TECHNOLOGYWhy Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fearApple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYNvidia's AI moat is shifting from chips to capitalNvidia still has dominant market share in AI chips, but with competition picking up steam, the company is taking greater advantage of another key asset.CNBC·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYMeta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female PoliticiansOne advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.Wired·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYWarp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI developmentOn Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYAnthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteriesBattery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using itChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYPerplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in IndiaPerplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYComcast is turning millions of its routers into motion detectorsComcast is bringing Wi-Fi motion sensing to millions of routers that are already in customers' homes, turning the devices into activity monitors. A new update to the Xfinity Internet app, arriving today, August 18th, enables the feature on compatible Xfinity routers at no extra cost. Announced as paThe Verge·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYDaniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New YorkThe scanning and bloodwork health startup founded by Spotify's founder will officially launch in New York in about a month.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYI Put the Best Digital Notebooks to the Test. Here Are My Favorites (2026)These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.Wired·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYReach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265 million Fund V.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYCan AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have ToProton’s CEO is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI?Wired·1w ago