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Gizmodo The Future Is Here Apple’s Incoming CEO Makes His Earnings Call Debut May 1st 2026, 01:10 by Ece Yildirim Before he faces the public in September, Ternus is chatting up the people who matter: investors. Apple-John-Ternus-CEO-MacBook-Neo-2-1280x853.jpg ‍ Spotify Will Now Verify Non-AI Artists Apr 30th 2026, 22:45 by Ece Yildirim The biggest music streaming platform braces for AI slop to overrun music. fdd4c2ea497f21b085edb528aafdf23c-1024x575.jpg ‍ ‘Macross Plus’ Is an Ultra-Romantic Classic That Refuses to Age Apr 30th 2026, 22:00 by Isaiah Colbert This retro mecha masterpiece reaches across time and space with a prescient, hopeful message as timeless as its vision of the future. macross-plus-4-1280x853.jpg ‍ Stick It to Jeff Bezos by Turning Your Defunct Kindle Into the World’s Worst Typewriter Apr 30th 2026, 21:15 by Tom Hawking The world doesn't need anymore e-waste. Be the change you want to see. kindle-typewriter-1280x853.png ‍ ‘De-extinction’ Startup Wants to Revive Antelope Killed Off by South African Colonists Apr 30th 2026, 21:10 by Matthew Phelan Colossal Biosciences’ bluebuck de-extinction project could also help the world’s dozens of currently endangered antelope species. colossal-biosciences-bluebuck-antelope-1280x853.jpg ‍ The Best Toys of April 2026 Apr 30th 2026, 21:10 by James Whitbrook From life-sized Grogus to tiny Puss in Boots, it's been a big month for toy news. best-toys-april-2026-alien-star-wars-lego-shrek-batman-beyond-1280x853.jpg ‍ Under-Oath Elon Musk Seems to Run a Different Company Than Public-Figure Elon Musk Apr 30th 2026, 20:55 by AJ Dellinger Could really get used to this whole under-oath thing. GettyImages-2273014217-1280x853.jpg ‍ Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers Apr 30th 2026, 20:45 by Gayoung Lee Compact microreactors have the potential to alleviate the heavy energy demands of the AI industry. triga-reactor-usgs-1280x853.jpg ‍ Here’s the Very Normal Reason the ‘Lanterns’ Trailer Disappeared Apr 30th 2026, 20:00 by Cheryl Eddy Sorry to anyone who bought into the conspiracy theories: apparently, it had to do with boring old music rights. Lanterns-First-Look-1280x853.jpg ‍ California Cops Can Finally Give Robotaxis Tickets Apr 30th 2026, 19:10 by Matt Novak The new regulations also require AV companies to respond to first responder calls within 30 seconds. waymo-san-diego-1280x853.jpg ‍ Andy Serkis Says Viggo Mortensen Was ‘Thrilled’ by Jamie Dornan Being Cast as Aragorn Apr 30th 2026, 19:00 by Cheryl Eddy 'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' brings back several characters from Peter Jackson's trilogy, but at least one won't be played by the original actor. Aragorn_TwoTowers-2-1280x853.jpg ‍ ‍ Elon Musk Will Earn a Company Bonus if He Drops a Million Colonists on Mars Apr 30th 2026, 18:45 by Passant Rabie Either SpaceX's board members are just as delulu, or they're confident this goal is unachievable so they won't have to dole out the pay package. spacex-mars-colony-1280x853.jpg ‍ OpenAI’s New Image Generator Is Trying to Take Your 6-Year-Old’s Job Apr 30th 2026, 18:20 by AJ Dellinger The world's most resource-intense technology can finally replicate an image you could make on computers in 1985. sam_altman_gpt_image-1280x853.jpg ‍ The Best Gadgets of April 2026 Apr 30th 2026, 18:15 by James Pero April was anything but ordinary for gadget releases. We checked out some weird (but fun) stuff, like Anker's awesome UV printer, HP's PC-in-a-keyboard, the new Steam Controller, and more. Best-Gadgets-of-April-2026-1280x853.jpeg ‍ ‘Hokum’ Punctuates Its Tale of Grief With Unsettling Frights Apr 30th 2026, 18:00 by Cheryl Eddy Adam Scott stars in the latest eerie horror tale from Damian McCarthy (‘Oddity’). Hokum_review_topart-1280x853.jpg ‍ AI Just Beat Doctors at Diagnosing ER Patients. Don’t Get All Excited Apr 30th 2026, 18:00 by Matthew Phelan An advanced ‘reasoning’ model AI scored over 11% higher than two human doctors when diagnosing emergency room cases. Artificial-Intelligence-Medical-Advances-1280x853.jpeg ‍ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Currently Tracking for the Lowest ‘Star Wars’ Opening in Years Apr 30th 2026, 17:15 by Germain Lussier A month from release, the first opening weekend estimates are out for the Pedro Pascal 'Star Wars' film. Mandalorian-and-Grogu-sparks-1280x853.jpg ‍ ‘The Goblins Came Back to Haunt Us’: OpenAI Explains How ChatGPT’s ‘Nerdy’ Personality Got Out of Control Apr 30th 2026, 16:45 by Bruce Gil OpenAI is ready to talk about ChatGPT’s goblin obsession. OpenAI-Sam-Altman-at-an-Apple-event--1280x853.jpg ‍ Lost Copy of the Oldest-Known English Poem Discovered in a Rome Library Apr 30th 2026, 16:30 by Gayoung Lee The discovery uncovers new insights into how English spread and evolved over time, the researchers say. manuscript-1280x853.jpg ‍ Wizards of the Coast Is Making a Brand New Trading Card Game Apr 30th 2026, 16:05 by James Whitbrook Almost 30 years in the making, 'Mood Swings' wants to deliver a smaller, quicker, and more accessible card game experience that not even 'Magic: The Gathering' can provide. mood-swings-wizards-of-the-coast-reveal-1280x853.jpg ‍ ‍ You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. By using Blogtrottr, you agree to our terms. 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