Wired
There’s more to Google’s messaging app than you might realize.
Wired
RGB TVs are the latest hotness in the world of televisions, and I’ve tested many of the latest models to see which you should buy.
Wired
It’s not the upgrade Ring 4 owners have been waiting for, but it’s easily the best smart ring Oura has ever made.
Wired
Armed with high-end knives and digital calipers, Germanbreadcutter has entranced thousands of fans, one loaf at a time.
Wired
On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, WIRED’s senior culture editor Manisha Krishnan talks to Gowanus about eschewing Big Tech, going outside, and rejection in the age of dating apps.
Wired
In the 1960s an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the chatbots to come.
Wired
Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.
TechCrunch
Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.
Wired
In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.
Wired
The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.
NY Times Tech
The partnership, a first of its kind for the artificial intelligence company, will use the prediction market’s data to power some search results about the soccer tournament.
TechCrunch
They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.
Ars Technica
This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.
TechCrunch
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.
TechCrunch
Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly active users, it said.
TechCrunch
The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users' mutual followers' to give the feed more of a communal feel.
TechCrunch
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.
Wired
Project Hail Mary, They Will Kill You, and The Long Walk are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.
Wired
The actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.
Ars Technica
The man is said to be doing well in a Frankfurt hospital.