Tech Leaders Support California Bill to Stop 'Dominant Platforms' From Blocking Competition
A new bill proposed in California "goes after big tech companies" writes Semafor. Supported by Y Combinator, Cory Doctorow , and the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, it's called the "BASED" act an acronym which stands for "Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms." As announced by San Francisco state representative Scott Wiener, the bill "will restore competition to the digital marketplace by prohibiting any digital platform with a market capita...
In a world of AI text, speech still reigns supreme
I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.
Apple Store Prices for SanDisk SSDs Are Suddenly Astronomical
A 200% price hike is extraordinary.
Why Apple Temporarily Blocked Popular Vibe Coding Apps
An anonymous reader shared this report from the tech-news blog Neowin: Apple appears to have temporarily prevented apps, including Replit and Vibecode, from pushing new updates. Apple seems bothered by how apps like Replit present vibe-coded apps in a web view within the original app. This process virtually allows the app to become something else. And the new app isn't distributed via the App Store, but it still runs on the user's device... [S]uch apps would also bypass the App Store Review pro...
RIP Sam Kieth, Comic Book Artist and ‘Sandman’ Co-Creator
Throughout his career, the fan-favorite artist touched DC and Marvel characters and made his own work like 'The Maxx' and 'Zero Girl.'
Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi
Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now.
Crimson Desert developer apologizes and promises to replace AI-generated art
The developer behind the open-world RPG Crimson Desert has issued an official apology after players discovered several instances of AI-generated art in the game. Pearl Abyss posted on X that it released the game with some 2D visual props that were made with "experimental AI generative tools" and forgot to replace them before launch. We would like to address questions regarding the use of AI in Crimson Desert.During development, some 2D visual props were created as part of early-stage iteration u...
Tech Employees Are Reportedly Being Evaluated by How Fast They Burn Through LLM Tokens
As a managerial strategy, it seems a little misguided.
Neuro-symbolic AI could slash energy use while dramatically improving performance
Power usage by AI and data center systems in the U.S. is extraordinary by any measure. The International Energy Agency estimates U.S. AI and data centers used about 415 terawatt hours of power in 2024
William Shatner Celebrates 95th Birthday, Smokes Cigar, Revisits 'Rocket Man' and Tests X Money
It was 60 years ago when William Shatner born in 1931 portrayed Captain Kirk in the TV series Star Trek. Shatner turns 95 today and celebrated by posting a picture of himself smoking a cigar. "At 95, I'm still smokin'!" Shatner joked, adding that in life he'd learned two things. "Never waste a good cigar. Never trust anyone who says you should 'act your age.'" For more celebrations, Paramount's free/ad-supported streaming platform Pluto TV announced a "Trek TV takeover birthday celebration" ...
Elon Musk announces Terafab project he claims will be the 'largest chip manufacturing facility ever'
Elon Musk has announced the Terafab project, a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, to build the "largest chip manufacturing facility ever." In his usual grandiose fashion, Musk claims Terafab is the next step towards harnessing the power of the sun and creating a "galactic civilization." Musk, CEO of all three companies, announced plans for the Terafab in a livestream on X. As the name implies, the project's ultimate goal is to produce a terawatt of computing power each year so that it ...
A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in AI data center optical interconnects, whose stock has surged 780% over the past year
Yue Wang / Forbes: A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in AI data center optical interconnects, whose stock has surged 780% over the past year Huawei-backed Yuanjie Semic
A CNN Producer Explores the 'Magic AI' Workout Mirror
CNN looks at "the Magic AI fitness mirror," a new product "watching you, and giving you feedback automatically," while sometimes playing footage of a recorded personal trainer. Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland describes CNN's video report: CNN says the device "tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time and it doesn't go easy on you." (Although the company's CEO/cofounder, Varun Bhanot, says "we're not trying to completely replace personal trainers. What we are providin...
Open Channel: Tell Us What You Thought of ‘Project Hail Mary’
Now that 'Project Hail Mary' has blasted off into theaters, was it as good or you hoped, or a complete disaster?
Xiaomi launches three MiMo AI models to power agents, robots, and voice
The Chinese technology company Xiaomi wants to build AI agents that can independently control software, shop in the browser and, in the future, also control robots. The in-house MiMo team has presente
Google Search Is Now Sometimes Using AI To Replace Headlines
"Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated," reports the Verge: After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it's starting to mess with headlines in the traditional "10 blue links," too. We've found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the process. For example, Google reduced our headline "I used the 'cheat on everything' AI tool and it di...
What Are Btrfs Subvolumes? And Why They’re Better Than Traditional Linux Partitions
For many Linux users, partitioning is the most nerve-wracking part of installation. It’s that moment where you double-check everything, hoping you don’t wipe the wrong drive or end up with a layout you’ll regret later.I like to think of a disk as a cabinet. The fixed “drawers” are partitions, and if one turns out to be too small, fixing it later means resizing, moving things around, and hoping nothing breaks in the process.But what if partitions were not like the fixed drawers? What if they were...
Prompt Caching with the OpenAI API: A Full Hands-On Python tutorial
A step-by-step guide to making your OpenAI apps faster, cheaper, and more efficient The post Prompt Caching with the OpenAI API: A Full Hands-On Python tutorial appeared first on Towards Data Science
Amazon Plans to Test Four-Legged Robots on Wheels for Deliveries
CNBC reports: Amazon has acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics company developing machines for "doorstep delivery," the company confirmed Thursday... It announced the deal in a notice sent to third-party delivery contractors... "We believe this technology, when working alongside your [delivery associates], has the potential to further improve safety outcomes and the overall customer experience, particularly in the last steps of the delivery process...." In its notice to delivery service partner owne...
A Long Lost ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Episode Has Finally Been Found
Thanks to a garage sale, the 'Star Force' episode from the earliest days of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' is online for all to see.
A profile of Chinese bitcoin mining company Bitmain, now allied with Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and previously the target of a DHS espionage-risk probe
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: A profile of Chinese bitcoin mining company Bitmain, now allied with Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and previously the target of a DHS espionage-risk probe Bitmain has been do
Building a Navier-Stokes Solver in Python from Scratch: Simulating Airflow
A hands-on guide to implementing CFD with NumPy, from discretization to airflow simulation around a bird's wing The post Building a Navier-Stokes Solver in Python from Scratch: Simulating Airflow appe
Best Merino Wool Clothing (2026): Base Layers, Hoodies, Jackets and More
Merino is one of the best fabrics you can wear. We explain the different blends, what “gsm” means, and how to care for your clothes.
An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple
Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.
An exclusive tour of Amazon's Trainium lab, the chip that's won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple
Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.
Andrej Karpathy says humans are now the bottleneck in AI research with easy-to-measure results
AI developer Andrej Karpathy let an autonomous agent optimize his training setup overnight, and it found improvements he'd missed despite two decades of experience. The article Andrej Karpathy says hu
US Cable TV Industry Faces 'Dramatic Collapse' as Local Operators Shut Down - or Become ISPs
America's cable TV industry "is undergoing its most dramatic collapse in history," reports Cord Cutters News, "with operators large and small waving the white flag on traditional TV service and pointing their customers toward streaming platforms instead." Just in 2025 Comcast lost 1.25 million pay-TV subscribers (ending the year with just 11.3 million), while Charter Spectrum also lost hundreds of thousands of customers each quarter. But "for smaller regional operators, who lack the scale and ...
The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life
I love this color-changing donut lamp.
Which Instax Camera Should You Buy? (2026)
Should you buy an Instax Mini or Mini Evo? Instax Square or Wide? We demystify Fujifilm’s Instax lineup to help you find the perfect instant camera (or printer).
How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2026)
Do your future self a favor and back up all your precious photos, messages, and files before disaster strikes.
The Sequence Radar #828: NVIDIA’s GTM Releases, Bezos’s $100B Bet, Xiaomi’s Ambush, and the Fracturing of OpenAI
News from NVIDIA's GTC, model releases and more.
The Best Subscription-Free Home Security Cameras I've Tried
You don’t have to upload your video to the cloud or pay a monthly fee to secure your home. These security cameras record locally.
