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WIRED

6 Best Smart Speakers (2025): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri

Looking to add a smart speaker to your house so Alexa, Google, or Siri can help you out? Here are the best ones to get.

3 hours ago

WIRED

6 Best Smart Speakers (2025): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri

WIRED

7 Best Alexa Speakers (2025): Echo Dot Max, Echo Show 11, Echo Studio

We’ve rounded up our favorite smart speakers that let you talk to Alexa, from the popular Echo Dot to the newest Echo Studio.

4 hours ago

WIRED

7 Best Alexa Speakers (2025): Echo Dot Max, Echo Show 11, Echo Studio

WIRED

5 Great Video Games You Might Have Missed (2025): Blippo+, Sektori, Dispatch, Blue Prince

When you’ve finished playing the big-name video games, try Blippo+, Sektori, Dispatch, and some of our other favorites from 2025.

5 hours ago

WIRED

5 Great Video Games You Might Have Missed (2025): Blippo+, Sektori, Dispatch, Blue Prince

WIRED

3 Best VPN for iPhone (2025), Tested and Reviewed

There are dozens of iPhone VPNs at your disposal, but these are the services that will actually keep your browsing safe.

6 hours ago

WIRED

3 Best VPN for iPhone (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

5 Best Smart Glasses (2025), Tested and Reviewed

This burgeoning wearable tech category lets you dabble in augmented reality, virtual screens, and AI assistants right on your face.

6 hours ago

WIRED

5 Best Smart Glasses (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

Plex Will Start Cracking Down on Free Remote Streaming Access This Week

Look out, Roku owners. You’re up first.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Plex Will Start Cracking Down on Free Remote Streaming Access This Week

TechCrunch

Best iPad apps for unleashing and exploring your creativity

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.

21 minutes ago

TechCrunch

Best iPad apps for unleashing and exploring your creativity

TechCrunch

Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025 by building solutions to make logistis simpler, safer, and smarter

We're excited to interview the winner of Startup Battlefield 2025, and Glid co-founder Kevin Damoa, on this week's Build Mode!

48 minutes ago

TechCrunch

Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025 by building solutions to make logistis simpler, safer, and smarter

TechCrunch

The future will be explained to you in Palo Alto

On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don't understand yet will explain what's coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. The series has traveled around the globe under the auspices of TechCrunch. ...

11 hours ago

TechCrunch

The future will be explained to you in Palo Alto

TechCrunch

Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025

Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?

21 hours ago

TechCrunch

Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025

TechCrunch

JustiGuide wants to use AI to help people navigate the US immigration system

The startup uses AI to help immigrants understand the system, connect with lawyers, and reduce associated costs.

21 hours ago

TechCrunch

JustiGuide wants to use AI to help people navigate the US immigration system

TechCrunch

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan

In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam's suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own, arguing that it shouldn't be held responsible for the teenager's death.

21 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan

The Verge

Engadget

The best MagSafe power banks for your iPhone

49 minutes ago

Engadget

The best MagSafe power banks for your iPhone

Engadget

Plex starts paywalling remote streaming to TVs, beginning with its Roku app

1 hour ago

Engadget

Plex starts paywalling remote streaming to TVs, beginning with its Roku app

Engadget

Alibaba launches its own AI glasses

2 hours ago

Engadget

Alibaba launches its own AI glasses

Engadget

Missing NBC on Fubo? Here's how to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Bengals vs. Ravens game

4 hours ago

Engadget

Missing NBC on Fubo? Here's how to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Bengals vs. Ravens game

Engadget

The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2025

4 hours ago

Engadget

The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2025

Engadget

2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: How to watch today, start time, where to stream and more

6 hours ago

Engadget

2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: How to watch today, start time, where to stream and more

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985

Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985

Ars Technica

Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid

The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid

Ars Technica

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide

OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide

Ars Technica

Russia’s Soyuz 5 will soon come alive. But will anyone want to fly on it?

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Western market for satellite launches dried up.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

Russia’s Soyuz 5 will soon come alive. But will anyone want to fly on it?

Ars Technica

Vision Pro M5 review: It’s time for Apple to make some tough choices

A state of the union from someone who actually sort of uses the thing.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

Vision Pro M5 review: It’s time for Apple to make some tough choices

Ars Technica

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble