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15 May 2026 Vol 19

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Elon Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week

In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served…

SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation…

The best smart home devices I saw at CES 2026

I picked Aqara’s Smart Lock U400 and Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from…

OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs

OpenAI reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking…

Fascinating Look Back at Mitsubishi’s Yamato-1, a Full-Scale Ship with Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

In the early 1990s, Japan created a remarkable ship that moved over water without the use of propellers or turbines.…

I used this hack to get my own email domain for practically free

Having the same @gmail.com or @outlook.com email address domain as everyone else can get boring after a while. If you…

Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok. This is one of the most…

5 Excel functions that make data cleanup feel unfairly easy

Data cleanup in Excel is common and often one of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks. I’ve had to do…

Bolt Graphics claims 10x RTX 5090 path tracing performance, but proof is still pending

The prototype card on display at CES supports up to 384GB of combined LPDDR5X and DDR5 memory, including as much…

Stop paying a monthly fee for the terrible router your cable company gave you

It’s a normal part of having a home internet plan to tack on another $10-$15 per month to rent a…