Technical debt is visible, scheduled, and repaid in increments — not whispered about during retros or discovered mid-crisis. Predictability is surprisingly soothing.
A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they warn would raise movie prices and crush cable TV distributors. The states - California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington - filed suit on Monday, arguing […]
By Lauren FeinerAntitrustEntertainmentNewsPolicyPolitics
As the US war on Iran sent gas prices soaring, American car buyers flocked to electric vehicles - and in particular hybrids. After a sluggish winter and fall, EV sales rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, with automakers posting some of their best numbers since the elimination of the federal EV tax credit last […]
By Andrew J. HawkinsCarsElectric CarsNewsTeslaToyotaTransportation
The 26-gen operating system updates continue to get tested, with the fifth developer betas of iOS 26.6 and others possibly the last of the cycle.
Apple's hardware that works with the 26-generation operating systems - Image Credit: Apple
Apple is trying out the 27-generation before the fall launches, but it's still working on updates for its current-gen operating system roster.
The fifth developer betas landed after the fourth, which arrived on July 6. The third landed on June 29, the second were distributed on June 15, and the first round came out on May 26.
A solar and home energy storage company is expanding into AI data centers, but not by building one - instead, it's offering to pay its customers to put its compute units in their homes. Sunrun is launching a pilot program for a new "distributed AI compute" program that will "place numerous compute nodes in homes […]
Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft's carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons "without select interventions." Microsoft says this was "driven primarily by the expansion of our […]
By Stevie BonifieldAIEnvironmentMicrosoftNewsScienceTech
OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension.