September 5, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

‘Alien: Earth’s eyeball scares me way more than the Xenomorph

Xenomorphs, I love you. However, after watching you in action in seven Alien films (plus two Alien vs. Predator films), I’m not terrified of you anymore. Don’t worry, I’ll never get tired of your facehugging and chestbursting and all-around murder sprees. Whenever you’re onscreen, I always marvel at your creature design and think, “That’s rad

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Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live

With original reporting and sharp analysis, WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast covers today’s biggest stories in tech. We demystify companies like Palantir, trends like vibe coding, and figures like Sam Altman; we break down our essential coverage of DOGE and ICE; we guide listeners through breakthrough innovations like generative AI and sweeping policy changes like the

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OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls

This article has been updated with comment from lead counsel in the Raine family’s wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI. OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month — part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing

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AI’s Hidden Price Tag Threatens Indie Developers and Startups

Smarter AI is driving up costs for developers as token-hungry workflows balloon bills, while startups feel the squeeze and larger firms absorb the hit with scale. Source link

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Best budget headphones deal: $33 Sony WH-CH520s

SAVE $36.99: As of Sept. 2, the Sony WH-CH520 wireless headphones are on sale for only $33 at Amazon. That’s 53% off their current list price of $69.99 and their best price on record. If you don’t need all the fancy pants bells and whistles that come with top-of-the-line headphones, you can save a bunch

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The ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Refresh Gives Its Class-War Story New Relevance

If much of that description sounds familiar to modern politics and culture, Matsuno would agree. The conclusion of his post reads: “Now in 2025—a time when inequality and division are still deeply rooted in our society—I offer this story once again.” We Can Rebuild It The Ivalice Chronicles may maintain the look of the original

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BMW, I am so breaking up with you

I want to be clear from the outset. I’ve never been a car enthusiast. My driving history includes a hand-me-down Volvo with a hole in the floorboards and a series of aggressively practical vehicles, including a VW Golf and a Mazda SUV in which I hauled my family around for 12 years. Then I leased

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Apple’s Xcode 26 Beta Now Supports GPT-5 and Claude

Xcode 26 debuts with AI integration, a redesigned tab system, workflow refinements, and performance boosts, first previewed at WWDC 2025. Source link

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Best washing machines in 2025 (UK)

Is it time to buy a new washing machine? We can hear a collective groan. And we don’t just mean the sound of your old machine’s rusty drum trying hard to churn out one last spin cycle. We mean the groan that comes with having to buy any new appliance. We get it. It’s hard

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Magnesium Supplements Crash Course: Benefits and Side Effects

Suddenly, everyone is obsessed with magnesium supplements. It’s the key ingredient in #sleepygirlmocktails, powders stirred into tart cherry juice and prebiotic soda, a wellness cocktail for anxious millennials. Your coworkers are popping magnesium glycinate before bed instead of melatonin, because it allegedly cures insomnia, constipation, and existential dread. Folks seem especially concerned with optimizing their

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