Americas News
Poll: Most Americans have the summer blues about Trump and the economy
- Business
- Stephen Fowler
- Jun 18, 2026
- US
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a record low share of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance and his handling of the economy heading into the summer before a key midterm election.
Midjourney Medical goes from generating ‘cat images’ to full-body ultrasound scans
- Technology
- Richard Lawler
- Jun 18, 2026
Midjourney CEO David Holz just showed off the company's first hardware product and plans to build a San Francisco spa, which he admitted is a bit different from the "cat pictures" produced by its AI i...
Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Jun 17, 2026
Apple is planning to raise prices in response to the ongoing memory shortage. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook says "price increases are unavoidable:" We're doing our b...
VSCO launches Studio Pro mobile photo editing app and plans $500 per year subscription
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Jun 17, 2026
VSCO is taking on Adobe with a new Studio Pro editing app rolling out today on iOS and coming to macOS later this year, as Bloomberg reports. At launch, the app offers tools for batch editing, style m...
Epic wants to let you bring your Fortnite skins to other games
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Jun 17, 2026
Epic Games has been touting the potential of an interoperable metaverse for years, though that vision hasn't yet become a reality. But with Unreal Engine 6, the next major version of its game developm...
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- Jun 17, 2026
Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration abruptly ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals, including us...
Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jun 17, 2026
According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Overall, use of AI chatbots has...
The Echo Dot Max is cheaper than ever in an early Prime Day sale
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Jun 17, 2026
We’re seeing good early Prime Day deals ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are on Amazon’s own devices. Several Echo speakers have dropped to new low prices, incl...
Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Jun 17, 2026
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Can anyone look cool wearing Snap’s $2,000 glasses?
- Technology
- Victoria Song
- Jun 17, 2026
Yesterday, Snap debuted its new $2,195 Specs glasses. In an interview with CNBC, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel described the Specs as something the company had been working on for more than 12 years, an attem...
We got free GTA V upgrades before GTA VI
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Jun 17, 2026
Rockstar Games will allow players to upgrade older versions of Grand Theft Auto V to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S for free just months before the launch of GTA VI. Starting June 18th, players w...
SanDisk’s new PlayStation 5 SSD will cost you more than three PS5 Pros
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Jun 17, 2026
SanDisk has announced an expensive way to boost the PlayStation 5's storage capacity. The company's new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD is an officially licensed PS5 accessory in capacities ranging from...