July 6, 2026

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates

As Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, approaches, the excitement is building around what Apple has in store for us this year. From Siri’s overhaul to new Apple Intelligence updates, there’s a lot to look forward to. The annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off Monday at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. For those eager to

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AI Upgrades, Security Flaws, and SpaceX’s Record IPO Define the Week in Tech

AI kept moving closer to the device, the workflow, and the boardroom this week, with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Zoom pushing smarter assistants and on-device tools while security researchers kept finding new ways for those same systems to go sideways. Add in major Android and web server flaws, AI-enabled scams, and SpaceX’s record

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The AI vibe shift is real: Why the backlash is growing

You’ve heard of AI vibe coding, one dictionary’s phrase of the year for 2025. As of this week, 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the AI vibe shift. You wouldn’t know the shift existed from the tech world’s top pronouncements of late; it is, after all, always sunny in Silicon Valley. Microsoft’s

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The Best 3-in-1 Apple Charging Stations After Testing Top Models

Best 2-in-1 Chargers Zens Nightstand Charger Pro 2 With a weighty base, an adjustable Qi2/MagSafe charging pad, and a fold-out Apple Watch charger around the back, this Zens 2-in-1 is ideal for folks with an iPhone and Apple Watch. The Apple Watch pad folds out of the back, tucking your watch out of sight and

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Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names

Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story. A massive conversation sharing such stories has taken place all week on X, with the comments both funny and infuriating. We read through them all to find the most interesting

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Amazon’s ‘Proteus’ Robot Heads to Europe in $11B Automation Push

Amazon’s warehouse robots are starting to sound less like machines waiting for commands and more like coworkers taking direction. At its Delivering the Future event in London, Amazon unveiled an upgraded version of Proteus that can interpret natural-language instructions and turn them into coordinated material-movement tasks. The update is part of a broader European robotics

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Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on June 6, 2026

It’s day 20 of the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is the Moon’s journey around Earth, which takes roughly 29.5 days. As it moves, the amount of sunlight we see reflected from its surface changes, creating either crescent, half or full moons. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Saturday, June 6, the Moon phase

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Best Running Shoes, Tested and Reviewed (2026): Saucony, Adidas, Hoka

Honorable Mentions Photograph: G Stockstudio/Getty Images As we said, WIRED runners pound hundreds of miles every year. Here are a few of the other shoes we’ve tested that you might want to consider if the above do not work for your foot. If you’re not familiar with a brand, we recommend going to a local

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Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down, the company announced Thursday. Hoffman joined the board after Microsoft bought his company LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016. Hoffman was on Microsoft’s board when it invested its first $1 billion into OpenAI in 2019. Hoffman was one of OpenAI’s original investors

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Hackers Are Targeting Fuel Tank Monitoring Systems

Cybercriminals are probing a quiet layer of fuel infrastructure: the systems that monitor what is inside storage tanks. According to a new government advisory, reports have emerged of threat actors targeting Automatic Tank Gauge (ATG) systems used to monitor fuel and liquid storage tanks across the US. Officials say these actors have already compromised internet-facing

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