AI got bougie? Research finds access skewed towards the rich, risking a new social divide

A new study finds AI awareness and usage are higher among wealthier groups, raising concerns about a growing digital divide and unequal access to opportunities.

Space data centers sound like a pipe dream. What if we put them on lamp posts?

A UK firm has signed a deal with Nigeria’s Katsina State to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lamp posts that collectively function as a distributed AI data center, without using electricity from the grid.

Think vibe-coding will turn you into a rich entrepreneur? You might want to read the risk brief

A new report from the Association for Computing Machinery says vibe coding carries serious risks around security, testing, and long-term code quality.

Google’s $3 USB stick for revamping old laptops with ChromeOS Flex has sold out — and proves I was right about Chromebooks

There’s a new option for giving new life to an aging computer, and it’s apparently as popular as it should be.

We built AI to save us from email, and it somehow made email even more soul-sucking

The grim future of AI is more than just job-stealing robots. It even has bots endlessly emailing other bots while humans pretend this is progress.

Apple just made the Mac mini more expensive without raising its price

The Mac mini just became harder to buy on a budget after Apple dropped its $599 model during a worsening memory and storage crunch.

Apple’s Mac mini now has a higher starting price, as it discontinues the entry-level model and slides down to the mid-range

Apple’s entry-level $599 Mac mini with 256GB of storage and 16GB of RAM is no longer available.

You can now check a product’s price history spanning a whole year on Amazon

Amazon’s Rufus now shows a full year of price history on any product, free for all customers, no Prime membership needed, so you can finally tell whether a “limited time” is genuine or not.