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WIRED

24 Best Father’s Day Gifts for Dads (2026)

Dads are traditionally tough to shop for—let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste.

9 hours ago

WIRED

24 Best Father’s Day Gifts for Dads (2026)

WIRED

Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake’ TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious

Loryn Brantz created The Good Advice Cupcake for BuzzFeed years ago. The company licensed the character for a new Amazon series—made with AI—without her consent.

11 hours ago

WIRED

Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake’ TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious

WIRED

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Google’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.

13 hours ago

WIRED

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

WIRED

The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame

Send the pool guy packing. Let one of these robotic buddies maintain your water quality instead.

14 hours ago

WIRED

The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame

WIRED

We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well

A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.

15 hours ago

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We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well

WIRED

Samsung Movingstyle Essential Review: A Screen on Wheels

Made for those who hate having a TV in the home, Samsung’s Movingstyle monitor-on-wheels brings the entertainment when you need it and hides away in a closet when you don’t.

16 hours ago

WIRED

Samsung Movingstyle Essential Review: A Screen on Wheels

TechCrunch

Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google's ad business

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

6 hours ago

TechCrunch

Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google's ad business

TechCrunch

I went to the so-called 'steroid Olympics,' to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides

The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

7 hours ago

TechCrunch

I went to the so-called 'steroid Olympics,' to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides

TechCrunch

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

9 hours ago

TechCrunch

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

TechCrunch

So you've heard these AI terms and nodded along; let's fix that

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.

13 hours ago

TechCrunch

So you've heard these AI terms and nodded along; let's fix that

TechCrunch

After Nvidia's $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

14 hours ago

TechCrunch

After Nvidia's $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

TechCrunch

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

15 hours ago

TechCrunch

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

Engadget

Fable dodges GTA VI with another delay

Fable is delayed again, putting it outside the GTA blast radius.

12 hours ago

Engadget

Fable dodges GTA VI with another delay

Engadget

007 First Light is the stealthy James Bond game I've dreamed of

Of course the Hitman devs made a great James Bond game.

17 hours ago

Engadget

007 First Light is the stealthy James Bond game I've dreamed of

Engadget

Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless review: Worth the wait

Sennheiser's latest flagship headphones close the gap to Bose and Sony thanks to improved sound and more effective ANC.

18 hours ago

Engadget

Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless review: Worth the wait

Engadget

Everything to know before putting your car key on an Android phone

They're more secure than you might think.

18 hours ago

Engadget

Everything to know before putting your car key on an Android phone

Engadget

The Morning After: Apple's dramatic Siri overhaul is coming and it might look like this

The biggest news stories of the week: An early look at the new version of Siri, reviews of Google's new wearable, GoPro's newest action cam and more!

20 hours ago

Engadget

The Morning After: Apple's dramatic Siri overhaul is coming and it might look like this

Engadget

Here's what Apple's Siri overhaul for iOS 27 could look like

Apple is reportedly redesigning the iPhone's interface around the new Siri.

1 day ago

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Here's what Apple's Siri overhaul for iOS 27 could look like

Ars Technica

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Ars Technica

Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

Ars Technica

Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is

About 1 in 5 cases were hospitalized and most of those developed complications.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is

Ars Technica

House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood

"The crown is a weight that crushes. You'll do things that spell death for all involved."

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood

Ars Technica

DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates

DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates

Ars Technica

After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted

Until recently, a driver had maybe a six in ten chance of finishing a race.

16 hours ago

Ars Technica

After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted