The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means
The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its creation, this time...
Give Your Problems (and Passwords) to Moltbot, Then Watch It Go
Dan Peguine, a tech entrepreneur and marketing consultant based in Lisbon, lets a precocious, lobster-themed AI assistant called Moltbot run...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google debuted a new “Auto Browse” feature for Chrome on Wednesday. The tool, powered by Google’s current Gemini 3 generative...
Amazon Is Rolling Out Alexa+ to All Users. But Not Everyone Wants It
“Alexa+ is significantly more capable than the original Alexa, so we’re working to make it available to as many customers...
The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun
But how does one decide what constitutes a piece of content—or whether or not something is considered pornographic?"It's mostly a...
Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them ‘Physically Safe’ From ICE
Employees at Google DeepMind have asked the company’s leadership for plans and policies to keep them “physically safe” from Immigration...
Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going
The future never feels fully certain. But in this time of rapid, intense transformation—political, technological, cultural, scientific—it’s as difficult as...
Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. With just a...
People Are Protesting Data Centers—but Embracing the Factories That Supply Them
Last month, Pamela Griffin and two other residents of Taylor, Texas, took to the lectern at a city council meeting...
Gear News of the Week: Apple’s AI Wearable and a Phone That Can Boot Android, Linux, and Windows
The NexPhone is a rugged device powered by a Qualcomm QCM64490 chip with a reportedly long support road map (through...
