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Meta appears to have listened to the Supernatural users who protested the app's sad fate after sweeping layoffs.

Substack's new Reply Rules feature is currently available for all English-language publications and is designed to give creators greater control over how their audiences respond.

Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories" culled from the personal data in your Google account.

The breach at wearable ring maker Ultrahuman stemmed from credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee laptop.

Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter is heavily invested in both companies.

Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.

Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI-generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products.

The prominent AI music-generation startup is now valued at over $5.4 billion -- about seven months ago, it raised at a $2.45 billion valuation.

The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

The company is reducing its workforce as it exits 22 countries, reduces management layers, and invests in its infrastructure to scale its platform.

U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the U.K. then rolled out globally.

The app allows users to engage with other fans, explore trending videos, and access curated creator feeds.

From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.

This open source community project lets you create a StumbleUpon-like experience for recommending your favorite sites.

WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage.

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xAI is under investigation in the EU, UK and California because of its freewheeling AI image generator.

It seems that Prologue: Go Wayback! will never make it out of early access.

A new Supernatural VR workout app arrives this fall months before Meta planned to shut it down.

New proposals will see the EU further invest in European startups and companies as it looks to strengthen its homegrown tech footprint.

The slice-of-life game RollerGirl features music inspired by 2000s-era pop-punk.

The recently-incarcerated former congressman George Santos allegedly placed bets on himself, then acted to ensure he won.

In a few short weeks, Pokémon Champions will arrive on mobile with full cross-platform support.

WiiM, a company known for its lineup of speakers and amplifiers, has revealed its first soundbar.

Mark Zuckerberg wants agents to be able to "run your whole business."

Making sense of what you get from Claude AI at the free tier, especially as limits are vague and keep shifting.

Google has expanded its water stewardship projects in the midst of growing unrest over data centers' water usage.

Amazon's Stargate series greenlit last year has been cancelled.

Meta, Microsoft, SpaceX, Coinbase, the DOJ and international law enforcement partners collaborated in an operation that focused on scam networks in SE Asia.

Researchers created an AI-powered worm that that can spread through networks with no human intervention.

Google has released 2D CAD drawings of the Fitbit Air.

Compact power banks have gotten a lot faster in the past year — and it’s not just their USB-C charging speeds that have received a boost. The newest Qi2.2-certified models can wirelessly charge an iPhone 16 or later at up to 25W. Combine that with their ability to magnetically snap on via MagSafe, and you’ve got yourself an essential add-on that’s easy to take on the go. Qi2 is a magnetic wireless charging standard that’s based on Apple’s MagSafe tech, so almost all modern iPhones support it. While the latest iPhones offer the fastest charging rates, older models (dating back

This week we've got tandem hands-ons with Google's new Gemini AI agent - Spark - from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters . Their takeaways are similar: It's so effective that it's scary. Spark knew that David's dog is named Frida and knew the first name of Jay's wife, even though neither of them explicitly provided this information to Google. But what's scary to me is how all of this stuff seems geared toward a future of "productivity" that completely misses what needs to be fixed in our world. "Productivity" is often pitched as a panacea for what befalls

Amazon's updated search bar will now show you AI-generated images of products as you describe them. For now, the in-app feature only surfaces AI images of clothing and home goods, allowing you to tap on the image that best matches what you're looking for and search for similar-looking items. In a blog post, Amazon positions the feature as a way to help you search for items if you can't remember the name of a specific texture or style, like describing a "shirt with a draped collar" if you can't think of "cowl neck." The feature seems like it might come

PlayStation used its most recent State of Play showcase to make it clear where its focus is. After a series of costly live-service stumbles, it's getting back to focusing on premium, narrative-driven, single-player games. That statement was made clear with how it started and ended the hourlong show. The showcase began with an extended look at gameplay from Marvel's Wolverine , the new superhero title from Insomniac Games. Over seven minutes of bloody action, Logan sliced and diced his way through a bunch of baddies as he tried to rescue some captured mutants, briefly teaming up with Jean Grey for

DeeDee Henry works out using VR at her home in Ventura, California. | Photo by Maggie Shannon / The Verge A few months ago, Meta effectively handed Supernatural , a popular VR fitness game on the Meta Quest, a death sentence. As part of overarching VR layoffs , the company announced the game would no longer get any new content, enraging its tightly knit, devoted community . Now it looks like Supernatural is getting a second chance. Today, Meta announced in a community post that the game is being spun off into an independent company later this year. The new

After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

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The company’s RTX Spark chips might finally turn the “AI PC” into reality.

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Several real estate listings in the San Francisco Bay Area are offering to exchange a home for a piece of the AI startup.

The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.

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I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.

Soccer fans on r/WorldCup2026Tickets are using Claude to build DIY ticketing software, exchanging on back channels, and leaving scalpers scrambling.

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A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.

A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be.

In the social event planner’s first major move toward monetization, Partiful is getting ticketing directly in the app.

Opal, the company famous for making a fancy webcam, has pivoted to making other consumer electronics. Fueled by big investments from OpenAI and Samsung, it’s working on an audio gadget first.

I’ve rounded up the best smart speakers that let you talk to Alexa, from the popular Echo Dot to the newest Echo Studio.

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The Amazing Digital Circus finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later it’ll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of online fandom.

The air purifier giant’s P50 pedestal fan is whisper-quiet and surprisingly versatile, even if its built-in voice assistant feels stuck in beta.

Zak Brown spent a decade racing before joining the business side of Formula One. He talks to WIRED about rebuilding a legendary brand, obsessive fans, and the pull of the driver’s seat.

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The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

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Donald Trump killed an executive order to regulate AI. Now, administration officials and AI executives are trying to figure out if there’s anything left to piece back together.

Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh was just trying to find an outlet for Muslim news. Now he has more than 12 million followers.

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