Wired
Dyson’s new stick vacuum can vacuum and mop in a single cordless device—if you’re willing to really splurge.
Wired
The opioid-like compound, which is found in kratom, can cause brutal withdrawal symptoms and will soon be a controlled substance. Some users tell WIRED it has relieved their pain and anxiety.
NY Times Tech
CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists study primate intelligence in the wild.
Wired
Scientists have long assumed that there’s an upper limit to the intensity of the solar winds that reach Earth. New research suggests there’s not—and the implications are alarming.
TechCrunch
Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025.
Wired
Researchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show how people use the software.
Wired
Upgrade your frames with major savings on classic shapes, custom designs, and prescription lenses using these verified Ray-Ban discounts.
TechCrunch
Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.
NY Times Tech
The chipmaking giant is in talks with OpenAI to provide a $250 billion financial backstop for the project, which would be among the largest of the A.I. boom.
TechCrunch
Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities.
Wired
Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented conditions in the atmosphere.
Ars Technica
Microsoft says tools cost less than competing ones and outperform them, too.
Ars Technica
Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam.
TechCrunch
Businesses that rely wholly on the major AI labs ultimately won't survive, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicts.
Wired
Climate change is upping the odds of major wildfires, creating a need for new tools to combat them.
Ars Technica
Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say.
TechCrunch
Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.
TechCrunch
While much of the streaming industry is focused on mergers and acquisitions, NBCUniversal is expanding its reach through partnerships, with its latest move bringing Peacock directly to YouTube. On Monday, NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a multi-year global strategic partnership, bringing Peacock’s Premium plan to YouTube Premium subscribers in the U.S. starting in early 2027. This […]
Wired
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Ars Technica
These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates.