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Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • May 13, 2026

Microsoft appears to be working on expanding its Xbox Game Pass subscription to China. References to "Project Saluki" have been discovered in a recent update to the Xbox PC app this week, with Microso...

The Trump phone starts shipping this week, CEO claims

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • May 13, 2026

The Trump phone may finally be here: Trump Mobile's CEO told USA Today that the phone will begin shipping to buyers this week. The announcement comes as reports have gone viral this week alleging that...

The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more

  • Technology
  • John.Higgins
  • May 13, 2026

For the better part of 12 years, Apple owned the 5K monitor world - primarily because it made basically the only options. LG's 5K UltraFine was a solid, if bland choice, but many people bought a 27-in...

A Conspiracy Theory About QR Codes Has Led to Chaos Ahead of Georgia’s Midterms

  • Technology
  • David Gilbert
  • May 13, 2026

The state of Georgia banned the use of QR codes for elections, based in part on the assertions of a man who’s boosted false claims about Israel and 9/11. Now no one knows how ballots will be counted.

Short flights are popular. Will they last?

  • Business
  • Bill Chappell
  • May 13, 2026
  • US

Some flights are less than 100 miles, and they're the backbone of the U.S. air system, linking small towns and big cities. But short routes were in decline even before jet fuel costs spiked.

Data centers are coming for rural America

  • Technology
  • Abigail Bassett
  • May 13, 2026

At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to clo...

Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • May 13, 2026

Amazon's head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is "not necessarily" planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short of denying it outright. It was previously reporte...

Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • May 13, 2026

Sony's Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020, but that's finally changing with the Xperia 1 VIII, which moves to a chunky square camera island. The phone also boasts what sho...

Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough

  • Technology
  • Elizabeth Lopatto
  • May 12, 2026

After two weeks of hearing from assorted witnesses that he was a lying snake, the jury finally heard from the lying snake himself: Sam Altman. At the end of the testimony, his lawyer William Savitt as...

iOS 27 might add a lot more customization to the Camera app

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • May 12, 2026

Apple's next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera app. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the Camera app will be "fully c...

Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • May 12, 2026

Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a conversation on the platform. If you've spent any tim...

Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • May 12, 2026

Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are up to on Instagram. Meta is adding a feature to its Teen Accounts that shows parents the "general topics their teens engage wi...