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VR game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City launches on April 30

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Engadget

VR game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City launches on April 30

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WIRED

Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law

A bill in Colorado is a glimpse into the future of how corporations are working to limit the freedom people have to make their own fixes and upgrades.

35 minutes ago

WIRED

Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law

Ars Technica

Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

Google Vids brings together Google's most capable AI creation tools.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

Ars Technica

Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones

A receptor that's used to find prey is also activated by progesterone.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones

TechCrunch

Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II

Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II

WIRED

OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show ‘TBPN’—and Buys Itself Some Positive News

OpenAI is acquiring TBPN, a business talk show that’s popular among Silicon Valley elites, as it continues to battle its negative public image.

1 hour ago

WIRED

OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show ‘TBPN’—and Buys Itself Some Positive News

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show

TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show

TechCrunch

Flipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web

Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Flipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web

Engadget

OpenAI brings ChatGPT's Voice mode to CarPlay

1 hour ago

Engadget

OpenAI brings ChatGPT's Voice mode to CarPlay

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Engadget

CFTC sues three states for trying to regulate prediction markets

2 hours ago

Engadget

CFTC sues three states for trying to regulate prediction markets

TechCrunch

ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts. The new app suggests ElevenLabs wants to be more than just a voice model company.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

Engadget

PSA: YouTube will be streaming Coachella for free next week

2 hours ago

Engadget

PSA: YouTube will be streaming Coachella for free next week

TechCrunch

NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

WIRED

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

As strikes continue on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the real danger isn’t the explosion, but what happens if critical safety systems fail—and how that risk could spread across the Gulf.

3 hours ago

WIRED

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

Ars Technica

New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian

Collection of fossils includes Ediacaran, Cambrian species, suggesting a transition.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian

Engadget

Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games

3 hours ago

Engadget

Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games

Ars Technica

New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

Both GDDRHammer and GeForge hammer GPU memory in ways that compromise the CPU.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

Ars Technica

Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity

And solar power accounted for about three quarters of the renewables.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity

WIRED

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

TechCrunch

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

Engadget

Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services

4 hours ago

Engadget

Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services

Ars Technica

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

Gemma 4 brings the first major update to Google's open models in a year.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

WIRED

Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions

Researchers at the company found representations inside of Claude that perform functions similar to human feelings.

5 hours ago

WIRED

Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions

WIRED

Best Lego Gifts for Brick Builders (2026): Smart Bricks, Video Games, and More

Your kids are only kids for so long, but love and Lego sets last forever. Here are our top picks for the Lego fan in your life.

9 hours ago

WIRED

Best Lego Gifts for Brick Builders (2026): Smart Bricks, Video Games, and More