In the US, nearly half of adults are single. A quarter of men suffer from loneliness. Rates of depression are on the rise. And one in four Gen Z adults—the so-called kinkiest generation, according to one study—have never had partnered sex. In an age of endless connection, where hooking... Read more

Apple on Tuesday announced a major update to its flagship developer tool that gives artificial intelligence agents unprecedented control over the app-building process, a move that signals the iPhone maker's aggressive push into an emerging and controversial practice known as "agentic coding." Xcode 26.3, available immediately as a release... Read more

A recent study by the American Gaming Association (AGA) projects that an estimated $1.76 billion will be wagered on Super Bowl LX. The regulator has based its prediction on the explosive rise of prediction markets and the continued growth and strength of the legal, state- and tribal-regulated markets. AGA... Read more

Two of Elon Musk’s companies are merging to build data centers in space, according to a post on the SpaceX website. The rocket and satellite company has acquired xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, which also owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). In the post, Musk said the... Read more

Tired of fighting with your television’s built-in streaming service every time you want to watch a movie? You can save on a variety of our favorite Roku streaming devices ahead of the final game of the football season. Our pick for most people is the Streaming Stick 4K, which... Read more

Five years ago, Databricks coined the term 'data lakehouse' to describe a new type of data architecture that combines a data lake with a data warehouse. That term and data architecture are now commonplace across the data industry for analytics workloads. Now, Databricks is once again looking to create... Read more

Currently, Anthropic and OpenAI hold a kill switch that can stop the spread of potentially harmful AI agents. OpenClaw primarily runs on their APIs, which means the AI models performing the agentic actions reside on their servers. Its GitHub repository recommends “Anthropic Pro/Max (100/200) + Opus 4.5 for long-context... Read more

Sports betting giant BetMGM updates terms of service to specifically prohibit athlete harassment with threat of account suspension. The new terms state that BetMGM will suspend a customer’s account if they are found to use harassing or abusive language towards athletes, coaches, or related personnel. While harassment was previously... Read more

I’ve owned a lot of Nintendo systems over the years as a tech reviewer, gamer and VR-obsessed individual, but I’ve never owned a Virtual Boy. It’s always made me feel wistful. So finally here I am, playing the newest version. My face is stuck into a large red plastic visor,... Read more