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WIRED

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

2 hours ago

WIRED

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

WIRED

Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

Responsibly dispose of your food scraps with one of these indoor, (mostly) odor-free, WIRED-tested devices.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

WIRED

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down

John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook will stay on as executive chairman.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down

WIRED

Ben McKenzie Says Crypto Has a Secret Ingredient: Male Loneliness

The actor-director discussed his least favorite currency and read a series of mean tweets—about us!—at our inaugural WIRED@Night event.

3 hours ago

WIRED

Ben McKenzie Says Crypto Has a Secret Ingredient: Male Loneliness

WIRED

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

The CEO of Magical Adventures Balloon Rides tells WIRED how the pilot made a safe landing after they got stranded over a neighborhood.

5 hours ago

WIRED

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

WIRED

War Memes Are Turning Conflict Into Content

The jokes were funny. The systems behind them—and the reasons we keep passing around war memes as entertainment—are more serious.

5 hours ago

WIRED

War Memes Are Turning Conflict Into Content

TechCrunch

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

TechCrunch

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries

TechCrunch

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts struggled to separate from its famed founder. What he leaves behind is a $4 trillion business with annual ...

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

TechCrunch

It's not just one thing — it's another thing

This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee.

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

It's not just one thing — it's another thing

TechCrunch

North Korean hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft

The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.

7 hours ago

TechCrunch

North Korean hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft

TechCrunch

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

7 hours ago

TechCrunch

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

The Verge

Engadget

Google brings Gemini in Chrome to users in Asia and the Pacific

2 hours ago

Engadget

Google brings Gemini in Chrome to users in Asia and the Pacific

Engadget

John Ternus will be CEO of Apple when Tim Cook steps down this fall

3 hours ago

Engadget

John Ternus will be CEO of Apple when Tim Cook steps down this fall

Engadget

Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service

3 hours ago

Engadget

Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service

Engadget

Sony will require age checks in the UK and Ireland to access PlayStation communication features

4 hours ago

Engadget

Sony will require age checks in the UK and Ireland to access PlayStation communication features

Engadget

LinkedIn's new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free

5 hours ago

Engadget

LinkedIn's new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free

Engadget

Meta is testing a WhatsApp Plus subscription that mostly focuses on cosmetic upgrades

6 hours ago

Engadget

Meta is testing a WhatsApp Plus subscription that mostly focuses on cosmetic upgrades

FastCompany

Ars Technica

John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO

Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO

Ars Technica

Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer

Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer

Ars Technica

Here's how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show

Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Here's how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show

Ars Technica

Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record

A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.

6 hours ago

Ars Technica

Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record

Ars Technica

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

Ars Technica

Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen

The future war film, from the director of Moon, is adapted from 2000 AD's comic series.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen