Timef 06/27/2025

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan warned it burdens adults and ignores First Amendment precedent.

The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify the ages of all visitors. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade association for the adult industry, had brought the lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the state’s age verification law. […]

Google quickly changes its emoji layout yet again.

We've rounded up the best early Prime Day deals on printers and scanners from top brands like HP, Epson, and Canon. Shop now and save.

As of June 27, get a Google Pixel Tablet for $120 off ahead of Prime Day.

The next flagship smartphone from Nothing is making some interesting aesthetic choices.

The Danish government is working to change copyright law to give its citizens a right to their own body, facial features, and voice. The landmark law is designed to strengthen protections against the creation and dissemination of deepfakes, reports The Guardian.

As of June 27, save over 26% on this Starz and Hallmark+ Prime Video bundle.

Trixie Mattel released "Gay HBO Max Song," full of iconic TV lines from "The White Lotus," "Sex And The City," "Euphoria," and "The Comeback."

So far, Apple AirPods deals are sparse, but we found a couple worth checking out in the weeks leading up to Amazon's sale.

During a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no one at the helm—and no one knows when that will change.

A TikTok creator decided to conduct an experiment by putting an AirTag in a pair of donated sneakers.

Startups demand constant decision-making, pressure-filled pivots, and bring big emotional swings. It’s no wonder anxiety shows up at every stage. But what if it didn’t have to be a liability? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Dr. David H. Rosmarin, clinical psychologist, author, and Harvard Medical School professor, […]

We’re almost there, and ticket rates have officially rolled back with savings of up to $425. TechCrunch All Stage, the founder summit of the year, is just around the corner. On July 15, Boston becomes startup central. Are you ready to gain the insights and strategies you need to launch or scale? Now’s the moment […]

Whether you want to battle Star Wars spaceships or shoot a cinematic masterpiece, one of these drones is going to be perfect for you.

Take your home office to new heights with our favorite motorized standing desks.

Josh Scherer, Nicole Enayati, Trevor Evarts, and Vianai Austin of Mythical Kitchen rank their most delicious and disgusting dishes they've ever made.

What would it take to run a cable from the ISS to Earth? Depends how fast you want the Earth to rotate.

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

Windows is giving its products a makeover, including killing the iconic Blue Screen of Death.

Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users' data to China illegally.

This customizable sleeper couch makes a comfy statement.

MrBeast has pulled an AI YouTube thumbnail generation tool from his website Viewstats in the wake of an online backlash.

Shopping for a mattress online means expanding your vocabulary. Here are the key terms to look for.

As of June 27, the Renpho smart scale is on sale at Amazon for $44.99, 30% off its list price of $63.99.

The 65-inch Insignia QLED 4K Fire TV is just $329.99 at Amazon — save $170 ahead of Prime Day.

Crossing Minds, a startup that provides AI recommendation systems to e-commerce firms, said its team is leaving the company to join OpenAI.

As of June 27, new subscribers can enjoy a $4.99 discount on June's Humble Choice bundle, dropping the price from $11.99 to $7 for the month with code JUNE25.

Diego Luna finished up his week of guest-hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with a final monologue. Watch.

Highlights from our first live taping, and our reaction to a spicy interview with OpenAI leaders.

Doxing contestants. Conspiracies. Fan communities. Vote consulting. As “Love Island USA” gives viewers control over the show’s storylines, some are getting too invested in the resulting chaos.

Meta is in talks to acquire a voice cloning startup called Play AI, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.

EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds in black drop to $62.99 at Amazon — their biggest discount yet ahead of Prime Day.

Emma Stone appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and spoke about the viral moment she shared with Pedro Pascal and a bee.

Finishing up his guest-hosting run for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", Diego Luna sat down with civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on DEI and trans Americans, major corporations have pulled out of Pride and Juneteenth. Some are pushing ultra nationalist messages instead.

