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- What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?by Jonathan M. Gitlin on April 15, 2026 at 2:11 pm
For decades, scientists have concentrated on what now looks to be a blind alley.
- Blue Origin has a new employee stock plan, but not everyone is happyby Eric Berger on April 15, 2026 at 1:38 pm
“We are being intentional about creating liquidity events.”
- It’s Tax Day, and no one knows how to file for prediction market winningsby Kate Knibbs, wired.com on April 15, 2026 at 1:15 pm
It’s time for Americans to pay taxes on prediction market winnings, but no one knows how.
- Ukraine’s military robot surge aims to offset drone risks to humansby Jeremy Hsu on April 14, 2026 at 10:42 pm
Ukraine is replacing more soldiers with robots in the battlefield kill zone.
- Sony killing features for antenna, set-top box users of Bravia smart TVs in Mayby Scharon Harding on April 14, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Some 2023 and 2024 models are also affected.
- Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots.by Beth Mole on April 14, 2026 at 8:30 pm
Do you trust AI chatbots for health advice? What about one in your patient portal?
- Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go awayby Andrew Cunningham on April 14, 2026 at 7:58 pm
“Paying more for the same stuff” is the story of consumer technology in 2026.
- Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offerby Jon Brodkin on April 14, 2026 at 7:50 pm
Amazon announces $11.6B merger with Globalstar and satellite deal with Apple.
- UK gov’s Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hypeby Kyle Orland on April 14, 2026 at 7:11 pm
New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multistep infiltration challenge.
- Google introduces “Skills” in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusableby Ryan Whitwam on April 14, 2026 at 5:00 pm
You can save custom prompts you find useful or grab a premade Skill from Google’s library.









