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WIRED

These Deals Can Have You Zipping Around on a New E-Scooter This Spring

With spring just around the corner, now's the smart time to snag an electric scooter.

54 minutes ago

WIRED

These Deals Can Have You Zipping Around on a New E-Scooter This Spring

WIRED

What's an E-Bike? California Wants You to Know

Cities want to stop kids from getting hurt. A lawmaker thinks warning them away from legal gray-area “e-motos” could help.

3 hours ago

WIRED

What's an E-Bike? California Wants You to Know

WIRED

OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.

3 hours ago

WIRED

OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading

WIRED

Everything Larry and David Ellison Will Control If Paramount Buys Warner Bros.

Paramount Skydance’s sprawling media empire will get a major boost if the deal is approved.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Everything Larry and David Ellison Will Control If Paramount Buys Warner Bros.

WIRED

Wall Street Has AI Psychosis

A “thought experiment” about the impacts of AI sent stocks tumbling earlier this week. It’s probably going to keep happening.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Wall Street Has AI Psychosis

WIRED

Huxe Will Give You a Personalized, Daily Audio Summary Powered by AI

The app reads your email inbox and your meeting calendar, then gives you a short audio summary. It can help you spend less time scrolling, but of course, there are privacy drawbacks to consider.

10 hours ago

WIRED

Huxe Will Give You a Personalized, Daily Audio Summary Powered by AI

TechCrunch

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

TechCrunch

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

TechCrunch

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue

Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue

TechCrunch

Perplexity's new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models

Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system."

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

Perplexity's new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models

TechCrunch

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027

The 10th-generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027

TechCrunch

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic's Pentagon stand in open letter

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.

6 hours ago

TechCrunch

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic's Pentagon stand in open letter

The Verge

Engadget

Paramount agrees to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, pays Netflix $2.8 billion for breakup

50 minutes ago

Engadget

Paramount agrees to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, pays Netflix $2.8 billion for breakup

Engadget

The PS5 Pro is getting upgraded upscaling tech in March

2 hours ago

Engadget

The PS5 Pro is getting upgraded upscaling tech in March

Engadget

Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic

3 hours ago

Engadget

Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic

Engadget

Here’s your first look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon’s upcoming God of War TV adaptation

5 hours ago

Engadget

Here’s your first look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon’s upcoming God of War TV adaptation

Engadget

OpenAI secures another $110 billion in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank

5 hours ago

Engadget

OpenAI secures another $110 billion in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank

Engadget

NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028

6 hours ago

Engadget

NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Photons that aren't actually there influence superconductivity

Interactions between neighboring materials is mediated by virtual photons.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Photons that aren't actually there influence superconductivity

Ars Technica

The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Director Gore Verbinksi and screenwriter Matthew Robinson on the making of this darkly satirical sci-fi film.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Ars Technica

Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77

I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77

Ars Technica

How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?

Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even as Valve is uniquely vulnerable.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?

Ars Technica

And the award for the most improved EV goes to... the 2026 Toyota bZ

Toyota's small electric SUV is much-revised, much more efficient, and much better.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

And the award for the most improved EV goes to... the 2026 Toyota bZ

Ars Technica

Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”

Netflix shares jumped following the announcement.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”