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Our reporters investigate every significant event in the tech world. We speak to companies, witness events from the ground, and test products so you can get essential first-hand insights on the latest news.

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We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety

In the aftermath of OpenAI’s attack on Hugging Face, experts say it’s time for everyone to take security far more seriously.

Robert Hart
Meta is royally screwing up its smart glasses rollout 

Its recent attempts to shore up privacy don’t seem to be convincing skeptics.

Victoria Song
Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle

He’s hard at work on the upcoming Beat Gems, a gorgeous coffee-table book about the history of drum machines.

Terrence O'Brien
Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses

Meta says it’s banning some content filmed with the company’s smart glasses from Instagram. Moderation gets messy very quickly.

Mia Sato
The US government can’t enforce its own drone ban

Brendan Carr’s FCC keeps approving the very drones it was supposed to ban. How did it go so wrong?

Sean Hollister
The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left

The conservative backlash is about jobs, the environment, quality of life — and China.

Gaby Del Valle
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

It’s early days for Content Seal, but the standard isn’t off to a good start.

Jess Weatherbed
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

No amount of clever editing can make this Seedance-generated mess interesting.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming

Reports of a new wider foldable phone suggest Samsung is ready to take a risk.

Dominic Preston
I hate that I don’t hate this song made with Suno

1010Benja’s ‘Semiramis’ Dream’ shows AI can be more than a slop engine in the right hands.

Terrence O'Brien
The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight

The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates its 30th year anniversary with a high-stakes trek across Texas.

Andrew J. Hawkins
The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time

The author of The Second Coming lives for French press and splurges on concert tickets.

Terrence O'Brien
Our ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ future

Budget cuts are blowing up US health infrastructure — and your toilet.

Gaby Del Valle
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Andrew Webster
Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit

And yet, Apple’s accusations around stealing trade secrets might take years to litigate.

Hayden Field
Instead of taking the internet away from kids, let’s build a better one

Would a Big Tech tax for kid-focused nonprofit platforms be complicated? Sure. Where we’re headed is worse.

Adi Robertson
The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI

The 41-page complaint details how OpenAI allegedly ‘coached’ Apple employees on how to avoid security checks and asked for ‘show and tell’ during job interviews.

Emma Roth
FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

The Image Line CEO hits the forums and subreddits every day to keep in touch with his users.

Terrence O'Brien
If you criticize ICE online, agents might just show up at your house

DHS is accusing people of ‘doxing’ federal agents — and, a new lawsuit claims, trying to chill dissenting speech.

Gaby Del Valle
The robotaxi law that could ban Tesla

New Jersey wants driverless cars, so long as they have multiple sensors. But Tesla’s are camera-only.

Rani Molla