AI & Tech

Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate....

techcrunch.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

The Best Office Chair Is $50 Cheaper Than We've Seen Before

The Branch Ergonomic Chair Pro offers great value at full price—but right now, it's $100 off....

wired.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

10 Things You Can Do While Waiting in the TSA Line

As Washington wrangles over the future of federal employees’ pay, here are some ideas for passing the time....

wired.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

Plus: Apple makes big claims about the effectiveness of its Lockdown Mode anti-spyware feature, Russia moves to implemen...

wired.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO

SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow...

techcrunch.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart

Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years....

techcrunch.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI Industry

IndexCache, a new sparse attention optimizer, delivers 1.82x faster inference on long-context AI models

Processing 200,000 tokens through a large language model is expensive and slow: the longer the context, the faster the c...

venturebeat.com  — Mar 27, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini

Google is launching "switching tools" that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch...

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge

A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing busines...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing

The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing....

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work

Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troop...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp

Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations...

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Netflix confirms it’s raising prices again

The standard plan without ads now costs $19.99 per month, a $2 increase from the previous $17.99 subscription fee, while...

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

16 of the most interesting startups from YC W26 Demo Day

From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones fro...

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Eufy Omni C28 Review: Affordable and Full-Featured

Eufy's latest robot vacuum proves you can still get a great vac-mop without dropping four figures....

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Tech

Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation

Mistral's new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone....

techcrunch.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

How to Buy Ethical and Eco-Friendly Electronics (2026)

Electronic waste, conflict minerals, and poor labor conditions are just a few issues blighting the tech industry. Here’s...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI Industry

Mistral AI just released a text-to-speech model it says beats ElevenLabs — and it's giving away the weights for free

The enterprise voice AI market is in the middle of a land grab. ElevenLabs and IBM announced a collaboration just this w...

venturebeat.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

This Groundbreaking Omega Watch’s Accuracy Is Calibrated Using Sound

Thanks to a novel way of testing precision using acoustics, the Constellation Observatory is the first watch with no sec...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

‘She’s Never Going to Age’: Porn Stars Are Embracing AI Clones to Stay Forever Young

AI companion platforms like OhChat and SinfulX are offering adult creators digital twins, who are always at their peak a...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Why ICE Is Allowed to Impersonate Law Enforcement

“There's no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public. "The consequence of this is t...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Anduril’s Real War Is With Itself

From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are mad...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

Saatva HD Mattress Review: A Solution for Heavy-Bodied Sleepers

With latex, coils, and a thoughtful build, the Saatva HD tackles a problem the industry often ignores....

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →
AI & Culture

The Government’s Shittiest Website

For more than 30 years, the US Postal Service has sent people who need to change their addresses to MyMove. Experts say ...

wired.com  — Mar 26, 2026 Read →