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Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The NSA reportedly has access to Anthropic’s Mythos despite being labeled a supply-chain risk.

Sources told Axios that the agency was among the roughly 40 organizations granted access. This, despite the Pentagon arguing that Anthropic is a threat to national security. The NSA has reportedly been using it primarily to identify vulnerabilities in its own network, but considering its track record, it’s understandable if you’re wary.

John Higgins
John Higgins
Asus ProArt displays are the first to be validated for Adobe Premiere.

The new Adobe Premiere Color Mode, which is available in the latest Premiere beta, is a color grading system built inside the editing program replacing Lumetri. The Asus ProArt validation extends to full HDR editing workflows with the new Premiere feature.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Someone recreated Nintendo’s exceptionally rare first arcade game.

Resurrecting 1974’s Wild Gunman isn’t a matter of extracting a ROM and firing up an emulator. The light gun game used two projectors and live-action footage spread across multiple film reels. Callan Brown managed to get his hands on them, scan them, and built a replica of the original cabinet.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Coachella wraps up today with Karol G.

This is also your last chance to catch any performances you might have missed. Last week I missed out on Clipse, Young Thug, The Rapture, and Tomora, so they’re my priority. But I also am looking forward to Röyksopp, who didn’t make the stream last weekend. Head over to the official Coachella YouTube channel.

Coachella livestream schedule for April 19th, 2026.
Image: Coachella / Goldenvoice
T.C. Sottek
T.C. Sottek
NASA’s Artemis II posters are incredible.

We just flew around the Moon, which remains an incredible feat for human beings. On this planet, I’m really psyched to print and frame the official NASA posters for the Artemis II mission. And because they’re public works you can get them for free. What a great use of taxes.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
NASA turns off more instruments on Voyager 1 to keep it going.

Some parts of the probe were powered down last year, but power dropped unexpectedly during a maneuver on February 27th, leading NASA to shut down the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP) earlier than expected. A fix is in the works that could extend the life of both Voyagers and possibly bring LECP back online.

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem Badaruddin, Voyager mission manager at JPL. “Voyager 1 still has two remaining operating science instruments — one that listens to plasma waves and one that measures magnetic fields. They are still working great, sending back data from a region of space no other human-made craft has ever explored. The team remains focused on keeping both Voyagers going for as long as possible.”

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Horror Lex is a free database of academic literature for horror nerds.

I love horror movies and overanalyzing things, so Horror Lex scratches a really specific itch. It doesn’t actually host any papers or books. Instead, it’s a hand-selected index of over 13,000 documents, many of them from peer-reviewed journals. A lot of them are free to read, too.

Horror Lex

[Horror Lex]

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
A humanoid robot just ran a half-marathon faster than any human.

It finished the 21.1-kilometer race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. The world record was set just a month ago by Jacob Kiplimo, at 57 minutes and 20 seconds. More impressively, when this race was held last year, the winning robot finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes — a stunning improvement.

Correction April 19th: An earlier version used the wrong unit of measurement. A half-marathon is 21.1 kilometers, or 13.1 miles.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Steph Curry might be teasing a screenless Fitbit in plain sight.

The first hint was a sponsored Instagram post on March 31st. But Curry has been spotted wearing the mysterious device (possibly dubbed “Google Fitbit Air”) in a video from Sotheby’s, and it even made an appearance in a behind-the-scenes clip way back from All-Star weekend. We don’t know much, but it looks like Google is getting ready to take on Whoop.

A screenless wearable on the wrist of Steph Curry.
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Screenshot: Droid Life
The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn

The schemes and shenanigans behind the Nexstar-Tegna deal.

Tina Nguyen
Marathon battery life makes Keychron’s Ultra 8K keyboards its best yet

The V5 Ultra 8K and Q1 Ultra 8K are faster, sound better, and last longer.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto