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WIRED

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth

Despite Friday’s SCOTUS ruling, many tariffs affecting the auto industry will remain. So will the other dynamics that have led to today’s historically high car prices.

9 hours ago

WIRED

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth

WIRED

A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed

What scientists thought were four separate star clusters are actually part of one nearly invisible system.

9 hours ago

WIRED

A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed

WIRED

Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters

Self-driving-vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.

11 hours ago

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Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters

WIRED

Our Reviewers’ Top TV Pick for Gamers Is at Its Lowest Price in Months

This Samsung OLED comes loaded with features specifically for gamers.

12 hours ago

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Our Reviewers’ Top TV Pick for Gamers Is at Its Lowest Price in Months

WIRED

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

13 hours ago

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DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

WIRED

The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis

A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had only acting directors—and the White House won’t say when that will change.

13 hours ago

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The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis

TechCrunch

India's Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up

Sarvam's Indus chat app is currently available in beta.

8 hours ago

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India's Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up

TechCrunch

The creator economy's ad revenue problem and India's AI ambitions

The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn't cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast's company bought fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This isn't ...

10 hours ago

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The creator economy's ad revenue problem and India's AI ambitions

TechCrunch

Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show

The former HQ host Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a live mobile game show that he's building on his own terms.

12 hours ago

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Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show

TechCrunch

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

12 hours ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

TechCrunch

Apple's iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more

Several updates are introduced in iOS 26.4, including an AI-powered playlist-generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and more.

13 hours ago

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Apple's iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more

TechCrunch

InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting

The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements.

14 hours ago

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InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting

Engadget

Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

11 hours ago

Engadget

Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

Engadget

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The Galaxy S26 and other devices that might launch on February 25

12 hours ago

Engadget

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The Galaxy S26 and other devices that might launch on February 25

Engadget

Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran 'racist, sexist' AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge

14 hours ago

Engadget

Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran 'racist, sexist' AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge

Engadget

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

15 hours ago

Engadget

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

Engadget

13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools

16 hours ago

Engadget

13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools

Engadget

NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

16 hours ago

Engadget

NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

Ars Technica

After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon

“We’re now targeting March 6 as our earliest launch attempt ... there is still pending work."

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon

Ars Technica

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company

Microsoft CoreAI exec Asha Sharma will take over in surprise executive shake-up.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company

Ars Technica

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

Persona confirmed all age-check data from Discord's UK test was deleted.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

Ars Technica

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Ars Technica

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

Ars Technica

Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"

Director says PC is the "foundation" when targeting "high-end environments first."

16 hours ago

Ars Technica

Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"