After exploring the bigger market for productivity tablets featuring color displays with the Paper Pro and the smaller Paper Pro Move, E Ink tablet maker reMarkable is returning to its roots with a new monochrome device called the Paper Pure.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/remarkables-new-paper-pure-tablet-goes-back-to-basics-with-a-monochrome-screen/
At first glance, the new trophy for the Cadillac Championship golf tournament looks like your average abstract design; a nicely curved tall geometric shape. But look closer, and you'll find several ingenious golf references in its DNA. Designed by Cadillac Design studio and GM Industrial Design, the 20-inch trophy is intended to capture a sense of "motion, tension, and precision". The reference? A golfer's swing.
https://www.creativebloq.com/design/product-design/why-everyones-talking-about-the-cadillac-championship-trophy
A full 46 percent of children even said that age checks were easy to bypass, while just 17 percent said that they were difficult to fool. The methods kids use to fool age gates vary, but most are pretty simple: There's the classic use of a video game character to fool video selfie systems, while in other instances, children reported just entering a fake birthday or using someone else's ID card when that was required. The report even cites cases of children drawing a mustache on their faces to fool age detection filters. Seriously.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/uk_online_safety_act_age_checks_subvert/?td=rt-3a
Of the 10,871 new podcast feeds created in the past nine days, 4,243 of them, or 39 percent, have signs of being AI-generated, data from the Podcast Index cited by Bloomberg last week showed. “It’s absurd,” Dave Jones, who runs the Podcast Index, said on his own show last week, per the outlet.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/half-ai-podcasts-slop
I’m infatuated with these magnetic digital Polaroids from a small company called VidaBay. They look like instant photos, but use NFC tech and color E Ink screens so you can change the image as often as you want without ever having to charge a battery.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/917067/vidabay-snap-nfc-e-ink-paper-fridge-magnet-photo-hands-on
Ask.com, one of the earliest attempts at conversational search engines, has shut down 30 years after its debut. “Every great search must come to an end,” reads the headline on the now-defunct website. “As IAC [parent company] continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world's questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/og-conversational-search-engine-askcom-jeeves-has-answered-its-last-question
Apple has reportedly stopped work on its Vision Pro headset and shifted staff to other teams within the company, MacRumors reports. Some employees who worked on the Vision Pro have been transferred to the company’s Siri team, while others are being moved elsewhere.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/is-the-vision-pro-dead-apple-reportedly-stops-work-on-its-pricey-headset