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David Sacks is Trump’s AI and crypto ‘czar’David Sacks is Trump’s AI and crypto ‘czar’
Jay Peters and Alex Heath
iFixit now sells official Xbox partsiFixit now sells official Xbox parts
Riot is making a League of Legends card gameRiot is making a League of Legends card game
Google will support the Pixel 6, 7, and Fold with two extra years of OS updatesGoogle will support the Pixel 6, 7, and Fold with two extra years of OS updates
Google just made it easier to turn off personalized search resultsGoogle just made it easier to turn off personalized search results
US phone companies could face fines for weak security under a proposed new ruleUS phone companies could face fines for weak security under a proposed new rule
The PC Gaming Show’s best trailers: creepy aliens, strategic turtles, and desktop platformersThe PC Gaming Show’s best trailers: creepy aliens, strategic turtles, and desktop platformers
Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025
PUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new gamesPUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new games
Nearly 80,000 Anker speakers recalled due to fire hazardNearly 80,000 Anker speakers recalled due to fire hazard
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Do you want to build a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece?

Areaware’s new 15-piece Blockitecture set was designed by James Paulius with hexagonal shapes and cantilevered features so you can build structures in Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive Usonian-style.

The blocks are made from a mix of New Zealand pine and fiberboard and while $60 for the set isn’t cheap, a portion of that will go to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house and disassembled.
Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house.
Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house.
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Areaware’s new 15-piece building block set lets you create your own Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian-style home.
Image: Areaware
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Meta is testing individual post metrics for Threads.

“Now that your posts will be shown to more people who follow you, it’s especially important to understand what’s resonating with your existing audience,” Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says.

A photo showing individual post insights on Threads.
You can also see the image on Mosseri’s Threads post.
Image: Meta
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
What could Valve possibly be cooking with AMD, ChromeOS, and HDMI-CEC?

Steam Box? Gaming Chromebook? Take your best guess — but it sure looks like Johnny Deng, a Valve electrical engineer, is testing to ensure a powerful new “AMD Lilac” can properly control your TV (or vice versa) over HDMI.

It’s fascinating to think about. Why would Valve use ChromeOS instead of SteamOS? Valve did tell us it’d “love to work with third-parties” on living room extensions...

NASA’s mission to return humans to the Moon has been delayed again until 2026NASA’s mission to return humans to the Moon has been delayed again until 2026
Kylie Robison
Kylie Robison
Google Docs just let me know that a tsunami is imminent.

Today has been a busy day. I was working on some OpenAI news — but Mother Nature doesn’t care about my plans!

There was a 7.0 earthquake, and now there are tsunami warnings here in San Francisco. Interestingly, though, Google Docs and Drive both warned me about the Tsunami (sometimes it shows a button for “More Info” and sometimes not).

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