17 Apr The Online Fiction Boom Reimagining China’s History Chinese fantasy novels reimagine the past with modern tech and ideology. A new book argues they also help reinforce authoritarian politics.
17 Apr Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors.
17 Apr Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang.
16 Apr AI Could Democratize One of Tech’s Most Valuable Resources AI is making it easier to design chips and optimize software for different silicon. Some startups envision a revolution in chipmaking.
16 Apr NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.
16 Apr ‘Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender’ Leaked Online. Some Fans Say Paramount Deserves the Fallout After the full movie leaked, animators mourned the chance to release their work as intended. Others feel the leak is justified in light of Paramount’s marketing blunders and association with Trump.
15 Apr In the Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos, OpenAI Has a New Cybersecurity Model—and Strategy OpenAI says its safeguards “sufficiently reduce cyber risk” for now, while GPT-5.4-Cyber is a new cybersecurity-focused model.
15 Apr The 10 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (April 2026) The Boys, The Testaments, and Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 are just a few of the TV shows we’re bingeing this month.
15 Apr The Surprising MacBook Neo Competitor You’ve Never Heard Of In many ways, the HP OmniBook 5 is a better budget laptop than the MacBook Neo, especially when the discounts are strong.
14 Apr You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress Unitree is bringing its R1 to international markets. It arrives with some aerobatic capabilities and an entry-level price, but the question of what you’d actually do with it remains open.
