Congress wants to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans’ health and location information to data brokers — including information people...
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He changed outdoor cooking forever — then took over Weber
It’s time for our annual Fourth of July grill episode here at Decoder. This is when we invite the CEOs...
The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month
First announced over a year ago in April 2025, the Busy Bar will be available for purchase starting on July...
How to end a TV show
Ending any story is hard, but that’s especially true of mystery-packed TV shows. Series like Lost initially hook viewers with...
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there’s still time...
Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial
Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year’s Day in 2025, which became one of...
The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece
I’m sure we’re all familiar with Dark Crystal, so we know that Jim Henson can be weird and tackle slightly...
China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer
Despite trade restrictions, China has reclaimed the title of the world’s fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2018. LineShine...
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be...
China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
China’s Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding...
