The Democratic state AGs think they’re the only officials standing up to Trump. They are probably right.
During an earnings call on Thursday, Intel CFO David Zisner says the company was “relatively aggressive in terms of getting memory” ahead of the global shortage for its previous-gen Lunar Lake chips, which come with integrated RAM.
The company doesn’t have to worry about securing memory for its new Panther Lake laptop processors after Intel ditched the built-in memory design.
They could start as early as Tuesday, Reuters reports. The cuts would follow Amazon laying off 14,000 corporate jobs last October.
The chipmaker’s Q4 2025 earnings report reveals that it earned $13.7 billion in revenue over the past few months, a dip from the $14.3 billion it made at the same time last year.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says the company is “working aggressively to grow supply” of chips built on its 18A process, including its new Panther Lake laptop CPUs.
If you find yourself frequently sneakernetting files between a Raspberry Pi and your PC, the company now offers a USB 3.0 flash drive with a USB-A connector. It’s available in two capacities with an aluminum enclosure; a $30 128GB version with sustained write speeds of 75MB/s, and a faster $55 256GB option that does 150MB/s.
Forza Horizon 6 and Fable look promising, but they continue the trend I just wrote about of big publishers leaning more on familiar franchises. (Xbox’s 2026 also includes a new Gears and the Halo remake.) Happy Double Fine is doing its thing, though, and Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation seems right up my alley.
This high-tech cosmic kalimba is available as a limited Launch Edition with three exclusive resonators, and orders are expected to ship in April. That’s not cheap for an obviously niche instrument, so maybe check out some of the early reviews before carving out space in your studio budget.
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A pair of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act in the House, letting copyright holders see if AI models were trained on their work. It’s already been introduced in the Senate, and counts the Recording Industry Association of America and SAG-AFTRA among its endorsers.
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The judge keeps asking Epic why it’s suddenly agreeing to settle with Google — and we’re now hearing a potentially controversial reason why. The courtroom has revealed that Epic and Google are in the middle of a deal that involves “joint product development, joint marketing commitment, joint partnerships,” and the judge is tentatively concerned that Epic is willing to ditch its biggest asks in exchange.
Bernheim is being quizzed on whether this is quid pro quo, and he keeps saying he doesn’t think so, but Judge Donato is letting him avoid discussing specifics because journalists are in the room.
The company’s design team technically reports to CEO Tim Cook, but hardware chief John Ternus — reportedly the leading candidate to replace Cook — is now the design group’s “executive sponsor” internally. In that role, Ternus “represents the design organization in executive team gatherings and manages the group’s leaders,” Bloomberg reports.
Three years after being caught off guard by ChatGPT, Gemini appears to have everything it needs to take down OpenAI and everyone else.
Hume AI’s CEO, Alan Cowen, and some of its leading engineers will join DeepMind as part of a licensing agreement, Wired reported. The news follows a growing trend of big-ticket “acqui-hires” and licensing deals in the AI industry.
Microsoft is releasing Windows App Development CLI (winapp) in public preview today. The open-source utility is aimed at Windows app developers, to make it easier to work across multiple frameworks and toolchains. Microsoft says it’s perfect for any developer “wanting native Windows features or targeting Windows.” And don’t worry, no matter how many times you say winapp, it won’t whip the llama’s ass.
We’re about to hear the bitter foes-turned-BFFs explain why Judge James Donato should accept their settlement after five-plus years of legal battle. Judge Donato has just entered; Sweeney was on his phone but has put it away. Samat was waiting patiently; he’s got an eye-catching thin beaded bracelet on his wrist.
Double Fine just announced a new multiplayer party game called Kiln where you can make and play as pots. It all looks quite silly. Kiln will be available this spring on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, and there will be a closed beta.
While the new trailer for Disney Plus’ Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord series doesn’t at all make the Sith Lord look like a heroic figure, it does suggest that meeting his new apprentice is going to reveal new things about his character when the show premieres on April 6th.
After an extended outage on Friday, the site formerly known as Twitter is tossing around error messages and/or entirely failing to load posts once again. Downdetector and NetBlocks are tracking the outage, and if there are any updates, we’ll follow up with them.
You can catch the show on YouTube starting at 1PM ET. The event will feature the Playground Games’ Fable and Forza Horizon 6 and Beast of Reincarnation from Game Freak. We’ll be watching the livestream and covering what’s announced.
The products, fueled by voice-based chatbot features, create “emotional attachment by design” and give inappropriate answers up to one-fourth of the time, according to the Common Sense Media assessment.
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The new trailer for Amazon MGM’s live-action Masters of the Universe film starring Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man and Jared Leto as Skeletor raises a few questions, like, why does this exist? Who is it for? Will anyone actually see the movie when it hits theaters on June 5th?
Similar to starter packs on Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon, X’s take on the feature will provide you with lists of accounts to follow based on what they post about, such as sports, video games, food, and more. Starter packs will roll out to all users in “the coming weeks.”
With 16 Oscars nominations including Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has become the most nominated film in the awards show’s history — a record that was previously shared by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land, which were each up for 14 golden statues.
