America’s 250th birthday celebration feels like a child’s birthday party ruined by fighting between two soon-to-be-divorced parents. What should be a benign celebration of shared, if slightly boring, values has become a fully partisan affair.  In part, this is due to the president’s determination to make it all about himself. But the agita surrounding America […]

MK2 movie director Simon McQuoid updates fans on Liu Kang and Kung Lao's fate and what's next for the Mortal Kombat film franchise.

Despite my initial skepticism, I'm now sold on wireless Qi chargers that add integrated fans to keep your phone cool while charging. I figured they'd be too loud, or too weak, or too gimmicky, but I'm a convert after spending a week with the new $59.99 Kuxiu D5 Qi2.2 charging dock. Its active cooling system […]

Robert P Baird / The Guardian:
A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gabriel, whose work has tracked, and in many cases predicted, the ethical challenges posed by the success of LLMs  —  Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate - and think through - the impact of AI.

Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg:
Micron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima factory expansion, part of its global ramp-up to meet AI demand, and plans to start HBM shipments from summer 2028  —  Micron Technology Inc. on Saturday broke ground on the expansion of its factory in western Japan, a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.3 billion) …