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Top DOJ Official Caught in Catfish Video Claiming Gov Will ‘Redact Every Republican’ From Epstein Files

The scandal over Jeffrey Epstein continues to trouble the Trump administration, and this week, another PR nightmare involving the dead pedophile blew up in the White House’s face. Said PR nightmare came from a surprising source: rightwing provocateur James O’Keefe, who notably made his name with the far-right activist group Project Veritas. In the past, Veritas was known for targeting liberal organizations and Democrats, although, after a series of scandals, it’s no longer active. O’Keefe is st

Noah Hawley Elaborates (a Little) on His Never-Made ‘Star Trek’ Movie

As Star Trek eases out of its TV revival era, winnowing down its number of series to just a handful (Strange New Worlds, the upcoming Starfleet Academy), Paramount has signaled fresh interest in returning the stalwart sci-fi franchise to the big screen. As fans know, it’s been trying to make that move for years now, with stop-and-start progress on a fourth Star Trek movie to continue the “Kelvin timeline” adventures. Among the many creatives to be associated with the project is Noah Hawley, cur

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OpenAI Spends $10 Billion to Get Into the Chip Business

OpenAI would like to stop being so reliant on Nvidia to handle its processing needs. To address that, the artificial intelligence startup is reportedly teaming up with Broadcom to develop its own chips, set to be available starting next year, according to the Financial Times. The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI’s deal with the US-based semiconductor firm will see the two work together to create custom artificial intelligence chips, which will be used internally by OpenAI to train and ru

Gizmodo’s Best of IFA 2025 Awards: See the Winners

IFA, short for Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, meaning “International Radio Exhibition Berlin” because it started in 1924 when radios were the hottest things in tech, doesn’t see as many major gadget announcements as CES. Still, it’s Europe’s largest tech show to close out summer, and this year the show doubled down on the stuff its Messe Berlin convention halls are typically known for: smart home gear and robots. That’s not to say there weren’t the usual new laptops, speakers, and wacky

Bose Debuts QuietComfort Ultra Headphones With Upgraded Noise Canceling and Small Improvements

A few months ago, Bose unveiled a second-gen version of its QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds ($299) that featured some modest improvements, including better noise canceling. The company is following a similar playbook with its flagship over-ear QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen), which are available now for preorder for $449 ($50 more than their predecessor). They deliver better noise canceling, according to Bose, along with some other small performance and feature upgrades. Read more: Best nois

I Found the Best Streaming Combo for NFL Fans

The new NFL season has brought with it a slew of new streaming services. Last year, cord-cutters needed to use a live TV streaming service like YouTube TV to watch NFL games. This season, there are a couple of ways to cobble together a collection of streaming services and pay less than the $83 per month required for YouTube TV. ESPN and Fox each announced new direct-to-consumer streaming services, and there are new skinny bundles from Fubo and Sling that provide most but not all of the channels

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19 of the Absolute Best Sci-Fi TV Shows on Prime Video

Prime Video has sci-fi TV shows you're looking for. I know that sounds like hyperbole, but stick with me here. You're probably used to finding the must-watch genre shows at places like Netflix, Disney Plus and even Apple TV Plus. Those streaming services are packed with good stuff, but the Amazon-owned streamer should not be slept on. When it comes to programming, each streamer seems to have a specific brand that their shows adhere to. For Prime Video, that vibe is cutting-edge, forward-thinkin

Anthropic Will Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors in Landmark AI Piracy Lawsuit

Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of authors alleging that the AI company illegally pirated their copyrighted books to use in training its Claude AI models. The settlement was announced Aug. 29, as the parties in the lawsuit filed a motion with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals indicating they had reached an agreement. "This landmark settlement far surpasses any other known copyright recovery. It is the first of its kind in the AI era," Justin Nelson, lawy

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 6, #818

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a tough one. That purple category is a weird one for sure. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 6, #1540

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. I rarely guess the first letter, and I don't often guess the fourth letter in the word, either. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, r

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 6 #552

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a tough one, because the topic is so broad. So many words could fit as answers that you really have to luck into finding some of them. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 6, #348

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition was a stumper. But if you play cards, the green group is a fun one for sure. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journali

“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press release provided to Ars, the authors confirmed that the settlement is "believed to be the largest publicly reported recovery in the history of US copyright litigation." Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthr

Lenovo’s ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept Laptop Has a Swiveling Screen

Lenovo isn’t shy about trying new things. Last year, the PC maker teased a concept laptop with a transparent screen. Earlier this year, the ThinkBook Flip concept employed a flexible OLED display that folded over the top of the laptop lid, ready to flip up whenever you needed the extra screen space. At CES 2025, we saw a ThinkBook with a rollable OLED screen that expanded upward automatically at the touch of a button—this one is a real product you can actually buy. Get ready for another whacky

Top Spec Razer Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In what’s potentially the first major payout to creatives whose work was used to train AI systems, Anthropic has reached an agreement to pay “at least” a staggering $1.5 billion, plus interest, to authors to settle its class-action lawsuit.

