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I met a lot of weird robots at CES &8212; here are the most memorable

If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.

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TechCrunch

I met a lot of weird robots at CES &8212; here are the most memorable

TechCrunch

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion'

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion'

WIRED

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.

1 hour ago

WIRED

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

Engadget

Engadget's best of CES 2026: All the new tech that caught our eye in Las Vegas

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Engadget

Engadget's best of CES 2026: All the new tech that caught our eye in Las Vegas

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TechCrunch

CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

WIRED

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Is Discounted on Amazon

The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 gets marked down across a variety of colors, sizes, and feature sets.

3 hours ago

WIRED

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Is Discounted on Amazon

Engadget

It's time for Apple to reinstate ICEBlock

3 hours ago

Engadget

It's time for Apple to reinstate ICEBlock

Engadget

Amazon is apparently planning a big box store in the Chicago suburbs

4 hours ago

Engadget

Amazon is apparently planning a big box store in the Chicago suburbs

WIRED

Meta Is Making a Big Bet on Nuclear With Oklo

Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Meta Is Making a Big Bet on Nuclear With Oklo

Ars Technica

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Engadget

The Morning After: The best of CES 2026

6 hours ago

Engadget

The Morning After: The best of CES 2026

Ars Technica

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

Italy fines Cloudflare 14M euros for not blocking pirate sites on 1.1.1.1 DNS service.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

Engadget

WhatsApp might soon be subject to stricter scrutiny under the EU's Digital Services Act

6 hours ago

Engadget

WhatsApp might soon be subject to stricter scrutiny under the EU's Digital Services Act

Ars Technica

US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers

Engadget

CES: So very big, so little sustainability tech

7 hours ago

Engadget

CES: So very big, so little sustainability tech

TechCrunch

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta.

8 hours ago

TechCrunch

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

Ars Technica

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.

"That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.

Ars Technica

These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found

Hunter-gatherers probably derived the poison from the milky bulb extract of a Boophone disticha plant.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found

Ars Technica

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

Faced with a ban in the United Kingdom, X pushes flawed fix to CSAM problem.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

WIRED

Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.

9 hours ago

WIRED

Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

WIRED

X Didn’t Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.

10 hours ago

WIRED

X Didn’t Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

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TechCrunch

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders." It's the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.

12 hours ago

TechCrunch

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

WIRED

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.

13 hours ago

WIRED

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

TechCrunch

Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins

Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026, which includes building agents for, and giving Claude code to, Allianz.

16 hours ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins