Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82
Apple Tested AirPods in Bright Colors
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
New York State will require warning labels on social media platforms
Surprise! Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available
Norway declares victory in move away from gas cars
Norway declared victory in its effort to phase out gas car sales by 2025. A slew of tax exemptions, free access to toll roads, and other incentives have rapidly driven uptake of electric vehicles in the country; last year, 89%…
Apple Explains How to Fix iMessage Not Delivered Alert in iOS 26
Apple today updated its iMessage troubleshooting support document to add a scenario that can occur in iOS 26. If you don’t activate iMessage or an eSIM when setting up a new iPhone with iOS 26, it can prevent iMessage from…
Founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died, aged 74: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley lead tributes
Iconic KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died, aged 74. According to a statement shared by his family, Ace – also known as Spaceman – died “peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall at his home”.…
Former Trump adviser John Bolton indicted for allegedly mishandling classified info
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton was indicted in Maryland on Thursday for allegedly mishandling classified information by sharing diary entries about his time in the White House with family members. Bolton is the third prominent Trump critic…
Apple AI team loses another executive to Meta
Head of the Apple Intelligence Answers, Knowledge, and Information team, Ke Yang, will leave for Meta in yet another departure for the team. Around a dozen members of Apple’s AI team have departed for Meta or other companies in recent…
Steve Jobs to be honored on 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin – 9to5Mac
The US Mint revealed today that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will appear on one of the coins in next year’s American Innovation $1 Coin Program. Here are the details. Since 2018, the US Mint has been honoring “American innovation and…
Google’s Veo 3.1 is better at generating videos from images
Google has released a new update to its Veo AI video generation model that should make it do a better job of sticking to prompts and converting images into videos. Veo 3.1 is available to try today through Google’s Gemini…
NordVPN embraces open source by releasing its Linux GUI on GitHub
NordVPN is doubling down on its Linux support with two big changes: open sourcing its Linux GUI and bundling that same graphical client directly in the Snap package. The move brings more transparency and accessibility to Linux users who value…
“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days
There he stood, in a red raincoat draped dramatically over a white suit, perched 30 feet above Piccadilly Circus for the Oct. 1 London premiere of Tron: Ares. What was Jared Letodoing up there, greeting his public like some interstellar overlord?…
Firefox officially adds Perplexity as a search engine option – 9to5Mac
Following a limited test earlier this year, Mozilla is now adding Perplexity AI as a default search engine option. Here’s how it works. Perplexity AI becomes Firefox’s newest search engine option In a new blog post, Mozilla confirmed the broader…
Eddy Cue on Why Apple Dropped the ’+’ from Apple TV
Apple’s services chief Eddy Cue recently appeared on The Town podcast with Matt Belloni, offering a rare look into the company’s Hollywood strategy, the recent rebranding of its streaming service, and its future plans for theatrical releases and sports. Speaking…
A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones
ANDROID DEVICES ARE vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal two-factor authentication codes, location timelines, and other private data in less than 30 seconds. The new attack, named Pixnapping by the team of academic researchers who devised it, requires…