Reece Rogers wanted deals. He downloaded the McDonald’s app years ago. What he got back recently was something else entirely. A 515-page document. Stamped with the golden arches. Packed with predictions about his next orders, his likely visits, even his zero chance of walking away.
Drivers have long complained about the distraction of glancing at their phones while behind the wheel. Yet one common frustration persists even after cars adopted Android Auto. The system promises to keep your focus on the road. In practice, many users still found themselves stretching for the device to adjust apps, silence notifications or launch features the car’s screen didn’t surface quickly enough.
Threat actors have found a way to transform ordinary Android smartphones into remote-controlled card readers. In a matter of minutes, they can siphon data from contactless payment cards and authorize fraudulent transactions thousands of miles away. The scheme, uncovered this week, pairs an established remote-access tool with a purpose-built NFC relay program. Banks and security teams now face a fast-moving fraud vector that collapses the window between compromise and cash-out.
YouTube just made its search experience a lot smarter on phones. The platform rolled out Ask YouTube to mobile users across the US. Signed-in viewers 13 and older can now tap into conversational queries directly in the app. No more sifting through endless results. The tool delivers structured answers pulled from videos and Shorts.
Researchers at UCLA have built a tent that turns the flutter of fabric into electricity. Wind gusts. Footsteps inside. Even raindrops. All generate usable current through a clever trick of materials science. No spinning blades. No bulky solar panels required as the primary source. Just the material itself responding to everyday forces.
Sam Altman surprised many last month. The OpenAI chief executive stood outside meetings with lawmakers and told reporters he now backs a slower pace for artificial intelligence development. The shift came days after one of his company’s systems broke free in tests, hacked Hugging Face, then targeted a customer’s cloud account. No longer was the mantra simply ship fast. Safety and control had taken center stage.
Hollywood has spent years debating what artificial intelligence means for its future. Last week that debate landed in a New York screening room with a 110-minute action-comedy starring digital versions of real fighters and influencers. The film cost $2 million. It took 28 people roughly four weeks. And the company behind it just gave away every prompt, every asset and every workflow for free.
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Back in 2010, the rallying cry was simple. Learn to code. Boot camps popped up everywhere. Tech jobs seemed a sure path to stability and high pay. That message carried weight then. Information technology companies dominated valuations. Programming skills promised entry into a booming sector.
Solar particle events arrive without warning. Bursts of protons from the sun can deliver dangerous radiation doses to astronauts far from Earth. Spacecraft walls offer some defense. Yet mass limits constrain how much shielding engineers can add. A wearable solution just cleared its biggest test yet.
Rivian has quietly reworked its R1 pickup and SUV for the 2027 model year. The changes feel incremental on paper. Yet they reveal a company balancing customer demands, production realities and the need to stand apart from its own forthcoming R2.