Vice president JD Vance is everywhere—and he’s the highest point of contact, Trumpworld sources say, for tech billionaires who went all-in on Donald Trump.

From the iconic theme song to 'S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)', Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh on their favorite songs from "Phineas and Ferb."

Apple’s 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro is $150 off at Amazon — now just $1,449 in a limited early Prime Day deal.

Jeremy Allen White appeared on "The Tonight Show" and reacted to viral "The Bear" memes.

Jeremy Allen White got stuck in a freezer with Jimmy Fallon as part of a sketch on "The Tonight Show".

"Squid Game" Season 3 came to a bloody. Let's break down the big deaths, wild cameos, and more.

As of June 27, Amazon's offering a free $300 gift card when you preorder Samsung's 32-inch M9 Smart Monitor, resulting in a bundle price of $1,599.99.

See the moon phase expected for June 27, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

Save 42% on the Lenovo Tab M9 at Amazon.

Belkin's charging case for the Nintendo Switch 2 is the best third-party accessory for the new console. Here's why.

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

Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down.

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”

"Squid Game" Season 3 is full of shocking twists, but the biggest one of all might just be Cate Blanchett appearing in the finale.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detection of TWA 7b represents a major milestone: the lightest exoplanet discovered with a direct image.

High-profile LGBTQ content creators, artists, and business owners reflect on the state of Pride in 2025.

Learn piano virtually with a lifetime subscription to Skoove Premium Piano Lessons, now just $119.99 (reg. $299.99) with code SAVE20 through July 20.

Organize your digital clutter with this lifetime subscription to FolderFort 5TB Cloud Storage Pro Plan, now just $499.99 (reg. $1,499).

Simplify your digital life with the NanoPhone, a miniaturized smartphone that's fully functional, now for only $109.99 (reg. $199.99).

Take control of your cybersecurity with the Deeper Connect Mini, a decentralized VPN and firewall, now $179.99 (reg. $229) through July 15.

From "Adolescence" and "The Four Seasons" to "Forever" and "Running Point," here are the 10 best Netflix shows of 2025 so far.

Answers to each clue for the June 27, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Save 8% on the Apple iPad Air M3 at Amazon.

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

Netflix's smash hit "Squid Game" pushes Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) faith in humanity to its limit in its third and final season. Review.

We tested this unique indoor gardening solution that utilizes NASA technology, but air quality data raised concerns.

Get a 10TB secure cloud storage lifetime subscription on sale for $279.99

How to watch Dutch MotoGP for free. Live stream the 2025 Grand Prix of the Netherlands for free from anywhere in the world.

How to watch Glastonbury for free. Live stream The 1975 at Glastonbury 2025 for free from anywhere in the world.

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

Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses.

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" #1469 on June 27 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Henrik Werdelin has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurs build big brands like Barkbox through his startup studio Prehype. Now, with his new, New York-based venture Audos, he’s betting that AI can help him scale that process from “tens” of startups a year to “hundreds of thousands” of aspiring business owners. The timing certainly […]

TechCrunch All Stage — the ultimate founder summit — is shaping up to be a powerhouse event where 1,200 founders and VCs across all stages will come together to forge meaningful connections and gain practical insights they can immediately apply to scale their startups. Join us on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston […]

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine’s placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.

Google is launching a new experimental app called Doppl that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you.

Andreessen Horowitz explains why its new investment philosophy prioritizes 'build as you go' approach embodied by Cluely

TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing partner Chris Gardner will join a loaded lineup of speakers by leading a breakout session […]

Apple on Thursday announced a series of updates to its developer policies to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The news, which was expected, arrived just in time to meet the deadline of June 26, after which the iPhone maker would risk new fines. The changes involve both how app developers can communicate […]

Bernie Sanders told Joe Rogan in a recent interview that if AI makes us more productive, then we deserve to work fewer hours.

Uber is reportedly in talks to help fund Travis Kalanick's potential acquisition of Pony.ai, which has a market cap of around $4.5 billion.

