This week’s big tech news stories took a different look at the world. From a literal peek into , , and shows how his view of the truth is skewed. Check out the rest of the top tech stories for the week. 2 / 12 A CT scan of Stanley’s viral Quencher cup has confirmed what the company has been saying all along: There’s only lead at the bottom of the cup. The lead is covered by a stainless steel cover, which Stanley says makes it “inaccessible to customers.” In the end, though, lead exposure might come down to a matter of luck. - Jody Serrano 3 / 12 What’s your favorite way to listen to music? Maybe you prefer a quiet room with some headphones or listening on vinyl. One thing is for sure, you don’t want to hear some compressed MP3 on your phone, right?
Apple,
Amazon, and Tidal offer “lossless audio,” claiming users can “hear the exact same thing” an artist created in the studio. However, it’s a myth that than MP3, and at all. - Maxwell Zeff 4 / 12 announced a with Hippocratic AI on Monday, a healthcare company that offers generative AI nurses who work for just $9 an hour. Hippocratic promotes how it can undercut real human nurses, who can cost $90 an hour, with its cheap AI agents that offer medical advice to patients over video calls in real-time. - Maxwell Zeff 5 / 12 The first episode of The Don Lemon Show , showcasing a fiery interview with
Elon Musk. The interview , in which the . - Maxwell Zeff 6 / 12 Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a , using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home. A federal court that it was fine for law enforcement to do so, in what’s potentially a major law. - Maxwell Zeff 7 / 12 Michael Dell, the CEO of the technology company that bears his surname, has long been an advocate of remote work and not so long ago called it But it seems that even Dell (the company), can’t help but follow the trend among technology companies suddenly convinced that in-office work is the best work. - Jody Serrano 8 / 12 Just one week after
Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, of herself and her children on Mother’s Day, the
UK Royal Family is in hot water again over another family portrait—which coincidentally is connected to Middleton. - Jody Serrano 9 / 12 news consists of only rumors so far—Sony hasn’t even confirmed the existence of a beefed-up console. However, a recent leak of the PS5 Pro specs appears to be legit and it’s reportedly prompted Sony to go on the hunt to find who spoiled the surprise. - Oscar Gonzalez 10 / 12
Mark Zuckerberg began testing a horizontal swiping feature on Wednesday for his pet project, Threads, the app whose . The feature appears to be something Musk tweeted about two weeks ago, noting that he’s wanted to add it to X for the last year. - Maxwell Zeff 11 / 12 Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup, an interview with its first patient on Wednesday. The man in question, a 29-year-old quadriplegic who identifies himself as , said that he has been unable to move his arms or legs for nearly a decade. Using Neuralink’s brain implant, which was inserted in January, the man now seems to be able to play chess as well as the game by using his mind. The interview, in which Nolan is seen playing the games, was streamed to Musk’s
Social Media platform, X. - Lucas Ropek 12 / 12