Xiaomi 15 Ultra: Everything about the new Leica flagship smartphone in advance submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

iPhone 16e Reviews: Is It Worth $599? Apple’s entry-level iPhone 16e launches this Friday. Ahead of time, the first reviews of the device have been shared by select media outlets and YouTube channels. iPhone 16e features include a 6.1-inch OLED display with a notch, Face ID, an A18 chip, Apple Intelligence support, a USB-C port, an Action button, and a single 48-megapixel rear came…

iPhone 16e’s Battery Capacity Revealed in Real-World Battery Life Test In its announcement video for the iPhone 16e, Apple said the device features a new internal design that allowed for a larger battery. Apple does not publicly advertise mAh battery capacities for iPhones. In his iPhone 16e review video today, however, Dave Lee of the YouTube channel Dave2D said the device is equipped with a 3,961 mAh battery. Th…

SEC Drops Probe Into Gemini, Cameron Winklevoss Demands Recompense In a Wednesday X post, the co-founder and president of Gemini suggested the SEC publicly fire all staff members involved in the investigation.

Stablecoins Take Center Stage at Senate’s First Digital Assets Subcommittee Hearing Legislators convened a panel to discuss what stablecoin and market structure bills need to address.

Meta apologizes after Instagram users flag flood of graphic and violent content Meta has apologized for a mistake that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood of violent and graphic content on their recommended content feeds.

Trump Seeks Prompt Supreme Court Review of His Power to Fire Officials The justices ruled last week that the president could not, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads the watchdog agency that protects whistle-blowers.

Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments Lawyers for the government had said it would miss a deadline to release more than $1.5 billion in payments for past aid work and sought a late intervention from the Supreme Court.

Trump Shares AI Video of Gaza as Luxury Resort, Drawing Scorn One scene from the video, whose origins are unclear, shows President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting shirtless at a pool with drinks. Hamas condemned it as “disgraceful.”

‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins Energy Transfer, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million, a sum that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the storied environmental group.

What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Is Trump Seizing Control of It? The administration’s changes to the pool come at a moment when the White House is chipping away at the ability of major news organizations to cover it.

Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill The search in Manitoba uncovered possible human remains from two victims of a serial killer, a devastating case that spotlighted an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in Canada.

Trump and DOGE Escalate Layoffs of Federal Workers Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Stage Sit-in at Barnard Over Expulsions The demonstrators, who were protesting the expulsions of two students, assaulted a campus employee, sending the worker to the hospital, a Barnard College spokeswoman said.

Europe for a month in December ’25 Let’s say this is your first and once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe with your family of parents approaching their 60s and siblings entering their 20s. Which countries will you include and what activities do you suggest doing in each of them? Would love suggestions for one without a budget and one on a “spend only what you need” budget. Edit: This…

What to bring from South Korea I’ll be in Seoul for business for a few days. I’d love to bring my foodie daughter some Korean food. Obviously I can’t take cooked food or even frozen as my flight is very long (or maybe in suitcase with ice?). Would love any ideas of what I can bring her. I guess from the grocery? Bakery maybe? submitted by /u/Hot_Dragonfruit_4999

Yet another insane video generation AI model, ByteDance Goku. How good is it? ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, has just introduced Goku, a new AI model that can generate high-quality videos from text prompts, animate images, and create ultra-smooth visuals. Some are already comparing it to OpenAI’s Sora, but what really makes Goku stand out is that it’s open-source—allowing developers to tweak and improve it. This co…

Messi nets slick goal against Sporting KC to help send Inter Miami to Champions Cup round of 16 The goal gave Inter Miami a 2-0 lead on aggregate against Sporting Kansas City in the Concacaf Champions Cup.

Women’s Power Rankings: Texas takes over the No. 1 spot, Notre Dame drops down After falling to NC State, Notre Dame drops down in the rankings as Texas rises to No. 1.

ChatGPT is a terrible, fascinating, and thrilling to-do list app Every day for the last few weeks, I’ve received a notification on my phone at 7:30 in the morning. The notification comes from ChatGPT, and it always contains the same thing: instructions for a 20-minute full-body workout and a 10-minute meditation. The instructions are simple, and I’ve actually come to appreciate the daily prodding. I