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WIRED

12 Best Computer Monitors (2025): Budget, OLED, 4K, and More

The Gear team spends countless hours in front of displays while writing for you. So we reviewed those too (including a portable screen).

33 minutes ago

WIRED

12 Best Computer Monitors (2025): Budget, OLED, 4K, and More

WIRED

14 Best Tablets (2025), Tested and Reviewed

We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Windows devices, and rounded up our favorites.

1 hour ago

WIRED

14 Best Tablets (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators

A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.

2 hours ago

WIRED

The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators

WIRED

What's the Best Red Light Therapy Mask for Your Skin in 2025?

The LED devices we'd actually buy with our own money.

2 hours ago

WIRED

What's the Best Red Light Therapy Mask for Your Skin in 2025?

WIRED

The 6 Best Latte Machines for Automatic Espresso Drinks (2025)

Turn your kitchen into a café with these barista-worthy automatic espresso machines and latte machines.

2 hours ago

WIRED

The 6 Best Latte Machines for Automatic Espresso Drinks (2025)

WIRED

10 Best Pillows: Tested For Side, Back, and Stomach Sleepers (2025)

We’ve spent over a year testing the best pillows to support your noggin, whether you snooze on your side, back, or in a tangle of blankets.

2 hours ago

WIRED

10 Best Pillows: Tested For Side, Back, and Stomach Sleepers (2025)

TechCrunch

Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture

Onton, which change its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them towards making quicker purchase decisions

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture

TechCrunch

Why 'hold forever' investors are snapping up venture capital 'zombies'

An investor explains the "buy, fix, and hold" model employed by Bending Spoons and similar companies that buy distressed startups.

14 hours ago

TechCrunch

Why 'hold forever' investors are snapping up venture capital 'zombies'

TechCrunch

YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed

YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that allows users to customize their home feed.

15 hours ago

TechCrunch

YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed

TechCrunch

ChatGPT's voice mode is no longer a separate interface

ChatGPT now lets you use voice and text in the same screen, making conversations feel more natural as responses and visuals appear in real time.

17 hours ago

TechCrunch

ChatGPT's voice mode is no longer a separate interface

TechCrunch

Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit

WMG says artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.

17 hours ago

TechCrunch

Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit

TechCrunch

OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren't sweating it

Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.

17 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren't sweating it

The Verge

Engadget

Poco's new flagship phone has a Bose subwoofer and a 'denim' option

25 minutes ago

Engadget

Poco's new flagship phone has a Bose subwoofer and a 'denim' option

Engadget

The best subscription box gifts for 2025

32 minutes ago

Engadget

The best subscription box gifts for 2025

Engadget

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

48 minutes ago

Engadget

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

Engadget

The best ergonomic keyboards for 2025

3 hours ago

Engadget

The best ergonomic keyboards for 2025

Engadget

The best wireless earbuds for 2025

5 hours ago

Engadget

The best wireless earbuds for 2025

Engadget

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is a cut-down version of Qualcomm's flagship Elite chipset

7 hours ago

Engadget

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is a cut-down version of Qualcomm's flagship Elite chipset

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

Roku users will be hit first.

16 hours ago

Ars Technica

Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

Ars Technica

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.

17 hours ago

Ars Technica

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Ars Technica

China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth

This is a "successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry."

18 hours ago

Ars Technica

China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth

Ars Technica

Landlords’ go-to tool to set rent prices to be gutted under RealPage settlement

RealPage agrees to settle suit over DOJ claims software raised rents across the US.

19 hours ago

Ars Technica

Landlords’ go-to tool to set rent prices to be gutted under RealPage settlement

Ars Technica

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

Upcoming gaming box will be priced in line with a similarly specced PC, Valve says.

20 hours ago

Ars Technica

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

Ars Technica

Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil

A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil