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Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Google’s latest AI models to its devices.

Mobileye apparently wants to own some of the robotaxi market, even if that puts it in direct competition with companies it supplies its self-driving system to.

The company said the cuts were part of a restructuring meant to help scale to profitability. Rivian recently pushed back its profitability goal to invest in autonomy.

For over a decade now, Snap has been working on this device. Now the glasses are finally here. So what stands out on first impression?

WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.

The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app's message-editing feature.

African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner.

The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.

Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.

Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.

Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.

Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.

The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.

The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a "Your Algo" tool that lets users control what they see in their feeds.

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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sat with us to discuss the Snap Specs, privacy, parental controls and more. Spoiler: He says "computing" a lot.

We'll see how players react.

The European Commission says it can't force publishers to preserve video games, citing existing copyright and IP law.

These might not be the most popular or well-known Apple Watch features, but we think they're worth using and setting up.

In some markets, new Xfinity customers can get their wifi set up same-day.

Google has started rolling out Android 17.

Wear OS 7 is now live for Pixel watches, with a new interface, notifications and Gemini features.

The Nintendo eShop got a big makeover.

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Reality Elite promises a boost for AR and mixed reality devices.

The company is taking paid reservations for a launch later this year.

A pair of prototype Ray Ban Meta glasses at AWE 2026 show that NFC charging can achieve similar performance to the pogo pins common in smart glasses today.

There's a new Kodak Charmera coming, and its Y2K-coded.

Snap describes its news AR Specs as a "wearable computer."

Here's a new trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiers July 23rd.

I'm so done with Roku.

Verizon is launching a new Simplicity plan that starts at $30 / month for new customers, or $45 / month for existing ones. In its announcement , Verizon says the plan drops activation and upgrade fees, while offering one flat price for each line. The $30 price for new customers is an "initial promotional offer" that applies after enabling autopay and taking advantage of a discount for switching carriers, according to Verizon . But before customers can ditch Verizon's $40 fee to activate or upgrade a device, they'll need to opt in to the carrier's new loyalty program through the

AirPods Pro 3 shown with an iPhone and live translation features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Now that we're clear of WWDC and all of the new AI-powered features coming to Apple's platforms, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has more details about rumored new hardware, like the camera-equipped AirPods he'd previously written about . He says they are currently on schedule for a late 2027 launch, and that while we're checking out beta releases for this fall's iOS 27 update, the new earbuds are internally being tested with next year's update, iOS 28. With cameras mounted in

Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite. Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented World Expo, we've technically already gotten a hands-on with a device powered by the new chip at last month's Google I/O: the forthcoming Aura glasses for Android XR. At the time, Xreal and Google were coy about the processor upgrades to the long-awaited spectacles. Turns out, it was the Reality Elite. Spec-wise, the new chip focuses on across-the-board performance upgrades. The GPU

There’s still no word on the final launch price, however. | Image by Xreal The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device , now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today , with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall. The Xreal Aura follows Google's first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset , which launched at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don't have a full price

Snap is finally launching augmented glasses for the public. Specs, which Snap describes as "a wearable computer built into see-through augmented reality glasses," will cost $2,195. You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they're expected to ship "this fall" in the US, UK, and France. This is a big moment for Snap: The company made a big entry into smart glasses with its original Spectacles in 2016 , and the company has been toiling away on nonpublic AR versions of Spectacles over the past few years. CEO Evan Spiegel

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More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Warm weather has fueled a bloom that National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.

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How we live now is defined by unprecedented forces. In this special issue, WIRED and Architectural Digest help you understand what home will look like tomorrow—and beyond.

To build one family’s dream house on a flood-prone Mississippi bayou, AD100 architect Tom Kundig decided the sky’s the limit.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel lays out the company’s vision for its augmented-reality smart glasses, arriving later this year.

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Verizon introduced a new plan that costs $45 per month, revamped rewards programs, and more today.

Tech has been encroaching on the family domicile for years—but actor, writer, and satirist Jill Kargman is all in on analog.

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Buying a first house used to mark entry into adulthood—and the beginning of wealth-building. But a shifting economic landscape is threatening to close the door on this American milestone.

WIRED surveyed readers on their housing costs. The answers paint a stark portrait of unaffordability, climate adaptation, and the death of the homeowner dream.

Devices that monitor seniors for safety are appealing to worried loved ones and underresourced home care agencies.

A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate change, or a trap?

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Microsoft has finally refreshed its premium Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with new chips, but the update reveals how high PC pricing has become.

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