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WIRED

The Best Gifts for Book Lovers (2025): From E-Readers to Boxed Sets

These gift ideas will make your favorite bookworm very happy, from e-readers to cozy accessories.

4 minutes ago

WIRED

The Best Gifts for Book Lovers (2025): From E-Readers to Boxed Sets

TechCrunch

Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of 'AI slop' in your feed

Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.

21 minutes ago

TechCrunch

Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of 'AI slop' in your feed

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Engadget

For its next trick, Quantic Dream is trying to compete with League of Legends and Dota

37 minutes ago

Engadget

For its next trick, Quantic Dream is trying to compete with League of Legends and Dota

WIRED

The Best Cat Toys for Your Furry Friend (2025)

Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, techy cat toys and furniture.

58 minutes ago

WIRED

The Best Cat Toys for Your Furry Friend (2025)

TechCrunch

Final 2 days to claim your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

With less than 48 hours to secure your table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, now is the time to step in before a competitor takes your place.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Final 2 days to claim your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Engadget

The Vision Pro will get an iPad app in upcoming iPadOS update

1 hour ago

Engadget

The Vision Pro will get an iPad app in upcoming iPadOS update

TechCrunch

General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips

Late last year, OpenAI reportedly tried to buy Medal and its vast trove of video game data for $500M. Today, the company spun out a frontier research lab that's using that data to build AI agents that understand how they move through space and time, a concept called spatial-temporal reasoning.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips

WIRED

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.

1 hour ago

WIRED

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

TechCrunch

Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kids

Amazon’s One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 for message-based visits and $49 for video calls, the service treats common conditions like pink eye, eczema, and rashes, and also handles medication renewals

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kids

WIRED

Should You Hike in Boots or Trail Runners?

Lightweight trail shoes now dominate the trails, so do you still need boots? Here’s how to choose the right footwear for your outdoor adventures.

1 hour ago

WIRED

Should You Hike in Boots or Trail Runners?

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Engadget

The US Mint is honoring Steve Jobs by putting him on a $1 Innovation coin

2 hours ago

Engadget

The US Mint is honoring Steve Jobs by putting him on a $1 Innovation coin

Engadget

Microsoft's next Windows 11 AI gamble: Just say "Hey Copilot"

2 hours ago

Engadget

Microsoft's next Windows 11 AI gamble: Just say "Hey Copilot"

Engadget

Pinterest will let you 'dial down' AI slop in your feeds

2 hours ago

Engadget

Pinterest will let you 'dial down' AI slop in your feeds

Engadget

How to cancel ExpressVPN and get a full refund

3 hours ago

Engadget

How to cancel ExpressVPN and get a full refund

WIRED

Yamaha True X Surround 90a Review: Not Quite Perfect

A big investment is rewarded with massive sound, but a few compromises.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Yamaha True X Surround 90a Review: Not Quite Perfect

TechCrunch

Jack & Jill raises $20 million to bring conversational AI to job-hunting

Jack & Jill uses conversational AI to sidestep the listing and resumé shuffle. With $20 million in seed funding, the company is plotting its US expansion.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

Jack & Jill raises $20 million to bring conversational AI to job-hunting

WIRED

Browser Fingerprinting: What Your Browser Is Telling Everyone About You

Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Browser Fingerprinting: What Your Browser Is Telling Everyone About You

TechCrunch

How emerging Mubadala-backed AAF is winning VC deals in some of the hottest startups

In less than a decade AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says and is doing so through an unusual VC model.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

How emerging Mubadala-backed AAF is winning VC deals in some of the hottest startups

Ars Technica

Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google's hand.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

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Ars Technica

Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

"AI is one thing that, as a commander, it’s been very, very interesting for me."

18 hours ago

Ars Technica

Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

Ars Technica

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

19 hours ago

Ars Technica

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Ars Technica

Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

"We're trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy."

19 hours ago

Ars Technica

Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

Ars Technica

Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.

19 hours ago

Ars Technica

Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Ars Technica

Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost

Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.

20 hours ago

Ars Technica

Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost