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WIRED

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up

Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential.

2 hours ago

WIRED

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up

WIRED

Save on Gaming Earbuds Perfect for Playing on Switch or ROG Xbox Ally

While it may sound unorthodox, these earbuds make a great companion for your Switch 2 or other portable console.

2 hours ago

WIRED

Save on Gaming Earbuds Perfect for Playing on Switch or ROG Xbox Ally

WIRED

Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power

The days of tech giants buying up discrete chips are over. AI companies now need GPUs, CPUs, and everything in between.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power

WIRED

A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.

5 hours ago

WIRED

A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

WIRED

Ring and Kidde’s Newest Smoke Detector Is Here, and It’s Battery Powered (2026)

The Alexa-enabled smoke detector is Kidde’s second model in collaboration with Ring—no wires required.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Ring and Kidde’s Newest Smoke Detector Is Here, and It’s Battery Powered (2026)

WIRED

Burnt Hair and Soft Power: A Night Out With Evie Magazine

Evie is a longtime favorite of the far-right. At its very first live event, the strength of the publication’s politics was in the pretense that it doesn’t have any.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Burnt Hair and Soft Power: A Night Out With Evie Magazine

TechCrunch

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein.

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TechCrunch

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

TechCrunch

Is your startup's check engine light on? Google Cloud's VP explains what to do

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to get started, but those early infrastructure choices ...

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Is your startup's check engine light on? Google Cloud's VP explains what to do

TechCrunch

Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months

Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months

TechCrunch

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features

Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features

TechCrunch

Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers

The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers

TechCrunch

World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows

The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows

The Verge

Engadget

Gemini can now generate a 30-second approximation of what real music sounds like

1 hour ago

Engadget

Gemini can now generate a 30-second approximation of what real music sounds like

Engadget

Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed

3 hours ago

Engadget

Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed

Engadget

Nevada sues Kalshi for operating a sports gambling market without a license

4 hours ago

Engadget

Nevada sues Kalshi for operating a sports gambling market without a license

Engadget

Here's what to expect at Apple's product launch event on March 4

4 hours ago

Engadget

Here's what to expect at Apple's product launch event on March 4

Engadget

Google Pixel 10a vs. Pixel 9a: What's changed and which one should you buy?

7 hours ago

Engadget

Google Pixel 10a vs. Pixel 9a: What's changed and which one should you buy?

Engadget

Pixel 10a hands-on: Google locks down the midrange phone game

7 hours ago

Engadget

Pixel 10a hands-on: Google locks down the midrange phone game

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming

Report: Verizon's goal is "immediate unlock for all payment methods really soon."

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming

Ars Technica

Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options

Two of Ars' favorite electric vehicles are now available for not very much money.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options

Ars Technica

Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”

EPA sued for abandoning its mission to protect public health.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”

Ars Technica

5 changes to know about in Apple's latest iOS, macOS, and iPadOS betas

The 26.3 updates were mostly invisible; these changes are more significant.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

5 changes to know about in Apple's latest iOS, macOS, and iPadOS betas

Ars Technica

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Ars Technica

Record scratch—Google's Lyria 3 AI music model is coming to Gemini today

With a simple prompt, you can generate 30 seconds of something like music.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Record scratch—Google's Lyria 3 AI music model is coming to Gemini today