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FollowMartin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says"I can always find a couple of biotech stocks to smoke," Shkreli said in a livestream.ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as "superfake" piracy enablersBut third-party sellers, not Anbernic, are the ones routinely selling ROM-filled SD cards.Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMwareTopgolf and VMware "ran deep" before the migration.Trump commercial railing against his enemies kept airing after court blocked itUS attorney apologized to court, said government has stopped running Trump ads.Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot techDisney may acquire tech from one of the first chatbot makers linked to child suicide.Skydance’s Discovery+ prices increase by up to 20 percentThe higher prices are said to be unrelated to the Skydance merger.The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t haveSmall EVs and efficient people carriers update familiar names for the modern age.Google wants to host your personal vibe-coded apps in the Play StoreGoogle plans to help turn those personal AI-generated apps into wide releases.Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you payDevelopers will get 50 percent discounted API rates through November.Apple’s first smart display is the 7-inch HomeView for $299It can recognize up to six users with its camera.They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.Solar geoengineering simulation shows what happens when geopolitics takes over.High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venomCo-author: “The unique geometry of the valves is the key; they act as collapsible pistons" to deliver venom.39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in PennsylvaniaAs of Friday, state health officials reported 1,136 cases across 41 counties.Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPadYou can get a universe in your pocket if you have an iPhone 11 or later.WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"Without a cause of death, it's unclear if Russia's precautions were the right ones.Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with UkraineRussian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.Long-lost horror gaming cult classic P.T. gets a much-needed PC portKojima's discontinued "playable trailer" is no longer stuck on a few aging PS4 hard drives.F1 in Singapore: There's a new fastest car nowAlso, F1’s final sprint saw our first real wet racing of the year.Google announces the Fitbit Edge, a middle ground between Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit AirThe Fitbit Edge offers more than the Air, but it's not a real smartwatch.Inside Amazon’s robotic arms race and what it means for the future of human workThe second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.Review: 4-hour Musk documentary feels like two different filmsAlex Gibney's provocative film is compelling but overlong, and there's not much new here for Ars readers.Prime Video unveils Blade Runner 2099 full trailer at NYCCAlso: new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero , the sequel to Takashi Yamazaki’s kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One