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A small number of early adopters of the much-hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.

Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?

Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.

Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier.

The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.

The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce.

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.

The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor.

Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.

Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software.

There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for you.

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world."

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Apple has just released iOS 27.2, bringing Apple Pencil support to the iPhone Duo. The software update also includes an "Edge Light" feature for the iPhone Duo that's intended to illuminate your face during video calls. Apple previously said the iPhone Duo would add support for the Apple Pencil "later this year." The company's first foldable comes with revamped iOS 27 controls designed to work across the device's 7.6-inch inner display and 5.4-inch outer screen. Many major apps , like Netflix, Prime Video, and Microsoft Outlook, already support the Duo's extra screen real estate, but some still need some work

From the bright minds that brought you FTX Arena and NBA Top Shot NFT maketplace (where sales last month dropped to $762,781, which is a 99.66 percent decrease compared to the February 2021 peak of $226,350,843), the NBA announced Monday that it has new "preferred" prediction market deals for Kalshi and Polymarket, as well as a memorandum of understanding with the US CFTC about how to manage the relationships. It also announced an expansion of its DraftKings deal to include prediction markets, and says that more expansions will be announced with others soon. The NBA is already facing scandals after

The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it's updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site. The change comes days after The Verge reported that an AI agent could be used to take advantage of The RealReal's item reserve system. On the retailer's website, an item goes "on hold" and is unavailable for other customers to buy for 20 minutes once it's placed in a user's shopping cart. Using Meta's Muse, The Verge was able to instruct the AI agent to continuously re-add The RealReal listings in a shopping

Following reports of iPhone Duos with cracked and broken inside screens, often showing a bright line running from the center to the right side, Apple says in a statement to Bloomberg and 9to5Mac that it's aware of "an issue impacting the inner display" on a "small number of iPhone Duo units." If your iPhone Duo is affected, Apple says to contact AppleCare for a replacement. Here is the full statement, which Apple's Alex Kirschner shared with The Verge : The response to iPhone Duo from early users has been incredibly positive, and we are seeing exciting things from developers who

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Avoid the scariest thing this Halloween (your phone at 1 percent) with Anker's 20 percent off sale on all charging gear.

Track down your suitcase, car keys, and other essentials with this $23 Bluetooth tracker.

The Edge is a welcome upgrade for longtime Fitbit users, but the missing NFC technology is a puzzling regression.

Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.

Anthropic on Monday filed documents ahead of a blockbuster IPO that offers insight into the company’s financials, risk factors, and views on the future of AI.

Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Apple confirmed a “small number” of iPhone Duo units have an issue impacting the inner display.

Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it.

The LG B6 has deep and rich blacks and a low price tag, but midrange performance elsewhere.

Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news?

Dramatic lighting and fog make this countertop fruiting chamber a conversation starter. The mushrooms are pretty good too.

Jayden, Sam, and Zack are eagerly pitching editors on reported stories and investigative features. The catch? They're all AI agents.

The Steam Frame’s promise of greatness for stand-alone and streaming VR gaming doesn’t quite connect.

Coyotec is bilingual, swears, and tells listeners how to defend themselves against ICE. Its popularity comes as more broadcasters are experimenting with artificial personalities.

With a tactile dongle for on-the-fly customization and a metal chassis, the Wallhack M-001 is the most fun I've had reviewing a gaming mouse in a long time.

These elusive and reactive particles have been challenging to hold on to and even more challenging to study, but a new method paves the way for tests on the differences between matter and antimatter.

Ready to move on from the traditional glass slab? Introduce a hinge into your life with these folding smartphones.

Apple will reportedly launch an innovative new MacBook next week, which means existing options have their largest discount yet.

While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent.

Powering a car dashboard is more demanding on your handset than you might think. These tips will save battery life and help your phone chill out.

Hyve’s smart porch lockbox can secure incoming gifts—if your delivery driver uses it and there’s still room inside.

Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

WIRED attempts what even the Swedish brand hasn’t: making a sonic monolith using scores of the cheapest Bluetooth speakers on the market. Can you have too much of a small thing?

Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.

The vaccine is personalized to a patient’s tumor, and results from the Phase 3 trial are yet another example of the promise of mRNA vaccines in treating cancer.

Whether you’re near or far, keep an eye on your fur baby with our favorite pet cameras.

Apple’s first folding phone is inspiring indie developers to create fun, quirky apps that take advantage of the screen and the hinge. Here are a few to try as you explore the Duo.

The Joybird Eliot Sleeper, plus hundreds of other options, are up to 40 percent off during the brand’s Semiannual sale.

WIRED and its panel of watch experts hunted for real mechanical timepieces at rock-bottom prices and found a wealth of options. Here are our favorites.

This screen-free soundstage starter kit opens a world of audio fun for kids aged 3 years and up.

I’ve tested laptops for more than a decade, and here’s my advice for finding the right laptop for you.

No cameras? No problem. Ditching the surveillance baggage makes Meta’s audio-only frames surprisingly easy to live with.

I’ve tested almost every Garmin watch—these entry-level favorites are steeply discounted right now.

The Webb telescope sees tiny red dots everywhere. Astronomers can’t agree on what they are, but some believe they may be enormous stars with black holes inside.

The brand’s lovely selection of hand-knotted and handwoven wool rugs at reasonable prices make it a WIRED-staff favorite.

The first folding iPhone Duo is here, alongside the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, but they’re not your only options. We have all the details on Apple’s smartphone lineup to help you find the right model.

The trillionaire has given more than $445 million to Republican political groups this election cycle, as Democrats vow to investigate him.

Meta got hit this week with its biggest fine yet, the latest in a mounting pile of court-ordered payments.

Samsung’s cute compact is for those who want the smallest possible phone. Performance and camera are solid, but it’s pricier than its predecessor.

This feature common to VPN services gives you protection and privacy specifically when and where you need it.

Great for typing and fine for gaming, but too many compromises keep this mechanical keyboard from leveling up your play.

CES 2026 loved these innovative headphones that transform into a Bluetooth speaker. After living with them, I’m impressed by the engineering, but less impressed by the sound.

Upward, a newly relaunched Christian app, is pitching trad values to a generation that barely even dates.

Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester.

See how OpenAI engineers use Codex Ultrafast to investigate incidents in minutes. Explore faster security analysis, code refactoring, and daily workflows.

Bringing fast and capable computer use to everyone

Learn how OpenAI scaled Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.

OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.

Fast, focused, low-cost decisions for any application.

What forward deployed engineering means at OpenAI

Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, helping teams research, analyze data, create presentations, and complete complex workflows.

AT&T is working with OpenAI to make legal knowledge easier to access. Learn how its LegalEdge team is rethinking intake and scaling legal judgment.

How OpenAI works with distribution partners to uphold consistent safeguards, support responsible access, and clarify expectations in our Usage Policies.

OpenAI and Google Cloud are bringing frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini’s Model Garden, available through Google Cloud Marketplace.

Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.

From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.

See how OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.

Cloudflare uses OpenAI Daybreak to investigate vulnerabilities and propose fixes for review. Its developers use Codex to build faster and improve code quality.

Learn how OpenAI built ChatGPT’s LLM-powered ad stack to understand conversational intent, keep ads separate from answers, and deliver relevant ads at scale.

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders with frontier AI, stronger safeguards, modernized cybersecurity, and more resilient public institutions.

An independent Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon franchisee cut menu repricing time by 95% and built a workflow that could free up $100K in cash flow.

Terminal X’s Eval Agent grades outputs against a 54-criterion rubric, catching 25% more deviances from a fund’s mandate with GPT-6.1 Sol.

OpenAI is acquiring Orchestra Bio to bring AI-powered operations to life sciences R&D, helping biopharma teams accelerate drug development and advance new treatments.

Learn how OpenAI is improving ChatGPT across low-resource programming languages, with new evaluations for software engineering, SQLite, and COBOL migration.

With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its AI First strategy to customers and employees — in one of Brazil’s most regulated sectors.

Anant Kumar builds tools to compare loan valuations and analyze credit agreements, using Codex for code review and faster follow-ups.

Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.

Introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering eligible academic labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and tools to advance life sciences research.

Celebrate Teachers’ Day with AI for Educators in Brazilian Portuguese and see how Study Mode can help teachers support active, step-by-step learning.

In collaboration with OpenAI, Sullivan & Cromwell developed Agreement Analyzer, an AI tool for identifying issues in a draft agreement.

See how Amp pushes the frontier of what agents can do with GPT-6 Astra, Ultrafast, GPT-Live-1, and Sign in with ChatGPT.

With OpenAI Daybreak, SentinelOne cuts weeks of malware analysis to hours, creating capacity to investigate more threats.

With GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, Codex, and Daybreak for cybersecurity, this AI lab builds agents that focus for days and improve with use.

Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI. Its security team investigates threats faster and proposes patches in minutes.

New analysis shows how agentic AI adoption is growing across EU enterprises and small businesses—and where deeper use could unlock more value.

Higgsfield brings creators longer videos with GPT-6 Astra, precise visuals with GPT-Image-2.5, and a path to voice filmmaking with GPT-Live.

Using GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Asana made its browser agent 76x cheaper and 5x faster in tests to offer customers more capable models.

Discover how Sophos uses OpenAI’s Daybreak to cut cyber-threat investigation time by 96% and automate 52% of MDR cases while preserving human oversight.

Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.

With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.

LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed budgets strategically.

OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging.

College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, alongside new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.

Radisson partnered with Accenture to build a ChatGPT plugin using OpenAI technology, helping travelers find, compare, and book hotels while planning their trips.

GPT‑6 is rolling out globally in ChatGPT with Intelligent UI, delivering faster responses with visuals and interactive experiences you can explore and use directly.

Jump Trading uses OpenAI to expand quantitative research. See how longer-running AI workflows combine multiple data sources with human review.

OpenAI publishes new results on open problems in mathematics from an internal frontier model and shares Lean proof formalizations and research details on GitHub.

Learn how OpenAI and Ironclad are training and evaluating AI agents on complex contracting workflows to advance computer use for professional work.

Welcome back. New research finds that AI's use in scientific contexts may be accelerating discovery. Meanwhile, Amazon researchers created an internal tracing system that improves its AI coding agent, Kiro, from its own runs. And Databricks new memory layer for agents could solve one of the most critical problems agents face: A better understanding of a user's history. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Agents need better memory more than better models 2. Amazon tests a safer path to self-improving AI 3. Can AI free up scientists to think bigger? ENTERPRISE Why persistent memory could transform AI agents What

Welcome back. China's MiniMax is pushing open models closer to frontier performance at a fraction of the cost, raising the stakes for US labs. Meanwhile, Anthropic is making a massive commitment to philanthropy, but there's a strategic reason AI companies need public goodwill as they race to build infrastructure and expand their influence. And Inception's Mercury 3 is the most intriguing development of all. Its diffusion architecture challenges the industry's prevailing approach to scaling AI, delivering dramatically faster responses while using expensive GPUs a lot more efficiently. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Inception's Mercury 3 upends AI

Welcome back. AI is changing not just how we work, but how companies organize themselves. In the latest episode of The Deep View Conversations podcast, Rokt COO Bill Barton explains why generalists are growing in value and shares six timeless attributes for succeeding in the AI era. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to take a different approach to building frontier AI models, prioritizing efficiency and cost over brute-force scaling. And a new Wharton report reveals why companies focused on using AI to grow their businesses are seeing far better returns than those simply cutting costs. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Hello, friends. As AI disrupts the traditional career ladder and democratizes a great number of skills, the most important qualities in an employee have little to do with technical prowess. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Rokt . Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht AI is turning specialists into generalists Though AI is undoubtedly changing the roles of engineers, it may be poised to shift the DNA of the workforce entirely. Bill Barton, chief operating officer at ecommerce tech firm Rokt , has seen the company transform as a result of

Welcome back. As enterprises seek to reel in AI spending, Meta and Nvidia released open models that home in on efficiency and on-premise usage. Meanwhile, Amazon's new AI wearables push could offer seamless integration that gives it an edge over competitors. And Anthropic has unveiled its plan to let third-party evaluators inspect its models as frontier AI safety concerns continue. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic’s safety audits face a trust test 2. Meta, Nvidia give US open models a boost 3. Amazon’s edge in AI wearables is its ecosystem GOVERNANCE Anthropic’s audit push tests AI transparency As

The music industry is facing its own Turing test. While practically every field is reckoning with how to navigate AI's impending transformation, the music industry sits at a unique crossroads: When a creation that we once believed to be distinctly human can be automated, what happens to the artist? The question about where AI fits into the music industry has evolved from debate into a cacophony. While the loudest voices are aggressively for it or against it, the reality of how musicians are using AI and the tech's risks are far more nuanced, according to a variety of experts we

