Author: Michael Comaous

Usually when it comes to April Fool’s Day—sifting through the sea of increasingly infuriating branded jokes—a lot of the annoyance comes from people announcing things that aren’t actually things. So on the one hand, it’s nice that Magic: The Gathering‘s gag this year is at least something you can buy. On the other… well, it depends on how much you like Deadpool. Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that it would celebrate “April Pool’s Day” with a new Secret Lair drop based entirely around Deadpool covering up a bunch of classic Magic staple cards—your Sol Rings, your Lightning Bolts, and so on—in…

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.While memory and storage shortages have been driving up SSD and RAM prices to dizzying heights amid the AI hype, Amazon is offering a handful of truly impressive discounts on high-capacity gaming SSDs from Western Digital as part of its Big Spring Sale. With options up to 4TB, you can tailor your storage to your current needs or give yourself room to grow. Having so many storage capacity options also gives you a better chance of finding something that also fits a more modest budget, as even with such steep markdowns, the prices…

What can I say about DoorDash to truly encapsulate what this company means to me? I could say it’s the father I never had; it’s the mother I’ve always wanted; the warm embrace of a friend you haven’t seen in a while; the sound of rain as you fall asleep… One of the greatest inventions of the 21st century has been the ability to get virtually any type of food you crave delivered to your front door without having to get up or even speak to another human. We’ve rounded up the best verified DoorDash promo codes, special offers, and…

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David Sacks has used up his days as Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Speaking with Bloomberg on Thursday, the longtime entrepreneur, investor, and podcaster, confirmed that his non-consecutive 130-day stint as a special government employee is over and that he’s moving on to co-chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) alongside senior White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios.  “I think moving forward as co-chair of PCAST, I can now make recommendations on not just AI but an expanded range of technology topics,” he told Bloomberg via a video interview. “So yes, this is how I’ll…

After Anthropic’s weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out.“The Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its ‘hostile manner through the press,’” Judge Rita F. Lin, a district judge in the northern district of California, wrote in the order, which will go into effect in seven days. “Punishing Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government’s contracting position is classic illegal First Amendment retaliation.”A final…

Four astronauts are about to embark on a historic voyage that will take them around the moon in a spacecraft about the size of a large camper van. During the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, will spend 10 days inside the Orion capsule after being blasted to space by the SLS rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hopefully next week. As many astronauts have noted over the years, the question they’re asked more than any other is: “How do astronauts use the bathroom in…

President Donald Trump says that he’s going to sign an order that will instruct the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA workers. The details of Trump’s proposal aren’t yet clear, but Republicans had earlier been floating the idea of using the National Emergency Act, which they believe would give the federal government more flexibility to use unspent funds on TSA. “Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!” Trump wrote as part of a lengthy screed Thursday on Truth…

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Anthropic won a preliminary injunction barring the US Department of Defense from labeling it a supply-chain risk, potentially clearing the way for customers to resume working with the company. The ruling on Thursday by Rita Lin, a federal district judge in San Francisco, is a symbolic setback for the Pentagon and a significant boost for the generative AI company as it tries to preserve its business and reputation.“Defendants’ designation of Anthropic as a ‘supply chain risk’ is likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious,” Lin wrote in justifying the temporary relief. “The Department of War provides no legitimate…