Here’s who AI picked to win the 2026 World Cup. It’s not who FIFA fans think

According to a new Bank of America survey, 40% of fans think France’s Les Bleus will take home the trophy—but AI begs to differ. [...]

Amazon has a massive Fitbit sale ahead of its newest release —shop the best deals from $79.95

The all-new Google Fitbit Air is now available to preorder, so you can find incredible deals on top-rated Fitbit activity and smartwatches, with prices starting at $79.95. [...]

38 Best High School Graduation Gifts for 2026

Whether your grad is heading to college or starting a new job, our CNET experts assembled a selection of thoughtful and practical gifts that will get them ready for their next chapter. [...]

How Sakana trained a 7B model to orchestrate GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro

Every LangChain pipeline your team hardcodes starts breaking the moment the query distribution shifts — and it always shifts. That bottleneck is what Sakana AI set out to eliminate.Researchers at Sa [...]

Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained

Today on Uncanny Valley, we’re diving into recent reports that the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would establish some sort of federal oversight over new AI models. [...]

OpenAI debuts a Codex plugin for Chrome

The new feature could turn Codex into more than a coding aid. [...]

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, May 8

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for May 8. [...]

The Fujifilm X-T5 is still my favorite APS-C camera years later, and that means the rumored X-T6 has a touch act to follow — here are 5 upgrades that would make it a worthy successor

How do you improve on a best-in-class camera? The rumored Fujifilm X-T6 has a tough act to follow, but with a new processor, sensor, improved autofocus and more, it could be a masterpiece [...]

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria

Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other drug-resistant pathogens. [...]