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- Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade
by Ryan Whitwam on March 4, 2026 at 5:00 pmMeet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?
by Martha Muir, Financial Times on March 4, 2026 at 2:54 pmData center operators to sign pledge to supply their own power instead of relying on grid.
- The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple’s long-awaited colorful, lower-cost MacBook
by Andrew Cunningham on March 4, 2026 at 2:18 pmCute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.
- No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon
by Stephen Clark on March 3, 2026 at 10:54 pm“Engineers are assessing what allowed the seal to become dislodged to prevent the issue from recurring.”
- Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service-provider Accenture in $1.2B deal
by Scharon Harding on March 3, 2026 at 10:20 pmAccenture plans to buy Ookla, which also includes RootMetrics and Ekahau.
- FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger “a lot cleaner” than defunct Netflix deal
by Jon Brodkin on March 3, 2026 at 10:05 pmFCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality.
- What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes
by Jennifer Ouellette on March 3, 2026 at 8:23 pmMultispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals.
- There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV
by Jonathan M. Gitlin on March 3, 2026 at 7:58 pmThere’s a lot of good Hyundai and Kia EVs in this price bracket, plus the Bolt and i3.
- M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon
by Andrew Cunningham on March 3, 2026 at 6:41 pmApple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family.
- New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices
by Andrew Cunningham on March 3, 2026 at 3:58 pmNew Airs leave more room underneath for the rumored low-cost MacBook.