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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 […]

The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.

As of May 23, you can get the Bob and Brad D6 Pro Plus massage gun for just $209.99, down from $269.99, at Amazon.

As generative AI becomes faster, cheaper, and more convincing, the ethical stakes are no longer theoretical. What happens when the tools to deceive become widely accessible? And how do we build systems that are powerful — but safe enough to trust? At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, taking place June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, Artemis […]

During Best Buy's Memorial Day sale, you can grab the LG 77-inch C4 OLED TV for $1,999.99 instead of $2,499.99 and save $500.

As of May 23, get the 65-inch Sony Bravia 8 4K OLED TV for $800 off at Best Buy.

For over 24 hours, many X users, including this reporter, have been experiencing issues with the site’s basic functionality. Some messages won’t load, timelines won’t update, and certain posts can’t be seen without a webpage refresh (or several). The trouble started Thursday afternoon, according to Downdetector, a crowdsourced platform for flagging web outages. Beginning at […]

In the startup world, access to cutting-edge tools isn’t the biggest obstacle — it’s knowing how to wield them with precision. At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, taking place on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, we’re digging into the frameworks and decisions that determine whether an AI startup can scale — or stall. We’re excited […]

Discover the basics of artificial intelligence, including neural networks and machine learning, to navigate the AI-powered world with confidence and curiosity.

Time’s almost up — save big before prices jump in 3 days!  You’ve got until May 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT to save up to $900 on individual tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Or double your impact — grab one Early Bird pass and get another for your +1 at 90% off. These deals will […]

Villainous characters often have devilishly good taste. Put these tools to better use in your own lair.

Apple is reportedly looking to release a pair of smart glasses by the end of next year in a bid to compete with Meta’s AI-powered glasses, the Ray-Ban Meta. Apple’s wearable will have all the components one would expect in smart glasses, including a camera and microphone, and will have the ability to analyze what’s […]

President Trump lashed out at Apple on Friday, threatening the company with a 25% tariff on iPhones unless it moves production to the U.S. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s [sic] that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in […]

From teen-defining terror to a childhood icon, '80s nostalgia thrives. And both "Fear Street: Prom Queen" and Matt Wolf's "Pee-wee as Himself" are now streaming.

You might see your coworkers in only two dimensions, but don’t let that stop you from looking your best.

Prepare for your next family trip and keep everyone online and fully charged with these WIRED travel tech tips.

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Demis Hassabis, the chief executive of Google DeepMind, says that “we’re quite close” to human-level artificial intelligence. After that, all bets are off.

In the US state's coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.

Aaron Paul has appeared on "Hot Ones" to take on the spicy wings opposite host Sean Evans.

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There’s still plenty of time between now and Memorial Day, but the mattress and bedding sales are already underway.

There’s still plenty of time between now and Memorial Day, but the mattress and bedding sales are already underway.

Ratio’s new coffee maker is a luxury machine that avoids plastic and makes delicious coffee.

AI technology in NYC subways aims to improve safety by monitoring behavior patterns, led by MTA's Michael Kemper, while ensuring rider privacy is protected.

The elusive hacking group Careto was never publicly linked to a specific government, but TechCrunch has learned researchers concluded privately that the Spanish government was behind the group.

Shaq appeared on "The Tonight Show" and played a silly game with Jimmy Fallon involving small school desks and made up words.

Answers to each clue for the May 23, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Noise-cancelling headphones with a remote seem ridiculous – until you experience them firsthand.

Find out how to watch "Mickey 17" at home, including where and when it will be streaming.

Enjoy endless possibilities with a lifetime subscription to Imagiyo AI Image Generator, now just $39.97 (reg. $495) until June 1.

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Give yourself a productivity boost with this lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac or PC, now just $159.97 (reg. $249.99) through June 1.

The HBO two-part doc "Pee-wee as Himself" reveals the highs, lows, and life lessons of an outrageous American icon. Review.

How to watch the NBA for free. Live stream New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers (Game 2) in the 2025 NBA playoffs for free.

Shop all the best Memorial Day TV deals from TCL, Samsung, LG, Song, and more at Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart.

After Klarna CEO, Zoom's CEO opts to use AI avatar for initial comments during the earnings call

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

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" #1434 on May 23 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

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

The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk's X near Portland, Oregon.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with Claude, in San Francisco on Thursday. Amodei said all this in the midst of a […]

NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, explores interstellar space. Antenna upgrades in Australia will enhance communication for future lunar missions.

