Apple is trying to solve one of Safari’s biggest weaknesses with AI. Safari has long lacked the robust library of extensions that its rivals have, mainly due to the stringent development requirements from Apple. But now, Apple is inviting users…
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company said Monday in a blog post. The filing comes a little more than week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race…
Your iPhone camera app will look a little different this fall. On Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, Apple showed off new features in its next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 27, and changes…
Accumulated sediment is periodically flushed out of the Sanmenxia reservoir in China Imago/Alamy Over half of the planet’s freshwater reservoirs will be “functionally dead” by 2060 due to sediment build-up, a study has predicted. Dams block silt, sand and gravel…
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There is no shortage of remakes and sequels at Summer Game Fest 2026, but Sega is tasking RGG Studio with reinvigorating the company’s biggest fighting series. Instead of simply making Virtua Fighter 6 (and appealing to its devoted but niche…
Uber is getting ready to put robotaxis on London’s streets, opening an interest list for riders who want to be among the first to hail one of Wayve’s autonomous vehicles when the service goes live later this year. The rollout…
Uber customers in the U.K. can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve autonomous vehicle — another sign that the two companies are preparing to launch a robotaxi service in London. When…
Joseph Edgar Foreman is still getting high. In a makeshift greenroom made from curtains at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Afroman, as he’s better known, inhales a blunt rolled by his videographer, who’s wearing a tight cocktail dress and…
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe may amuse readers to Feedback by emailing feedback@newscientist.com Just a hallucination The online encyclopedias are proliferating. While Wikipedia still dominates,…
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Quick Read PEP trades at $142, implying ~20% upside to the $170.18 price target, supported by strong Q1 revenue growth and 90% model confidence. Piper Sandler rates PEP Overweight at $178, and a $10 billion buyback plus 54 consecutive dividend…
View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Tucker Carlson, a decades-long supporter of the Republican Party as well as a fierce defender of Donald Trump, has broken away from the GOP. The long-time conservative said in a June 2026 podcast interview…
