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WIRED

Pete Hegseth Is Pushing Defense Employees to Volunteer With DHS

The defense secretary has made clear that Pentagon managers are to encourage workers, including civilians, to volunteer to assist in the administration’s immigration crackdown.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Pete Hegseth Is Pushing Defense Employees to Volunteer With DHS

WIRED

Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol

Analysis of the tail of 3I/Atlas reveals that it contains an anomalous proportion of methanol, a class of alcohol used in fuels.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol

WIRED

Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.

6 hours ago

WIRED

Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

WIRED

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

Delivery apps are glitching and navigation routes are changing abruptly thanks to electronic warfare disrupting the satellite signals that power everything from missiles to your ride home.

8 hours ago

WIRED

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

WIRED

I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak

Google has injected Docs, Drive, Sheets, and Slides with its Gemini assistant, adding new features that can pull information from your emails and the web to help you draft content. I gave it a whirl.

10 hours ago

WIRED

I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak

WIRED

Apple MacBook Neo Review: Delicious, Low-Hanging Fruit

At $599, the MacBook Neo is Apple’s first budget laptop. For the most part, Apple cut corners in the right places and made a MacBook its intended buyers will adore.

10 hours ago

WIRED

Apple MacBook Neo Review: Delicious, Low-Hanging Fruit

TechCrunch

Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong

The duo have teamed up with other companies to launch Utilize, which seeks to change how the grid is used and regulated.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong

TechCrunch

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app

Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app

TechCrunch

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new job.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

TechCrunch

'Pokémon Pokopia' is a game about rehabilitating a broken world — and I love it

The latest Pokémon game is a cozy life simulator like "Animal Crossing" or "Minecraft," but in a way that feels more grounded to our actual world.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

'Pokémon Pokopia' is a game about rehabilitating a broken world — and I love it

TechCrunch

YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue

This shift is a clear sign of just how much content consumption has changed over the years and how advertisers have adapted their strategies.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue

TechCrunch

AI-powered apps struggle with long-term retention, new report shows

AI can drive stronger early monetization for apps, but sustaining value remains the challenge, RevenueCat's latest report finds.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

AI-powered apps struggle with long-term retention, new report shows

The Verge

Engadget

Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases

2 hours ago

Engadget

Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases

Engadget

Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

3 hours ago

Engadget

Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

Engadget

Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite's V-Bucks currency

4 hours ago

Engadget

Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite's V-Bucks currency

Engadget

Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser

4 hours ago

Engadget

Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser

Engadget

Wordle’s creator is back with a new game, and it’s a real chin scratcher

5 hours ago

Engadget

Wordle’s creator is back with a new game, and it’s a real chin scratcher

Engadget

Here's the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

5 hours ago

Engadget

Here's the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

FastCompany

Ars Technica

NASA approved a safety waiver for this week's reentry of Van Allen Probe

"Due to late-stage design changes, the potential risk of uncontrolled reentry increased."

26 minutes ago

Ars Technica

NASA approved a safety waiver for this week's reentry of Van Allen Probe

Ars Technica

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Is it clean "reverse engineering" or just an LLM-filtered "derivative work"?

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Ars Technica

Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network

The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network

Ars Technica

After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos

One toggle for "fast classic search."

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos

Ars Technica

Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"

Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"

Ars Technica

Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing

Gemini can now pull context from your files, emails, and more to create and edit documents.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing