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Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump's Ballroom Has Turned Toxic

White House officials push Republicans to approve $1 billion for security enhancements to Trump's ballroom.

Roku rolling out home screen redesign with AI-powered app organization, ‘Top Picks’ [Video]

Roku is rolling out a redesigned home screen featuring AI-powered app organization in a "Quick Access" section and a new "Top Picks for You" content row.

Ars Technica

Volvo gets US government approval to bypass Chinese connected-car ban

Volvo receives US government approval to import connected cars despite a Chinese software ban starting in model year 2027.

Sony’s DualSense controllers are almost 30 percent off

Sony's DualSense controllers are almost 30 percent off during the Days of Play sale.

Robinhood will let your AI agent trade stocks and make (or lose) lots of money

Robinhood is opening its trading platform to AI agents, allowing automated investment decisions with significant risk.

ElevenLabs’s new music generation model can switch genres mid-track

ElevenLabs's new Music v2 model can switch genres mid-track, generate longer songs by sections, and add non-musical sound effects, built on licensed data for commercial use.

Spotify now lets you ‘clip’ moments from your favorite podcast

Spotify introduced a new Podcast Clips feature, allowing users to select and share specific audio segments from podcasts to social media or with others.

This smart bird feeder captures more of my backyard drama

The Aura smart bird feeder offers a wider field of view and larger seed capacity than competitors, but its image quality and AI bird identification are less refined.

27 May8 min read

SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M

SOND introduces Dreambuds, earbuds that track physiological signals to help consumers improve sleep in real-time.

Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop

Trajectory launches to help companies build AI products that learn continuously from real-world user interactions.

This Ferrari should have been a Volkswagen

Ferrari's new all-electric Luce vehicle features a tactile interior design with physical switches and knobs.

Motorola stops its phones from hijacking the Amazon app, which was ‘unintended’

Motorola has corrected an "unintended" issue where its phones were hijacking the Amazon app to inject affiliate data through a web tracking link.

Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes

Xreal's new $299 xbx smart glasses connect to devices and project screens to the wearer's eyes.

27 May5 min read

China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself

China is increasingly restricting its top AI researchers and founders from international travel, reflecting a national security priority to retain talent and advance its AI capabilities.

The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration

The State Department's Office of Remigration processes payments for deportations with little oversight.

27 May7 min read

007 First Light is like a James Bond movie in the best way possible

IO Interactive's 007 First Light captures the James Bond franchise's signature spectacle and action.

Google Health roadmap details bug fixes and improvements amid backlash from Fitbit users

Google Health's new roadmap outlines planned bug fixes and improvements for its app, addressing user complaints regarding the recent Fitbit integration and redesign.

ClickHouse triples anualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO

Database provider ClickHouse achieved $250 million in annualized revenue, tripling its business from last year, positioning the company for a potential IPO within the next few years.

YouTube will now automatically label AI videos

YouTube will automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, making labels more prominent on its platform.

Google Pixel reportedly shipped around 800,000 phones in the US in Q1 2026, down 7%

Google Pixel shipped around 800,000 phones in the US in Q1 2026, down 7% year-over-year.

Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks

Robinhood now allows users to create accounts for AI agents to trade stocks on their behalf with limited wallet access.

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

Tech CEOs are prone to AI psychosis due to their distance from practical implementation details.

27 May5 min read

Hacker News

Incident with Pull Requests, Issues, Git Operations and API Requests

GitHub experienced an incident affecting pull requests, issues, Git operations, and API requests.

27 May15 min read

Hacker News

XLIDE: VBA without excel

XLIDE allows editing Excel VBA code directly in VS Code with syntax highlighting and symbol navigation.