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Mercedes adds steer-by-wire — and a dang steering yoke — to the EQS

Andrew J. HawkinsApr 3

Anker’s small, five-port travel adapter is down to its best price yet

Sheena VasaniApr 3

I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux

If your laptop is stranded on Windows 10, the solution isn’t a new laptop. It’s a new operating system.

Stevie BonifieldApr 3

Andrew J. HawkinsApr 3

‘US car shoppers really are missing out.’

Car reviewer Edmunds says its “the first automotive testing authority in the US” to put a Chinese electrified vehicle, in this case the Geely Galaxy M9, through its rigorous review process. The verdict is as you would expect: a hybrid with superior electric range (101 miles!), world-class metrics, a premium interior, and serious value. “The Geely Galaxy M9 is a wake-up call for the automotive industry,” said Alistair Weaver, Edmunds editor-in-chief.

Tested: The Geely Galaxy M9 Proves Chinese Cars Could Be Seriously Competitive in America

[Edmunds]

How the Apple Watch defined modern health tech

Digital health screeners weren’t a thing until the Apple Watch. It’s shaped how we think about wearables ever since.

Victoria SongApr 3

Waiting for Trump Phone

Allison JohnsonApr 3

Apple’s best product ever

David PierceApr 3

Andrew LiszewskiApr 3

8BitDo celebrates Apple’s 50th anniversary with a 5-pound keyboard.

The company has given the all-aluminum NES 40th edition of its Retro 68 Keyboard an Apple II-inspired makeover. The new AP50th Limited Edition features a shell, keycaps, and buttons all made from aluminum alloy, and for $499.99 it will ship in June 2026 with a pair of matching wireless programmable buttons.

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Chatbots are now prescribing psychiatric drugs

Robert HartApr 3

Thomas RickerApr 3

“With this burn to the moon, we do not leave Earth, we choose it.”

The Orion spacecraft is now on a course to take four astronauts around the moon in four days time.

Elizabeth LopattoApr 3

“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

The abrupt closure of a tuition-free private school founded by Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg’s wife, will dump extra students into a local school district, increasing expected enrollment by 20 percent.

Now there’s a $70 million bond measure up for votes to help deal with the influx. The text of the measure says the closure created “an immediate crisis” for the school district.

Zuckerberg-funded school to close, creating ‘crisis’ for Bay Area district

[San Francisco Chronicle]

Jay PetersApr 2

Meta may not fund the Oversight Board after 2028.

The company has already reduced funding to the Oversight Board this year and “has signaled that it will do so again in 2027 and 2028,” according to Platformer’s Casey Newton. The two sides are still in talks.

Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board

[Platformer]