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TechCrunch

XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation

The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation

TechCrunch

OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

Engadget

How to see what's taking up space on your Windows PC

Use a methodical approach to see what's using the most space on your PC and easily clean it up.

5 hours ago

Engadget

How to see what's taking up space on your Windows PC

Ars Technica

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

Ars Technica

OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

TechCrunch

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

6 hours ago

TechCrunch

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Ars Technica

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

TechCrunch

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now

A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app.

10 hours ago

TechCrunch

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now

Ars Technica

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Ars Technica

Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

Ars Technica

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

TechCrunch

No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla's Cybercab

The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis.

11 hours ago

TechCrunch

No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla's Cybercab

TechCrunch

Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.

11 hours ago

TechCrunch

Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge

Engadget

Nintendo just announced two Direct livestream events for next week

Zelda takes center stage on September 8 and everything else is being saved for September 9.

12 hours ago

Engadget

Nintendo just announced two Direct livestream events for next week

Engadget

Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking

OpenAI says it's investigating the incident after a group of researchers disclosed their findings.

13 hours ago

Engadget

Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking

WIRED

Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive

While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.

13 hours ago

WIRED

Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive

Engadget

Tesla's Cybercab is under federal investigation almost immediately after hitting the streets

Regulators will review the process and data Tesla used to self-certify the vehicle.

13 hours ago

Engadget

Tesla's Cybercab is under federal investigation almost immediately after hitting the streets

Engadget

Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers

But you'll need a powerful system with 64GB of RAM to use it.

14 hours ago

Engadget

Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers

Engadget

How to edit Claude's memory

Claude has the ability to use past chats with you as context for current and future prompts, so it's important that they are accurate.

16 hours ago

Engadget

How to edit Claude's memory

WIRED

Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

The mission to Phobos, Japan’s first Mars probe launch in 28 years, may reveal new information about our closest planetary neighbor.

16 hours ago

WIRED

Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

WIRED

The Best Dyson Vacuums (2026) to Buy—and Some to Avoid

Feeling the pull of a new clean machine? I'll help you make sense of Dyson’s whirlwind vacuum lineup.

16 hours ago

WIRED

The Best Dyson Vacuums (2026) to Buy—and Some to Avoid

WIRED

The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

17 hours ago

WIRED

The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot

WIRED

How a Secret Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.

17 hours ago

WIRED

How a Secret Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

WIRED

The 6 Best Monitors That Actually Work Well With Macs

Macs are fantastic computers, but you’ll need one of these great displays to complete your work-from-home setup.

17 hours ago

WIRED

The 6 Best Monitors That Actually Work Well With Macs