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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch
Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the rumors…
Apple Raised Mac Prices. Now It Might Lease You One
Hugging Face Said Last Week It Was Attacked. An Unreleased OpenAI Model Did It, OpenAI Now Says
It was reportedly an evaluation that went haywire involving GPT-5.6 Sol, along with another even more advanced OpenAI model.
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Sent Back Some Awesome Photos of Mars
Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.
Nintendo Thinks Your Portion of Its Tariff Refund Windfall Should Be $0
Garmin’s Screenless Cirqa Health Tracker Will Be Available This Week
The truth nobody wants to admit: Chinese or not, open models are competitive now
Hey Uncle Sam, if you thought GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable 5 were scary, get a load of Kimi K3
Will AI help you do your job or replace you?
Artificial Intelligence companies make vast claims about their tools replacing human labour - our charts show what's happening.
Range Rover answers the question: "What if we built a not-SUV?"
The Range Rover GT will debut as an EV with a hybrid version to follow.
Is the All-New Range Rover GT Stepping on Jaguar’s Tail?
It’s “the most car-like Range Rover ever created,” but will this all-electric grand tourer spoil Jaguar’s Type 01 party?
OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull…
Deezer Is Cracking Down on Fake Music and Fake Streams
I tested the System76 Thelio Mira: it's the custom Linux desktop of my dreams
The System76 Thelio Mira Custom is a whisper-quiet 'boutique" Linux workstation that actually feels practical.
Social Media Ban For Kids Approved in France in First For an EU Country
Opponents of the ban worry about online anonymity.
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on…
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
Ronald Fischer, aka Richard Graydon, was arrested in New York last week.
Volkswagen Thinks Your E-Bike Needs a Pair of Smart Glasses
The German automaker licensed its name to two new e-bikes made by n+.
Poolside drops Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model that beats rivals 10x its size
Poolside, the San Francisco AI lab that has spent most of its three-year existence quietly selling coding models to governments and defense agencies, released…
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. | Bloomberg via Getty Images OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing.…
France will ban social media for children under 15
The country's new law also bans the use of mobile phones in schools.
Samsung’s First Credit Card Launches in the US
Google Introduces Gemini 3.6 to Remind You It Has an AI Model, Too
Plus: 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber.
The Urgency to Close the AI Gender Divide Before It Affects the Pay Gap
Stop adding more GPUs: Weka's new storage platform reduces load by caching 100% of an AI model's pre-calculated tokens
GPU memory is the most expensive resource in production AI, and it's also the one running out fastest. Long context windows and multi-turn conversations force…
Cisco's open-weight bug busters take on Google and OpenAI
Don't call them chatbots
US Treasury Chief Threatens Sanctions on Chinese AI Labs Over ‘IP Theft’ Concerns
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed action in the coming days or weeks.
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including…
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models
OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
Garmin’s New Screenless Wearable Could Be a Serious Whoop Competitor
Garmin's new Cirqa band tracks and analyzes your workouts, heart rate, and sleep—all without a subscription.
2026 LG OLED evo TVs are getting a new Creator Original picture mode
The elevated streaming experience is happening in collaboration with Prime Video.
Shop Best Buy’s Black Friday in July Sale 2026 Before Fall Chaos
The discounts may not beat Prime Day, but I found worthwhile prices on WIRED-approved TVs, laptops, tablets, speakers, and other home gear.
Tropical Storm Bertha Is Arriving at the Worst Possible Time
Scorching heat will arrive in the wake of Tropical Storm Bertha, potentially creating a dangerous situation for anyone without power.
Kaylee Hottle, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Star, Dies at 18
The 18-year-old actor also appeared in 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.'
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Dogs have a great sense of smell. Now machines are being trained to sniff out odours.
Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash model cuts AI agent token costs by up to 65% on long horizon engineering tasks —and 3.5 Pro is on the way
Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and…
Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
"Maybe that's my responsibility, to live alone with the truth."
Vatican Uses AI-Detector to Show AI Bros Pope’s Anti-AI Encyclical Isn’t AI-Generated
The word of God or the word of AI?
AI's cheatin' heart will make you weep
Trust but verify doesn't work when verification is difficult
Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app
Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to…
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list.
Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory
Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.
5 gaming accessories I refuse to play without
After years of gaming on PC, these are the five accessories I keep coming back to for their comfort, performance, and reliability.
I lost over 100 pounds for an 80-mile hike with a friend - here's the tech that kept me on track
These are the wearables, scales, and apps I found most useful. While my iPhone and Apple Watch were core to everything, I also have Android recommendations.
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes,…
US Marines' latest anti-drone toy is an AI turret that uses regular machine guns
Don't worry - it can autonomously attack ground targets, too
This Hidden Pattern in the Sun Could Predict Solar Storms Years in Advance
The solar cycle can be irregular, but some patterns might be trackable—enough to provide a heads-up before extreme weather events.
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds
Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.
This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light
Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.
Right-Wing Haters Try to Stop the Steal as ‘Woke’ Odyssey Conquers Global Box Office
It might be the dumbest culture war fight of the year.
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Is Now Available at Home
The sci-fi film starring Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connell is winding down a $250 million box office run.
Google Releases 3 New Gemini Models, 3.5 Pro Still Not Available
Substack is adding an AI detection feature
Substack is partnering with Pangram to add an AI detection feature.
Apple has reportedly fixed its Hide My Email vulnerability
Apple reportedly fixed the Hide My Email vulnerability that left iCloud+ users' emails not especially hidden.
Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking
The acquisition — Einride's first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.
Xteink’s Next Pocket-Sized E-Reader Could (Almost) Replace Your Kindle
The Xteink X4 Pro adds more premium features over earlier models—though it's still not for everyone.
Internet-Famous Bald Eagle Found Alive After Mysterious Disappearance
Jackie, the beloved eagle mom, had been missing from her nest for several days before she was spotted struggling to fly.
Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026
Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut and seven others will be gone soon.
Iran says it's struck offline AWS facility in Bahrain ... again
AWS' me-south-1 region has been offline for months, so more like beating a dead cloud