- 5 minutes 44 secondsPokémon Champions hits iOS and Android on June 17
The Pokémon battle game debuted on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 back in April.
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4 June 2026, 8:30 pm - 7 minutes 24 secondsEven Meta's Oversight Board thinks its rules for banning accounts are baffling, Apple began requiring age verification for App Store use in Texas, and NASA's Mars MAVEN probe is dead
-The board announced earlier this year that it would look into improving transparency around the process, which is often frustratingly opaque.
-Apple announced that apps distributed in Texas will need to conform to the requirements set out under state law SB 2420.
-NASA determined that Mars MAVEN is no longer able to perform science missions and to relay data back to Earth.
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4 June 2026, 11:00 am - 5 minutes 49 secondsGoogle's parent company is raising $80 billion to fuel its AI ambitions
Not even Alphabet has enough cash to meet its AI goals.
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3 June 2026, 8:30 pm - 9 minutes 33 secondsResearchers showed how AI-powered worms could wreak havoc on the internet, Meta took down over a million scam accounts, and Google pledges to replenish more water than it uses at data centers by 2030
-A team from the University of Toronto used publicly accessible AI models to power a prototype worm capable of exploiting any known computer flaw.
-Meta worked with the DOJ, along with Microsoft, Coinbase, Starlink and international law enforcement agencies to bust online scams and identify the criminal syndicates behind them.
-Google is expanding its water stewardship commitments, including investments in replenishment projects, to provide more water than it consumes at its data centers by 2030.
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3 June 2026, 11:30 am - 5 minutes 46 secondsNVIDIA's Isaac Gr00t platform gives researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics
It uses a nearly 6-foot tall humanoid chassis and tactile five finger hands.
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2 June 2026, 8:30 pm - 8 minutes 7 secondsNissan abandoned its plans for a US EV plant, Instagram testing new limits on what types of posts teens can 'repeatedly' see, and Blue Origin’s CEO says New Glenn will fly again before the year ends
-Tepid US EV sales and the Trump administration's elimination of the $7,500 federal tax credit caused the company to rethink that plan
-Meta says that it will now attempt to restrict "repeated" exposure to posts about anxiety, weightlifting, nutrition and other content that could be inappropriate for younger users to see en masse.
-Blue Origin's CEO Dave Limp believes his company can repair it much, much sooner, saying, “we will fly again before the end of this year.”
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2 June 2026, 1:05 pm - 6 minutes 6 secondsEverything to know before putting your car key on an Android phone
Google's approach to digital car keys is designed to be secure and shareable.
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1 June 2026, 8:30 pm - 7 minutes 13 secondsNVIDIA's Isaac Gr00t platform gives researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics, NASA is getting the X-59 ready for its first supersonic flight, and Apple's smart glasses will not debut until the end of 2027
-The company announced the new Isaac Gr00t reference design humanoid robot platform that combines a Unitree H2 Plus humanoid robot, Sharpa five-fingered hands and NVIDIA Jetson Thor onboard compute.
-The X-59 is scheduled to take its first supersonic flight, hitting over 630 mph at an altitude of about 43,000 feet, then, in a followup "mission conditions" test, it will reach 925 mph (Mach 1.4) at about 55,000 feet. After that, it'll go for its max speed: Mach 1.6, or 1,218 mph, at an altitude of 60,000 feet
-Apple is trying to stand out from the competition with four different styles and unique colors for its smart glasses.
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1 June 2026, 11:30 am - 5 minutes 9 secondsStan Lee's voice and likeness have been resurrected, thanks to AI
ElevenLabs can now offer the late Marvel icon as part of its AI-generated voice portfolio.
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29 May 2026, 8:30 pm - 6 minutes 36 secondsBlue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad, Uber will offer shuttle rides from select FIFA World Cup stadiums , and the CFTC wants to reverse course on penalty against Winklevoss twins'
-Owner Jeff Bezos said it was a "very rough day,” but the company will rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. As The New York Times reports, the explosion occurred on Blue Origin's only launchpad for New Glenn, and it could take several months for the company to repair it.
-Uber shuttles to and from the stadium will only be available in Miami. In the other three locations, the company will only be offering shuttles to leave the venues. In Miami, Dallas and Boston, fans will have to pay $45 for a ride, while it's $49 for the New York-New Jersey venue.
-The crypto business, run by twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, agreed to a $5 million fine in early January 2025 after the CFTC sued it for making false or misleading statements regarding its bitcoin operation.
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29 May 2026, 12:25 pm - 5 minutes 28 secondsErin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map
Most of the reports so far came from Texas.
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