"Everyone is in a place where its no fun to be there."

Flat-top grills and griddles can do things most standard grated grills can't. I asked an expert if going flat lives up to the hype.

Perplexity is shifting how some sensitive AI data is stored, balancing processing between local silicon and cloud servers.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The platform, dubbed "Project Solara," is Microsoft's ...

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for June 3.

From God of War: Laufey to Wolverine, Sony's biggest reveals pointed to a shift in priorities.

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One hardware announcement and several software highlights from Microsoft Build.

"Its a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.

Faye is having her own adventure without Kratos.

A new Leiden Declaration, endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and published on June 2, 2026, warns that AI could undermine mathematics by flooding the field with plausible but flawed proofs, weakening attribution, shifting incentives, and giving tech companies too much influence over research priorities. "Mathematicians should find it quite ...

Meta has since fixed the exploit, but it's yet another example of AI doing it worse than humans.

Wolverine is going to be a lot of bloody fun.

International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.

Neanderthals had some wild stuff in their toolkits.

Lawsuit: Ring cameras scan guests and passersby and use AI to identify faces.

Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.

The European Parliament is replacing Google with French search engine Qwant as the default on in-house computers, citing digital sovereignty and privacy concerns. Politico reports: As of Thursday June 4, "Qwant will replace Google as default search engine on European Parliament computers," officials told lawmakers in an email seen by POLITICO. The change is ...

The hit summer reality show returns to screens today.

Harry Potter fans can earn a badge for listening to the whole wizarding world book series on Audible.

Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence services compromised smartphones belonging to senior Russian officials, allegedly turning them into surveillance devices capable of stealing data, recording conversations, and activating microphones or cameras. "This software is used to steal existing data, eavesdrop on ongoing conversations, and conduct covert ...

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