China bans four New Zealand MPs over Taiwan visitLin Chia-lung/FacebookThe New Zealand lawmakers travelled to Taiwan in May, where they met Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Chia-lung (L)In a first, China has banned four New Zealand Members of Parliament for a year over their visit to Taiwan, New Zealand's foreign ministry says. The MPs learned of the ban - which the Chinese Embassy said could be...

NotebookLM’s new update will help you build source repository from chat Image Credits:Google 9:00 AM PDT · June 8, 2026 Google on Monday announced an update to its NotebookLM research tool, which includes new features and the shift to Gemini 3.5 as the default model. The company is also adding Antigravity-powered software skills to help users with research and...

Amazon brings Alexa+ to the UK In Brief Posted: 5:27 AM PDT · March 19, 2026 Image Credits:Amazon Amazon is bringing its new AI-powered conversational assistant, Alexa+, to the U.K., the first country to get the AI assistant outside of North America. The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early...

This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now. Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots, raised roughly $735 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation. Earlier this year, Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots for...

What if a single jewel could define your entire build—and what if farming it was actually guaranteed? The Heart of the Well Diamond is Path of Exile 2's most coveted Unique Jewel, and for good reason. It drops with four hidden, build-defining modifiers that you personally unveil at the Well of Souls. But here's the catch: to get it, you must hunt Lichborn Exiles—resurrected Rogue...