Ever since I got my TCL Mini-LED TV earlier this year, I've used it for very little beyond its 4K 120Hz screen for playing my PC and PS5. But it was only a matter of time before I properly started using my Google TV's own apps to watch my self-hosted media.

A crew annotated image showing where the Artemis II team observed impact flashes on the dark side of the Moon. | Image: NASA If you thought you'd seen all there is to see from the Artemis II mission, you're wrong. This week NASA posted over 800GB worth of science data, images, and videos on the Artemis II: Sights & Sounds of Science site. The archive includes over 11,000 photos and videos, over 8.5 hours of audio, and crew-annotated images, such as the one marking where they saw impact flashes on the dark side of the Moon. Together, they offer an unprecedented view inside a historic space mission.One of the more exciting reveals was footage of the Artemis II team telling the ground team back in Houston about its observation of impact flashes. Impact flashes have …Read the full story at The Verge.

I’ve documented all sorts of wacky AI experiments involving weak hardware here on XDA, with my Raspberry Pi 5 being a common guinea pig for a handful of these projects. To its credit, my tiny tinkering companion manages to deliver decent results with smaller LLMs, with Gemma 4 E2B being my preferred model for simple productivity tasks involving this SBC.

I started with one service on my homelab, and when it worked, I added another, then another. Within a year, my homelab grew so large that I don’t even remember which port I chose for Jellyfin, which volume I created for it, or which network I kept the container on. In day-to-day use, these things don’t matter much, but when they do, I never remember them in time. So, I finally decided to give the accumulated knowledge a proper home in Trilium.

The latest rumors are that the new Apple TV will have a built-in microphone, while the upgraded remote will get a speaker. The mic would let users control the set-top box using Siri without having to speak into the remote or a connected HomePod device. That could also let the Apple TV serve as a simple smart home hub - controlling thermostats and locking doors - without the need to hunt for the remote.If you happen to misplace the remote, the new integrated speaker should make it easier to track down. It could play an audio alert to guide you to its location, whether it got carelessly kicked under the couch or a child mischievously hid it …Read the full story at The Verge.

We are quickly coming up on Apple's "Welcome Home" launch event, where we expect a host of smart home-related announcements. We are expecting refreshes to Apple TV and HomePod Mini, as well as a brand new smart home hub. We could also see the debut of a new platform called homeOS, and some partner devices from LG.What we probably won't be seeing is the long-rumored touchscreen MacBook, which Cupertino whisperer Mark Gurman says will debut later this month."Welcome Home" will officially kick off in New York on October 13th at 9AM ET. Here's more about what to expect. A proper smart home hubUntil now, Apple has primarily relied on the …Read the full story at The Verge.

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 5:A Flock Safety license plate recognition camera is seen near the intersection of Marine Street and Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images) | MediaNews Group via Getty Images In April of 2025, Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed to "enhance the safety and security of students." But by September of that year, the school's administration grew concerned that Flock was sharing data with Customs and Border Patrol, that camera feeds were not properly secured, and that both law enforcement and the company's employees were abusing access to the data. So in October of 2025, Elgin Community College requested Flock to remove its cameras. According to Elgin's President Peggy Heinrich, Flock rejected the request, saying it had not violated its contract. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, school o …Read the full story at The Verge.

When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," you'd be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on. While most of the broader population is sticking with AI, some of Silicon Valley's most powerful are falling in line and trying to give Trump the great AI rebrand he so desires. That Elon Musk was quick to jump on board, promising to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, isn't surprising. When, hours after Donald Trump declared that "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super I …Read the full story at The Verge.

As dystopian as it sounds, I know a lot of people spend more time talking to AI chatbots than they do to actual people. It makes me incredibly sad, and though I admittedly spend a lot of time convincing people to actively use AI in their workflows because of how useful these tools can be, I do think there's a fine line between using AI to make your life easier and becoming overly dependent on it.

George A. Romero is obviously best known as the father of the modern zombie movie. But between inventing the genre with Night of the Living Dead and his outbreak horror, The Crazies, Romero made two much lesser-known films: There's Always Vanilla, which I'll admit I've never seen, and Season of the Witch, or, as it was originally titled, Hungry Wives. Hungry Wives was supposed to be an exploitation film. The studio marketed it as a softcore porn, but it failed to find an audience - probably because the movie features minimal nudity, just one sex scene, and lots of talking. It was an undeniable flop upon its release in 1973. It was eventual …Read the full story at The Verge.

From Disney Plus to HBO Max, almost every major established streaming service is experimenting with ways to get into vertical content. It's clear that these companies see video-focused social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram as existential threats. In this arms race for viewers' attention, it has often felt like everyone is trying to find new ways to exist on people's phones. But a new startup thinks that the next step in vertical series' evolution is going to take place on our wide-screen televisions.Unlike most vertical microdrama / series streaming platforms on the market that have focused on mobile viewing experiences, Vurt ha …Read the full story at The Verge.

I already use AI to write Home Assistant automations because putting together long YAML files isn’t something I particularly enjoy. I’ve also connected Claude Code to Home Assistant, so I can ask it to check device states, control the lights, or run an existing routine. And the most logical next step is giving it access to my configuration so it can check the automations I already have.