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With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month.

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.

Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in the hands of everyone.”

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.

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

The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are looking at. For instance, in meeting apps and sites, it could be toggle mic, toggle video, and bring window to the front.

The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here's what could make it better.

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.

At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.

Selby's VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.

IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.

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Wearables are best at noticing breaks from your body's usual patterns. Those outliers can hint that something warrants further investigation with your doctor.

The company's robotaxi roadmap mentions future expansions to Orlando and Tampa.

NASA has made contact with LINK, the robotic spacecraft made for the Swift Boost mission.

The incident is also being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Some Apple devices are about to get much more intelligent, while others are getting left behind.

Wi-Fi standards remain as confusing as ever.

Midjourney is asking the court to get Disney, Warner Bros. and Universal to submit information on their AI use.

The spacecraft has been in LA since 2012, but now it's moving to a new permanent home at the California Science Center.

In case you were wondering in which country you should buy a Pixel phone, you world traveler you.

The latest week-long speedrunning marathon starts on July 5.

A RAM upgrade? In this memory economy?!

This week on the Engadget Podcast, we've got our first impressions of Valve's pricey Steam Machine, and we chat about Sony dumping PlayStation discs in 2028.

Get ready to navigate a free-for-all of social media handles.

Killing game discs is an anti-consumer move that only benefits Sony.

Sony is converting its PlayStation disc factory into a plant for optical microlenses.

Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than properly measure. Just altogether gross. After Keurig? You could make your own coffee, a cup at a time, exactly when you needed it. The single-cup brewer was an elegant solution to an extremely common problem. At least, that's how it started. On this episode of Version History , we dig into the history of the Keurig, and the ways in which the idea got vastly bigger than anyone expected. K-Cups and Keurig machines became ubiquitous in offices all

Vizio OS works well, but you don’t even need to use it. When I first started testing Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 - the cheapest on the market. Vizio's been pretty quiet since it was acquired by Walmart in 2024, so putting out a TV with quantum dots, which allow for higher brightness levels and more accurate color, at a budget price seemed like a strong comeback. But that's not the big story. While those two points are intriguing,

Gears of War: E-Day. This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the bleak state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started Microsoft closed out Summer Game Fest with a bang. The company's annual June showcase was packed with crowd-pleasers: Halo , Gears of War , Fable , a translucent Xbox, and even some pleasant surprises like new Persona and Crazy Taxi games. It

Engineers from Katalyst Space Technologies testing Link. | Image: NASA/Scott Wiessinger The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it's in danger of burning up in Earth's atmosphere as soon as this year. To try and stave off its demise , NASA has enlisted Katalyst Space Technologies. The company's Link spacecraft launched Friday with the goal of intercepting Swift, which has no propulsion system, and boosting its orbit back to its original position. Right now, Swift is circling at an altitude of 224 miles, and Link is aiming to raise that

The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the country. The deletion was suspiciously timed, following Republican outrage over Mayor Zohran Mamdani asking New Yorkers to help reduce strain on the grid by setting their AC to 78 degrees . Republicans like Ted Cruz (who has famously fled severe weather in his home state), Nikki Haley, and Representative Nancy Mace (South Carolina) quickly pounced , framing the request as socialism and an act of war on women in menopause (the Republican Party is notoriously concerned about women's health).

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.

You can minimize the risk of films and shows being spoiled for you by muting comments, conversations, and keywords on various platforms.

The Yahoo Boys author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria's romance scammers.

Top up your Qi2 Android phone or MagSafe iPhone with a magnetic wireless charging stand, pad, car charger, or power bank.

Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies—most of which are free to use and share.

Apple built a tool for people with cognitive disabilities, but I accidentally discovered it’s also the best kids’ phone setup no one is talking about—not even Apple.

Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license plate reader errors, and Indian officials are concerned about WhatsApp’s username rollout.

Aa large-scale study demonstrates that preservatives widely used in everyday processed foods may exacerbate common health risks.

From cooling hybrids to organic latex beds, these are the mattresses WIRED reviewers actually sleep on and recommend.

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls have inhabited the country for millions of years.

The companies’ Fourth of July plans include celebrating new reactor designs coming online. But there’s still a long way to go before they deliver energy at a meaningful scale.

During negotiations on Wednesday, employees voiced frustrations with what they consider an unwillingness among executives to engage meaningfully with the prospect of unionization.

Everyone needs a safe way to listen to music on outdoor runs. We’ve found the bone conduction headphones to grab on your way out the door.

Thanks to the AI-driven chip shortage, prices for phones, computers, and consoles are sky-high—and still climbing.

Avoid phone FOMO with our favorite smartphones that aren’t officially sold stateside but are available in markets like the UK and Europe.

ZYN nicotine pouches, the FDA found, can be advertised as a less-harmful option for adult smokers. But quitting all tobacco and nicotine products remains the best idea.

Lighten your pack this summer—skip the sleeping bag and carry one of our favorite ultralight backpacking quilts instead.

Dealers who invested in Polestar won’t be able to sell in the US next year after the federal government denied an authorization that would have allowed the company to avoid a Chinese tech ban.

House of the Dragon, Adventure Time: Side Quests, and The Man Will Burn are just a few of the TV shows you should be watching right now.

In September, some PlayStation customers will no longer be able to access some purchased movies and shows. It underscores the fact that digital purchases are really more like long-term rentals.

“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.

The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.

“We have more people voting on the ‘Love Island USA’ app than we do in many political elections taking place across the country,” says the show's executive producer.

One of Kalshi’s most prominent traders tells WIRED he’s swearing off Spotify-related markets until the issue is resolved.

Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.

The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called “gas station heroin,” as a controlled substance—a boon for MAHA and the mainstream kratom industry.

Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.

When going abroad, the right plugs are essential to keep your gadgets charged. These are my favorite travel adapters and chargers.

The Bublue BuVortex V5 ditches conventional skimming for a vortex-powered design that’s fascinating to watch, even if it’s severely impractical.

Slate is the latest automaker to transition to lower-cost batteries perfected in China, driven in part by the repeal of EV tax credits that required materials to be sourced domestically.

I ripped open $892 worth of Pokémon packs on my phone in under 15 minutes and walked away with 62 cents. My adrenaline rush felt like the future of gambling.

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

You bought the hardware. Now you’ll need to subscribe for “expanded access” to the most advanced features.

Long hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches are among the factors raising the risks of heat-related illness, as hot weather spreads across the eastern US.

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