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WIRED

Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years

TechCrunch

Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

TechCrunch

AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high

AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption.

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high

Ars Technica

AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them

Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them

TechCrunch

Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what's the prize?

In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money!

6 hours ago

TechCrunch

Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what's the prize?

Engadget

X's latest Community Notes experiment allows AI to write the first draft

6 hours ago

Engadget

X's latest Community Notes experiment allows AI to write the first draft

Ars Technica

The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)

Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)

Ars Technica

With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code

The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates."

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code

Engadget

NordVPN review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

7 hours ago

Engadget

NordVPN review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

TechCrunch

The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most

The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin.

7 hours ago

TechCrunch

The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most

WIRED

Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley

Founders used to be wedded to their companies. Now, anyone can be lured away for the right price.

7 hours ago

WIRED

Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley

TechCrunch

a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers

Andreessen Horowitz VC Jennifer Li⁠, who oversees some of the firm's fastest-growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim made on X.

7 hours ago

TechCrunch

a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers

Ars Technica

"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition

Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies."

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition

Engadget

How to watch the 2026 Super Bowl: Patriots vs. Seahawks channel, where to stream, start time, and more

8 hours ago

Engadget

How to watch the 2026 Super Bowl: Patriots vs. Seahawks channel, where to stream, start time, and more

WIRED

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.

8 hours ago

WIRED

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

Engadget

Everything we know about Valve's new Steam Machine

8 hours ago

Engadget

Everything we know about Valve's new Steam Machine

TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own

The new model is built to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.

8 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own

Engadget

Prime members can play Alan Wake 2 for free on Luna

9 hours ago

Engadget

Prime members can play Alan Wake 2 for free on Luna

Ars Technica

Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites

Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites

Engadget

Meta is giving its AI slop feed an app of its own

9 hours ago

Engadget

Meta is giving its AI slop feed an app of its own

Ars Technica

Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party

“Kanzi is able to generate an idea of this pretend object and at the same time know it’s not real.”

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party

WIRED

9 Great Deals on WIRED-Approved Valentine’s Day Gifts (2026)

These swoon-worthy deals on WIRED-tested date-night boxes, sex toys, and other gadgets will make your Valentine’s Day extra sweet.

9 hours ago

WIRED

9 Great Deals on WIRED-Approved Valentine’s Day Gifts (2026)

WIRED

The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow

A recent report found that carbon emissions caused by the Milano Cortina Olympics could lead to the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and millions of metric tons of glacial ice.

10 hours ago

WIRED

The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow

WIRED

The Rise and Fall of the World's Largest Gay Dating App

The new book The Wall Dancers explores the uneasy relationship between Chinese internet users and a government that is always watching.

10 hours ago

WIRED

The Rise and Fall of the World's Largest Gay Dating App