Screw the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers

Around half a million writers will be eligible for a payday of at least $3,000, thanks to a historic $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit that a group of authors brought against Anthropic. This landmark settlement marks the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright law, but this isn’t a victory for authors — it’s yet another win for tech companies. Tech giants are racing to amass as much written material as possible to train their LLMs, which power groundbreaking AI chat pro

Trump threatens trade probe after 'discriminatory' EU fines against Google, Apple

US President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation to "nullify" what he said were discriminatory fines being levied by Europe against U.S. tech firms such as Google and Apple . "We cannot let this happen to brilliant and unprecedented American Ingenuity and, if it does, I will be forced to start a Section 301 proceed

Elon Musk's New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince

Hot off of proudly announcing that he had replaced 4,000 people with AI at his company, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff posted a video of Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, calling it a "productivity game-changer." However, going by the 52-second clip, the carmaker has a long way to go until it can successfully have AI-powered bipedal robots replace human jobs. Is this really what will make up a whopping 80 percent of Tesla's value, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised in a tweet earlier this week? In an

YouTube TV is offering a hidden $66 discount — here’s how to get it

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A hidden YouTube TV promotion is offering to take $33 off your monthly bill. The promotion lasts for two months, meaning you can save $66. You’ll need to use a web browser to access the promotion. Earlier this year, YouTube TV raised its subscription price from $72.99 to $82.99. But before this price hike went live, the service offered a six-month-long price lock that allowed users to delay paying that additional $10 per month. While that promotion h

HomeKit Weekly: ULTRALOQ’s new Bolt NFC is built for Apple Home Key

Home Key has been one of my favorite HomeKit features since it launched a few years ago. You never have to dig for keys; you can still get in when your phone battery is dead, and in my experience, it works instantly every time. There is no app to launch or waiting for a Bluetooth connection. The new ULTRALOQ Bolt NFC brings all of that convenience to more homes at a very reasonable price point. Some of my favorite gear eufyCam 2C Upgrade your home security with wireless cameras that includes Ho

Apple’s big India push is paying off in billions

For the last few months, there’s been no lack of news involving Apple and India, from retail to production and everything in between. Now, according to Bloomberg, Tim Cook’s newest bet is starting to pay off. Here are the details. A surge years in the making According to Bloomberg’s sources, Apple saw a 13% bump in revenue from India in the 12 months ending in March, thanks in part to its recent retail expansion in the country. Apple has been aggressively increasing its retail footprint in th

Meta is fixing threads on Threads

Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion. The company has made "several changes that display threaded posts more clearly." These include a new "view more" label that indicates a post is part of a longer thread. This is an easy way to instantly know if someone's thoughts continue past an initial post. Meta There's also a new design element that auto

Amazon greenlights a Life is Strange series adaptation

With Hollywood video game adaptations surging, it was only a matter of time before Life is Strange got the treatment. After all, even platformer and sandbox game adaptations have (shockingly) found success in this new era. A well-written adventure game seems like a much shorter leap. Amazon announced on Friday that Prime Video has ordered a series based on the 2015 game. Like Don't Nod's classic, the series will blend angsty teenage realism with supernatural elements and moral choices. And Amaz

Anthropic will pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle copyright lawsuit with authors

Anthropic will pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit lawsuit brought by authors and publishers. The settlement is the largest-ever payout for a copyright case in the United States. The AI company behind the Claude chatbot reached a settlement in the case last week, but terms of the agreement weren't disclosed at the time. Now, The New York Times reports that the 500,000 authors involved in the case will get $3,000 per work. The case has been closely watched as top

Microsoft now enforces MFA on Azure Portal sign-ins for all tenants

Microsoft says it has been enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Portal sign-ins across all tenants since March 2025. The company's Azure MFA enforcement efforts were announced in May 2024 when Redmond began implementing mandatory MFA for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. One year ago, in August 2024, Microsoft also warned Entra global admins to enable MFA for their tenants by October 15, 2024, to ensure users don't lose access to admin portals. After comple

I got to see Eufy's stair climbing robot at IFA (and more new Anker products)

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. From pet robots to way more robot mowers than the world needs, IFA features some of the coolest tech we'll see all year. Companies use the event to showcase new products and the latest innovations they're working on, and Anker delivered some exciting updates. Also: The coolest gadgets I've seen at IFA 2025 (including ones you can actually buy) Marswalker: A stair-climbing robot Maria Diaz/ZDNET Part of the appeal of e

Making a Font of My Handwriting

Recently I’ve been on a small campaign to try to make my personal website more… personal. Little ways to make it obvious it’s mine and personal, not just another piece of the boring corporate dystopia that is most of the web these days. I don’t quite want to fully regress to the Geocities era and fill the screen with animated under construction GIFs, but I do want to capture some of that vibe. I’d added some bits and pieces along those lines: floating images in articles now look like they’re st

Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo Are Both Downplaying Their Rumored Marvel Futures

Two massive, massive Marvel movies are set to release in 2026, and, according to two massive, massive actors, they may not be included. This week, both Mark Ruffalo and Ryan Reynolds downplayed rumors of their appearances in next year’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday, respectively, but we aren’t quite buying it. To recap, earlier this year, news broke that Mark Ruffalo would be returning as Hulk in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, set for release July 31, 2026. That has yet to be of