OpenAI publishes a prompting playbook that helps designers get better frontend results from GPT-5.4
In a new guide, OpenAI explains how front-end designers can get better results from GPT-5.4 when building websites and apps and how to stop the model from falling back on generic designs. The article
Give Your Phone a Huge (and Free) Upgrade by Switching to Another Keyboard
Change up the default keyboard in Android and iOS and feel the benefit.
Terence Tao says AI drives idea generation cost to near zero but shifts the bottleneck to verification
Terence Tao compares AI's impact on mathematics to the automobile's effect on cities: new technology needs new infrastructure, or it just clogs the old roads. His analysis applies far beyond math. The
Elon Musk Claims He ‘Would Like to Offer’ to Pay TSA Workers’ Salaries
President Trump has an alternative plan: Send in ICE.
Mexico City's 'Xoli' Chatbot Will Help World Cup Tourists Navigate the City
The launch of “Xoli” adds to the technological efforts promoted by the federal government to turn the 2026 World Cup into an engine of development for the entire country.
Math needs thinking time, everyday knowledge needs memory, and a new Transformer architecture aims to deliver both
A German research team lets Transformer models decide for themselves how many times they think about a problem. Combined with additional memory, the approach outperforms larger models on math problems
Meteor Rumbles Over Houston, as Six-Pound Fragment Crashes Into a Texas Home
"It is the talk of the town today the loud boom, the flash of light in the sky experienced by a lot of folks across the Houston area this afternoon," says a local Texas newscaster. "And then there was this a home in northwest Harris county hit by something that crashed through their roof." Travelling at very high speed, the six-pound meteorite crashed through their roof and through their attic, crashing again through the ceiling oF the floor below. It then bounced off the floor, hit the ceilin...
Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?
Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win.
Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project run by Tesla and SpaceX to manufacture robotics, AI, and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project run by Tesla and SpaceX to manufacture robotics, AI, and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX Elon Musk said his Terafab
Cloaked, which offers security and privacy services such as VPNs, raised a $375M Series B in a mix of equity and growth funding, for enterprise expansion
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Cloaked, which offers security and privacy services such as VPNs, raised a $375M Series B in a mix of equity and growth funding, for enterprise expansion Consumer-facing sec
Tesla's Upcoming Electric Big Rig Is Already a Hit with Truckers
"After nearly a decade of delays and industry skepticism, Tesla's electric big rig is finally rolling out of Nevada's Gigafactory for mass production starting summer 2026," writes Gadget Review. And some truckers who tested the vehicles already love them (as reported by the Wall Street Journal): Dakota Shearer and Angel Rodriguez, among other pilot drivers, rave about the centered cab that eliminates blind spots during tight maneuvers. The automatic transmission means no more wrestling with 13-...
Hands-on with Gemini task automation on mobile: it's super impressive despite being very slow and failing at some tasks; it can order food, book Ubers, and more
Allison Johnson / The Verge: Hands-on with Gemini task automation on mobile: it's super impressive despite being very slow and failing at some tasks; it can order food, book Ubers, and more It took
Trivy Supply Chain Attack Spreads, Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages
"We have removed all malicious artifacts from the affected registries and channels," Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury posted today, noting that all the latest Trivy releases "now point to a safe version." But "On March 19, we observed that a threat actor used a compromised credential..." And today The Hacker News reported the same attackers are now "suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that have led to the compromise of a large number of npm packages..." (The attackers apparently leverage...
How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places
Shubham Agarwal / The Guardian: How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places Gig A
EFF Tells Publishers: Blocking the Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, But It Will Erase The Historical Record
"Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper," writes EFF senior policy analyst Joe Mullin. "That's effectively what's begun happening online in the last few months." The Internet Archive the world's largest digital library has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s... But in recent months The New York Times began blocking the Archive from crawling its website, using technical measures that go beyond the web's trad...
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How Will Martian Gravity Affect Skeletal Muscle?
Marie Mortreux, an assistant professor in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Health Sciences, is part of an international team of researchers studying how the Mars’s gravity would affect astronauts’ skeletal muscle.
