One of the best parts of owning a Fire TV Stick is how long it can last. You can sometimes get five or even 10 years of use from it. But after a while, the problem often becomes software support rather than the hardware itself. While Amazon updates its Fire…
Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
When do we take AI doomers seriously? That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety, and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that, they…
I watch free live TV with just my Roku streaming stick
With how expensive streaming services are these days, it’s no surprise that more and more people are turning to free, ad-supported alternatives like Tubi, Pluto TV, and Google Freeplay. These latter services might serve a hearty heaping of ads, but they don’t cost a penny, and they offer thousands of…
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra is raising a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday, pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion. The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become…
Here’s why so many major movies don’t come out on Blu-ray in 2026
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the movie and television scene, you’ll know that physical media is in the process of making a comeback. For a variety of reasons, including nostalgia, subscription fatigue, and a desire for real product ownership, many are turning to optical discs and even to VHS…
As X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control
A new project called Acorn has launched a way for organizations and creators to build their own online communities as an alternative to centralized social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Threads. It uses the same underlying technology that powers the decentralized social media app Bluesky, allowing communities to build…
You can claim 2 free Kindle e-books this May
On a nice day, there’s nothing better than sitting outside, kicking your feet up, and diving into an e-book on your Kindle. But you know what could make that even better? If the book you’re reading didn’t cost you a thing. And if you’re an Amazon Prime member, there’s a…
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The report drives home the privacy problems created by pixel-sized trackers, which allow website owners to collect…
Doordash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes
DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create websites based on their app listings. The onboarding tool works similarly to the one Amazon launched in 2024. Merchants can point the tool to their website, from which…
RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect
The statement, while true to a point, ignores the fact that food costs are set to increase this year by almost 3 percent and that a diet rich in animal protein, which is featured prominently in the administration’s new inverted food pyramid, is getting more expensive. The US Department of…