Tech & Ai
Star Wars Day 2026: May the 4th sales, drops, and freebies
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsCelebrate Star Wars Day with Lego Shop limited-edition Star Wars Echo Dot stands at Amazon Get your
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security tried to obtain a Canadian man’s location information, activity logs, and other identifying information from Google after he criticized the
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and
Andy Serkis teases ‘The Hunt for Gollum’: ‘It’s not just a nostalgia film’
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Andy Serkis isn’t done with Middle-earth just yet. The upcoming prequel film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum sees Serkis pulling double
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Right? What could be better, from a movie-making standpoint, than a futuristic sword that lets
Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
The tech industry has spent the last decade asking whether self-driving cars need lidar sensors, cameras, or all of the above. Lidar company Ouster says
‘The Audacity’s Sarah Goldberg searches for the humanity in Silicon Valley
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
When The Audacity star Sarah Goldberg first met with series creator Jonathan Glatzer, he summed up the show in an unexpected fashion: The real-life tech
Science Has Found Even More Ways Coffee Is Good for You
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Are you a fan of coffee but not sure if it’s good for you? Perhaps you’re aware of its well-known stimulant effect but aren’t sure
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Nicolas Sauvage believes it takes four years for the best bets to look obvious — thinking that he shared on stage last week at StrictlyVC’s
NYT Pips hints, answers for May 4, 2026
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 4, 2026
Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on