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You can soon listen to Apple Music inside of TikTok — and artists get paid for it

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Mar 11, 2026

Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to listen to full-length music tracks on TikTok without having to leave the TikTok app. The platforms have teamed up to launch two new features - Play Full So...

Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 11, 2026

Intel hasn't made it easy to buy a flagship desktop chip. The company's 2022 and 2023 Raptor Lake chips ran hot, power-hungry, and had those infamous crashes, while 2024's Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra...

Testing Lego’s Smart Bricks with my two kids

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 11, 2026

I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school early!" It worked. My kids literally jump...

Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Mar 11, 2026

Every six months or so, Nvidia's head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, invites CEO Jensen Huang to go for a ride in a vehicle equipped with the company's hands-free autonomous driving system. But only when...

How Trump’s war on Iran stranded a million fliers — and plunged the Gulf’s favorite playground into chaos

  • Technology
  • Darryl Campbell
  • Mar 11, 2026

It was a little after 1PM on Friday, February 28th, and Samantha Lujano was about to board her flight from Dubai to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when the drone attacks began. She had already received her board...

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Mar 11, 2026

Meta is adding more scam detection tools to Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp that can help users protect their accounts. In its announcement, Meta says the new features aim to alert users about suspi...

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Mar 11, 2026

While Samsung has treated its Flips and Folds to a few major hardware upgrades over recent years, the Galaxy S flagships have often felt like a long, unbroken line of minor spec refreshes. The S26 and...

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

  • Technology
  • Hayden Field
  • Mar 11, 2026

Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company announced Wednesday that it's launching a...

Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Mar 11, 2026

The first thing most people seem to do when they try out a foldable phone I'm reviewing is look for the crease in the screen. In the case of Oppo's Find N6, it might take them a while. Oppo claims tha...

2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance?

  • Business
  • Michael Copley
  • Mar 11, 2026
  • US

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial...

How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs

  • Technology
  • Justine Calma
  • Mar 10, 2026

Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequences...

A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • Mar 10, 2026

Though the live-action Cowboy Bebop was a big disappointment, Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to give it another go with one of his other iconic pieces of IP. Variety reports that Watanabe has given his...