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Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon can train and battle, but don’t do the one thing I wish they could

Why, oh why, can’t Pikachu say ‘pika pika’?

Dominic Preston
This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton

Nvidia’s RTX Spark ‘superchip’ shows promise for Windows laptops. But it also comes at the worst time.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove

The game industry is in turmoil, but Summer Game Fest could be a place for the big console makers to show strength.

Andrew Webster
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around

In the volatile world of live-service shooters, the game needs to stop wasting players’ time.

Nick Statt
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking

Gudtrip is the most ridiculous AI/crypto/weed product to ever touch the internet. Could it possibly be real?

Robert Hart
Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

Just let the man watch movie credits in peace!

Terrence O'Brien
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you

The biggest public offering ever is financial nihilism’s final form.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Filmmakers like Kane Parsons are getting their start on YouTube, before moving to bigger productions.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike

After the Wikimedia Foundation abruptly dissolved a beloved team of engineers, Wikipedia’s volunteers are angry — and discussing how they can push back.

Mia Sato
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern

The Firefly AI Assistant isn’t as good as a professional human designer or photo editor, but it’s fun to watch it work.

Jess Weatherbed
Kia’s flagship EV has a battery problem

The EV9 has a big battery that’s proving to be unreliable.

Tom Warren
The Pope isn’t AGI-pilledThe Pope isn’t AGI-pilled
Hayden Field
AI warfare is already here

Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon highlights the risks of autonomous warfare — but obscures just how close it is.

Hayden Field
The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab

His advice: Deep breaths, keep it simple, and maybe play a little VR mini golf.

Terrence O'Brien
Spotify says its AI remix tool is for superfans, but I’m not convinced

Why would you disrespect your favorite artist with an AI remix?

Terrence O'Brien
Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters

“Power under capitalism comes from capital itself, and we need to figure out how to have collective control of that.”

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Luigi Mangione supporters are back in court — this time with press credentials

A handful of supporters showed up to a pretrial hearing with New York City-issued press passes.

Mia Sato
The cost of the smart home is going upThe cost of the smart home is going up
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing

Bambu was set to become the Apple of 3D printers. Then it DM’d the wrong person.

Sean Hollister
Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration

ICE raids are the most visible attack on undocumented communities, but Trump has quietly wielded bureaucracy on legal immigrants, too.

Gaby Del Valle
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can

Google has been working on agentic AI for years. Building on the viral success of OpenClaw could finally tip the scales.

Hayden Field
The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah

Kevin O’Leary wants to cover 40,000 acres. Residents say, ‘Not in my backyard.’

Emma Roth
‘It’s in the air’: Apple TV’s hottest new shows explore different sides of OnlyFans

With Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, there’s a trend brewing on Apple’s streaming service.

Andrew Webster
Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
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An exclusive look at Google’s new teleconferencing experiments.

Sean Hollister