The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining Last week, two oblong neon submersibles started to descend nearly 6,000 meters into the Pacific Ocean. Throughout the rest of May, they will…

Philips Hue Sports Live syncs lights with the World Cup

From June 11 to July 19, it’s that time of year again: the World Cup is just around the corner. Due to the time difference—the tournament is taking place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, as you know—most matches will be held late at night for us in Europe. The perfect opportunity to pair the…

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Why Digital Twins Could Matter as Much as AI for the Future of Enterprise Communications

AI is dominating enterprise conversations, but Bryan Glick, Editor-in-Chief at Computer Weekly, thinks many businesses still do not know what they actually want it to do. Speaking to UC Today at UCX Manchester, Glick argued that AI belongs in a longer chain of post-internet technologies such as cloud and big data. Each wave builds on […]

monday.com Repositions as AI Work Platform, Putting Agents at the Centre of Project Execution

For over a decade, monday.com has helped teams track work. Today, it wants to do the work itself. The company has announced the most significant change in its eleven-year history: a full platform rebuild centred on native AI agents that plan, coordinate, and execute tasks alongside human teams. It is a bold repositioning for a […]

FTC settles lawsuit over alleged X ad boycott

The Federal Trade Commission and Media Matters agreed to a settlement and the lawsuit was dismissed this week.

Threads adds direct messaging access on desktop

The highly requested update will offer social media managers new options in terms of integrating messages into their workflows.

Trebuchet Reveals New Game, New Name & Big Discounts

Trebuchet announces a new game, new name, and discounts on Prison Boss Prohibition-related games.

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Is Getting A Sequel, With Quest 3 Support

The award-winning VR sandbox FPS Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades is gettin a sequel, and as well as SteamVR, it’s coming to Quest 3 standalone.

Sequel to Acclaimed VR Shooter ‘Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades’ Coming to Quest & PC VR

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (H3VR) is one of those silly, but surprisingly realistic PC VR shooters that kept on giving well after its release on Steam Early Access in 2016. Now, developer Rust Ltd announced a sequel is coming, and it’s a “full fledged” extraction shooter. Revealed during the Creature Feature & Friends 2026 […]

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Everything Announced at Today’s Creature Feature & Friends VR Showcase

We got an eye-full of VR stuff during today’s Creature and VR Games Showcase livestream, which showed off a bevy of new VR games and updates coming to a headset near you. Here’s the full drop, frontloaded with a very obvious headliner: the upcoming sequel to Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. Hot Dogs, Horseshoes […]

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Lab Hardware, Life Support Gear, and Human Research Fill Crew’s Day

The Expedition 74 crew spent the majority of their time maintaining science hardware and life support systems on Wednesday. The orbital residents aboard the International Space Station also pursued cardiovascular research, conducted a vision test, and performed other experiments throughout the day. NASA’s Spot the Station website finally got an upgrade! You can find International […]

Crew Works Health, Spacesuits, and Cargo Mission Preps on Tuesday

Health monitoring, spacesuit checks, and preparations for an upcoming cargo mission kept the Expedition 74 crew busy on Tuesday. The International Space Station residents rounded out the day with a variety of maintenance on science hardware and life support equipment.

The New Samsung Galaxy S26 Is $300 Off

Samsung’s latest flagship phone has a built-in Privacy Display and comes with an S Pen stylus.

I Ran a 10K With a Top-of-the-Line Garmin on One Wrist and a Budget Model on the Other, and Here’s What Happened

Do you want a watch that gets the job done, or one that makes you feel elite?

?? Tutorial: Replace your $2K/month Bookkeeper with AI

PLUS: everything you need + all prompts inside…

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: what it was like in the room Two of the most powerful figures in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—are in the middle of…

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literacy, helping give rise to the Reformation and, eventually, representative government. The telegraph made it possible to administer vast nations like the US, accelerating the growth of the modern bureaucratic state. Broadcast media created shared national audiences,…

Neat CEO: Centralised Codecs Can’t Solve the Large Meeting Room Problem

Javed Khan knows the codec business from the inside. Before joining Neat as CEO in March, he ran Cisco Collaboration as SVP and General Manager, overseeing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio that included its room device line. Neat’s co-founder and CTO, Ivar Johnsrud, was one of the engineers behind the Tandberg C90, later the Cisco C90, still […]

Could Microsoft Copilot Call Delegation Change How Teams Phone Users Handle Incoming Calls?

You are in a meeting. Your phone rings. Copilot answers it, works out what the caller wants, decides whether it is urgent enough to interrupt you, and either puts them through or books them in for later. That is what Microsoft has just switched on. Included in the company’s April 2026 Teams update, published on […]

Meta threatens to withdraw its apps from New Mexico

The move comes in response to proposed state regulatory measures designed to protect minors from accessing harmful content within the company’s apps.

Threads expands trending topic summaries to more regions

Topic summaries are determined by artificial intelligence, with the app’s team providing oversight to avoid violating community guidelines.

The XR Week Peek (2026.04.05): Valve launches the Steam Controller, the Samsung glasses have been leaked, and more!

May the Force be with you! Today is an exciting day for the XR community because it’s the day when the first Steam Hardware piece is being launched. It’s good to have such excitement because it’s not a positive period overall for immersive technology, with negative news coming every week. And this week, unfortunately, has […]

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XPANCEO is Hoping to Solve AR Contact Lens Challenge with Ultra Tiny Solid-State Batteries

If augmented reality glasses are the future, AR contact lenses are probably a bit farther away. Still, smart contact lens startup XPANCEO says it’s hoping to address at least one of the technology’s main issues with the inclusion of miniature solid-state batteries. In partnership with France-based solid-state battery startup ITEN, XPANCEO announced it’s developing a proof of concept […]

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You Might Get Some Money From This PlayStation Store Lawsuit

But it probably won’t be very much.

?? The Pentagon Just Went All-In on AI

PLUS: xAI shipped Grok 4.3 with a 1M-token context window…