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How affiliate commerce quietly reshaped technology media economics

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How affiliate commerce quietly reshaped technology media economics

Get 20% off with verified Dell promo code, plus today’s coupons for up to $600 off laptops, Alienware monitors, and all things tech.

Wired·16h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Google bets on technical depth with Gemini 4 Argon’s coding focus

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

TechCrunch·21h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon outsources military strategy study to defense contractors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk's and Luckey's companies already sell the kinds of technology

TechCrunch·22h ago

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Why laptop docking stations matter more than their boring reputation suggests

Docking stations expand what your laptop can do, and I’ve been testing the best of the best to see which you should buy.

Wired·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic’s prospectus forces investors to bet on AI despite existential risk warnings

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.

TechCrunch·2d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Virtual border wall surveillance systems failed to rescue migrants, MIT finds

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review·2d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic’s AI lab raises the bar for what counts as scientific discovery

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture about hard biology pro

MIT Technology Review·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Tesla’s Semi faces a charging infrastructure gap rivals may avoid

Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge

Ars Technica·5d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Makary’s evasion on presidential infallibility signals FDA independence concerns

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Ars Technica·5d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Martin Makary’s FDA confirmation dodge signals trouble for agency independence

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Ars Technica·5d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Court ruling gives Trump power to punish Anthropic’s AI design choices

Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

Ars Technica·5d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon pursues AI lie detection despite polygraph’s failed track record

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie dete

MIT Technology Review·6d ago

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How affiliate commerce quietly reshaped technology media economics

Get 20% off with verified Dell promo code, plus today’s coupons for up to $600 off laptops, Alienware monitors, and all things tech.

Wired·16h ago

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Google bets on technical depth with Gemini 4 Argon’s coding focus

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

TechCrunch·21h ago

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Pentagon outsources military strategy study to defense contractors

TechCrunch·22h ago

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Why laptop docking stations matter more than their boring reputation suggests

Docking stations expand what your laptop can do, and I’ve been testing the best of the best to see which you should buy.

Wired·1d ago

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Roman Space Telescope reaches L2 after decades of budget battles and delays

After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecede

The Verge·August 30, 2026

SCIENCE

Google embeds student tools into Gemini to recapture homework search

As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for gr

The Verge·August 19, 2026

SCIENCE

Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it

There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill it. By trying to shelve the project, Warner Bros. Discovery only drew attention to its habit of disappearing nearly completed movies in order to cash in

The Verge·August 18, 2026

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CMF’s budget clip earbuds challenge the audio trade-offs of open-ear design

Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It's an inherent aspect of their design - and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don't like something jammed in their ear, but sound response suffers. Ambient awareness is great because you can easily hear the sound around you, which mea

The Verge·August 14, 2026

How affiliate commerce quietly reshaped technology media economics

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How affiliate commerce quietly reshaped technology media economics

Google bets on technical depth with Gemini 4 Argon’s coding focus

Pentagon outsources military strategy study to defense contractors

Why laptop docking stations matter more than their boring reputation suggests

Anthropic’s prospectus forces investors to bet on AI despite existential risk warnings

Virtual border wall surveillance systems failed to rescue migrants, MIT finds

Anthropic’s AI lab raises the bar for what counts as scientific discovery

Tesla’s Semi faces a charging infrastructure gap rivals may avoid

Makary’s evasion on presidential infallibility signals FDA independence concerns

Martin Makary’s FDA confirmation dodge signals trouble for agency independence

Court ruling gives Trump power to punish Anthropic’s AI design choices

Pentagon pursues AI lie detection despite polygraph’s failed track record

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