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Why the Steam Controller is (and isn’t) a big deal

Cameron FaulknerApr 27

Richard LawlerApr 27

PocketOS maker says an AI agent “deleted our production database in 9 seconds.”

The details of what happened should be taken with a grain of salt since some of its self-reported by the chatbot, which can be tricky. But according to Jer Crane, a Cursor coding agent running Claude Opus 4.6 found a credential mismatch that it fixed by deleting a Railway volume that contained production data and the recent backups, using a token it found that they hadn’t realized would allow that kind of access via Railway’s API for AI agents.

It was eventually recovered, and everyone is vibe coding once again.

An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing.

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Samsung’s first smart glasses have leaked

Stevie BonifieldApr 27

Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

Hayden FieldApr 27

The Philips Hue Sync Box 8K is 30 percent off

Cameron FaulknerApr 27

Andrew LiszewskiApr 27

Sony’s new covers wrap your WF-1000XM6 earbuds in vegan leather.

The best (currently) noise-canceling earbuds will feel even more premium with Sony’s new $39.99 case covers that wrap the WF-1000XM6’s charging case in a smooth vegan leather finish. The cover is available in black and light gray, and while it makes the case slightly larger, it doesn’t inhibit wireless charging.

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Multiple photos of Sony’s WF-1000MX6 earbuds vegan leather case covers.

The new vegan leather WF-1000XM6 charging case covers match the colors of Sony’s flagship wireless earbuds.

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Elizabeth LopattoApr 27

The Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial starts today.

I’m in the courtroom — and jury selection will begin shortly. Sam Altman is here, but I haven’t seen Elon Musk.

Emma RothApr 27

Pop Culture Jeopardy! returns for a second season on Netflix.

The game show spinoff, which covers topics like music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, and entertainment, debuted on Amazon Prime Video. Now it’s headed to Netflix for another trivia-filled season starting May 11th, with host Colin Jost.

Andrew LiszewskiApr 27

The dual camera version of DJI Osmo Pocket 4 could come to the US as the Xtra Muse 2 Pro.

Leaked photos and videos have revealed a dual camera pro version of the Osmo Pocket 4 that DJI almost certainly won’t release in the US. But Xtra Techology, the company that sells “exact hardware copies” of many DJI products, teased its new dual camera Muse 2 Pro coming to the US that looks a lot like the leaked Osmo Pocket 4P.

A blurred images of the Xtra Technology Muse 2 Pro handheld camera.

Is Xtra’s Muse 2 Pro a rebranded version of DJI’s leaked Osmo Pocket 4P?

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Andrew WebsterApr 27

Here be dragons.

Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is heading into its third season, and HBO just released a new and appropriately-dragon filled trailer ahead of the premiere. The show debuts on June 21st.

Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs

Jess WeatherbedApr 27

Charles Pulliam-MooreApr 27

Webtoon’s animated AI avatars want to chat with you.

Hot on the heels of its new AI-powered localization tools, Webtoon is partnering with AI avatar firm Genies to launch a new chatbot feature that will allow users to “talk” with characters from comics featured on the platform.

Webtoon Teams With AI Avatar Tech Company Genies to Launch Character Chat Feature

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Richard LawlerApr 27

Meta’s latest energy deal is for 24/7 orbit-to-grid solar power.

Meta announced a new deal this morning with Overview Energy, a space-based solar company with plans to demo beaming “energy wirelessly from space to a solar farm on Earth” in 2028, ahead of commercial delivery in 2030.

Its satellites sit in geosynchronous orbit roughly 22,000 miles above Earth’s equator, where sunlight is constant, collecting energy in space and beaming it to Earth-based solar facilities on the ground as low-intensity, near-infrared light. This means solar farms that currently sit idle at night can keep producing electricity around the clock, maximizing their output and creating more energy for the grid.

Stevie BonifieldApr 27

CachyOS’s latest release includes a new security feature and improved support for Intel CPUs.

As XDA reports, the Arch-based Linux distro’s April update now “automatically configures fingerprint readers for ‘sudo’ prompts” and “detects specific Intel CPUs for better power saving,” among other new features and fixes. CachyOS users can run the command “sudo pacman -Syu” to update to the latest release.

CachyOS April 2026 Release

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