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Jackery made its portable power stations even smaller

Andrew LiszewskiNov 2

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

You can get a religious exemption from using AI at work.

The best part: You don’t need to belong to a church or even believe in a god to do it. David Durman recently secured a religious exemption from using AI at work based on non-theist humanist beliefs. According to TechCrunch:

Durman is the first humanist to secure workplace accommodations that allow him to abstain from AI use, and one of the first people to publicly discuss their pursuit of these protections. He was inspired to seek them when he read that Erin Maus, a Unitarian Universalist and software engineer, was able to secure similar protections for herself.

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

Billboards around the globe were hacked to show porn.

LED billboards in Egypt, Malaysia, Brazil, and possibly Iraq and China were hacked to show sexually explicit material. The group Leakers$ claimed responsibility for the attack and said that “anyone with two brain cells” could have done it. According to Gizmodo:

A representative said participants using the pseudonyms Never, 19ylegal, CH, and Nivex identified thousands of exposed systems through an automated random scan lasting roughly two hours. The systems were allegedly accessible via web pages and interfaces that lacked basic security protections.

NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

Flock keeps ignoring requests to cancel its contracts

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen on YouTube?

To close out spooky season, I shared some of my favorite creepy clips from YouTube. I tried to avoid series that spanned multiple videos or had the backing of bigger corporate sponsors, like Adult Swim’s infomercials. But let’s toss all qualifiers out the window: What YouTube clip or clips have unsettled you the most?

Get in the spooky spirit with these horrors from YouTube

Terrence O'Brien

Oct 31

Apple’s HomeView could add security camera features

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

Adam Mosseri tries Instagram’s new long-form Features.

Mosseri opens the video by saying he’s “suspicious anyone actually is interested in” his roughly 6-minute day-in-the-life video. I can’t say anything that follows would lead me to disagree with him. But at least we know he won’t be making any extra money from it.

North Korea linked to massive Binance crypto heist

Terrence O'BrienNov 1

Hands-on

HomePod Mini 2 first look: three things I love and one disappointment

The new Mini is faster, quieter, and gorgeous in green, but its upgraded Mac speaker feature didn’t work for me.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyNov 1

Andrew LiszewskiNov 1

Anker upgrades its Omni S2 robovac with a UV-C light to kill mold, bacteria, and viruses.

Nearly 10 months after the Eufy Omni S2 debuted at CES 2026, Anker has announced a new Pro version that boosts suction from 30,000Pa to 40,000Pa while also introducing a UV-C light on the underside to help disinfect floors as the robovac cleans and mops. The Eufy Omni S2 Pro is available starting today for $1,699.