Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
NIST spends under $200 million annually on the MEP program, with most of the money passed on to states and Puerto Rico in batches of payments. The congressional aides tell WIRED that they expect all remaining centers will lose their funding over the next year or so, as their next checks come due. Depending on […]
Meta Hypernova Glasses May Cost $1,000 and Use a Tiny Screen
Meta’s ‘Hypernova’ glasses could cost well over $1,000 and include a tiny display on one lens with its own, tiny app tray. Meta’s next step on its quest to reign over the burgeoning market for AR glasses may demand a hefty chunk of your wallet. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company is reportedly planning for new glasses, […]
McDonald’s Launches Minecraft Happy Meals, Plus a ‘Nether’ Hot Sauce for Nuggets
This is no April Fool’s trick — as of April 1, Minecraft players can pick up a Minecraft-themed Happy Meal, an adult-aimed A Minecraft Movie Meal or a McNugget sauce called the Nether Flame Sauce, the restaurant chain announced Thursday. It’s meant to tie in with the April 4 theater release of A Minecraft Movie, which […]
Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books
OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on nonpublic books it didn’t license to train more sophisticated AI models. AI models are essentially complex prediction engines. Trained on […]
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day 2025: How to get free ice cream on April 8
FREE ICE CREAM: On April 8, celebrate Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day by enjoying free ice cream at participating Scoop Shops worldwide. Hot on the heels of Dairy Queen, Ben & Jerry’s has announced the date of its Free Cone Day in 2025. Lovers of ice cream can get their hands on a free […]
20% Wayfair Coupon & Promo Codes | April 2025
Wayfair has become a staple of online furniture sales thanks to its wide selection of furniture and home goods, as well as fast and free shipping on orders over $35, limited-time deals and exclusive daily sales. Save even more this April with Wayfair coupons and flash deals for up to 80% off those pricey purchases […]
How Strawberry Shortcake Introduced Me to the Conundrum of Cartoons on DVD
The advent of streaming wars has built a physical media scarcity in a very specific medium: animation. One of the headaches of Disney+ is having to sit through copious credits from all over the world between episodes of Bluey, and then having to deal with the background ambient binge of episodes stopping abruptly. Then there’s […]
Apple Has No Plans to Resurrect the iPhone Mini, Report Says
We have some bad news for lovers of the iPhone Mini: It looks as though the diminutive device won’t make a comeback anytime soon. Apple is not planning to reintroduce the smaller iPhone model, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. During a recent livestreamed Q&A session, he noted Apple has shifted away from smaller designs to […]
“This isn’t ‘The Matrix'”
Last weekend, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself at the center of a digital fiasco when he was unexpectedly added to a Signal group chat with 17 U.S. government officials who were discussing imminent airstrikes in Yemen. For some, the incident has raised questions about how phone numbers end up in contact lists […]
‘SNL’ goes off the rails with bizarre and funny ‘Jury Duty’ sketch
Saturday Night Live’s “Jury Duty” sketch feels like what happens when the writers have too many absurd character ideas and decide to throw them all in one room. The result is a chaotic courtroom of misfits all trying (and failing) to dodge civic responsibility, much to the dismay of Ego Nwodim’s increasingly unamused judge. SEE […]