Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest
…The company believed in the effort so much that it changed its name from Facebook to Meta in support of its VR endeavors. Horizon Worlds is one of the less popular VR…
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Bottom G Wants You to Know He’s More Than Just ‘Gay Andrew Tate’
…wig business, legit, like, male wigs—and maybe that's my way out of this mess.” Because he felt “bored” the other day, and admires how women can dramatically change their appearance…
SimpliSafe: The Ikea of Home Security Systems
…Taking Care of Business The heart of the SimpliSafe system is its base station, which looks a bit like an essential oil diffuser, plus a keypad, from which you can arm and…
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
…In early April, for example, Megan Linke, a family and kids sports influencer, posted an Instagram video explaining how AI helps her stay organized. “AI is changing everything, and it’s important…
Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
…The product accounts for nearly a fifth of its business—more than $2.5 billion in annualized revenue, the company said in February. By the end of January, OpenAI’s version, Codex…
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
…to toot their own horn.” A dark-web site for the group, which links to “business contacts” likely used to carry out ransom negotiations, features Matrix-style cascading ones and zeros, a…
Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
…I'm Zoë Schiffer, director of business and industry. Brian Barrett: I'm Brian Barrett, executive editor. Leah Feiger: And I'm Leah Feiger, director of politics and science. Zoë Schiffer: Today…
This Speaker I Tried From Soundboks Can Handle a Real Party
…A Better Boks The hard-sided rectangle I've become familiar with from Soundboks hasn’t changed too much, but it has been upgraded with nice rubber balls on all eight corners…
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her
…Yes, it was bad business for them. It was bad business for them. I am hopeful that if we continue to make it clear what’s happening with this administration, that the…
Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories
…But as AI improves, he says he’s changing his approach. "I actually need to shift the balance," he tells me. "I need to do less news analysis and more original reporting…