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The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end.

Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.

Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.

"If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have a Series A [offer]," said one, half-kiddingly.

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.

TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, […]

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

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Uber and Nuro plan to start fully autonomous testing later this year.

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European law requires large platforms to offer alternative feeds.

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Loryn Brantz created The Good Advice Cupcake for BuzzFeed years ago. The company licensed the character for a new Amazon series—made with AI—without her consent.

The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.

Soon-to-be-laid-off Meta contractors say they’re being treated differently than Mark Zuckerberg’s full-time employees, who stand to receive more generous severance packages.

Google’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.

Send the pool guy packing. Let one of these robotic buddies maintain your water quality instead.

A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.

Made for those who hate having a TV in the home, Samsung’s Movingstyle monitor-on-wheels brings the entertainment when you need it and hides away in a closet when you don’t.

Pope Leo XIV may not be able to disarm AI, but he’s got the attention of the industry.

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.

Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch.

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Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's Project Helix.

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The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.

The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona in the next few weeks.

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New mothers working in software development are staring down an AI-pilled workplace they barely recognize.

With sharper resolution and lightning-fast performance, Canon’s latest full-frame mirrorless punches well above its class.

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories.

The tech giant says a breakthrough in data center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure.

Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.

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So far this year, authorities have seized or demanded ballots from elections in four states. Experts fear the trend could throw the midterms into chaos unless courts draw a line.