And Robert Rodriguez wept. Insomniac / YouTube If you’re a fan of Wolverine, you probably know to expect some gore whenever he shows up. And if you watched this week’s trailer for Insomniac’s upcoming PS5 game, well, let’s just say it earned its M rating. “Everyone looks like a bag of jam,” one…
As search becomes increasingly dominated by AI summaries and commercial content, people are experimenting and coming up with ways to make the web feel more human like it used to, building everything from “small web” search engines to decentralized social networks. One of the newer efforts in that direction is Wander Console, an open source,…
An inside look at how to optimize for e-commerce shopping now. For most of the internet era, online shopping has started with a product in mind. A shopper has an idea of what she wants, types in keywords, opens a dozen tabs, and compares specs and prices while slogging toward a decision. AI is now…
High mortgage rates, picky buyers, and fading demand are causing frustrated sellers to give up during what should be the hottest time of year for real estate. As the scales tip in favor of homebuyers, more sellers are finding themselves unhappy with their prospects—and yanking their homes off the market.
The company is cutting staffers from its People and Places division while confirming a cap on employee AI spend. Uber is cutting 23% of jobs in its recruitment and human resources divisions, Bloomberg reported Wednesday morning. While Uber didn’t specify the number of employees impacted, the cuts account for less than 1% of the company’s…
The CEOs of several major artificial intelligence companies are urging members of Congress to adopt new laws that would make it harder for bad actors to develop biological weapons using their technology. Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Microsoft AI’s Mustafa Suleyman are among the signatories on a public letter…
In a quick-commerce market obsessed with speed, Indian startup FirstClub has convinced investors that quality may be a fresh opportunity, helping to double its valuation just nine months after its last funding round. The Bengaluru-based startup has raised $55 million in a Series B round co-led by Peak XV Partners and Sofina, valuing the company…
The U.K. has just imposed legal guardrails on Google’s AI search onslaught. On Wednesday, Google announced compliance with the U.K.’s regulatory requirements, which state that the tech giant must offer publishers a way to opt out of being aggregated into AI search. To opt out, publishers will be able to use a new toggle in…
San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama will battle New York’s Jalen Brunson for the championship, with the first tip-off tonight. Here’s how to catch the action. Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips off tonight as the San Antonio Spurs host the New York Knicks at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, starting at 8:30…
Nintendo is planning to launch versions of Switch 2 hardware in the EU that will let users easily replace the battery. To meet its obligations from a new EU regulation that’s set to go into effect on February 18th, 2027, Nintendo says on its website that it is “implementing measures to comply with these requirements…