A Coding Implementation to Build an Uncertainty-Aware LLM System with Confidence Estimation, Self-Evaluation, and Automatic Web Research
In this tutorial, we build an uncertainty-aware large language model system that not only generates answers but also estimates the confidence in those answers. We implement a three-stage reasoning pip
OpenAI's safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren't AI regulation—they're surveillance
In a span of two days following news that the Tumbler Ridge perpetrator's ChatGPT account had been flagged prior to the shooting, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon and Br
Juicier Steaks Soon? The UK Approves Testing of Gene-Edited Cow Feed
"Juicier steaks could soon be served up after barley was given the go-ahead to become Britain's first gene-edited crop," reports the Telegraph: In an effort to fatten up cows and get them to market faster, scientists have altered the DNA of Golden Promise barley to increase its fat content... [Regulators have approved the feeding of that barley to cows for further studies.] [T]he small increase reduces the time it takes for farmers to raise animals for slaughter and increases the amount of milk ...
The Stunning ‘Expedition 33’ Art Book Is Finally Coming West
The story of 'Expedition 33' may be over, but its amazing art is still here for you to pore through and put on your bookshelf.
Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with several verification methods with varying degrees of heavy-handedness. RDDT requiring Face ID was not something I had on my bingo card but something has got to ...
Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?
China's orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN. But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there's not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Station considered the signal most expensive object ever built before its deorbiting in 2030. A recent Senate bill calls for the U.S. to continue funding it as late as 2032, but that bill still awaits approval from the U.S. Senate and the House. But s...
Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns
Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.
What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep
Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep, an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation for Image Comics. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-revisiting-project-hail-mary-and-the-thing-on-the-doorstep-190000250.html?src=rss
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce by 2026 as it ramps up enterprise push
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce to 8,000 by the end of 2026, with a major push into enterprise AI, a market where Anthropic has been steadily gaining ground. The article OpenAI plans to ne
Oh, the New ‘Absolute Batman’ Villains Are…Kinda Normal?
Not quite normal men, but hopefully Absolute Batman won't need a chainsaw to go through his childhood buds.
Intel, NVIDIA, AMD GPU Drivers Finally Play Nice With ReactOS
ReactOS aims to be compatible with programs and drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. And Slashdot reader jeditobe reports that the project has now "announced significant progress in achieving compatibility with proprietary graphics drivers." ReactOS now supports roughly 90% of GPU drivers for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, thanks to a series of fixes and the implementation of the KMDF (Kernel-Mode Driver Framework) and WDDM (Windows Display...
Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app
A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring the company. As first reported by The Information, Apple held acquisition talks for Lux Optics, which also developed the Kino, Spectre and Orion apps, in the summer of 2025. According to The Information, the deal eventually fell through in September of that year, but the potential acquisition could've provided Apple with the third-party software to improve it...
50% of Consumers Prefer Brands That Avoid GenAI Content
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: According to the research firm Gartner, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would prefer to do business with brands that avoid using GenAI in consumer facing content such as advertising and promotional messaging. The survey of 1,539 Americans, conducted in October 2025, also found growing skepticism about the reliability of online information, with 61% saying they frequently question whether information they use for everyday decisions is trustworthy... Gartner fo...
A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027
The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement came during Minecraft Live 2026.It will be a new section in Chessington World of Adventures, a theme park with a built-in zoo. The resort is a 35-minute train ride from London's Waterloo station.Details are still fairly light on the park. But we know it will include a roller coaster, "interactive adv...
Sources: advertisers that bought ChatGPT's first ad campaigns say the process was low tech and that they haven't received much data showing if their ads worked
Catherine Perloff / The Information: Sources: advertisers that bought ChatGPT's first ad campaigns say the process was low tech and that they haven't received much data showing if their ads worked A
Gemini, Crypto.com Latest Crypto Firms to Blame Downsizing on AI
Meanwhile, some companies have abandoned crypto entirely to focus on the higher profits available in AI.
