Stocks rose Monday and oil prices dropped even after Iran launched a missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar, in what experts are saying is a restrained response to prior U.S. strikes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.89% higher Monday, while the S&P 500 rose 0.96% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.94%. The U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran over the weekend, carrying...
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Media Matters for America has the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that the agency is unfairly targeting it in retaliation for past criticisms of the social media platform X in violation of the organization's First Amendment rights. It's the latest move in the ongoing hostilities between the nonprofit media watchdog and X owner Elon Musk."The Federal Trade Commission seeks to...
Not long ago, I bought a VR headset in anticipation of the then-upcoming Resident Evil 4 port. (I have a problem, I know.) Since then, I’ve played a good amount of VR. Or rather, I was doing that until it got so damn hot out that now I’d rather do anything but put a hot, sweaty VR headset on my...
Years ago, I started questioning why we pour so much time, energy, and chemicals into maintaining the “perfect” lawn. A lawn that doesn’t support biodiversity and often leaves our soil depleted and our schedules packed with weekend mowing. What if instead our yards could feed us, support pollinators, heal the soil, and still be beautiful? If you haven’t already heard...
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fascinating new discovery from the Viking Age has been made in Denmark. Located seven kilometers north of Aarhus, near the town of Lisbjerg, archaeologists have found 30 graves from this era. Several graves contained intriguing artifacts, including pearls, coins, ceramics, an unusual box adorned with pearls and gold thread, a pair of scissors, and...
With Monday’s release of iOS 26 Beta 2, Apple has fixed one of the more glaring issues with Liquid Glass, its divisive new user interface design for the iPhone, iPad, and other Apple devices, announced earlier this month at its WWDC 2025. The refreshed user interface modernizes the operating system’s look and feel with a design system inspired by the...
U.S. inflation remained surprisingly muted through May, with limited impact from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend could contribute to pressures that may send price gains back to the highest levels in two years. Source link...
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 and the Z Flip7 are reportedly just around the corner, so retailers are getting ready for the market release and putting up some preliminary listings. However, in order to prevent leaks, Samsung has started using codenames for its devices. Listings from an Italian retailer Unfortunately for Samsung, that didn't prevent...
OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. Does that suggest something is amiss with the acquisition, or with plans for Ive to lead design work at OpenAI? Not...
