Timef 04/11/2025

It takes two to tango, but this vibrating cock ring will happily satisfy both parties without feeling like a third wheel.

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership […]

OpenAI will soon retire GPT-4, an AI model it launched over two years ago, from ChatGPT, the company announced in a changelog on Thursday. Effective April 30, GPT-4 will be “fully replaced” by GPT-4o, the current default model for ChatGPT, OpenAI said. However, GPT-4 will remain available in OpenAI’s API. “In head‑to‑head evaluations, [GPT-4o] consistently […]

There are multiple ways to find your missing Android phone after it goes missing. One method involves using a smartwatch to ping your phone.

From wheelchairs to zero G — what's next? "Love" sees the American rock band dancing with mirrors and machines in perfect synchronization.

TechCrunch Sessions: AI is fast approaching. So, what does that mean for you? It means exhibit tables are nearly gone — and now’s your chance to grab one before they’re all sold out. If you’ve got a game-changing product to showcase to the AI world, don’t keep it quiet. Exhibit your brand in front of […]

Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.

From dog beds to pup backpacks, we’ve had our furry best friends try it all. These dog accessories lead the pack.

Dropbox’s chief customer officer, Eric Cox, plans to step down, according to a document filed with the SEC on Friday. Cox will remain in his current role for “a period of time” to help with the transition, per the filing, and then will continue as a “non-executive” employee through mid-August. Dropbox didn’t immediately respond to […]

Want to surprise your feline friend or find the perfect gift for a cat lover? WIRED has you covered.

Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, tech-y cat toys and scratchers.

These are the top shades for avoiding sun damage and small talk.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

As of April 11, the Fire TV Cube is on sale at Amazon for $109.99. Normally it's listed for $139.99, so you're saving 21percent.

These off-piste snowboarding sunglasses give you a (very) little piece of that White Lotus mystique.

As of April 11, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on sale at Best Buy for $419.99. Normally it's listed for $649.99, so you're saving $230.

Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

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. Startups aren’t isolated from the world. But this week, funding news felt positively uncorrelated from the overall news cycle, offering somewhat of a reprieve — or perhaps […]

“How do we navigate this new uncertain climate?”

Basic research often pays huge dividends—but that’s not why we do it.

The purchase covers 12 years of emissions from CO280’s first carbon capture project at a mill on the Gulf Coast.

Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.

The NeuroOne OneRF Ablation System is a new device with FDA-cleared technology designed for both diagnosing and treating neurological disorders in one procedure.

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered that a planet fell into its star rather than being consumed by it.

"The White Lotus" Season 3 star Patrick Schwarzenegger demonstrated to Jimmy Fallon how to make a Saxon-style protein shake.

As of April 11, the Bose QuietComfort earbuds are on sale at Amazon for $149. Normally they're listed for $179, so you're saving 17%.

When an asteroid hit Earth and wiped out many dinosaurs, it also stoked life in the ocean, which bloomed from nutrients transported by hydrothermal activity.

As of April 11, Garmin epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire Edition (51mm) is on sale for $738 at Amazon, $362 off its regular $1,099.99 price.

As of April 11, Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 8 is on sale for $129.99 at Woot—74% off its $499.95 list price.

Even before the threat of President Trump’s tariffs, there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.

The space technology company Astroscale U.S. is building a refueler spacecraft that will demonstrate the refueling of Department of Defense Space Force satellites in orbit around Earth.

Experience relief thanks to the Turonic G5 Deep Tissue Massage Gun, now $109.99 (reg. $199).

Let The Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle teach you how to use PowerShell for automating and managing Windows systems, now for just $19.99 (reg. $78).

With Supermusic AI, you could get assistance with turning your ideas into hit tunes — generate songs in all genres in seconds with prompts for only $39.97 (reg. $319).

Bring your note-taking into the 21st century with this lifetime subscription to My Notes AI Pro Plan for just $39.99 (reg. $299).

In "Warfare," Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza lead Will Poulter and Charles Melton into battle. Review.

"The Uninvited" has some of Hollywood's top talent playing some of Hollywood's top talent. With Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal, Elizabeth Reaser, Rufus Sewell, and Lois Smith, you can't really go wrong.

Spring cleaning is only overwhelming if you let it be, and these spring cleaning products can make this chore less of a bore.

As of April 11, IK Multimedia iLoud Precision MTM studio monitor is $599.99 at Amazon — $300 off its usual $899.99 price.

Answers to each clue for the April 11, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

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

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

"Yellowjackets" wraps up several mysteries in its Season 3 finale, including the identities of Pit Girl and Lottie's killer.

Mark your calendar — StrictlyVC London is just around the corner on 13 May. Designed for founders, entrepreneurs, and investors, this exclusive gathering promises deep VC insight and high-value connections. We’re thrilled to welcome our first pair of confirmed speakers: Nazo Moosa, managing director of Paladin Capital Group, and Sonali De Rycker, partner of Accel […]

Our UK team has its own guide to the best British mattresses in a box and picks the Nectar Premier Hybrid Mattress as the best bed you can buy online.

As of April 10, the 65-inch Samsung The Frame TV is on sale at Best Buy for $1,499.99. Normally it's listed for $1,999.99, so you're saving $500.

This learn to code certification bundle covers Python, AI, JavaScript, and more to equip you with the skills to tackle today’s coding challenges — on sale now for just $39.97.

How to watch f1 for free. Live stream the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix for free from anywhere in the world.

EV startup Lucid Motors has emerged as a surprise winner in the bankruptcy auction for electric trucking company Nikola’s Arizona factory and other assets, according a late Thursday court filing. Lucid committed around $30 million in cash and non-cash considerations in exchange for the factory, Nikola’s lease on its Phoenix headquarters, and “certain machinery, equipment […]

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

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

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1392 on April 11 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

A growing number of Tesla owners are putting their used vehicles up for sale, as consumers react to Elon Musk’s political activities and the global protests they have fueled. In March, the number of used Tesla vehicles listed for sale on Autotrader.com skyrocketed, Sherwood News reported, citing data from Autotrader parent company Cox Automotive. The […]

Digital payments platform Stripe invites customers to join its management team meetings on a bi-weekly basis so it can get “candid feedback,” according to co-founder Patrick Collison. In an April 8 post on X, the fintech giant’s CEO said the company has a customer join for the first 30 minutes of the meeting, which is […]

A few years ago, Chef Robotics was hurting. But founder Rajat Bhageria turned it around by doing something that early-stage founders fear to do.

The Sphere in Las Vegas will have a special 'The Wizard of Oz' showing with new scenes created by Google's generative AI.

Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a “universal” checkout experience, was charged with defrauding investors on Wednesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Founded in 2018, Nate raised over $50 million from investors like Coatue and Forerunner Ventures, most recently raising […]

President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.

Several tech companies have scaled back public commitments to DEI amid a broader crackdown by the Trump administration.

In a recent appearance on “Possible,” a podcast co-hosted by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said Google plans to eventually combine its Gemini AI models with its Veo video-generating models to improve the former’s understanding of the physical world. “We’ve always built Gemini, our foundation model, to be multimodal from the […]

Here's what travelers need to know about the May 7 deadline from the federal government regarding REAL IDs.

As of April 10, 'The Last of Us' fans and newcomers can now play both games bundled together on the PlayStation 5 in 'The Last of Us Complete.' There's also a Collector's Edition of the bundle that is now up for preorder.

OpenAI announced an update to ChatGPT's existing memory feature, enabling the chatbot to reference even more from past conversations.

In recent years, focus on career and delayed marriage age is driving some women to consider preserving their fertility through egg freezing. But the steep cost of the procedure, estimated at $10,000 to $15,000 per attempt, means many women can’t afford it during their most fertile years: 20s and early 30s. Cofertility, a startup founded […]

Here's everything we know about the Nintendo Switch 2 tariff situation so far, from the delayed pre-orders to potential price increases.

The United Videogame Workers union is open to any gaming worker in the US and Canada and will focus on industry-wide job loss.

Thinking Machines Lab, the new AI startup from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly attempting to close one of the largest seed rounds in history. Business Insider reported on Thursday that Thinking Machines Lab has doubled the target for its seed funding round to $2 billion. The round, should it close according to plan, would […]

Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as […]

AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other top AI labs are increasingly being used to assist with programming tasks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in October that 25% of new code at the company is generated by AI, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed ambitions to widely deploy AI coding models within the social […]

It’s time for BeReal to get real — it’s difficult to turn a profit on a social photo sharing app without selling ads or memberships. Now, after its €500 million exit to French mobile publisher Voodoo, BeReal is rolling out advertising in the U.S. Its initial products include in-feed ads in the app’s same dual-camera […]

Social network Bluesky is rolling out a new version of its software, which adopts some of the features former X users have missed. Nope, it’s not an edit button! Instead, the open social network is adding support for chat reactions in its direct messages feature and is revamping its search page as “Explore,” directing users […]

Samsung's The Frame Pro and 2025 The Frame TV are here. Here's everything to know about the two devices and where to shop.

Most teens prefer iPhones, and many plan to upgrade to the rumored feature-packed iPhone 17.

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

Just one day after TechCrunch revealed that Jeff Bezos is backing a secretive EV startup called Slate Auto, an early version of the company’s low-cost electric pickup truck was spotted in the wild. Reddit user u/discostranger09 posted a photo to the r/whatisthiscar subreddit on Wednesday of a small, dark gray two-seater pickup truck on a […]

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attended the ASU+GSV Summit this week, where experts in education and technology gathered to discuss how AI will impact learning. While speaking on a panel about AI in the workforce, McMahon repeatedly referred to AI as “A1,” like the steak sauce. “You know, AI development — I mean, how […]

In addition to firing researchers and pulling funds, the Trump administration is also inverting science.

The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans have thrown Nintendo for a loop.

At the Google Cloud Next 2025 conference, the tech giant dropped a bunch of new announcements related to Gemini and agentic AI.

Mashable Entertainment Reporter Belen Edwards takes you through everything you need to know about 'The Last of Us' before the long-awaiting premiere of season 2.

As of April 10, get the 85-inch Samsung Frame TV for $1,800 off at Samsung.

Season 7 of “Black Mirror” premiered on Thursday, introducing a new mobile game connected to one of its episodes. The game, titled “Thronglets,” from Netflix’s own Night School Studio, serves as a companion to the episode called “Plaything.” Players interact with virtual yellow pets and strive to keep them alive. If players are successful in […]

Jobandtalent, an AI-based “workforce as a service” marketplace that connects people with companies looking for hourly workers, announced it has raised €92 million ($103 million).  The Series F — which includes participation from Atomico, BlackRock, DN Capital, Hercules, Infravia, Kibo, and Kinnevik — values the Madrid, Spain-based company at €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) post-money.  On the surface, […]

A challenge for many tech companies is delivering high-bandwidth, multimodal data — for example, simultaneous audio and video — to users in real time without interruptions. Some firms build solutions in-house, but these often require a lot of upkeep and maintenance. To ease the burden, Russ d’Sa and David Zhao created LiveKit, an open-source software […]

Although there has been significant pushback from artists regarding the proliferation of AI design tools and the content used to train generative models, the companies making the software for creative work are nevertheless building AI into their toolkits. It’s a signal of just how quickly AI has gained importance — regardless of what their customers […]

OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s starting to roll out a new memory feature in ChatGPT that allow the chatbot to tailor its answers to users based on the contents of their previous conversations. OpenAI says the feature, which appears in ChatGPT’s settings as “reference saved memories,” aims to make conversations with ChatGPT more relevant […]

Meghan is stepping further into the world of business and entrepreneurship.  In an interview with Fortune, Meghan revealed that she is an angel investor in the healthcare company Midi, which provides a virtual platform to help treat women experiencing menopause and other health-related concerns.  She joined the company’s $63 million Series B round last March, […]

As of April 10, get the Google Nest Learning Thermostat from Amazon for $40 off.

The Shark Pet Cordless Stick Vacuum is on sale at Amazon for $179, down from the normal price of $159.99. That's a 31% discount.

Glossier is reportedly fundraising again, aiming to raise $100 million with a valuation “south of a billion dollars,” according to Puck.  Glossier, still one of the more popular beauty brands, was last valued at $1.8 billion nearly four years ago but has struggled with profitability and scale these past few years. Glossier did not immediately […]

Symphonic Capital announced today in a blog post that it raised $13.5 million for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage companies.  Sydney Thomas launched the firm in 2022 after leaving Charles Hudson’s Percursor Ventures, where she was the first hire.  Thomas said her fund will focus on founders outside of the Bay who are […]

YouTube is launching a new feature that will allow creators to use AI technology to generate instrumental backing music that can be added to their videos. In an update published to its Creator Insider channel this week, the company shared that it’s beginning to roll out an update to its Creator Music marketplace that will […]

The best golfers in the world are back at Augusta National. Find out how to watch the 2025 Masters Tournament live online for free.

On Thursday, Chinese officials retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing new restrictions on US movies. That’s a big blow to America’s cultural cachet in the nation.

A "M3GAN"-themed chatbot from Meta urges fans to use their phones in movie theaters. At that point, just stay home.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy thinks companies should invest “aggressively” in AI now to reap the full financial rewards in the future. In his annual letter to Amazon shareholders published Thursday, Jassy said “substantial capital” is required to keep up with the pace of AI innovation and customer demand for AI products. He added that Amazon, […]

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

The "Black Panther" director's latest is easily one of the best movies of the year. Starring Michael B. Jordan playing twins. Review.

Companies are raising prices as new tariffs go into effect. Save by shopping the best deals on refurbished tech from Apple, Dyson, and Amazon.

The reboot of early-internet social news site Digg is underway. Original founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have launched an early-access community for some of the first people who signed up after last month’s announcement that the pair had bought Digg and planned to relaunch it as something new. The early-access program is […]

Stop us if you've heard this one before: foldable iPhones are coming soon. The latest rumors predict a late 2026 release for foldable iPads and iPhones.

Boost your productivity with a license for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows for just A$49 (reg. A$374) through 27 April.

The Windows 95 reboot chime is now in the Library of Congress.

The best Amazon deals on April 10 include the Fitbit Google Ace LTE, Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Pro, AeroGarden Harvest Elite, Roku TV wireless soundbar, and Bissell Cleanview XR Pet.

Board games are on sale at Amazon for up to 47% off including Catan, Azul, Ticket to Ride, Jenga, and more.

As of April 10, Insignia 85-inch F50 Series 4K Fire TV is on sale at Best Buy for $599.99, saving you $300 off its usual $899.99 price.