Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case

Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case

fivenewscrypto    mai 10, 2026   

French prosecutors yesterday opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk and X, escalating a probe into sexual images of minors and other alleged illegal content on Musk's social network.

The action came three months after French law enforcement authorities raided X’s Paris office and summoned Musk for questioning. Prosecutors wanted to interview Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino in April, but they did not appear.

The earlier request to interview Musk and Yaccarino was described as voluntary. Authorities are now seeking to compel them to appear for questioning with the threat of criminal charges. In addition to sexual images of minors, the investigation involves Grok's dissemination of Holocaust-denial claims and sexually explicit deepfakes.

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Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused

Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused

fivenewscrypto    mai 10, 2026   

All of Google's products have been getting more AI features, including Chrome, which now offers split-screen Gemini chatbot support, the ability to automate web browsing, and more. Some desktop Chrome users have also noted that the browser appears to suddenly want more storage space for AI. This is true—Chrome does download a 4GB AI model for on-device processing. It's been doing that for years, though.

Google hasn't actually changed anything about Chrome's on-device AI, but the confusion is understandable, as the company has done a poor job of explaining what it's doing and why. This is, unfortunately, par for the course with Google's AI efforts.

Just this week, someone noticed that Chrome had downloaded a 4GB Gemini Nano model and inferred from its sudden appearance that Google was deploying that AI on all Chrome installs right now. That's not exactly true. Google announced in 2024 that it would begin adding local AI capabilities to Chrome, powering features like Help Me Write, tab organization, and scam detection.

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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

fivenewscrypto    mai 09, 2026   

A little more than three years since NASA's Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing next-generation Martian rotorcraft to carry heavier payloads longer distances through the planet's low-density atmosphere.

Ingenuity was a resounding success, becoming the first airborne platform to explore another world. The dual-bladed helicopter made 72 flights, overachieving NASA's original goal of five flights over 30 days, after delivery to Mars by the Perseverance rover. By the time the mission ended with a crash-landing in January 2024, Ingenuity had shown scientists a new way to explore other worlds, using air to travel longer distances and reach locations inaccessible to ground vehicles.

NASA plans to send three more helicopters to Mars on the SkyFall mission, which could launch as soon as late 2028. SkyFall is set to ride to the red planet aboard a nuclear-powered spacecraft named Space Reactor-1, or SR-1, one of the tech demo initiatives announced earlier this year by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

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DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition

DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition

fivenewscrypto    mai 09, 2026   

Archaeologists continue to use DNA analysis to identify the recovered remains of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S. Franklin's 1846 Arctic expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. They can now add four more names to the list of previously identified crew members. The findings were reported in two papers, one published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and the other in the Polar Record.

As we've reported previously, Franklin’s two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, became icebound in the Victoria Strait, and all 129 crew members ultimately died. It has been an enduring mystery that has captured imaginations ever since. The expedition set sail on May 19, 1845, and was last seen in July 1845 in Baffin Bay by the captains of two whaling ships. Historians have compiled a reasonably credible account of what happened: The crew spent the winter of 1845–1846 on Beechey Island, where the graves of three crew members were found.

When the weather cleared, the expedition sailed into the Victoria Strait before getting trapped in the ice off King William Island in September 1846. Franklin died on June 11, 1847, per a surviving note signed by Fitzjames dated the following April. HMS Erebus Captain James Fitzjames had assumed overall command after Franklin’s death, leading 105 survivors from their ice-trapped ships. It’s believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization.

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Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?

Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?

fivenewscrypto    mai 09, 2026   

The Apple Macintosh is more than 40 years old, but it's still going strong, and its recent success was significant enough that Apple CEO Tim Cook called it out during the company’s earnings call last week. In particular, Cook credited the new low-cost MacBook Neo, which Apple says is attracting a fair number of new Mac buyers rather than simply prompting upgrades from previous customers.

But Cook also noted that the Mac’s success was being held back somewhat by “supply constraints… on several Mac models,” which was exacerbated by “less flexibility in the supply chain” than Apple was used to; the company also expects to pay “significantly higher” prices for RAM than it has been so far. In other words, shortages of everything from RAM to storage to advanced chipmaking capacity are making it harder for Apple to produce as many Macs as it can sell.

Sites that track Apple news currently post multiple times a month about Mac shortages, noting each time Apple removes a Mac mini model from its online store and religiously reporting on shipping estimates for the MacBook Neo. But because those spot checks only account for Apple’s inventory at a moment in time, I did what I sometimes do when I want to back up vibes with empirical data: I made a big spreadsheet (the full thing is here; only a few representative snippets appear in the article below).

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How climate change makes your allergies worse

How climate change makes your allergies worse

fivenewscrypto    mai 09, 2026   

It’s not in your head.

Climate change is contributing to longer and more severe pollen seasons across the Northern Hemisphere. Dr. Neelima Tummala, an ear, nose, and throat doctor at NYU Langone Health, said her patients tell her every year that their allergies are the worst they’ve ever been—and they might be right.

About a quarter of US adults and 1 in 5 children have seasonal allergies. For those millions of Americans, spring weather brings sniffles, itchy eyes, asthma exacerbation, and other miseries, with effects ranging from mild symptoms to serious medical emergencies.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year

The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year

fivenewscrypto    mai 09, 2026   

When we reviewed the Switch 2 just after its launch last year, we warned that interested customers might want to buy in early, as the launch price could go up. That potential price hike became a reality today, as Nintendo announced the Switch 2's MSRP will increase to $499.99 on September 1, a $50 (and about 11 percent) increase from the $449.99 launch price.

In an announcement of the impending price increase today, Nintendo cited "changes in market conditions" and "the global business outlook" that are "expected to extend over the medium to long term." That's likely a reference to the climbing RAM and storage prices that have been impacting all sorts of hardware makers for months.

Nintendo's pricing move means all three current major consoles have now increased in price since launch. Sony's PS5 got its second price increase in March, just eight months after its first price hike. The Xbox Series consoles saw their second price increase in September, five months after an initial price hike. Nintendo also raised the price of the aging original Switch console for the first time last year.

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