Technology
Ember’s smallest self-heating mug is on sale for just $33
We’ve been fans of Ember’s temperature-controlled mugs for years, though given the price tag, we admit that they’re somewhat of a luxury purchase. Thankfully, if you’ve been looki…
TikTok launched a dedicated TikTok Shop app
TikTok has released a standalone app for TikTok Shop in a few countries, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. According to its App Store listing, the TikTok Shop ap…
Nintendo says it’s not planning another Switch 2 price hike
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said during the company's latest earnings call that it's "not considering additional changes" to the Switch 2's price, Reuters reports. The Sw…
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Cyber found 81 new Firefox flaws and is rated ‘Critical’
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Cyber, a security model it says beats all its earlier models at finding and exploiting software flaws. OpenAI says it also stays within the limits resear…
Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M
Humble Robotics, a San Francisco start-up building self-driving electric freight vehicles, has raised $51m in a Series A round. Obvious Ventures led the round, announced on Thursd…
The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks
It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts …
Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite
Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company.
Shield AI buys radar maker Echodyne for $5.3B at a $28.8B valuation
Shield AI agreed to buy Echodyne, which makes radars for counter-drone systems, for $5.3B. It is raising $2.5B in equity and debt to fund the deal, at a $28.8B valuation. Shield w…
Visa tested 22 AI models as shoppers, and they failed 42.8% of the time
Visa has launched an AI shopping benchmark, and in its first round the AI models failed 42.8% of their test runs. The Visa Agentic Commerce Benchmark put 22 AI models from 12 labs…
Where is Windows 12?
While I wasn't expecting Microsoft to announce Windows 12 during its RTX Spark launch event last month, more than a few people were hoping to see something truly new. Between the …
OpenAI says its new cybersecurity model is better at not hacking other companies
OpenAI is launching GPT-6 Cyber, the latest version of its cybersecurity AI model, which it says is better at finding vulnerabilities and less likely to go rogue and hack other pl…
Xbox overhauls its PC, web, and cloud apps with a faster design
Microsoft is unveiling a new Xbox PC app that launches "up to 60 percent faster" than before, with an overhauled design to match new updates to Xbox Cloud Gaming on the web and sm…
Grimes is going to star in an AI movie that’s coming to theaters
The AI-generated sci-fi film Gods Don't Give Gifts has added a bit of star power: Pop star Grimes is going to appear in the movie. Billed as "the first AI film to come to theatres…
Sony’s $60 MDR-3R headphones bring back the original Walkman look
Sony launched the $60 MDR-3R, wired headphones modelled on the pair that shipped with the first Walkman in 1979. They add USB-C, a microphone and a remote. An $80 Stranger Things …
OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux
Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server package. They need network …
Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Exfiltrate Chats Without User Interaction
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass Lockdown Mode protections in OpenAI ChatGPT. Lockdown Mode was in…
Lyft's new subscription bundles in DoorDash's DashPass for $10 per month
DashPass members can get Lyft Go at no extra cost.
Hackers backdoor Linux servers using trojanized CWP web server
A new Linux malware called CWPdoor is being distributed through a trojanized version of cwpsrv, the web server behind the Control Web Panel (CWP) management interface. [...]
Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics
As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libra…
DigiCert data breach exposes customer information, identity documents
DigiCert warns it suffered a data breach after a server migration mistakenly exposed an internal business system to the internet, allowing unauthorized access to customer informat…
Instagram's Edits is now on desktop as a Mac app
Meta's CapCut competitor already has more than 50 million users.
Sony's MDR-3R wired headphones are steeped in retro aesthetics
Sony has refreshed a headphone design that dates back to 1979.
Camp Snap made a smaller kid-friendly version of its retro digital camcorder
After introducing new color options for its screen-free CS-8 video camera last month, Camp Snap announced a miniature version today that's less than half the size of the original.…
Sony’s retro headphones brought me back to my childhood in the best way
Many of my childhood summer afternoons were spent riding around my hometown on my Huffy bike or, in later years, taking the bus into Harvard Square to walk around and hang out at …