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Chainguard unveils free starter pack for secure images
Chainguard launches a free Catalog Starter pack, giving developers five production-grade secure container images from its vast library.

ChatGPT is dialing back its ‘if you want’ end-response teasers
It wasn’t all that long ago that ChatGPT was a constant nag, persistently dropping “Would you like me to…?”-style questions at the end of its responses. OpenAI eventually tweaked the phrasing, dropping the question marks and going for “if you want”-style teasers that invited users to extend their chat sessions. Now,...

Faster, smarter, free: ‘GPT-5.4 mini’ brings advanced AI to more users
Earlier this week, OpenAI announced via blog post that it had launched two new AI models: GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano, with the former providing “significant improvements” over GPT-5.0 mini in various ways and bringing parts of the company’s latest model to more users. When OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.4 in early March,...

Samsung to Invest Record $73 Billion in AI Chip Comeback Bid

Uber to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of robotaxi deal

Alibaba Targets $100 Billion of AI Revenue in Five Years

Circle CEO: AI agents will replace work performed by humans 'on a massive scale'

Acer RTX 5070 Ti laptop deal: Intel Core Ultra 9 + 32GB RAM ($350 off)
NOW $350 OFF Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI laptop Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX / RTX 5070 Ti / 32GB RAM View Deal If you’ve been waiting to get a good deal on a banger gaming laptop, now’s the time to finally open up your wallet! The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI...

Snoop Dogg wants to turn Swansea into Vegas - but some think 'he should leave us alone'
Rapper Snoop Dogg has announced his own 10-year plan to make Swansea the "Vegas of Wales".

Afroman wins legal battle over songs mocking US police
The rapper was sued after releasing an entire album ridiculing the officers who raided his home.

Russell T Davies adapts It's A Sin for stage show
The Channel 4 show will be reimagined as an immersive, theatrical performance premiering in Manchester.

Tech Life
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$50 for an MX Master Mouse 3S is Logitech’s best deal this year
Just $50 on eBay Logitech MX Master 3S mouse, refurbished View Deal Logitech’s MX Master series of mice are generally considered the best options unless you want a gaming mouse with a DPI that matches the current Dow Jones rate. But no one ever said they’re affordable: The latest flagship Master 4 costs...

It’s so easy to do bad things with Canva’s Magic Layers
I know that there is indeed something good and useful about Canva’s Magic Layers tool, which uses AI to transform an image into an editable template. But all I can think of it is how people can and will use it for nefarious purposes. Canva’s Magic Layers tool was launched last...

Samsung’s 49-inch OLED ultrawide monitor is… $500 off today
NOW $500 OFF 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) View Deal Normally priced at $1,300, the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) gaming monitor rarely gets a serious discount. You usually have to wait for a big sale, like Prime Day or Black Friday. But if you can’t wait, then today’s the next...

How to stream March Madness the right way
No disrespect to all the other articles on how to stream March Madness in 2026, but I feel like something’s still missing. Too much of what I’ve seen just lists out an overwhelming number of streaming options without much help making sense of them all. Some of them even recommend expensive...

US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches
The fine includes £450,000 for lack of age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography.

Triage your Gmail with this easy Gemini hack
I’m on record with not loving Personal Intelligence, the Google tool that allows Gemini to reference your Google searches, past Gemini chats, your Gmail inbox, and other Google data when responding to your queries. Now available for all U.S. Google users and no longer stuck behind a paywall, Personal Intelligence can...