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....
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....
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....
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...
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...
Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart
Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation
Mistral's new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone....
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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....
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 ...