AI & ML
AI Poised to Become History's Greatest Equalizer
I’ve always considered myself a pragmatic technologist—someone who loves technology not for its own sake, but for the direct impact it can have on people’s live
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5 Ways Google Search Enhances Your Thrift and Vintage Shopping
A colorful, grain-textured collage of various items scattered across a light blue background. The items include a green bucket hat, a wooden clothes hanger, a b
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Best MagSafe Phone Grips: Top 10 Picks for 2026
Keep your phone firmly in hand and add some personality with these comfortable, durable, and nifty smartphone grips.
Gadgets
Blackmagic Camera iOS App Now Includes Apple Watch Control
Blackmagic Camera is one of the more powerful third-party smartphone camera apps available and it's now even more useful for solo creators. Blackmagic Design ju
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OpenAI Upgrades Codex With Enhanced Desktop Control Capabilities
OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.
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Kennedy Signals Opposition to New CDC Director Over Vaccine Policy
Kennedy's tesimony sets up another clash over vaccines with next CDC director.
Cybersecurity
Critical Terrarium Sandbox Flaw Allows Root Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in a Python-based sandbox called Terrarium that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability
Cybersecurity
Popular Python Package Compromised in Data Theft Attack
An attacker pushed a malicious version of the popular elementary-data package Python Package Index (PyPI) to steal sensitive developer data and cryptocurrency w
AI & ML
AI Training Efficiency Doubles Every 16 Months
We’re releasing an analysis showing that since 2012 the amount of compute needed to train a neural net to the same performance on ImageNet classification has be
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Best MacBook Accessories 2026: Essential Gear Guide
From charging adapters to external monitors, I’ve gathered the absolute best peripherals for your MacBook.
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OpenAI Codex Gets Major Upgrade Ahead of Super App
Last month, following reporting from The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI confirmed it was working on a desktop super app that would combine ChatGPT, its Codex codin
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Bluesky Faces Widespread Service Disruptions
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET.
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NASA's Push for Ultra-High-Definition Lunar Mission Footage
"You just push this button, and in three hours, you're counting photons."
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Gang Deploys Proxy Malware to 1,570+ Victims
Threat actors associated with The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation have been observed attempting to deploy a known proxy malware called System
Cybersecurity
Crypto Heist Accomplice Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years
22-year-old Evan Tangeman of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for laundering funds stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurren
AI & ML
AI Compute Demand Surges With Exponential Growth
We’re releasing an analysis showing that since 2012, the amount of compute used in the largest AI training runs has been increasing exponentially with a 3.4-mon
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Key DOGE Figures: Where Tech's Activist Movement Stands Today
WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.
Gadgets
Google Chrome AI Mode Gets Smarter Tab Management
Love 'em or hate 'em, no modern browser is complete without robust tab support, and so too would it seem Google's AI Mode. Starting today, the company is rollin
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Google Chrome AI Mode Now Opens Links Side-by-Side
Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode.
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for ASP.NET Flaw on macOS and Linux
When authentication fails, things can go very, very wrong.
Cybersecurity
22 Critical Flaws Found in Serial-to-IP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited t
Cybersecurity
Medtronic Confirms Major Security Breach Affecting Millions
Medical device giant Medtronic disclosed last week that hackers breached its network and accessed data in "certain corporate IT systems." [...]
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OpenAI Strengthens Defenses Against Data Theft in AI Agents
Learn how OpenAI protects user data when AI agents open links, preventing URL-based data exfiltration and prompt injection with built-in safeguards.
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Iconic Star Trek Communicator Reimagined as Luxury Swiss Watch
This luxury Swiss watch brand has gone where no one has gone before. Unfortunately, the price is out of this world too.
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Meta Blocks Oversight Board's Push Into AI Policy Work
The Oversight Board — the policy body Meta created to weigh its most impactful moderation rulings — has seen its role within Mark Zuckerberg's empire come into
Science & Tech
How Algorithm-Driven Culture Is Reshaping What We Love
If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hac
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Coyote vs. Acme Movie Finally Arrives With Explosive New Trailer
What was Warner Bros. even thinking, shelving this film for so many years?
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Negotiator Guilty in BlackCat Attack Scheme
A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martin
Cybersecurity
ADT Data Breach Compromises 5.5 Million Customer Records
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this m
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OpenAI Co-Founds Agentic AI Foundation Under Linux
OpenAI co-founds the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation and donates AGENTS.md to support open, interoperable standards for safe agentic AI.
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South Asian Tech Leaders Face Backlash in Political Sphere
South Asians are a powerful, visible minority in the Trump administration. They’re also facing a racist backlash, fueled in part by the white nationalist Groype
Gadgets
Bluesky Experiences Service Outages Across Multiple Regions
Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform says some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our regino
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European Police Target 75,000 DDoS Attackers in Coordinated Crackdown
Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 doma
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Google Introduces Dual TPU Chips for Next-Gen AI Agents
Google's new generation of Tensor AI chips is actually two chips, one for inference and one for training.
Cybersecurity
Why Your SOC's Response Time Lags Behind Industry Leaders
Security teams often present MTTR as an internal KPI. Leadership sees it differently: every hour a threat dwells inside the environment is an hour of potential
Cybersecurity
Voice Deepfakes: A Growing Threat to Enterprise Security
Three seconds of audio is all it takes to clone a voice for fraud. Adaptive Security shows how deepfake calls trick employees into sending real money—and why mo
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OpenAI and MIT Explore Emotional Impact of ChatGPT
An OpenAI and MIT Media Lab Research collaboration.
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Shark vs. Dyson: Which AI Robot Vac-Mop Wins in 2026?
I let Shark’s and Dyson’s new AI-powered robot vac-mops loose in my home. One was a clear winner.
Gadgets
Street Fighter Movie Trailer Delivers Game-Accurate Action
We finally have a real-deal trailer for the upcoming Street Fighter movie, after a short teaser dropped at The Game Awards last year. This is nearly three minut
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Anthropic Executive Exits Figma Board Amid New Product Plans
Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to
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Anthropic Tests Removing Claude Code from Pro Plan
Untenable demand has Anthropic exploring new approaches to rationing its service.
Cybersecurity
Stolen Credentials: Why Attackers Skip Exploits
The cybersecurity industry has spent the last several years chasing sophisticated threats like zero-days, supply chain compromises, and AI-generated exploits. H
Cybersecurity
Outlook.com Hit by Major Outage Blocking User Access
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Outlook.com outage that is causing intermittent signing issues and preventing customers from accessing their mailboxes. [.
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New Adversarial Training Approach Boosts Text Classification
Researchers have developed an innovative adversarial training methodology that significantly enhances the performance of semi-supervised text classification sys
AI
Google Leverages Gemini AI to Orchestrate I/O 2026 Event
A collage of I/O-related images, including the Antigravity Coffee Co. pop-up, a colorful jellyfish and a still from the Timmy TPU video. The word AI repeats thr
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Tempo Meal Service Review: Quality Surprises in Every Box
After testing 14 meals from Tempo, a spin-off subscription service from Home Chef, a colleague and I were surprised by how much we liked them. But lord, there's
Gadgets
Anna's Archive Ordered to Pay $322M for Spotify Music Scraping
The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damag
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Hybrid Cement Plants: Heavy Industry Goes Dual-Fuel
Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.
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FBI Launches Investigation Into Missing Scientists With Government Access
FBI suspects foreign spies may be targeting scientists with access to government secrets.