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WIRED

The 6 Best Automatic Litter Boxes (2025) Our Cats Would Recommend

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

3 hours ago

WIRED

The 6 Best Automatic Litter Boxes (2025) Our Cats Would Recommend

WIRED

The Best N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks (2025)

Flu season is here. Here are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.

5 hours ago

WIRED

The Best N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks (2025)

WIRED

The Best Google Pixel Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

6 hours ago

WIRED

The Best Google Pixel Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

Sisterhood of the Best Travel Pants: Best Travel Trousers (2025)

Travel pants that are tough enough to handle hangry moods and unplanned delays.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Sisterhood of the Best Travel Pants: Best Travel Trousers (2025)

WIRED

Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People

The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement.

7 hours ago

WIRED

Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People

WIRED

ModRetro Chromatic Review: Chic and Durable

This Game Boy clone is an uncompromising approach to the ultimate gamer nostalgia. But there are better options out there.

7 hours ago

WIRED

ModRetro Chromatic Review: Chic and Durable

TechCrunch

ChatGPT launches group chats globally

The company sees group chats in ChatGPT as a way for people to coordinate trips, co-write documents, settle debates, or work through research together, while ChatGPT helps search, summarize, and compare options.

58 minutes ago

TechCrunch

ChatGPT launches group chats globally

TechCrunch

Why these founders ditched social ads for Taylor Swift concerts and prison tablets

Two founders share their stories on how they approached two very different markets: teens in need of well-being advice, and formerly incarcerated individuals looking for work.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Why these founders ditched social ads for Taylor Swift concerts and prison tablets

TechCrunch

Mixup is a new, Mad Libs-style app for creating AI images from photos, text, and doodles

The new app lets anyone use Google's Nano Banana in a fun new way, with fill-in-the-blank AI "recipes" that users can share.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Mixup is a new, Mad Libs-style app for creating AI images from photos, text, and doodles

TechCrunch

Perplexity brings its AI browser Comet to Android

Perplexity is launching its AI browser Comet on Android with an iOS version in works.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Perplexity brings its AI browser Comet to Android

TechCrunch

Android's Quick Share now works with iPhone's AirDrop, starting with the Pixel 10 lineup

The company says the new feature will allow users to quickly share their photos, videos, and files with without worrying about the kind of phone the other person uses.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Android's Quick Share now works with iPhone's AirDrop, starting with the Pixel 10 lineup

TechCrunch

This Khosla-backed startup can track drones, trucks, and robotaxis, inch by inch

Point One Navigation, now valued at $230 million, is building out well beyond automotive.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

This Khosla-backed startup can track drones, trucks, and robotaxis, inch by inch

The Verge

Engadget

The 12 best retro gaming gifts for the 2025 holidays

5 minutes ago

Engadget

The 12 best retro gaming gifts for the 2025 holidays

Engadget

Total Chaos, which started life as a Doom II mod, is now out for Xbox and PC

20 minutes ago

Engadget

Total Chaos, which started life as a Doom II mod, is now out for Xbox and PC

Engadget

Ooni Volt 2 review: A strong case for an indoor pizza oven

36 minutes ago

Engadget

Ooni Volt 2 review: A strong case for an indoor pizza oven

Engadget

Blue Origin announces New Glenn rocket upgrades fit for a trip to the Moon

41 minutes ago

Engadget

Blue Origin announces New Glenn rocket upgrades fit for a trip to the Moon

Engadget

Reanimal will arrive just in time for a spooky Valentine's Day

50 minutes ago

Engadget

Reanimal will arrive just in time for a spooky Valentine's Day

Engadget

Google's Nano Banana Pro image generator leverages Gemini 3 for improved visuals and text rendering

1 hour ago

Engadget

Google's Nano Banana Pro image generator leverages Gemini 3 for improved visuals and text rendering

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now

GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now

Ars Technica

Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research

Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research

Ars Technica

“Hey Google, did you upgrade your AI in my Android Auto?”

Conversational AI from your phone cast to your car should be about to get better.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

“Hey Google, did you upgrade your AI in my Android Auto?”

Ars Technica

Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images

Google's new image-generator model is available to try globally today.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images

Ars Technica

Attack, defend, pursue—the Space Force’s new naming scheme foretells new era

Ars is first to reveal how the Space Force will name its weapon systems.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Attack, defend, pursue—the Space Force’s new naming scheme foretells new era

Ars Technica

In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon

A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon