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The Best Cordless Vacuums for Your Whole House (2026)
Clean your house without the constraint of a power cord with these cordless stick vacuums.
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Joby Aviation is demoing 10-minute air taxi flights from JFK to Manhattan for a week
Joby Aviation is kicking off 10 days of electric air taxi demo flights in New York City. Before you try to book one to bypass the city's awful traffic, Joby's a
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Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation
The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.
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Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla
Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”
Cybersecurity
Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy t
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized the company's Artifact Signing system to deliver malicio
Cybersecurity
TeamPCP hackers advertise Mistral AI code repos for sale
The TeamPCP hacker group is threatening to leak source code from the Mistral AI project unless a buyer is found for the data. [...]
AI & ML
Doppel’s AI defense system stops attacks before they spread
Doppel uses GPT-5 and reinforcement fine-tuning to stop deepfake and impersonation attacks, cutting analyst workloads by 80% and reducing response times from ho
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The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money
We pooled advice from our team—and a few financial experts—so you can worry less and save more in these turbulent times.
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Valve's Steam Controller costs $99 and arrives May 4
Valve's Steam Controller will hit the market on Monday, May 4, for a going price of $99 in the United States. The Steam Controller does precisely what it says:
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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 cyber
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RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
Cybersecurity
Agent AI is Coming. Are You Ready?
New Industry Data Just Released Suggests Not. On May 19th, 2026, Orchid Security released the results of our Identity Gap: Snapshot 2026. Among the findings, "i
Cybersecurity
Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin
Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. [...]
AI & ML
Q&A with DoorDash’s CPO, Mariana Garavaglia
Learn how DoorDash is scaling AI adoption to empower employees to build, learn, and innovate faster in a conversation with Chief People Officer Mariana Garavagl
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FTC Shifts Focus With New Hires Targeting Gender-Care Industry
A series of new hires and investigations at the FTC appear to focus on penalizing gender-affirming care for minors—and those who speak in favor of it.
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Valve Steam Controller: The Gamepad Built for Tomorrow
Don’t mistake the Steam Controller for a PC controller. Even though its main function is to play PC games, Valve’s new gamepad communicates with Steam, and only
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Redwood Materials Loses COO in Leadership Shake-Up
Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.
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Former NASA Chief Joins National Security Space Firm
"The spacecraft can also be refueled, and it can refuel others."
Cybersecurity
AI-Generated Typosquatting Now Targets Supply Chains
AI-generated lookalike domains are now embedded inside the third-party scripts running on your web properties. Here's why your current stack can't see them, and
Cybersecurity
OpenAI Confirms Employee Devices Hit in TanStack Supply Chain Attack
OpenAI says two employees' devices were breached in the recent TanStack supply chain attack that impacted hundreds of npm and PyPI packages, causing the company
AI & ML
AI Models Transform Robot Grasping with Domain Randomization
Robotic systems are gaining unprecedented precision in object manipulation through advances in generative artificial intelligence and domain randomization techn
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Google Expands Gemini API Managed Agents with New Capabilities
Managed agents feature bundle launch
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Raya Dating App's Exclusive Status Creates Years-Long Waiting Lists
Getting into Raya, the exclusive members-only dating app, has become nearly impossible for some. We met people who have waited as long as two, five, and even se
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Star Wars Expansion Launches for PowerWash Simulator 2
There's something deeply relaxing about chucking on a solid pair of headphones, listening to some good music and cleaning muck off structures and vehicles. Not
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Sierra Acquires YC-Backed Fragment in AI Customer Service Push
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.
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Manthey Racing Unveils Performance Kit for Porsche Taycan
Nordschleife-specialist Manthey has developed an upgrade package for the Porsche EV.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Addresses BitLocker Bypass Vulnerability YellowKey
Microsoft on Tuesday released a mitigation for a BitLocker bypass vulnerability named YellowKey following its public disclosure last week. The zero-day flaw, no
Cybersecurity
Cisco Issues Critical SD-WAN Security Warning
Cisco is warning that a critical Catalyst SD-WAN Controller authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks th
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Distill Launches as Premier ML Research Communication Platform
We’re excited to support today’s launch of Distill, a new kind of journal aimed at excellent communication of machine learning results (novel or existing).
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AI-Generated Hunks: The Tech Behind Viral Fake Influencers
A viral red carpet moment shone light on a group of hunky Instagram influencers—and the followers who are too horny to care that they’re not real.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Premieres July 23
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its fourth season via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the
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Trump's CISA Nominee Withdraws From Cybersecurity Agency Role
Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic temporary leadership.
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Trump Shifts Stance on AI Safety Testing Requirements
Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.
Cybersecurity
Grafana Labs GitHub Breach: Source Code Exposed in npm Attack
Grafana Labs, on May 19, 2026, said an investigation into its recent breach found no evidence of customer production systems or operations being compromised. It
Cybersecurity
Windows 11 and Edge Exploited at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026
On the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security researchers collected $523,000 in cash awards after exploiting 24 unique zero-days. [...]
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State-Backed AI Threats: New Defense Strategy Emerges
Governments and technology companies are intensifying efforts to counter the weaponization of artificial intelligence by state-affiliated threat actors, marking
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Rising Airfares: Smart Strategies to Book Cheaper Flights
It's an expensive time to fly. These tips can help lighten the load on your wallet.
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OpenAI Ends Microsoft Exclusivity in Major Partnership Shift
OpenAI is opening up its partnership with Microsoft in the latest amendment to the major multi-year collaboration between the tech giants. The latest changes al
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5, Expanding AI Capabilities
OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.
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Court Invalidates FCC Anti-Discrimination Rule for Internet Providers
Chairman Brendan Carr celebrates FCC court loss in case over Biden-era rule.
Cybersecurity
GitHub Probes Unauthorized Access to 4,000 Internal Repositories
GitHub on Tuesday said it's investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories after the notorious threat actor known as TeamPCP listed the platform
Cybersecurity
Cyber Tactics Now Drive Cargo Theft Across Supply Chains
Cargo theft now starts with phishing emails and stolen credentials, not hijackings, to reroute and steal freight from supply chains. NMFTA outlines how cyber-en
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5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical.
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The sequel to the iconic emulator ZSNES is called Super ZSNES, of course
Somehow, ZSNES has returned after laying dormant for 20 years. The developers of the iconic Super Nintendo emulator, which originally debuted in 1997 for DOS (s
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Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says
According to an internal memo, Meta plans to begin its sweeping layoffs on May 20.
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SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is set to become SpaceX's busiest launch site—for now.
Cybersecurity
Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Scheme Hit 659 Million Daily Bid Requests Using 455 Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ad fraud and malvertising operation dubbed Trapdoor targeting Android device users. The activity, per
Cybersecurity
18-year-old NGINX vulnerability allows DoS, potential RCE
An 18-year-old flaw in the NGINX open-source web server, discovered using an autonomous scanning system, can be exploited for denial of service and, under certa