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WIRED

Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity

The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars.

37 minutes ago

WIRED

Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity

WIRED

9 Best Lubes (2025): Water-Based, Silicone, Natural Oils

For the most sensitive parts of the human body, friction is the enemy. Here’s how to keep it at bay with our favorite lubes made of water, silicone, or natural oil.

3 hours ago

WIRED

9 Best Lubes (2025): Water-Based, Silicone, Natural Oils

WIRED

The Best Meal Replacement Shakes for Total Life Optimization (2025)

Solve the problem of cooking and chewing food with these full-meal replacement drinks.

9 hours ago

WIRED

The Best Meal Replacement Shakes for Total Life Optimization (2025)

WIRED

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

9 hours ago

WIRED

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

WIRED

How Long Should You Stay in a Sauna? (2025)

Optimize your sauna session by listening to the experts and, more importantly, your body.

9 hours ago

WIRED

How Long Should You Stay in a Sauna? (2025)

WIRED

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.”

10 hours ago

WIRED

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

TechCrunch

This startup built a Fitbit for your brain to combat chronic stress

Awear won the Battlefield 200 health stage pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

10 minutes ago

TechCrunch

This startup built a Fitbit for your brain to combat chronic stress

TechCrunch

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

16 minutes ago

TechCrunch

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless

TechCrunch

ChatGPT's user growth has slowed, report finds

ChatGPT's global monthly active users only grew by around 5% from August to November, while Gemini's users grew by about 30%.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

ChatGPT's user growth has slowed, report finds

TechCrunch

AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers might not be ready.

AWS is releasing a lot of new AI tech, but the cloud infrastructure giant's enterprise customers may not be ready for it yet.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers might not be ready.

TechCrunch

eSIM adoption is on the rise thanks to travel and device compatibility

As a technology, eSIM has been around for a decade now. However, global eSIM adoption was around 3% last year and will only cross 5% this year. Despite these figures, analysts, eSIM-providing startups, and investors are bullish about eSIM's upward trajectory, largely thanks to travel.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

eSIM adoption is on the rise thanks to travel and device compatibility

TechCrunch

New 'KnoWay' robotaxis cause chaos in upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online DLC

The inclusion of the Waymo look-a-likes appears to be part of a larger storyline that will encourage players to "stop the development of a mass surveillance network."

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

New 'KnoWay' robotaxis cause chaos in upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online DLC

The Verge

Engadget

Pixel owners: You can now use your phone as a Switch 2 webcam

44 minutes ago

Engadget

Pixel owners: You can now use your phone as a Switch 2 webcam

Engadget

Liquid Swords' debut title is a $25 'noir action game' coming next year

53 minutes ago

Engadget

Liquid Swords' debut title is a $25 'noir action game' coming next year

Engadget

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

2 hours ago

Engadget

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

Engadget

The Netflix and Warner Bros. deal might be great for shareholders, but not for anyone else

2 hours ago

Engadget

The Netflix and Warner Bros. deal might be great for shareholders, but not for anyone else

Engadget

Get three months of Apple Music for only $1 right now

3 hours ago

Engadget

Get three months of Apple Music for only $1 right now

Engadget

More Studio Ghibli 4K restorations are coming to IMAX in 2026

3 hours ago

Engadget

More Studio Ghibli 4K restorations are coming to IMAX in 2026

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

Netflix's plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

Ars Technica

Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

Ars Technica

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

Ars Technica

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer brings levity to Westeros

"Every knight needs a squire, and you look like you need one more than most."

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer brings levity to Westeros

Ars Technica

New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

Foundations of daily life are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

Ars Technica

Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work”

"The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled."

22 hours ago

Ars Technica

Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work”