Firefox Announces Built-In VPN and Other New Features - and Introduces Its New Mascot
A free built-in VPN is coming to Firefox on Tuesday, Mozilla announced this week: Free VPNs can sometimes mean sketchy arrangements that end up compromising your privacy, but ours is built from our data principles and commitment to be the world's most trusted browser. It routes your browser traffic through a proxy to hide your IP address and location while you browse, giving you stronger privacy and protection online with no extra downloads. Users will have 50 gigabytes of data monthly in the ...
They’re Trying to Make a ‘Powers’ Adaptation Again
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Oeming continue their 'Powers' revival with a trip to animation and Netflix.
OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees
While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the Financial Times, the AI giant is looking to expand its workforce to 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, nearly doubling staff from its current headcount of 4,500. The FT reported that the new hires will be across several departments, including product development, engineering, research and sales. OpenAI's hiring spree will also include "specialists" for "technic...
Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs
It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s FAQ page, its developer Pearl Abyss advised players expecting Arc support to apply for a refund. “If you purchased the game expecting Intel Arc support, please refer to the refund policy of the platform where the game was purchased for available options,” the company wrote. Apparently, though, it’s not from lack of guidance from Intel. The...
SystemD Adds Optional 'birthDate' Field for Age Verification to JSON User Records
"The systemd project merged a pull request adding a new birthDate field to the JSON user records managed by userdb in response to the age verification laws of California, Colorado, and Brazil," reports the blog It's FOSS. They note that the field "can only be set by administrators, not by users themselves" it's the same record that already holds metadata like realName, emailAddress, and location: Lennart Poettering, the creator of systemd, has clarified that this change is "an optional field ...
Polymarket Bar Opens, Sucks
We were promised a bar full of screens. It appears there were few to no screens.
Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom
Richard Nieva / Forbes: Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom One of the mo
Highly performing AI agents can still fail to spot deception, study finds
Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence systems that can process and generate texts in different languages, are now used daily by many people worldwide. As these models can rapidly sourc
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival to Earth, that sample has yielded some insights about what may have seeded life on our planet. Read on to learn more about the latest findings, and other science news we found interesting this week. DNA ingredients on RyuguIn 2020, a capsule from the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 returned to Earth with samples collected from the surface of asteroid Ryugu...
Jeff Bezos Seeking $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies, 'Transform' Them With AI
Jeff Bezos "is in early talks to raise $100 billion," reports the Wall Street Journal, "for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation." "The Amazon.com founder is meeting with some of the world's largest asset managers to raise funding for the project." A few months ago, [Bezos] traveled to the Middle East to discuss the new fund with sovereign wealth representatives in the region. More recently, he went to Singap...
‘Buffy’ Star Nicholas Brendon Has Passed Away at Age 54
Along with the fan-favorite Xander on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Brendon also appeared in 'Criminal Minds' and 'Without a Trace.'
In Praise of Chuck Norris Facts, Key Artifact from the Time When It Felt Great to Be Online
Retracing the history of the first meme that completely took over the world.
How Chuck Norris Facts Created Internet Culture as We Know It
Retracing the history of the first meme that completely took over the world.
Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing
Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of my adult life. There was a time when Twitter was a place where some internet strangers became my IRL friends, when I was excited to "live-tweet". When my infinitely more well-adjusted friends would send me memes, I would smugly say "I saw that on Twitter days ago."Twitter stopped being that place a long time ago, but I don't have any nos...
This Columnist Predicted in 2006 That the Iran War Would End by 2026 (Seriously)
She also predicted Dick Cheney would become president and most drugs would be legal in 2026.
A Gentle Introduction to Nonlinear Constrained Optimization with Piecewise Linear Approximations
Piecewise linear approximations are a practical way to handle nonlinear constrained models using LP/MIP solvers like Gurobi. The post A Gentle Introduction to Nonlinear Constrained Optimization with P
95% of UK students now use AI and their experiences couldn't be more divided
95 percent of British students use generative AI. But while some say it deepens their learning, others worry it's replacing their ability to think for themselves. A new survey reveals a student body c
Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars
Steven Levy / Wired: Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars As business soars, Palant
Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers OpenAI plans to almost
71 Best Podcasts (2026): True Crime, Culture, Science, Fiction
Get your fix of tech, true crime, pop culture, or comedy with these audio adventures.
