• Best Noise-Canceling Headphones: Sony, Bose, Apple, and More

    Honorable MentionsNow that the majority of new headphones and earbuds offer at least a modicum of noise canceling, it’d be impossible (and unproductive) to list everything we like above. If you haven’t yet found your fit, here are more favorites worth considering.Beyerdynamic Amiron 300 for $280: These simple-looking earbuds (8/10, WIRED Recommends) are a great…

  • Here are the laptops I’d tell any parent to consider for their back-to-school student

    Here are the laptops I’d tell any parent to consider for their back-to-school student

    Buying GuideIf your back-to-school planning for this year calls for a new laptop, here are your best bets.If your back-to-school planning for this year calls for a new laptop, here are your best bets.by

  • Online MAGA cope is now Congressional strategy

    Online MAGA cope is now Congressional strategy

    EntertainmentRight-wing influencers try blaming Democrats for hiding the Epstein files — and DC Republicans follow suit.Right-wing influencers try blaming Democrats for hiding the Epstein files — and DC Republicans follow suit.by

  • Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical Review: A Hybrid Gaming Mouse

    Switching to a vertical mouse is a hard sell. Having to change how you use a mouse completely can be an intimidating task, especially with how unnatural the new hand position feels at first—you’re going entirely against the muscle memory you’ve spent years building up.One of the largest challenges to the switch is the initial…

  • The Drifter is a good old-fashioned thriller

    The Drifter is a good old-fashioned thriller

    Games ReviewEntertainmentIt’s a point-and-click adventure that tells a twisting mystery.It’s a point-and-click adventure that tells a twisting mystery.by

  • Our first long-duration energy storage partnership

    Our first long-duration energy storage partnership

    Electricity powers modern life. And we’re accelerating a wide range of technologies, from enhanced geothermal to advanced nuclear to even fusion technologies, that can enable a future where on-demand electricity needs are met with clean energy, every hour of every day.Today, we’re adding another technology to our portfolio: long duration energy storage (LDES). Through a…

  • Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction

    Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction

    On Wednesday, President Trump issued three executive orders, delivered a speech, and released an action plan, all on the topic of continuing American leadership in AI.  The plan contains dozens of proposed actions, grouped into three “pillars”: accelerating innovation, building infrastructure, and leading international diplomacy and security. Some of its recommendations are thoughtful even if…

  • America’s AI watchdog is losing its bite

    Most Americans encounter the Federal Trade Commission only if they’ve been scammed: It handles identity theft, fraud, and stolen data. During the Biden administration, the agency went after AI companies for scamming customers with deceptive advertising or harming people by selling irresponsible technologies. With yesterday’s announcement of President Trump’s AI Action Plan, that era may…

  • Try on styles with AI, jump on great prices and more

    Whether you’re still on the hunt for the perfect summer maxi skirt, dreaming about a new fall jacket or starting your back to school shopping, our shopping tools can help you explore your personal style and get a good price. Here are a few ways you can use Google’s latest shopping features:Try clothes on, virtuallyAt…

  • Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page

    We’re launching Web Guide, a Search Labs experiment that uses AI to intelligently organize the search results page, making it easier to find information and web pages.Web Guide groups web links in helpful ways — like pages related to specific aspects of your query. Under the hood, Web Guide uses a custom version of Gemini…

  • Google DeepMind’s new AI can help historians understand ancient Latin inscriptions

    Google DeepMind has unveiled new artificial-intelligence software that could help historians recover the meaning and context behind ancient Latin engravings.  Aeneas can analyze words written in long-weathered stone to say when and where they were originally inscribed. It follows Google’s previous archaeological tool Ithaca, which also used deep learning to reconstruct and contextualize ancient text,…

  • RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

    RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

    After 14 years of developing inside of semiconductor giant Intel, RealSense is striking out on its own. RealSense sells cameras that use stereoscopic imaging, a process that combines two images of the same object from different angles to create depth, enhanced with infrared light. This technology helps machines like robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles have…

  • The hidden scaling cliff that’s about to break your agent rollouts

    The hidden scaling cliff that’s about to break your agent rollouts

    Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Enterprises that want to build and scale agents also need to embrace another reality: agents aren’t built like other software.  Agents are “categorically different” in how they’re built, how they operate, and…

  • Walmart cracks enterprise AI at scale: Thousands of use cases, one framework

    Walmart cracks enterprise AI at scale: Thousands of use cases, one framework

    Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Walmart continues to make strides in cracking the code on deploying agentic AI at enterprise scale. Their secret? Treating trust as an engineering requirement, not some compliance checkbox you tick at the…

  • Get paid faster: How Intuit’s new AI agents help businesses get funds up to 5 days faster and save 12 hours a month with autonomous workflows

    Get paid faster: How Intuit’s new AI agents help businesses get funds up to 5 days faster and save 12 hours a month with autonomous workflows

    Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Intuit has been on a journey over the last several years with generative AI, incorporating the technology as part of its services at QuickBooks, Credit Karma,Turbotax and Mailchimp. Today the company is…

  • Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers

    Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers

    American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change that by installing cameras at stop signs — a solution the founders also say won’t create a panopticon.  That’s a bold claim at a time when other companies like Flock have been criticized for how its license…

  • Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid

    Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid

    Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing years-long waits for grid connections. “All the AI data centers are struggling to get connected,” Amit Narayan, founder and CEO of Gridcare, told TechCrunch. “They’re so desperate. They are looking…