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

The ride-hailing company is in talks to help Mr. Kalanick, who was forced out in 2017, purchase an autonomous vehicles start-up as robot taxi service Waymo gains momentum.

CoreWeave remains a symbol of the AI industry in 2025: Massive revenue, investor enthusiasm built on an insatiable need for more.

Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now has its own Hidden Words settings that operates separately from Instagram.

The AI feature, first introduced at Google's I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries.

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we explore Disney and Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be consequential for the future of how intellectual property is treated in the AI era.

YouTube is introducing new AI updates for users, including an AI-powered search carousel.

Apple's rumored foldable iPhone is feeling more and more real thanks to another round of leaks, which include potential specs.

Tanner Martin has documented his fight against colon cancer for hundreds of thousands of followers. His death was announced in a prerecorded video.

Google Earth is adding the Street View ability to look back in time.

Uber Eats customers in Atlanta can now opt in to have their food delivered via sidewalk delivery robots, following partner Serve Robotics’s launch on Thursday. The move comes just two days after Uber and Waymo launched a commercial robotaxi service in the city. 

Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and Jesse Plemons reunite for "Bugonia," about two conspiracy theorists who kidnap a CEO.

A handful of good TV deals are live at Amazon ahead of Prime Day 2025, including many Fire TVs and cheap 65-inch QLED TVs.

Prime Day runs July 8 through 11, but you can start shopping now. Shop early Prime Day deals on Apple, Sony, Roborock, and more.

The company laid off around 1% of its total workforce, or around 140 employees. It's the third round of cuts since the start of 2024.

Ahead of Prime Day, each recent Apple Watch model is on sale, with most deals cutting prices by $60 to $70. Shop now.

Upgrade your PC for just A$23 with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, on sale through 29 June.

Omead Afshar, one of Musk's top lieutenants, is out after more than seven years at the company. He was recently elevated to a VP role in late 2024.

Early Prime Day robot vacuum deals have started at Amazon. Save hundreds on top Roborock Qrevo and Shark Matrix models.

As of June 26, save on grills, tools, and more with 4th of July deals at Ace Hardware.

As of June 26, get a single Apple AirTag for 14% off at Amazon.

The Ember Mug (14 ounce, white) is on sale at Amazon for $89.99, down from the normal $149.95. That's a 40% discount.

Kai West was arrested in France, along with four other hackers, all suspected of being part of the well-known hacking forum, BreachForums.

A ton of robot vacuums that auto-empty are already on sale at Amazon weeks before Prime Day. Save on Roborock, Shark, and more.

DHS said low-level cyberattacks targeting U.S. networks are "likely" in the wake of military conflict between the US and Israel, and Iran.

Meta has hired a highly influential OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to work on its AI reasoning models under the company’s new AI superintelligence unit, a person familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch. OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood confirmed to TechCrunch that Bansal had departed OpenAI. Bansal’s own LinkedIn page says that he left OpenAI in June. […]

Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.

Light up your backyard, porch, patio, or campsite with these WIRED-tested outdoor lights.

Dell has announced the Premium 14 and 16 laptops, two new devices that replace (but look identical to) its popular XPS 14 and 16 PCs.

WIRED had many questions last week about the Gold T1 Smartphone. Now we have even more—like where that "made in America" pledge went.

The 70-inch Insignia Class F50 Series 4K Fire TV is on sale for $329.99, down from the normal price of $499.99. That's a 34% discount.

From smart displays to soundbars, Google’s voice assistant comes in all shapes and sizes. Here are our favorites.

Some Fitbit deals are already live ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2025. You can grab the Fitbit Ace for kids $30 off, and check out more deals.

Elon Musk is banning hashtags from advertisements on X, formerly Twitter.

A report by Anthropic reveals that people rarely seek companionship from AI, and turn to AI for emotional support or advice only 2.9% of the time.