Google Wallet ID passes will be available in select EU states this summer
The company is also introducing a new age verification process in partnership with a European bank.
You can now use Ask Gemini in Drive to rummage through your Gmail
Slogging through emails to find stuff can be a chore, but Google AI subscribers can now get Gemini to do it.
Noble Audio debuts FoKus Artemis headphones with three drivers and ANC
Noble's FoKus Artemis headphones have three drivers and ANC, but they don't come cheap.
Shokz says its clip-on OpenDots 2 earbuds focus on improved volume and bass
The flagship OpenDots 2 earbuds are joined by the mid-range OpenDots Air.
Amazon's New Stargate Series Is Officially Dead
Amazon has reportedly killed its planned new Stargate series despite giving it a series order in 2025. According to Variety, studio executives were worried it would only appeal to longtime fans. ScreenRant reports: Reports of what became Gero's Stargate series started in 2022, after Amazon acquired MGM Studios. Dean Devlin, who co-wrote the 1994 Stargate movie with Emmerich, was another executive producer for the Amazon show, as were Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell via Safehouse Pictures. The proje...
A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards Can
Meet OpenJarvis: A Local-First Framework for On-Device Personal AI Agents with Tools, Memory, and Learning
Stanford researchers released OpenJarvis, an open-source framework that runs inference, agents, memory, and learning entirely on-device. It decomposes a personal AI system into five composable primiti
Nintendo will launch a Switch 2 with replaceable batteries in the EU
Nintendo is preparing to sell a special version of the Switch 2 in the EU with swappable batteries.
How AI tools from Harvey, Legora, and Anthropic are challenging legal tech incumbents like Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis, which are upgrading their products
James Paton / Financial Times: How AI tools from Harvey, Legora, and Anthropic are challenging legal tech incumbents like Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis, which are upgrading their products Incumbent
Sources: OnePay, a fintech app backed by Walmart and valued at $4B+, has 6M MAUs and $50B in annualized payments, double the figures from the previous year
Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Sources: OnePay, a fintech app backed by Walmart and valued at $4B+, has 6M MAUs and $50B in annualized payments, double the figures from the previous year Backed by the ret
Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizations overtake India's as global investors favor markets with companies positioned to benefit from the AI boom
Krishn Kaushik / Financial Times: Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizations overtake India's as global investors favor markets with companies positioned to benefit from the AI boom Excha
Current and former employees detail Amazon's e-commerce struggles in India, where local rivals have challenged the company more than anywhere outside of China (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Current and former employees detail Amazon's e-commerce struggles in India, where local rivals have challenged the company more than anywhere outside of China More than a decade after ent
Nomad Goods Promo Codes: Get 25% Off in June 2026
Save up to 25% on Nomad Goods accessories such as Nomad phone cases, Nomad wallets, and more this June.
TurboTax Full Service Coupons This June
Tax season doesn’t have to be stressful. Score 10% off full service expert on federal tax filings and more exclusive TurboTax discount codes on WIRED.
NordVPN Coupons and Deals: 77% Off in June 2026
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Asus ROG’s Xbox Ally X20 Fixes Every Problem I Had With the Original Handheld
The Xbox Ally X20 comes in a bundle with AR glasses, but Asus may sell it on its own.
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots
Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots Peptide comp
Demand Is Booming For New No Tech, Repairable Tractor
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere's repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, repairable, "no-tech" tractor to solve what has become a gigantic pain point for farmers? Alberta's Ursa Ag says that it has be...
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Model Neutrality: Why Avoiding AI Vendor Lock-In Matters
Explore why model neutrality is critical for AI agents. Learn how labs lock you in at the harness layer—and why a neutral, open-source framework is the answer.
Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling 19M shares for $23 each, above its marketed range of $20 to $22, valuing the company at $3.83B
Natalia Kniazhevich / Bloomberg: Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling 19M shares for $23 each, above its marketed range of $20 to $22, valuing the company at $3.83B Liftoff Mobile Inc.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons
Emily Mullin / Wired: Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons Leading AI labs, execu
China-Linked Spies Are Reportedly Using Job Platform Scams to Harvest Intel
Committing alleged espionage against your country was never so depressingly low-paying.
Bengaluru-based grocery delivery startup FirstClub raised a $55M Series B co-led by Peak XV and Sofina at a $255M valuation, up from $120M in September 2025
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based grocery delivery startup FirstClub raised a $55M Series B co-led by Peak XV and Sofina at a $255M valuation, up from $120M in September 2025 In a quick-co
Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares for $60 each, above its marketed range of $53 to $55, valuing the company at $15.6B
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares for $60 each, above its marketed range of $53 to $55, valuing the company at $15.6B Quantinuum Inc., a
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A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part IX: What Have We Found?
In our final installment in the series, we'll examine all the close calls, possible candidates, and instances in which extraterrestrial signals could not be ruled out
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.
Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)
Google Developers Blog: Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app Google DeepMind's
Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling Apple today sai
Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups After
Sources: Lila Sciences, which uses AI tools to speed up the rate of scientific discovery, is in talks to raise a $2B Series B at an expected valuation of ~$8.5B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Lila Sciences, which uses AI tools to speed up the rate of scientific discovery, is in talks to raise a $2B Series B at an expected valuation of ~$8.5B Artificial intelligence re
Fedora Linux 43 Exposes 20-Year-Old Microsoft Outlook Security Failure
BrianFagioli writes: Fedora Linux 43 users upgrading to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered something rather unsettling: some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silently ignoring SSL/TLS settings for POP3 email connections for years. According to a Fedora community blog post, affected Outlook clients reportedly continued using insecure port 110 connections even when encryption was enabled in the application settings. The issue surfaced after Dovecot 2.4 disabled plaintext...
Nvidia acquired Kumo, which sells predictive AI software to enterprises, a source says for $400M+; PitchBook: Kumo raised $37M at a $250M valuation in 2022 (The Information)
The Information: Nvidia acquired Kumo, which sells predictive AI software to enterprises, a source says for $400M+; PitchBook: Kumo raised $37M at a $250M valuation in 2022 Nvidia has bought Kumo AI
Apple begins requiring age verification for App Store use in Texas
The state law governing app use by minors takes effect tomorrow.
The co-creator of Scavengers Reign is working on a new show for Netflix
'Dealies' is about the staff of a big box store.
Tesla Owners Say Their Old FSD Contracts Were Quietly Changed
Some Tesla owners say purchase agreements for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving feature now include ‘supervised’ language and are no longer accessible online.
Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $22.19B, vs. $22.27B est., and forecasts Q3 semiconductor revenue from AI below estimates; AVGO drops 12%+ after hours (Reuters)
Reuters: Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $22.19B, vs. $22.27B est., and forecasts Q3 semiconductor revenue from AI below estimates; AVGO drops 12%+ after hours Broadcom (AVGO.O) missed Wal
Your Summer 2026 Anime Guide: What to Watch and Where It’s Streaming
From 'Bleach' to 'Sekiro,' here's every anime you should be watching in the realm of sci-fi, fantasy, and beyond this season.
EU Plots To Abandon US Tech
Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, with the caption: "shutting down Microsoft Office for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was clearly a wake-up call." From the report: The EU is moving to counter American dominance in technology by reaching for one of the oldest tools in its arsenal: industrial strategy. As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe's reliance on the foreign technology providers that underpin the modern economy, it was c...
New AI fitness coach explains bad form in real time to help prevent injuries
As any athlete will tell you, perfect practice makes perfect. But for individuals who do not have regular access to coaches or trainers, maintaining good form can be tricky. In fact, during the COVID-
Sam Altman Eyes Bernie Sanders as His Pope
Look who is ready to play ball.
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at almost $1.77T
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at almost $1.77T SpaceX is seeking to raise $75 billion
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at ~$1.77T
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at ~$1.77T SpaceX is seeking to raise $75 billion in an
Persona 5 Royal is one of many additions to Xbox Game Pass for June
The subscription is also getting some indie projects that are worth a look.
Shake Out Your Cape, ‘Supergirl’ Tickets Are on Sale Now
Milly Alcock and Jason Momoa star in the DC Studios film, hitting theaters June 26.
You can make the hyper-violence in Marvel's Wolverine more PG-13, if you want to
And Robert Rodriguez wept.
MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production
According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBook Neo production from 5 million to 10 million units after stronger-than-expected demand for its $599 budget laptop. MacRumors reports: On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. [...] Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo...
Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”
MIT researchers use the classic game as a test bed for AI agents, finding a small AI model can outperform the biggest ones at 1 percent of the cost.
Americans Are Starting to Really Hate Data Centers—and It’s Making the Tech Industry Nervous
A recent survey shows a dramatic swing against new data center construction.
Americans Have Grown Dramatically Anti-Data Center in Just Months, Survey Finds
A recent survey shows a dramatic swing against new data center construction.
How AI can become more transparent and reliable
When artificial intelligence is used to support or make important decisions in areas such as health care and public administration, it becomes crucial to understand how these systems arrive at their c
How to build self-driving AI operations on Amazon Bedrock at scale
In this post, we introduce Amazon Bedrock Ops Alert, a three-layer automated monitoring solution that proactively detects operational issues, dynamically adjusts alarm thresholds, classifies alarms by
Amazon’s Rolling Out Another AI Feature So You’ll Buy Even More Stuff
Can’t remember the name of a product you were thinking about purchasing? There’s an AI for that.
Arctic Rivers Are Bleeding Orange. Scientists Just Found the Toxic Origin
Not even the most remote, natural hotspots appear exempt from rising temperatures.
‘Backrooms’ Joins the $100 Million Club in Under a Week
Kane Parsons' big-screen adaptation of his YouTube sensation is approaching mega-hit status.
Google Launches 'Gemma 4 12B' AI Model That Can Run On Your Laptop
Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on devices equipped with just 16GB of VRAM, making advanced AI more accessible to developers, researchers and businesses. The launch highlights a gro...
Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B squeezes multimodal AI onto a laptop with just 16 GB of RAM
Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B is an open-source model that processes text, images, and audio natively and runs on laptops with just 16 GB of RAM. It nearly matches the twice-as-large 26B model in benc
Colorado Governor Vetoes Surveillance Pricing Ban as Public Backlash Against the Tech Grows
Gov. Jared Polis says he's worried about "discouraging perfectly acceptable uses of technology."
Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
Alphabet's record-breaking $85B raise for Google's AI business is a helluva good signal
If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
Security firm Calif says it used OpenAI's Codex to discover HTTP/2 Bomb, a remote DoS exploit affecting web servers like Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Microsoft IIS (The Hacker News)
The Hacker News: Security firm Calif says it used OpenAI's Codex to discover HTTP/2 Bomb, a remote DoS exploit affecting web servers like Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Microsoft IIS Cybersecurity researc
Google lets sites opt out of AI search results, knowing most have nowhere else to go
For the first time, Google is giving website operators an opt-out toggle in Search Console for AI search features like AI Overviews and AI Mode, which together already reach more than 3.5 billion mont
🔬Scaling Past Informal AI - Carina Hong, Axiom Math
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Palantir Systems’ Potential for Enshittification Has Become an ‘Unacceptable’ Risk, UK Politicians Say
Plus dealing with Alex Karp doesn't seem worth the trouble.
Trump Is Scrapping 900 Deep-Sea Sensors Used to Track El Niño
The Trump administration plans to scrap a $368-million investment in deep-sea ocean monitoring that is critical to monitoring extreme weather.
OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA
Brendan Bordelon / Politico: OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA OpenAI's ne
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is headed to the Switch 2 on September 18
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight hits the Switch 2 along with new DLC for all platforms in September.
A British MP is suing to see if xAI is legally responsible for the images Grok produces
xAI is under investigation in the EU, UK and California because of its freewheeling AI image generator.
‘The Odyssey’ Tickets Are Back on Sale This Week
Christopher Nolan's epic stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, and more. It opens on July 17.
Google Shares Fitbit Air Blueprints So Anyone Can 3D-Print Accessories
Google has released (PDF) technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the Fitbit Air to encourage users to make their own accessories. "These CAD drawings include crucial mating dimensions, tolerances, and mating force specifications -- including attach and detach force -- to help you build a high-quality accessory band," Google says on a store page listing. 9to5Google reports: Noting how the "community has already come up with innovative and creative new ideas to make the Fitbit Air [their] own" si...
PUBG's creator is downsizing his studio and ending development of a game
It seems that Prologue: Go Wayback! will never make it out of early access.
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
The George Santos Situation May Be the Most Comical Prediction Market Insider Trading Case Yet
'I guess people lost money.'
Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen
Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of “hijacking” the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda.
Following Monstrous New Glenn Explosion, Blue Origin Sets Ambitious Timeline for Next Launch
After assessing the damage to the launchpad, company executives believe the rocket can resume flights by the end of the year.
Everything You Need to Know About the Curious Case of ‘Bricks and Minifigs’ and the Missing ‘Star Wars’ Lego
The tl;dr of a bewildering and honestly really awful case.
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meeting to Demand Limits on Data Centers
Activists say it’s the first time Big Tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
Activists say it’s the first time Big Tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Director on How His Franchise Entry Will Blaze Its Own Trail
Deadites will still, of course, play a ferocious role in Sebastien Vaniček's horror tale, out July 10.
Microsoft Plans Linux Tools, RTX Spark Desktop For Windows Devs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft's opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other closely related technologies. [...] On the hardware front, we didn't get any updates for existing Surface devices (not counting yesterday's Surface Laptop Ultra announcement), but we did get something new: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is "a compa...
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.
Fundamental’s Large Tabular Model NEXUS is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
In this post, we show you how to get started with NEXUS on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, walk through the deployment process, and demonstrate how to run predictions against your enterprise datasets.
Trump's new executive order wants AI companies to voluntarily submit models for government safety reviews
The White House has issued an executive order requiring agencies like the Pentagon and CISA to strengthen cyber defense with AI tools within 30 days. AI developers can voluntarily submit models for se
VR exercise platform Supernatural is getting a second chance as an independent company
A new Supernatural VR workout app arrives this fall months before Meta planned to shut it down.
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A New Map of Stars Shows That the Small Magellanic Cloud is Expanding
A multi-year survey of millions of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud shows that the dwarf galaxy is expanding rather than rotating. This is due to the influence of its larger neighbour, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SpaceX’s IPO Could Make Some Trump Administration Officials Even Richer
Several Trump administration officials held millions in SpaceX and xAI equity ahead of the company’s planned massive IPO.
ChartNet trains AI to read charts, boosting smaller models past commercial rivals
To accelerate and refine decision-making in a fast-paced, global marketplace, enterprises may deploy generative artificial intelligence models to help summarize and interpret the charts that often fil
