to fall asleep on planes, though not for lack of trying. I've stayed up late before flights, booked red-eyes, popped melatonin, ordered a couple glasses of red wine from the beverage cart — and yet there I sit, wide awake in my economy seat.I keep busy with in-flight entertainment. I'm not built to be raw-dogging flights, and that tiny seatback screen keeps me sane at 30,000 feet. If I can't binge last year's Oscar nominees or lock into a weird HBO documentary for a few hou

Have a question for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok about the latest baseball news? Or maybe an inquiry about your local weather?If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles.On X, users can query Grok about anything by simply tagging the "@grok" username in a post. And on Wednesday, X users noticed that no matter what they asked Grok, it diverted to the South Africa

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning carries the weight of a meaningful farewell but lacks the courage to commit. The eighth film in the series begins with a sincere American president (Angela Bassett) entreating IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) to take one last mission to save the world. This time, he must defeat a scheming AI called the Entity, which is hell-bent on wiping humans off the face of the earth through computer hacking and nuclear war. As fans have come to expect of this

Oura Ring vs Apple Watch: Design and comfortYou won't be surprised to hear that an Apple Watch fits like any old watch.Credit: Samantha ManginoThe Oura Ring is easily the most low-profile fitness tracker.Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableThe Apple Watch takes the route of a standard smartwatch. In its over 10 iterations, it's kept its signature OLED display and assortment of wristband options, but it's gotten smaller and thinner over the years.Meanwhile, the Oura Ring is the newest type of fitn

Despite its global prominence, and years of investment from the tech industry's loudest voices and biggest pocketbooks, AI still has a diversity problem. Filling an increasingly worrisome gap created by the tech's creators and evangelists, diversity-based organizations have been trying to tackle that issue on their own. Black Girls Code for example — which offers tech skill building for Black girls and other historically underrecognized groups — has been leaning more heavily into AI

Video games are an expensive hobby, and we're already seeing higher prices from Nintendo and Xbox. Now, we have bad news for PlayStation gamers.In its latest earnings call, Sony CFO Lin Tao confirmed that the company is exploring raising prices as a result of the Trump administration's new tariffs. And while Tao didn't name the PS5 directly, the gaming division is Sony's most profitable, and the company just raised prices on PS5 hardware in several regions outside the U.S. a month ago. Sony alre

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TL;DR: Through June 1, Koofr’s lifetime cloud storage deal is at an all-time low price with code KOOFR at checkout: A$187 (reg. A$250).You know that quiet dread when the monthly cloud storage fee hits your card — again? It’s not huge, but it adds up. And for what? A few PDFs, some photos you forgot to organize, and maybe that video project you swear you’ll finish someday. If you're tired of renting space in the digital void, here’s your chance to escape. Rather

Did Elon Musk try, and fail, to take over the Library of Congress so he could feed the nation's intellectual property into training fuel for his AI company?That's what some U.S. Congress members — and even some fierce supporters of President Donald Trump — are saying.This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
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A few weeks ago, I said the Google Pixel 9a is one of the budget phones to buy this year. Now, a popular tech YouTuber is recommending the opposite, and I see his point.JerryRigEverything, a tech YouTube account with more than 9 million followers, posted a new video this week where the host stress tests the new mid-range Pixel phone and performs a teardown to look at its internal components. The host finds some minor things to dislike about the external materials as well as the water and dust re

TikTok is making it a lot easier for its creators to use AI. TikTok AI Alive, a feature the app launched on Tuesday, helps users turn static photos into "captivating, short-form videos enhanced with movement, atmospheric and creative effects" when they use the TikTok Story Camera."We all know a photo can say a thousand words, and TikTok aims to take this new form of visual storytelling even further," TikTok said in a blog post. "With AI Alive, creators can now easily animate their photos and tel

NASA's Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the night sky for the first time from the Martian ground. Scientists have known for two decades that Mars' skies have auroras, too, but these curtains of undulating light had only been detected in ultraviolet — light that is invisible to the naked eye — until now. All previous Martian auroras were observed from orbiters in space. The result is a grainy portrait, shown farther down in this story, reminiscent of the snow one

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SAVE $300: The Hisense C2 TriChroma Laser portable projector is on sale for $1,699.99 at Amazon as of May 14, which is a 15% discount and drops it down to its best price ever.Opens in a new windowCredit: HisenseHisense C2 TriChroma Laser portable projector$1,699.99 at Amazon $1,999.99 Save $300Get DealProjectors have come a long way in recent years — to the point where some rival big screen 4K TVs. The Hisense C2 TriChroma Laser series, released last fall, is one of those rivals. Of c

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... a full-length trailer for James Gunn's Superman!Gunn is no stranger to DC Comics. The director found success with DCEU projects like The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. However, his reboot of the Superman franchise is the first feature film from DC Studios, co-led by Gunn and Peter Safran, meaning it's our best look yet at what to expect from future DC Comics adaptations.SEE ALSO:Summer Movie Preview: Every film you oughta know
David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent

As Europe pushes for tech sovereignty, one open-source advocate has a warning: don’t forget global cooperation. Amanda Brock, CEO of industry group OpenUK, told TNW that the EU must “get real” about the trade-offs of going it alone. Brock said tech policymakers must move beyond “tit-for-tat schoolyard politics” and instead “protect global collaboration whilst ensuring the needs of their citizens are met.”   Her comments follow a speech by Eva

Dominique Thorne is back as the MCU's Riri Williams — and she's ready to build something truly iconic.The Ryan Coogler-produced Ironheart series, set after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, can't come soon enough — and we've had our first look today at the teaser trailer.The new Marvel TV series sees Thorne returning as the inventor and MIT student with a penchant for building next-level iron suits high tech enough to kick Iron Man's ass. Back in her hometown of Chicago,

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Paying over a grand for a robot vacuum is a little ridiculous, if you can get one with all the bells and whistles for less. The Narwal Freo Z10 Robot Vacuum and Mop (one of Narwal’s newest releases) is

SAVE 37%: The Philips H8506 headphones are on sale at Amazon for just $81.92, down from the normal price of $129.99. That's a savings of $48.07.Opens in a new windowCredit: PhilipsPhilips H8506 headphones$81.92 at Amazon $129.99 Save $48.07Get DealSummer travel season is creeping closer. You have flights and accommodations booked, but have you considered how you'll entertain yourself during those in-flight hours? If you prefer to chill out with music, podcasts, or by catching up on movies, you'l

SAVE $50: As of May 14, get the Google Pixel Watch 3 for $349.99, down from its usual price of $299.99. That's a discount of 14% and $20 away from its lowest price ever. Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonGoogle Pixel Watch 3$299.99 at Amazon $349.99 Save $50Get DealIt's warm outside across the country, and if summer feels like it's near where you are, you might think about getting out and spending some time in the sun. That means considering a way to track what you get up to, like maybe a run,

This week, Google announced a host of new tools included in Android 16 aimed at protecting users from scams. The tech giant detailed the new features at its Android I/O presentation on Tuesday, which Mashable covered in detail. Android 16's protections seem to focus on the common scams we're seeing more and more — things like fake EZ-Pass bills and scammers posing as real banks. Here's what's new in Android 16's security tools. Protection against phone call scamsGoogle detailed all its upd

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It might be time to say your goodbyes to the iconic “I’m Feeling Lucky” button below the Google Search bar.In its place will be AI Mode, a feature that’s been quietly rolling out to users this week, according to The Verge. It’s part of Google’s ongoing push to merge its core search engine with Gemini, its flagship AI model. First announced in March, AI Mode started as an experimental opt-in via Google Labs. Earlier this May, it became available to all Labs use

Google DeepMind’s AI systems have taken big scientific strides in recent years — from predicting the 3D structures of almost every known protein in the universe to forecasting weather more accurately than ever before.  The UK-based lab today unveiled its latest advancement: AlphaEvolve, an AI coding agent that makes large language models (LLMs) like Gemini better at solving complex computing and mathematical problems.  AlphaEvolve is powered by the same models that it&rsqu

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Memorial Day signifies the unofficial start of summer. Just a few weeks left in the school year, warmer temperatures, and weekend barbecues on the calendar mean we've made it out of winter's hibernation. But that doesn't mean sleep should get put on the backburner.Sleep is one of life's

Warner Bros. Discovery is changing the name of its streaming service Max back to HBO Max, and TV lovers everywhere cheered.SEE ALSO:Summer TV preview: All the TV shows you need to know, and where to stream them
The decision, announced during WBD's 2025 upfront presentation on Wednesday, comes two years after the company dropped the (iconic, recognizable, respected) HBO branding from its streaming platform, leaving us with only...Max. You know, the place where you can watch HBO shows, but why adv

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If you’re looking for some hands-on fun that doesn’t require batteries or WiFi, we found a great deal on a starter Lego set that’s sure to entertain (both you and your kid). Right now, you can get the Lego Classic Medium Creative Brick Box (1

Live Nation is throwing broke concertgoers a bone this summer. Today, the entertainment giant announced that it will offer $30 concert tickets to over 1,000 upcoming shows across the U.S. and Canada as part of its new $30 Ticket to Summer program. (After forking over an arm and a leg for those Cowboy Carter Tour seats, you've earned it.)Tickets will be available while supplies last at LiveNation.com/TickettoSummer starting Wednesday, May 21, and their $30 pricing includes all service fees before

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SAVE 14%: As of May 14, you can get the Soundcore Rave 3S AI karaoke party speaker (with two wireless microphones) for $299.99, down from $349.99, at Amazon. That's a 14% discount or a $50 savings.Soundcore Rave 3S AI Karaoke Party Speaker with 2 Wireless Microphones $299.99 at Amazon $349.99 Save $50Get Deal
If you’ve been looking for a way to take your backyard BBQs to the next level, might we recommend karaoke? Sure, it’s not everyone’s favorite activity, but a hea