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It’s a threepeat! Conan O’Brien will return as host of the Oscars for a third consecutive year. Also back in their fourth straight year as executive producers are Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. The 99th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and Hulu on March 14, 2027. ABC was not believed to have an […] Source: https://deadline.com/2026/05/conan-obrien-return-oscars-host-2027-1236899641/

Google is announcing a new line of laptops coming in the fall called Googlebooks. Details are sparse for now, as the tease is just a small part of various Android announcements during Google's Android Show. But we do know this is a major new initiative in the laptop space for Google, seemingly designed to succeed Chromebooks with something more capable: a platform running a long-rumored new operating system based on a fusion of Android and ChromeOS. That operating system, through various leaks, has been referred to as Aluminium OS. Google isn't announcing the OS's real name or giving many details about it just yet. "We'll have more to share … Read the full story at The Verge. Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/928479/google-googlebook-laptops-android-tease-aluminium-chromebook

Check out this video from Fox News: "Iran has tried to 'choke off' the ENTIRE world economy: Mike Waltz" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCQqyTBank

Check out this video from IGN: "Interviewing Kano on a roller coaster" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CTpILnebW50

Sony has released its financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, including the fact that the majority of PlayStation game sales are digital. Of course, this comes as no surprise since digital sales overtook physical between 2018 and 2019, in the PS4's midcycle. When the PlayStation 5 launched with an option to have no disc drive at all, it was evident that the digital era had become king. Now, Sony has reported that a record-breaking 85% of PlayStation game sales were digital in Q4 of its last full fiscal year. That's a 2% increase from 2024, where Q1 and Q4 reported 80% of sales were digital. Its sales in gaming overall remained "essentially flat," contributed to positively by the impact of foreign exchange rates, an increase in sales from network services, and an increase in sales of non-first-party titles. Continue Reading at GameSpot Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-just-reported-a-new-record-breaking-high-figure-but-its-unsurprising/1100-6539856/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

A comprehensive study exploring coffee’s physiological effects finds that some of its benefits are down to polyphenols and their influence on gut bacteria Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525685-coffees-mood-boosting-effects-arent-just-down-to-caffeine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Millions of people with Medicare will soon be eligible to get discounted GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here's how it will work. Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5812662/medicare-bridge-glp1-drugs-copay

Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literacy, helping give rise to the Reformation and, eventually, representative government. The telegraph made it possible to administer vast nations like the US, accelerating the growth of the modern bureaucratic state. Broadcast media created shared national audiences,… Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/05/1136843/ai-democracy-blueprint/

The long-awaited life-sim sequel makes significant improvements on the original, but its focus on customization comes at the cost of conflict and content Source: https://kotaku.com/tomodachi-life-living-the-dream-review-nintendo-switch-miis-island-user-generated-content-2000693325

Diamondback is the largest U.S. oil producer to hike spending and drilling as a result of the Iran war thus far. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/top-us-oil-producer-declares-green-light-drilling-oil-amid-iran-war/