Though I’ve been working from home for the past 15 years, both freelance and full-time, this often means needing to be available 24/7, so I typically carry my laptop everywhere I go—including sports practices, day trips, and vacations. I have used many laptop backpacks in this time, and the dividing line between a work backpack
Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta this week after using Google’s AI chatbot Gemini to plan their expedition, according to the Chicago Tribune. A report from the Siskiyou County sheriff’s office said that three young men set off on their hike at 3am and — although hikers are told to turn around if
Circular’s latest smart rings want to do more than monitor sleep. They can also wake users silently, deliver discreet reminders, and pay at checkout. Unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin, the Circular Ring 3 series includes the compact Ring 3 Slim and the more advanced Ring 3 Pro. Both upcoming models add NFC contactless payments
TL;DR: Watch Valencia vs. Barcelona in La Liga for free on CazéTV. Access this free livestream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. La Liga has started with Barcelona and Real Madrid dominating the standings. What’s new? It’s the biggest rivalry in Spanish football, by some margin. We know it’s only early days, but it’s
After reporting last week that the surveillance company Flock Safety is building an AI search tool for law enforcement, WIRED reconstructed Flock’s latest search tool from code that the company sends to a police officer’s browser and uncovered key details about how the tool works. OpenAI said this week that its Astra model, which will
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI. A lawsuit filed by The Seattle Times and Newsday argued that with the advent of AI, the journalism industry could become “broken beyond repair.” The lawsuit described generative AI as “a snake eating its own tail”
Ray-Ban Meta may be the best-known name in smart glasses, but it is no longer the only serious option. Between the original launch, last year’s Gen 2 upgrade and Meta’s own cheaper in-house line, Meta and its manufacturing partner EssilorLuxottica now account for roughly three-quarters of the entire smart glasses market. For most shoppers, that’s
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Every year around this time, Apple announces new iPhones. The products go on sale soon after, usually ranging from a base model to more premium and more expensive Pro models. But this year will likely be different—not just because the company has a brand-new CEO. Apple’s iPhone event will be held on September 9 at
OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum. The company also said it’s “past time” to “define standards” around how it shares information around incidents where its technology behaves in unexpected ways. In a post on X, OpenAI said it previously “treated misalignment [when