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OpenAI plugs Codex control into ChatGPT app
OpenAI has wired Codex-style code control into the ChatGPT mobile apps, turning phones into lightweight coding consoles with natural-language prompts and direct execution hooks.
2026-05-15
Leaked shots hint at Xbox Elite 3 shift
Leaked images show a reported Xbox Elite 3 controller with new scroll wheel buttons and a removable battery, signaling a subtle but telling rethink of premium gamepad design.
2026-05-15
California raises alarm on acrolein and EtO
California health officials issue tougher science-based risk values for acrolein and ethylene oxide, signaling major implications for air rules, industry emissions and community health.
2026-05-15
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Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
Insta360 Go 3S Retro Bundle drops the screen
The Insta360 Go 3S Retro Bundle removes its front display, adds a waist-level optical finder, and leans into film-style presets to court smartphone-weary shooters.
2026-05-15
Android Canary 2605 drenches Pixel UI in blur
Android Canary 2605 increases system blur across Pixel UI, reshaping notifications, quick settings, and the app switcher while hinting at a more opaque visual identity for Google’s phones.
2026-05-15
Zero‑day exploit strips BitLocker bare
A newly reported zero‑day exploit can bypass default BitLocker protection on Windows 11 devices, raising questions about threat models, recovery keys, and Microsoft’s response.
2026-05-15
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Delicacy
Health
Quarantined cruise passenger describes sealed life
An American passenger from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship describes strict quarantine, medical monitoring and the quiet psychological strain of waiting for test results.
2026-05-15
Study clears antidepressants in pregnancy
A large register-based study reports no added autism or ADHD risk in children exposed to antidepressants before birth, pointing instead to shared genetic and family factors.
2026-05-15
Why Omaha Became America’s Quarantine Hub
Omaha’s biocontainment unit, born from post‑9/11 biosecurity anxiety, now anchors the U.S. system for quarantining high‑risk patients, blending logistics, federal authority and Midwestern geography.
2026-05-15
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Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03