Wired
New tech has changed the game with the latest generation of pickleball paddles. Here's what to know and what to buy.
Wired
Keep your iPhone or Qi2 Android phone topped up with one of the best portable chargers.
TechCrunch
Kevin Weil's new role at Stoke Space suggests reusable rockets are the next hot thing in Silicon Valley.
Wired
Whether you’re going off-grid or safeguarding against blackouts, these beefy, WIRED-tested batteries can keep the lights on.
Wired
It’s hard to say if the pricey LG Micro RGB Evo television is worth shelling out for compared to its cheaper competitors, but you’ll probably enjoy its color-popping display.
Wired
A new book claims that Mystery, who teaches awkward men how to hit on women, had sex and smoked weed with an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always.
Wired
Scammers are hijacking government websites to upload ads for “leaked” OnlyFans content. Thousands of copyright complaints from adult creators are helping people avoid malicious links.
Wired
Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario.
Wired
Verity Harding tells WIRED that the US government’s nationalistic attitude toward AI is evidence that a worst-case scenario is taking shape.
Wired
A key delay from a state agency means robotaxi rides in the company’s new Ojai vehicle might be free for a few more months.
TechCrunch
ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.
TechCrunch
AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.
Ars Technica
"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
TechCrunch
If you're building something ambitious, this is a fast track to the people who can move your startup forward.
Ars Technica
Cases have risen quickly as officials are working to identify a common source.
TechCrunch
The new image-generating model has numerous use cases, including advertising, decorating and creator-based opportunities.
Wired
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
Wired
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
Ars Technica
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.
Ars Technica
There's still a slew of questions about why some people develop alpha-gal syndrome.