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Michael Jackson nearly starred in a Sony superhero film called "MidKnight," where he'd play a mild-mannered New Orleans man who transforms into a crime-fighting hero using song and dance. The project collapsed due to its director's death, writing delays, and Jackson's 1993 criminal allegations, and was never revived.
Seeed Studio's ESP-FLY is a $59.99 DIY drone kit aimed at hobbyists and students, letting them build a fully functional quadcopter from scratch. Unlike pre-built drones, it teaches hardware and software skills while assembling a...
Star Wars fans already have plenty of standard merchandise options like T-shirts and figurines, but there's a whole world of unusual gadgets worth exploring. From glowing lightsaber chopsticks and Death Star herb grinders to...
Five major publishing houses and author Scott Turow have sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, claiming the company illegally used millions of copyrighted books and articles to train its AI system, Llama, without permission or...
Google has confirmed "The Android Show: I/O Edition" on May 12, where it promises "one of the biggest years for Android yet." Expected announcements include Motion Assist, which helps reduce motion sickness using a moving dot on...
Colin Angle, Roomba's inventor, has created the Familiar — a sheep-like robot that detects human emotions via voice tone and body language, designed to form emotional bonds and support elderly people living independently.
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Blue Origin's uncrewed moon lander, Endurance, passed critical vacuum and temperature tests at NASA's Johnson Space Center, clearing the way for a launch later this year. The lander will compete with SpaceX's Starship to deliver...
The commercial internet is dying, but the underlying protocols—email, RSS, IRC—quietly persist. They're decentralized, unowned, and too unglamorous to exploit or kill.
Brembo's new "Sensify" system eliminates hydraulic brakes entirely, replacing them with electronic brake-by-wire technology. As EVs increasingly rely on motor-based braking, this system takes the next logical step. Production has...
Digital brain twins are personalized computational models built from real brain scans that simulate individual brain function. Already used in epilepsy treatment, they could predict disease and guide personalized care, but raise...
Xbox's new chief Asha Sharma is reshaping the platform team by bringing in several former colleagues from Microsoft's CoreAI division, adding technical and design expertise. Several veterans are departing, including longtime UX...
Google Home is getting a major update, bringing the Gemini 3.1 voice assistant to smart speakers for the first time. The upgraded AI can handle complex, multi-step voice commands in a single prompt, making interactions smoother...
New Mexico is demanding $3.7 billion from Meta to fund mental health programs, enforce age verification, and detect 99% of child sexual abuse material, or face a complete ban from the state.
Robotics pioneer Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot and creator of the Roomba, has unveiled a new companion robot called the "Familiar" — a four-legged machine built for emotional connection rather than industrial tasks. It uses...
China leads global humanoid robot production with 150+ competing companies, yet only 23% of potential buyers are satisfied with available products. Battery life, high costs, and limited real-world capability keep most robots...
Run Stable Diffusion locally with Docker Model Runner using a few simple commands. No cloud, no subscriptions, no content filters — just pull a model, launch Open WebUI, and generate images privately.
A 1966 Ford Mustang is cruising California roads, steering itself with Tesla's Full Self-Driving software. That's not a glitch in the timeline. It's the work of Yaro Shcherbanyuk, owner of a Sacramento-area Tesla parts shop, who...
The Death Star from Star Wars Episode IV housed roughly 1.7 million people, including military personnel, engineers, pilots, and support staff — making it essentially a floating city 160 kilometers wide. Its destruction by the...
PrestaShop is a free, open-source e-commerce platform ideal for small businesses. Hostinger's Auto Installer simplifies setup in a few clicks, offering built-in tools for product listings, payments, SEO, and multilingual support.
Sam Potozkin, a researcher at Chapman University, built a fully functional, life-size C-3PO robot head using 3D printing, hand-finishing, and AI technology. Powered by a Raspberry Pi 5, the head listens to voice commands and...
Finance OS is a self-hosted personal finance tracker that keeps all your data on your own machine — no bank login credentials needed, no subscriptions, no third-party syncing. It supports CSV imports from major banks, tracks net...
Space weather poses a serious financial threat to the rapidly growing satellite industry, with a single geomagnetic storm potentially causing $40 billion in damage. Mission Space, a 15-person startup, is building a private...
A Bay Area businessman was left stranded at San Jose airport when his Waymo robotaxi drove away with his suitcase still locked in the trunk after the digital unlock button failed. Waymo located the bag but refused to ship it...
Internet shutdowns are a growing tool for government control, with 200+ incidents in 2025 alone affecting 800 million people and costing $19.7 billion, severely threatening digital rights worldwide.