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I used greyscale on my Android phone to reduce my screen time – here’s what happened, and how you can too
As smartphones have become more popular, they’ve brought with them a growing problem: controlling screen time is difficult no matter who you are and how you use your phone. With social media tuned to keep your attention, the dangers of doomscrolling…
The Download: sycophantic LLMs, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how much AI models suck up to us Back in April, OpenAI…
Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic is laying off over a dozen staff
Playtonic, the creators of Yooka-Laylee, is laying off some of its staff, the developer and publisher announced on social media. The post doesn’t mention how many members of Playtonic will be effected, but does credit the layoffs to the company’s struggle…
Trump’s 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third
The White House wants to slash NASA’s budget and workforce and cancel a number of high-profile missions next year, newly released documents reveal. On May 2, the Trump administration released its 2026 “skinny budget” request, a broad summary of its funding…
iPhone 17 rumor: A18 versus A19 chip
Renders of possible iPhone 17 designs based on previous leaks A leaker has broken from the pack, and is now saying that the core iPhone 17 will stick with the already released A18 chip, while the rest of the line gets…
How to watch Love Island USA season 7 online from anywhere
After the greatest season of Love Island USA to date, the new islanders have a lot to measure up to under Ariana Madix’s gaze. What self-described “short king” Ace lacks in inches, he more than makes up for with confidence, disco…
Fueling seamless AI at scale
Silicon’s mid-life crisis AI has evolved from classical ML to deep learning to generative AI. The most recent chapter, which took AI mainstream, hinges on two phases—training and inference—that are data and energy-intensive in terms of computation, data movement, and cooling….
Apple might skip iOS 19, straight to iOS 26
According to Bloomberg, the next versions of Apple’s operating systems may be labeled by year, starting now. It makes sense. At this point, we’ve got VisionOS 2, watchOS 11, macOS 15, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Instead, they might all be…
‘One of the most geometrically perfect’: What is this mysterious sphere deep in the Milky Way galaxy?
There’s no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes. But astronomers recently spotted a mysteriously circular orb deep in the Milky Way galaxy — and it’s certainly none of these things….