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iOS 26.5 Nears as Apple Retires $599 Mac Mini
Apple readies iOS 26.5 with minor refinements ahead of its next major software reveal and phases out the entry $599 Mac mini, signaling a shift in its platform strategy.
2026-05-10
Dragon Quest set for anniversary livestream reveal
Square Enix will host a Dragon Quest anniversary livestream where Yuji Horii says fans will finally see the next mainline entry in the series.
2026-05-10
WHO chief to oversee cruise hantavirus evacuation
WHO’s director says he will personally oversee evacuation of passengers from a cruise ship hit by a suspected hantavirus outbreak as the vessel approaches the Canary Islands.
2026-05-10
Travel
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
Monsey teen’s tefillin app hits 100,000
A milestone event in Monsey marked 100,000 tefillin check-ins on Ushi Hess’s “Tefillin App,” blending technology, Torah commitment, and community energy.
2026-05-10
Building Mobile Qubits On Flexible Hardware
Engineers try to build mobile qubits on flexible substrates, but rigid semiconductor processes clash with bending, stretching and precise quantum control.
2026-05-09
Asus Shrinks the Stream Deck Sidekick
Asus introduces a compact secondary touchscreen to rival Elgato, betting that even a very small side display can still earn space beside crowded gaming monitors.
2026-05-09
Car
Delicacy
ACGN
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
Health
Your Slower Walk May Start In Your Ears
An Apple hearing study using data from thousands of iPhone users suggests that even mild hearing loss is linked to slower walking speed, hinting that balance and brain load, not just joints, shape how fast we move.
2026-05-10
Hantavirus Fears Prompt Cruise Evacuation
Authorities plan to evacuate cruise passengers after potential hantavirus exposure, while nine U.S. residents in six states remain symptom free but under close monitoring.
2026-05-10
Norovirus outbreak hits Caribbean Princess
More than 100 people fell ill with norovirus on the Caribbean Princess during a Caribbean voyage, prompting a CDC investigation and intensified sanitation measures on board.
2026-05-10