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Your robotaxi might be a narc
Waymo notified the police when it detected a gun during a ride, leading to the arrest of two teenagers. The incident exposes the limits of privacy in an autonomous vehicle.
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Bose’s next open earbuds have more bass, more volume, and more battery life
Hear your music without drowning out the world around you.
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Let's talk about gradients
a short essay on tools, with a working exhibit
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Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
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Don’t Buy an Android Phone Until You Read Our Guide
Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find the ones worth your money.
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Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI
How much would you pay for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Meta’s AI?
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Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta drills down on ease of use and privacy options after spending billions overhauling its AI strategy.
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I’ve Tested Many, Many Laptop Backpacks. These Are the Ones I’d Buy
The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.
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Your product didn
Customers still like your product and keep renewing. Meanwhile, their expectations may be changing in ways your usual signals won
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The Fairphone 6 Plus is the midrange phone we desperately needed
Be your own AppleCare.
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Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit
Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
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Essential Releases, September 4, 2026
Sludge metal, shoegaze, and more.
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Designing product simplicity for the agentic AI era
Shared design components aren’t enough to ensure a seamless product experience. Can designers create consistency by embracing simplicity over complexity?
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Fantasy Footballers’ Andy Holloway is a dedicated zero-inbox kinda guy
If you haven’t had your fantasy football draft yet, better get on it.
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.
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Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
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A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
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Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else
Developers will feel the RAM shortage ramifications.
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Mapleton House by Atelier Chen Hung | Minimalissimo
Perched along the ridge of Queensland’s Blackall Range, Mapleton House takes its cues from the terrain to dialogue with it. Two recessed, monolithic volumes are
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Two great new repairable gadgets
In this week’s Installer: The Fairphone 6 Plus, Framework’s updated Laptop 12, and more.
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Perfectly Imperfect | PI.FYI
A TASTE OF TASTE
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Poline — Esoteric Color Palette Generation Library
poline is lightweight, dependency free and fast JavaScript function written in TypeScript. It draws lines between anchors over polar coordinates to generate pleasing color palettes.
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The Single English County Saying No to Palantir
The UK government is facing calls to cancel a sprawling health care contract with Palantir. The region of Greater Manchester insists it can do a better job itself.
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