Timef 05/16/2025

Wrists cramping? Skip the gaming mouse and snag one of these WIRED-tested ergonomic options instead.

The Danish pharmaceutical giant said Fruergaard Jørgensen would remain in his post "for a period to support a smooth transition to new leadership."

A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech.

Microsoft offered to unbundle its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites from its Teams workplace communication app to address competition concerns from European regulators.

"The Last of Us" star Young Mazino appeared on "The Tonight Show" and dropped a big Season 2 spoiler while recapping the show.

"The Daily Show"'s Desi Lydic has made a parody video of Fox News talking about Trump's Qatar plane gift.

Learn how to troubleshoot disappearing emails on iPhone and Android devices. Find out the reasons behind this issue and how to prevent it from happening again.

The cast of "Murderbot," including Alexander Skarsgård, weigh in on how they relate to Murderbot.

As of May 16, the Garmin Lily 2 is on sale at Amazon for $199.99. It's normally listed for $249.99, so you're getting 20% off.

Fortnite is now unavailable on iOS globally, Epic Games said Friday, after Apple blocked a bid to reinstate the popular game on the App Store in the U.S.

Save 22% on the Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum at Amazon.

Save 30% on the Nespresso Vertuo Plus.

"The Daily Show" host Jordan Klepper has given a blow-by-blow analysis of one of Donald Trump's most confusing "weaves".

Save 22% on the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series at Amazon.

Sex toy company Dame removes $15 tariff surcharge amid the U.S. and China's temporary trade deal.

Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.”

Hollywood offers a service, and services are what really drive the U.S. economy. President Trump’s proposed tax could set off a second, and more damaging, trade war.

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?

A James Webb Space Telescope discovery of clouds forming and rising above Titan's northern lakes suggests the moon might have an Earth-like weather cycle.

"Final Destination: Bloodlines," the sixth movie in the franchise, still offers surprises and bloody horrors.

Give your old car a major upgrade with this PlayAIBox Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Wireless Adapter, now $74.97 through June 1.

Make your binge sessions feel productive with a lifetime subscription to Curiosity Stream, now $149.97 (reg. $399.99) through August 1, no coupon code required.

Introduce little ones to screen time with the gentle, low-stimulation app, Pok Pok, now $49.99 with code SAVE10 until June 1.

Get your own MacBook Air for just $514.99 (reg. $1,299) while supplies last.

Brady Corbet crafts a towering achievement about immigrants, architecture, and Jewish identity with "The Brutalist." Film review.

Apple's new CarPlay Ultra is only available on Aston Martin cars right now, but at least you can check it out on video.

The U.S. and United Arab Emirates are working on a path to allow Abu Dhabi to purchase some of the most advanced American-made chips.

Trump has touted earlier this week that he might speak to Chinese leader Xi at the end of this week, while Beijing appeared tight-lipped on that prospect.

Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com reported earnings that showed better Chinese consumer spending — and the growing benefits of artificial intelligence in advertising.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

Answers to each clue for the May 16, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Sonny Angel and Casetify return with Wild Haven, a whimsical tech accessory collab with a NYC pop-up and limited-edition collectibles.

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a gathering in South Korea.

"We appreciate those camels," Trump told the Qatari emir. "I haven't seen camels like that in a long time."

Tariffs are looking less thorny, for sure, as the U.S. negotiates agreements with other countries. But that's not to say it'll be a perfectly smooth path ahead.

TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation and other well-being features aimed at young users, amid concerns about the platforms impacts on mental health.

Cartier owner Richemont on Friday posted better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter sales as the wealthiest spenders continued to shrug off global macroeconomic uncertainty.

Japan markets saw a record month of foreign purchases of its equities and bonds in April, but some market watchers believe this to be a one off occurrence.

Elon Musk's xAI said an "unauthorized modification" to its Grok chatbot led to unprompted responses about "white genocide" in South Africa.

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Live stream the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League finals for free from anywhere in the world.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

Always stay connected with the best portable chargers and power banks from top brands like Anker.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1427 on May 16 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa” when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of posts on X with information about white genocide in South Africa, even in response to […]

China's lifting of export controls on 28 U.S. firms was part of a preliminary 90-day tariff pause.

Tariffs are looking less thorny, for sure, as the U.S. negotiates agreements with other countries. But that's not to say it'll be a perfectly smooth path ahead.

On an annualized basis, Japan's GDP contracted 0.7% in the first quarter, also more than the 0.2% fall expected by the Reuters poll.

“Ceasefire” will be the low-key public affairs channel’s first new weekly show in two decades. The question is whether Republicans and Democrats will show up.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month.  When asked by one attendee about how ChatGPT can become more personalized, Altman replied that he eventually wants the model to document and remember everything in a person’s life. […]

With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.

On Thursday, Windsurf, a startup that develops popular AI tools for software engineers, announced the launch of its first family of AI software engineering models, or SWE-1 for short. The startup says it trained its new family of AI models — SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini — to be optimized for the “entire software engineering process,” […]

Apple says the warning messages now appearing next to EU App Store listings that use third-party payment systems are not actually new. According to a number of recent reports, Apple added a warning with a red exclamation mark next to apps that it found were not using its own “private and secure payment system.” The […]

The morning after Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X), reporters encountered two men with boxes outside the company’s headquarters. One introduced himself as recently laid-off Twitter engineer “Rahul Ligma.”  His real name is Rahul Sonwalker but the prank went viral. He piled on his character’s notoriety when he went to the Bahamas to […]

The Panasonic MultiShape has been my go-to daily trimmer and shaver for years, and it's at an all-time low price of $147 right now.

The series finale of "Andor" may leave one major plot thread dangling. But showrunner Tony Gilroy has tied it into "Rogue One" perfectly.

Apple's swanky new upgraded version of CarPlay is out now, but not for every car.

In a company blog post, Coinbase outlined how it planned to respond to a recent massive breach.

TikTok is down for some users in the United States of 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 15.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are investing billions in US AI infrastructure. The deals could help the US in the AI race against China.

A software update was designed to reduce the chances of certain collisions.

Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas.

Redpoint Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that is about a quarter of a century old, has raised a $650 million tenth early-stage, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint’s new fund matches the size of its prior fund, which was raised just under three years ago. In a market where many venture firms are decreasing their […]

Redpoint Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that is about a quarter of a century old, has raised a $650 million tenth early-stage, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint’s new fund matches the size of its prior fund, which was raised just under three years ago. In a market where many venture firms are decreasing their […]

The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story.

The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.

Microsoft's Washington layoffs hit coders hardest as the tech giant embraces AI.

A lawyer representing Anthropic admitted to using an erroneous citation created by the company’s Claude AI chatbot in its ongoing legal battle with music publishers, according to a filing made in a Northern California court on Thursday. Claude hallucinated the citation with “an inaccurate title and inaccurate authors,” Anthropic says in the filing, first reported […]

For months, the Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has challenged efforts to deport her to her native Russia for a customs violation. This week, the government charged her with a criminal felony.

The sale was expected, and the disclosure form did not include details of the transaction, including specific timing or the number of shares Ms. Bondi traded.

The plaintiffs in the Kadrey v. Meta case submitted a controversial new AI report as evidence of copyright infringement. That's bad news for big AI companies.

Buffett said he noticed differences between himself and his successor, Greg Abel, 62.

Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.

Lucid Motors set a company record for deliveries in the first quarter of 2025, shipping 3,109 EVs to customers in North America, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It appears that a new company car program and sales to rental fleets helped it get there.  According to a footnote in Lucid Motors’ latest regulatory filing, it sold […]

Shares of Coinbase took another leg lower Thursday afternoon on a report the SEC is investigating whether the crypto exchange has misstated its user numbers.

He helped develop the device most often used for surgical abortions. He also spent more than half a century promoting women’s reproductive health in developing countries.

Restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize studies of cancer and other conditions that would benefit Americans.

Discover why a mindset of ownership is the real differentiator for scaling startups and engineering teams.

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup news this week was fairly routine — in a good way: Aside from a minor kerfuffle between Y Combinator and Google, there was no headline-grabbing drama. […]

The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.

The FBI has said that criminals are using generative artificial intelligence to carry out new financial fraud schemes on a larger scale than previously.

A micro-hustle lets you build once, sell forever and earn money while you sleep.

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TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation exercises, the social network announced on Thursday. The company began testing the meditation exercises with select teens earlier this year and is now making the feature available to all users on its app. The idea behind the feature is to help users improve their sleep quality and encourage them […]

Lawmakers' ongoing attempts to ban pornography in the US didn't stop Pornhub from hosting their annual awards show last week. On Uncanny Valley, we discuss the fate of the porn industry.

The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.

YouTube, now the most popular platform for consuming podcasts, is introducing a chart ranking shows by watch time.

Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark airport.

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.

Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.

Understand the myth behind "good communication," and learn how to build a culture of effective communication.

Walmart's onn. 50-inch 4K Roku TV is on sale for only $178 as of May 15. That's nearly 50% off its list price.

Crypto exchange Coinbase has confirmed it suffered a breach resulting in customers' personal data being stolen.

As of May 15, get the Google Nest Security Cam for its lowest price yet at Amazon.

Consumers are addicted to cheap, low-quality products that are designed to fail. This addiction is taking a toll on our collective mental health.

The De'Longhi Magnifica Evo automatic espresso machine is on sale for $549.95 at Amazon, down from the MSRP of $799.95. That's a 31% discount.