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This Plasma Gun Could Save Astronauts From Filthy Underwear

Gizmodo - May 28, 2026 7:13am EDT

GPS data contradicts Brian Hooker’s account of wife’s whereabouts before she went missing in Bahamas

Lynette Hooker has been missing since April 4, when she fell from a dinghy in the Bahamas, according to what her husband told Bahamian authorities.

NBC News - May 28, 2026 7:08am EDT

This AI stock is surging after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund disclosed a stake. Here's why

Dutch cloud provider Nebius popped in premarket trading after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund took a sizeable stake in the firm,

CNBC - May 28, 2026 6:47am EDT

PlayStation DualSense Edge Wireless Controller Hits Record Low for the First Time This Year as Sony Pushes Harder Into Gaming Device Deals

Gizmodo - May 28, 2026 6:10am EDT

U.S. dismisses claim its diplomats have fled Kyiv as Zelenskyy pens Trump letter asking for air defense

“There are no changes to our operations and reports otherwise are false,” the American embassy said in a post on X, dismissing a suggestion from the European Union’s top diplomat that Washington had evacuated the Ukrainian capital.

NBC News - May 28, 2026 5:49am EDT

Buffalo named ‘Donald Trump’ for its blond comb-over is spared Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh

The rare albino buffalo had been slated for ritual sacrifice for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, but authorities stepped in after it went viral over the perceived resemblance.

NBC News - May 28, 2026 5:24am EDT

Top ethical hacker Chompie warns AI tools could put her out of business

Chompie, one of the world's tops ethical hackers, says AI like Claude Mythos will make it harder for people like her to compete.

BBC News - May 28, 2026 5:24am EDT

EU moderation watchdog says social media giants hate taking down hate speech

Also somehow censoring too much while refusing to hand over account ban evidence for review

Register UK - May 28, 2026 5:15am EDT

Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, U.N. says

The projections by the U.N. climate agency and Britain’s Meteorological Office said there’s a 75% chance the average global temperature between 2026 and 2030 will exceed the agreed-upon global limit for warming.

NBC News - May 28, 2026 4:59am EDT

Meta launches paid Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp plans with AI push

Meta rolls out paid Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Plus plans, adding premium features and new AI subscription tiers as it shifts beyond ad-driven revenue.

Gulf News - May 28, 2026 4:18am EDT

Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation

Guardian UK - May 28, 2026 4:17am EDT

The Platform Nobody Talks About: How LeoList Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules on AI Fraud Detection

LeoList built the fraud-detection system the rest of the internet is still designing — and did it before any law required them to.

International Business Times - May 28, 2026 4:04am EDT

GPUs And RAM Are In Short Supply, But The Real Bottleneck For AI Is Electricians

By design, datacenters are big capital machines. But to get a handle on the scale of resources that ...

Register UK - May 28, 2026 1:32am EDT

Laptop prices are exploding in 2026 — and AI is the biggest reason why

Laptop prices are surging in 2026 as AI-driven memory demand, supply chain shocks and rising chip costs squeeze consumers and threaten sub-$500 PCs.

Gulf News - May 28, 2026 12:54am EDT

Modeling the Unmodelable: How Sabhya Katia Developed a New Energy Analysis Method for Liquid-Cooled Data Centers

When Sabhya Katia, a Senior Building Analyst at Stantec, led the energy and compliance work on a chip-level liquid-cooled mission-critical deployment, he discovered that the assumption was baked into the software at a structural level.

International Business Times - May 28, 2026 12:33am EDT

Google engineer made $1.2M by placing bets on Polymarket using confidential info, prosecutors allege

Michele Spagnulo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen living in Switzerland, used insider information to bet singer D4vd would be Google’s most-searched person of the year in 2025, according to prosecutors.

NBC News - May 27, 2026 11:19pm EDT

Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on Polymarket

The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.

BBC News - May 27, 2026 11:09pm EDT

AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red | Jess Harwood

Guardian UK - May 27, 2026 11:08pm EDT

U.S. military strikes another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2

At least 196 people have been killed in boat strikes since September, while the Pentagon hasn’t provided evidence the vessels were carrying drugs.

NBC News - May 27, 2026 10:30pm EDT

Baby gorilla delivered via rare C-section at Washington State zoo

Under a dozen C-sections have been performed on gorillas around the world, according to the zoo, which said the newborn and his mother are in good health.

NBC News - May 27, 2026 9:44pm EDT

Republicans brace for money problems in Texas after Ken Paxton’s win

Paxton has trailed Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in fundraising, and some Republicans say the party will have to spend millions to win the Senate race.

NBC News - May 27, 2026 9:25pm EDT

11 presumed dead in Washington state paper mill implosion as rescue shifts to recovery

Washington was bracing for the state’s “deadliest industrial tragedy,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said Wednesday following the rupture of a tank at the Nippon Dynawave plant.

NBC News - May 27, 2026 8:48pm EDT

Linus Torvalds to ‘start being more hardnosed’ about ‘pointless pull requests’ – some of which come from AIs

Warns large release candidates ‘are *not* conducive to long-term stability’

Register UK - May 27, 2026 8:30pm EDT

DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million

NPR - May 27, 2026 7:46pm EDT