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Author: Emma Roth Cloudflare has become the latest web infrastructure giant to collapse in the span of a month, replacing entire sites, including X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Canva, and even the outage-tracking DownDetector, with an error message for hours this morning. It's the latest in a string of...

Author: Lauren Feiner Meta won a landmark antitrust battle with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled it has not monopolized the social media market at the center of the case. US District Court Judge James Boasberg wrote that Meta had not unfairly cornered a...

Author: Andrew Liszewski Ookla has found that Apple’s custom N1 networking chip that integrates the Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread radios in the iPhone 17 family “delivers a clear step-change in real-world Wi-Fi performance” when compared to the Broadcom chip used in the iPhone 16 models...

Author: Emma Roth Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing the Trump administration for more information on potential plans to “prop up” major AI companies with money from taxpayers. In a letter to David Sacks, the White House special advisor for AI and Crypto, and Michael Kratsios, the...

Author: Andrew Liszewski The extra controls on this flight sim gamepad means pilots won’t be reaching for their keyboard as frequently. | Image: Honeycomb Aeronautical Honeycomb Aeronautical, a company that makes flight simulator accessories like flight sticks and pedals that can turn your...

Author: Sheena Vasani The Apple Watch Series 11 is $50 off at Amazon. | Image: The Verge The latest Apple Watch SE impressed us with all of its upgrades this year, but the Apple Watch Series 11 is still the better option if you’re an iPhone owner who requires more advanced health...

Author: Emma Roth Google is beginning to launch Gemini 3 today, a new series of models the company says is its “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” AI systems yet. They’re also a chance for Google to leap ahead of OpenAI following the rocky launch of GPT-5, potentially putting the...

Author: Andrew Webster I've developed a sixth sense for old video game cartridges. I can spot them at flea markets and thrift stores, spy them hidden behind stacks in used book stores. It happened after I first bought an Analogue Pocket, when the hunt for new and interesting Game Boy games...

Author: Dominic Preston Antigravity should report on its work plan, and produce evidence of what it’s done along the way. Alongside today’s announcement of Gemini 3 Pro, Google has revealed Antigravity, a development tool that uses Gemini 3 Pro, along with other third-party models. Google...

Author: Tom Warren Microsoft is adding even more AI features to Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While the software maker has been adding plenty of features to its paid Microsoft 365 Copilot over the past year, a range of free additions are coming to its Office apps in early 2026 that...

Author: Tom Warren Microsoft is racing towards building an AI “agent factory” that lets businesses build and manage their own AI agents. While Microsoft was founded on the idea of being a software factory, it’s quickly being transformed into an era where AI agents will increasingly take on...

Author: Tom Warren Microsoft is trying to transform Windows into a “canvas for AI,” with new AI agents integrated into the Windows 11 taskbar. These new taskbar capabilities are designed to make AI agents feel like an assistant in Windows that can go off and control your PC and do tasks for...

Author: Brandt Ranj Most of us in the Northern Hemisphere spend the holidays indoors, but you can only watch so many TikToks about cute cats and cooking hacks before the need for something a little more substantive kicks in. Choosing the right game or movie to gift is tough, though...

Author: Tom Warren Microsoft is announcing a strategic partnership with Anthropic today that will bring the AI startup’s models to Microsoft Foundry for the first time. As part of the deal, Anthropic is also committing to purchasing $30 billion of Azure compute capacity and “to contract...

Author: David Pierce The concept of enshittification, as coined by the author and activist Cory Doctorow, just feels right. Whether you're searching on Google, shopping on Amazon, or scrolling on Facebook, large platforms often feel like they're not trying to bring us value so much as extract...

Author: Andrew Liszewski The Wyze Lock Bolt v2 has an improved fingerprint reader and a new glass touchpad. | Image: Wyze Wyze has announced a new version of its electronic door lock that features Wi-Fi, allowing it to be controlled remotely from anywhere using a mobile app or voice commands...

Author: Andrew J. Hawkins Zoox is getting closer to a full launch of its robotaxi service in San Francisco. Last month, the Amazon-owned company started allowing select riders to hail its toaster-shaped, four-passenger vehicles for the first time. And today, Zoox is finally inviting members...

Author: Emma Roth Cloudflare, a networking company that provides DDoS protection and delivery services for many companies around the globe, is experiencing a major outage that’s taking down sites across the web. Users are running into an error message when they try to access X, ChatGPT, and...

Author: Tom Warren Sony is cutting the price of its PS5 consoles by $100 for Black Friday. Deals include a PS5 Digital Edition 825GB Fortnite bundle for $399.99 and a 1TB PS5 Fortnite bundle for $449.99 — both ship with exclusive Fortnite in-game content and 1,000 V-Bucks. While the Fortnite...

Author: Andrew Liszewski The Connectivity Standards Alliance has released Zigbee 4.0, an updated version of its wireless mesh networking standard with better security, improved battery life, and batch setup of new devices like smart lights, switches, and plugs. It’s also announcing a new...