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Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Late one October night on the Opal Cliffs of California, a gang of armed intruders forced their way into the oceanside estate of tech millionaire and weed tycoon Tushar Atre. A witness reported the CEO was forced into his white BMW at gunpoint — and hours later, his body was discovered at his rural compound in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That was six years ago. The longstanding investigation has taken many twists and turns, landing two of Atre’s former employees life in prison without parole. Another worker is currently on trial,…

As a tech city, Portland often feels like a lifestyle destination for wayward engineers. Though nearly 10 percent of Portland works in tech, Stumptown’s business scene can sometimes seem to be in hiding, operating as a comfortable “third place” between the FAANG capitals to the north and the south. Portland is a tree-filled place of sometimes startling natural beauty, resting in the shadow of Mount Hood, Oregon’s tallest mountain, and at the intersection of two rivers.Much of Portland’s tech industry action is tucked into home offices and coworking spaces, or beneath a canopy of trees in the so-called Silicon Forest…

Apple continues to refine the look and feel of the iPhone with each major iOS release, and iOS 26 places more emphasis than ever on personalization. The one big change is the introduction of Spatial Scenes, a feature that allows you to create what Apple calls “holographic” lock screens. Instead of being a flat image, the wallpaper reacts to the way you move your device, giving it a sense of depth and motion that feels far more dynamic than a standard background. The effect is similar to the parallax wallpapers Apple experimented with years ago, but this time it is…

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As always, we have a bunch of new games for you to check out this weekend, along with fresh looks at some upcoming projects and a release date or two.But first, I really enjoyed this week's edition of The Guardian's Pushing Buttons newsletter. The publication's video games editor, Keza MacDonald, wrote about spending a day in a theater playing what sounds like the ultimate pass-the-controller game with dozens of other people.The attendees were there to experience Asses.Masses, which is designed to be played collaboratively. The aim…

But in some ways, the proof was a bit unsatisfying. Jitomirskaya and Avila had used a method that only applied to certain irrational values of alpha. By combining it with an intermediate proof that came before it, they could say the problem was solved. But this combined proof wasn’t elegant. It was a patchwork quilt, each square stitched out of distinct arguments.Moreover, the proofs only settled the conjecture as it was originally stated, which involved making simplifying assumptions about the electron’s environment. More realistic situations are messier: Atoms in a solid are arranged in more complicated patterns, and magnetic fields…

If you’re looking for a live TV streaming service, you probably want to watch live sports, catch local news or get access to your favorite linear channels — perhaps you want all three. Cable was once the only way to get all that content in one place, but for a decade or so now, live TV streaming services have provided an alternative that’s less confusing, easier to cancel and somewhat less expensive, though price hikes from every major streamer have brought the starting price to over $80 monthly for most plans.There are also plenty of free live TV streaming services…

Google’s Pixel-A series went through an identity makeover in April, but more importantly, the wallet-friendly offering from Google was pretty well-received. The clean design, paired with snappy performance and a reliable camera, all running atop an AI-boosted pristine flavor of Android, made the Pixel 9a an easy recommendation. Naturally, the expectations of a warm reception weigh heavily on its successor. Unfortunately, it seems fans are primed for a bit of letdown. The Pixel 10a has already appeared in a healthy few leaks — which is par for the course given the history of Pixels — and it seems the next…

What Happened: So, here’s a worrying thought: it turns out, the “smarter” we make AI, the more selfish it gets. A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University just dropped, and it’s a bit of a bombshell. They basically put a bunch of different AIs into social “games” where they had to choose between cooperating or just looking out for themselves. The results were kind of shocking. The simpler, “dumber” AIs were super cooperative, choosing to share resources about 96% of the time. But the new, super-advanced “smart” AIs? They only shared 20% of the time. They basically just…

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What’s happened? OpenAI’s Sora is launching paid video-generation credits and has confirmed it will be reducing its free quota moving forward. Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, announced on X, “We are launching the ability to buy extra gens in Sora today.” we are launching the ability to buy extra gens in sora today. we are doing this for two main reasons:first, we have been quite amazed by how much our power users want to use sora, and the economics are currently completely unsustainable. we thought 30 free gens/day would be…— Bill Peebles (@billpeeb) October 30, 2025 The change…