Verizon’s network is experiencing technical issues that are impacting calls and wireless data. Verizon customers on X have reported seeing “SOS” rather than the traditional network bars on their smartphones, and even the network provider’s own status page struggled to load,…
Stream Starfleet Academy and Strange New Worlds with 37% off
2026 is a huge year for Star Trek with Starfleet Academy and season four of Strange New Worlds coming to Paramount Plus, so now is the time to save 37% on 12 months of one of the best streaming services available….
Apple AI research shows how MLLMs understand, generate, search for images
Apple’s researchers continue to focus on multimodal LLMs, with studies exploring their use for image generation, understanding, and multi-turn web searches with cropped images. Apple’s AI studies explore the use of multimodal LLMs with images. With iOS 18, Apple made it…
‘It will refuse to produce anything illegal’: Elon Musk rails against Grok backlash, but UK Prime Minister says ‘we’re not going to back down’
Elon Musk defends Grok AI Insists it never created certain kinds of images The UK is not done investigating the platform Elon Musk said that he’s aware of “literally zero” naked underage images generated by Grok AI, in a Wednesday post…
The Download: next-gen nuclear, and the data center backlash
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Iran is systematically crippling StarlinkThe satellite internet service is meant to be impossible to jam—but the Iranian authorities are doing just that. (Rest of World) + Messages…
UK scraps digital ID requirement for workers
The UK government has backtracked on a plan to require all workers to have a digital ID following a backlash. It will no longer be mandatory to register with the digital ID program to prove one has the right to work…
The US really wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. ‘Achieving this future requires harnessing nuclear power,’ NASA chief says
NASA is serious about setting up a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030. For a few years now, the agency has been working to develop a nuclear reactor that could power one or more bases on the lunar surface,…
Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report
Insider sources have confirmed what everyone already knew — Apple Foundation Models trained by Google Gemini will have LLM features seen in other AI tools. Siri’s LLM backend will have been trained by a Gemini model As artificial intelligence spreads into…
I heard, and felt, Victrola’s new ‘soundbase for turntables’ speaker — and this risky idea just might work
When Victrola announced its space-saving new Soundstage speaker for turntables, I had obvious concerns. It’s effectively a soundbase, for people who remember when those were popular for TVs – a slab of a speaker that sits underneath something else, and uses…
The Download: sodium-ion batteries and China’s bright tech future
1 Apple is teaming up with Google to give Siri an AI revamp That’s a giant win for Google, and a blow for OpenAI. (CNBC) 2 Trump wants Elon Musk to help break Iran’s internet blackoutHe’s appealing to Musk to let Iranians…