Assorted Geekery https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home New Trump executive order requests AI companies ‘voluntarily’ allow the White House to test the “advanced cyber capabilities of AI models” ‘This mode is a dream bro’ — Call of Duty is bringing back Black Ops 2 in a way nobody expected Smeg’s new wine coolers are perfect for storing your Sauvignon, chilling your Chablis and cooling your Chenin Blanc — and they look seriously cool, too 7 new Android features coming to your phone in June — including fake call detection and Google Photos wardrobe An ode to Ask Jeeves – the iconic search engine which was ahead of its time What is the release date for Rick and Morty season 9 episode 3 on Adult Swim, HBO Max, and Hulu? New Marvel’s Wolverine trailer is packed with brutal action and offers our first look at Jean Grey ‘Sounds more like a supercar’: Meze unveils Arta, elite audiophile headphones with sonic blades, replaceable parts — and the price-tag of a small car Science Corp. raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe, but for a fee Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes Match Group COO out, as dating apps struggle to connect with Gen Z Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive Oura acquires Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in gesture recognition technology Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool Just three companies dominated the $189B in VC investments last month Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging.’ But there’s a catch. Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore? Google says half of all zero-days it tracked in 2025 targeted buggy enterprise tech One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: Crowdsource the chatbots Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599 Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to all US users MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this week X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets. It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20% ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal Everything