Welcome back. Nvidia explains how its strategy for rapidly expanding AI data centers involves digital twins, or virtual replicas of physical environments. Meanwhile, Apple may have found its edge in the smart home space by relying on user context. And a fleet of rogue agents from a Chinese lab highlights how AI containment has become an international problem. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. China’s rogue agents widen AI’s safety problem 2. Apple turns user context into a smart home edge 3. Nvidia's secret weapon for accelerating AI factories GOVERNANCE Why rogue agents demand a global response New research

Welcome back. Though Meta's new camera-free glasses provide a lighter, more socially-acceptable alternative to its previous iterations, they also forgo the visual context that makes its AI more useful. Meanwhile, a coalition of authors is fighting for control over how their content is used by AI labs. And hundreds of researchers are urging the AI industry to create stronger sandboxes as rogue AI incidents pile up. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI labs face a growing containment problem 2. Publishers seek leverage in the AI copyright fight 3. Meta's Audio glasses make a context trade-off GOVERNANCE AI’s

Welcome back. Though augmented and virtual reality have faced a decline, Meta's AI-powered VR glasses are breathing life into the tech. Meanwhile, Anthropic latest rogue agent scandal may force Washington to take firmer regulatory action. And while Muse Wonder achieves top scores on AI benchmarks, Meta might have to reckon with its users' longstanding trust issues to see the adoption it's hoping for. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Can better models fix Muse's trust issues? 2. Why rogue agents could reshape AI oversight 3. How Meta transformed VR for the AI era BIG TECH Meta’s Muse Wonder inherits

Welcome back. Nvidia's investment in the open models ecosystem allows enterprises to gain the advantages of specialized intelligence. Meanwhile, Chinese AI labs are investing in their own open AI ecosystem, but may be doing so with fewer safeguards. And Microsoft's Satya Nadella is again raising red flags about the industry’s posture toward AI safety. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Microsoft is pitching zero trust for AI 2. The hidden risk in China’s open model boom 3. Why AI agents need a flight recorder BIG TECH Microsoft reframes AI safety debate around trust While many questions around AI

Hello, friends. As enterprises deploy an increasing number of agents, governing them is more important than ever. But in order to control your agent, you have to give it an identity. Thanks to JumpCloud for sponsoring today’s edition of The Deep View. Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht Give your AI agent an identity before you give it a job Most of the security conversation around AI has focused on data: what employees share with AI tools, what company information those tools can access, and where that information goes. Those concerns aren't going away. But they also

Welcome back. Google's new Gemini Agent could give the company an enterprise advantage as it struggles to keep up in the frontier model race. Meanwhile, Amazon's Alexa Tablet offers a sleek and seamless hardware experience, but its AI might not outshine competitors yet. And as the debate over rogue agents wages on, Anthropic and OpenAI face a major present-day risk: malicious misuse of their models. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic and OpenAI confront AI's darker reality 2. Is Alexa enough to set Amazon tablets apart? 3. Why Google may have an edge in enterprise agents GOVERNANCE Anthropic

Welcome back. OpenAI’s new meeting recorder could be more consequential than it looks. By bringing meeting notes and transcripts into ChatGPT, OpenAI is expanding its understanding of users, making the platform stickier, more useful, and harder to leave. Meanwhile, Apple is preparing to bring the new Siri AI to a lot more users via smart home devices like the ones from Amazon Alexa that are still used by over 40 million households in the US. And new research from Common Sense Media raises troubling questions about ChatGPT’s safeguards for teens, although OpenAI disputes the findings. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S

Welcome back. Open models are having a moment. Google and Reflection are pushing out new US-based open models to challenge the lead of Chinese labs, and it's giving enterprises more options on cost, efficiency, and control. Mistral is making a similar case with its 1-trillion-parameter flagship, arguing that owning the weights can reduce lock-in and give enterprises more control over critical systems. Meanwhile, Anthropic is facing a different kind of challenge as major customers pull back on Claude, raising bigger questions about enterprise spending, model dependence, and whether frontier labs can sustain their growth stories as competition intensifies. — Jason

Welcome back. Anthropic is betting on open ecosystems with its Model Hardware Standard (MHS) drawing interest far beyond science labs and could become a common interface between AI agents and hardware devices. Meanwhile, Sam Altman is drawing a sharper line between OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing that AI’s benefits justify accepting more risk than his rival is comfortable with. And Meta Muse is raising privacy red flags with the way it is developing profiles for all of the most important people in your life so that it has better context to handle your tasks. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.