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Our reporters investigate every significant event in the tech world. We speak to companies, witness events from the ground, and test products so you can get essential first-hand insights on the latest news.

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Can VR glasses save VR?Can VR glasses save VR?
Sean Hollister
OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?

OpenAI and Meta’s cutesy AI agents are about to fight to the death.

Hayden Field
What even is a ‘microdrama’?What even is a ‘microdrama’?
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The AI Tamagotchis are coming

Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: It’s useful, and it’s cute.

Hayden Field
Potato by air

The day the dads in my neighborhood discovered drone delivery

Nathan Edwards
AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready

New models are helping Big Tech shore up its cyber defenses. What about everyone else?

Hayden Field
Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

Producer and sound designer Decap’s ‘Drums That Knock’ are all over some of the biggest hits of the last 10 years.

Terrence O'Brien
Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport

The franchise’s renewed popularity with resellers is being driven by a culture fixated on hustling.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
One company is at the center of a wave of rogue AI attacks

Mistakes at Israeli startup Irregular sent Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Google agents after real-world targets.

Robert Hart
Insta360 conquered 360 cameras — now it’s eyeing glasses

The Chinese brand has 73 percent of the worldwide 360 camera market. What’s next?

Sean Hollister
Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw

Meta’s new tool is very cute — and heavily inspired by its open-source predecessor.

Hayden Field
Why can’t we just keep rogue AIs off the internet?

Air-gapping AI to keep it away from real-world targets makes testing safer, but less useful.

Robert Hart
Xbox is barely Xbox anymoreXbox is barely Xbox anymore
Andrew Webster
It’s time for the Mac NeoIt’s time for the Mac Neo
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners

App casting, handoff, and seamless file sharing make Googlebooks feel (almost) obvious with an Android phone.

Dominic Preston
No Dogs in Space is back to feed your need for obsessive music history

The podcast is getting ‘back to basics’ with Punk 2.0

Terrence O'Brien
Anamanaguchi has ‘too goddamn many’ browser tabs open right now

The chiptune rock band formed in 2004 on forums and remains very online to this day.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over

It’s AI CEO against AI CEO, and things are changing by the day.

Hayden Field
Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that

Satellite data combined with machine learning gives meteorologists new tools to predict deadly floods sooner.

Megan Wollerton
Your robotaxi might be a narc

Waymo is watching you.

Rani Molla
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation

The industry is in a panic, but it’s been claiming to want legal guardrails for years — with few meaningful results.

Sean Hollister
Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?

Major AI companies want to ‘pace the frontier’ — but their proposed solutions need real teeth.

Hayden Field
Sylvan Esso think you should splurge on good-quality yogurt

The band’s new, organic-sounding record Ow ∞ is out now

Terrence O'Brien
Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity

An Anthropic researcher’s resignation letter went viral, and the company released details of four concerning cybersecurity incidents.

Hayden Field
Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers

Content creators say their videos are fair use, but one controversial company begs to differ.

Charles Pulliam-Moore