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WIRED

What Is a Passkey? Here’s How to Set Up and Use Them (2025)

Passkeys were built to enable a password-free future. Here's what they are and how you can start using them.

13 minutes ago

WIRED

What Is a Passkey? Here’s How to Set Up and Use Them (2025)

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WIRED

Puffy Cloud Mattress Review: Soft but Supportive

As a professional mattress tester, I always thought the Puffy Cloud was too soft. A test run in my own bedroom changed my mind.

38 minutes ago

WIRED

Puffy Cloud Mattress Review: Soft but Supportive

WIRED

The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?

When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.

1 hour ago

WIRED

The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?

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Engadget

The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025

2 hours ago

Engadget

The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025

Engadget

Acer's Swift 16 Air laptop weighs less than 2.2 pounds

2 hours ago

Engadget

Acer's Swift 16 Air laptop weighs less than 2.2 pounds

Engadget

JBL just announced its largest-ever battery-powered party speaker

2 hours ago

Engadget

JBL just announced its largest-ever battery-powered party speaker

Engadget

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

2 hours ago

Engadget

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

Engadget

Acer's new gaming lineup includes an 18-inch AI laptop and a 720Hz monitor

2 hours ago

Engadget

Acer's new gaming lineup includes an 18-inch AI laptop and a 720Hz monitor

Engadget

The best Apple Watch in 2025

4 hours ago

Engadget

The best Apple Watch in 2025

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Ars Technica

The new Dolby Vision 2 HDR standard is probably going to be controversial

It addresses two scourges of modern TV viewing—but maybe not in the way we want.

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

The new Dolby Vision 2 HDR standard is probably going to be controversial

Ars Technica

OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial

The Phase 2 trial is not definitive, but it comes as vaccine access is severely restricted.

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial

Ars Technica

Google won’t have to sell Chrome, judge rules

Google's penalty for being a search monopoly does not include selling Chrome.

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google won’t have to sell Chrome, judge rules

WIRED

Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live

Get your tickets to Uncanny Valley’s first live show in San Francisco on September 9, featuring special guest Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon.

13 hours ago

WIRED

Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live

TechCrunch

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its robotaxis. The company will start with manual testing but is eyeing a commercial launch in both cities.

14 hours ago

TechCrunch

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

TechCrunch

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial

U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements.

14 hours ago

TechCrunch

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial

TechCrunch

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls

OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month – part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress.

15 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls

Ars Technica

A robot walks on water thanks to evolution’s solution

A structure like those found on water striders' legs keeps a robot out of the water.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

A robot walks on water thanks to evolution’s solution

Ars Technica

Tesla has a new master plan—it just doesn’t have any specifics

Did an AI write this? Because it reads like an AI wrote this.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

Tesla has a new master plan—it just doesn’t have any specifics

Ars Technica

Revolving door: Ex-senator becomes cable industry’s top lobbyist

Ex-senator Cory Gardner replaces ex-FCC Chairman Michael Powell as head of NCTA.

16 hours ago

Ars Technica

Revolving door: Ex-senator becomes cable industry’s top lobbyist

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig and shakes up its leadership team

OpenAI is bringing on the founder of Statsig as its CTO of Applications, and making changes to other leadership roles at the company.

16 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig and shakes up its leadership team

WIRED

The 50 Best Shows on HBO Max Right Now (September 2025)

Peacemaker, Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence, and The Gilded Age are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on HBO Max this month.

16 hours ago

WIRED

The 50 Best Shows on HBO Max Right Now (September 2025)

WIRED

The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kick-Starting Audi’s Design Future

The TT-inspired roadster debuts Audi’s new strategy for “radical simplicity”—and it looks terrific.

16 hours ago

WIRED

The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kick-Starting Audi’s Design Future

TechCrunch

Astro Teller, 'Captain of Moonshots,' joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October

TechCrunch is thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head of Alphabet’s X (aka the Moonshot Factory), will take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

16 hours ago

TechCrunch

Astro Teller, 'Captain of Moonshots,' joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October

TechCrunch

Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B valuation

AI firm Anthropic's $13 billion Series F round will be used to grow its enterprise adoption, deepen safety research, and support international expansion.

18 hours ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B valuation