Hinge Health, a digital physical therapist company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last […]

Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X.  His family investment office, Flat Capital, had bought shares in io six months earlier, he said. Since this is an […]

Bluesky on Thursday quietly opened the doors to those who want to become verified on its social networking service. In a post published by the Bluesky Safety account, the company announced that “notable and authentic” accounts can now apply for verification through a new online form. Plus, organizations can request to become a Trusted Verifier […]

Trump has pulled billions in digital access grants after slashing the Digital Equity Act, major programs like BEAD could be next.

The "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" cast (Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Greg Tarzan Davis) discuss the film's themes of humanity, friendship, and the future of AI.

Anthropic’s new flagship AI model, Claude Opus 4, is a strong programmer and writer, the company claims. When talking to itself, it’s also a prolific emoji user. That’s according to a technical report Anthropic released on Thursday, a part of which investigates how Opus 4 behaves in “open-ended self-interaction” — i.e. essentially having a chat […]

A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.

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On today’s episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ we discuss how WIRED was able to legally 3D-print the same gun allegedly used by Luigi Mangione, and where US law stands on the technology.

Faye Iosotaluno, the CEO of Tinder, will step down from her role in July, according to a post she published on LinkedIn.  Isootaluno served less than a year in the role, and spent nearly eight years overall at the company, which is owned by Match Group. In her post, she said she was “especially proud […]

Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.

The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.

A third-party research institute that Anthropic partnered with to test one of its new flagship AI models, Claude Opus 4, recommended against deploying an early version of the model due to its tendency to “scheme” and deceive. According to a safety report Anthropic published Thursday, the institute, Apollo Research, conducted tests to see in which […]

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.

Microsoft and law enforcement announced a coordinated takedown of the Lumma pasword-stealing malware.

Mozilla announced on Thursday that it’s shutting down Pocket, a read-it-later app it acquired in 2017, on July 8. The company is also shutting down Fakespot, its browser extension that helps users identify unreliable reviews. “Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading,” Mozilla said in a blog post. “But the way […]

Anthropic’s newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace it with a new AI system and give it sensitive information about the engineers responsible for the decision, the company said in a safety report released Thursday. During pre-release testing, Anthropic asked Claude Opus 4 to act as […]

With Starter Sets, Surf is simplifying the process of building those custom feeds, personalizing them, and even publishing them off-platform, if you choose.

Elon Musk's Tesla fell behind China's BYD in EV sales in Europe for the first time.

In a big week of AI announcements including Google and OpenAI news, Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 with coding and agentic capabilities.

As Donald Trump pens deals in the Middle East, the gulf nation opens a research lab in San Francisco.

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DOGE tested and used Meta’s Llama 2 model to review and classify responses from federal workers to the infamous “Fork in the Road” email.

The company already has more than 12 gigawatts of capacity in its renewable power portfolio.

During its inaugural developer conference Thursday, Anthropic launched two new AI models that the startup claims are among the industry’s best, at least in terms of how they score on popular benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, part of Anthropic’s new family of models, Claude 4, can analyze large data sets, execute long-horizon […]

When Anthropic's older Claude model played Pokemon Red, it spent “dozens of hours” stuck in one city and had trouble identifying non-player characters. With Claude 4 Opus, they noticed an improvement in Claude’s long-term memory and planning capabilities.

Ahead of her new album and tour, pop titan Kesha says she wants to start a new platform called Smash that helps artists connect, collaborate, and collectively heal the wounds of the past.

Amazon debuted its latest AI feature, audio product summaries that produce short descriptions of the product gathered from reviews.

As of May 22, get the Dyson Airstrait Straightener for its lowest price yet at Amazon.

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to perform the ninth test flight of its Starship rocket system, following back-to-back explosions earlier this year. The agency said Thursday it is “expanding the size of hazard areas both in the U.S. and other countries” for the flight based on an updated safety analysis provided by SpaceX. […]

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VP JD Vance spoke out against dating apps in a recent interview with the 'New York Times.'

A TikTok trend has kids sticking metal into their laptops in an effort to get the machine to spark or catch fire. Please don't do it.

New details about the OpenAI and Jony Ive team-up reveal plans to develop a screenless AI companion to replace phones and laptops.

Google's new AI Mode in Search bypasses traditional links, sparking accusations of content theft from publishers.