Engadget review recap: Lots of Apple devices, Galaxy S26, Dell XPS 16 and more
Apple already announced a lot of new devices in 2026 and we’ve been busy reviewing them all. In this installment of our bi-weekly roundup, we revisit the MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e and more, in addition to the “regular” Galaxy S26 and Dell XPS 16. There’s even more than those gadget to catch up on, so sit back, relax and cozy up to some fresh reviews. Apple MacBook Neo The main attraction for Apple’s early device deluge was the $599 MacBook Neo. The company is finally giving us something we’ve ...
Chinese AI model MiniMax M2.7 reportedly helped develop itself
Chinese AI company MiniMax has released M2.7, a model that reportedly played an active role in its own development. Through autonomous optimization loops, it improved its own training process and post
Best Protein Bars (2026): Vegan, Gluten-Free, High Fiber
What to prioritize, what to skip, when to enjoy—plus, we’ve selected WIRED's favorite bars worth trying.
A retro Starship Troopers shooter, a video store sim and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are a whole bunch of neat new games out this week, as well as updates on some interesting upcoming projects. In case you missed it, the Steam Spring Sale is under way. There are lots of solid deals here, and my credit card is already screaming at me. I've picked up a bunch of games from my wishlist. For instance, at just $3, I couldn't resist snagging Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate.Meanwhile, over on B...
Aiper Scuba V3 Pool Robot Review: Eye on the Prize
Now outfitted with AI computer vision, this new pool cleaner can actively search for debris.
NASA's Hubble Unexpectedly Catches Comet Breaking Up
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly captured a rare, early-stage breakup of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) just days after it first began disintegrating. Phys.org reports: "Sometimes the best science happens by accident," said co-investigator John Noonan, a research professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University in Alabama. "This comet got observed because our original comet was not viewable due to some new technical constraints after we won our proposal. We had to find a new target...
I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work
I recorded videos of myself doing laundry, scrambling eggs, and walking around the park in DoorDash’s new Tasks app, where gig workers are paid to train AI.
I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work
I recorded videos of myself doing laundry, scrambling eggs, and walking around the park in DoorDash’s new Tasks app, where gig workers are paid to train AI.
OpenAI's chief scientist trusts AI with experiments but says it's not at the level to design complex systems
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki used to write every line of code by hand. Now AI handles experiments that once took him a week, but he's not ready to let it run the show. The article OpenAI's ch
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Plus: The FBI admits it’s buying phone data to track Americans, Iranian hackers disrupt medical care at Maryland hospitals, and more.
Turris Omnia NG Wired is a Fanless, Rack-Ready OpenWrt Router with Dual 10G Ports
Most consumer routers give you a locked-down firmware, a few years of updates if you are lucky, and a web UI that makes you miss the terminal.Routers powered by OpenWrt are a breath of fresh air here, as they give users a full Linux system, a proper package manager, support for VPNs, and the freedom to actually configure their network the way they want.CZ.NIC, the organization behind the Czech Republic's national domain registry, which also does network security research, has the Turris line of ...
Europe's AI paradox is record adoption that funds foreign ecosystems instead of building its own
Europe leads in AI adoption and matches the US in talent, but owns almost none of the platforms it depends on. A new report by Prosus and Dealroom lays out where the disconnect starts: from missing in
Pinterest CEO Backs Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16
The CEO likened social media companies to Big Tobacco.
'Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat' Almost Makes Corporate Culture Seem Fun
The Amazon Prime prank series amplifies the hijinks of workplace dynamics, while showing how people find purpose—and community—in their jobs despite impossible situations.
The 19 Best EVs Coming in 2026
We’re expecting fresh electrics from Rivian, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, and newcomer Slate, among others. Here are the EVs arriving this year that we’re most excited about.
How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps
The Chinese automaker is racing ahead of global competitors—but don’t expect to see those gains in the US anytime soon.
