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Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits

wired.com Makena Kelly 2026-03-23 08:32:32

Democratic senators have concerns that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could break the Social Security Administration’s tech infrastructure. In a new letter addressed to SSA commissioner Frank Bisignano, senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden say that DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” Social Security IT systems could disrupt the delivery of benefits or result in mass data losses. The warning comes after WIRED reported in March that DOGE officials were planning to rebui

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A Deep Learning Alternative Can Help AI Agents Gameplay the Real World

wired.com Will Knight 2026-03-23 10:30:38

A new machine learning approach that draws inspiration from the way the human brain seems to model and learn about the world has proven capable of mastering a number of simple video games with impressive efficiency. The new system, called Axiom, offers an alternative to the artificial neural networks that are dominant in modern AI. Axiom, developed by a software company called Verse AI, is equipped with prior knowledge about the way objects physically interact with each other in the game world.

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How Waymo Handles Footage From Events Like the LA Immigration Protests

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2026-03-23 13:39:25

Thousands of people across the United States poured into the streets this week to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies, joining a nationwide wave of resistance that began in Los Angeles. One of the most widely shared images from the city, where federal authorities have sent almost 5,000 active-duty Marines and National Guard members, is of five Waymo robotaxis that were vandalized and set on fire. The incident has become one of the most recognizable symbols of the demonstratio

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An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories

wired.com Jason Parham 2026-03-23 13:56:40

Imagine, for a moment, that your most clandestine internet searches—anxiety-riddled deep dives on WebMD, Google queries wondering if your cat is trying to kill you, or why farts smell the way they do—were the key to finding a soulmate. Would you sign up for a dating site that guaranteed connection in return for your browser history? For more than a decade, developers have tried to perfect the science of compatibility. Tinder promised infinite swipes. Bumble let women make the first move. Feeld

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My Virtual Avatar No Longer Looks Terrible in the Apple Vision Pro

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2026-03-23 14:07:16

Remember Apple’s Vision Pro? That's the $3,499 mixed reality headset the company launched early in 2024 that failed to garner much public interest. Apple has steamed ahead with updates for the platform over the past year, and soon there will be a new version upgrade: visionOS 26. (Apple announced at WWDC it was changing the way it named its operating systems to match the following year.) I got a chance to try out a few of the new capabilities, but two stuck out to me more than the others. First

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The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

wired.com Molly Taft 2026-03-23 14:36:25

The US Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back emissions standards for power plants, the second-largest source of CO 2 emissions in the country, on Wednesday, claiming that the American power sector does not “contribute significantly” to air pollution. “The bottom line is that the EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says Ryan Maher, a staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. The announcement comes just days after the National Oceanic and Atmospher

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You can own a functional version of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures for $750

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-03-23 11:24:25

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Jeff Koons, best known for his Balloon Dog sculptures that have sold for as much as $58 million, has collaborated with Lexon Design and The Broad museum in Los Angeles to make his iconic artworks more functional and accessible. Available for preorder through Lexon’s website starting June 17th are a new 11-inch tall Balloon Dog Speaker and Balloo

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Apple’s updated parental controls will require kids to get permission to text new numbers

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-03-23 13:06:43

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple is introducing a suite of updated child safety features, including one that will give parents more control over who their kids can communicate with. The features are set to arrive with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26, which will launch this fall. Children will now be required to get parental approval when they want to communicate

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Meta’s new AI video tool can put you in a desert (or at least try to)

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-23 13:20:36

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Meta is launching new video editing tools that will let you transform videos using AI. The tool, which is only free for a “limited time,” gives you more than 50 preset prompts you can use to edit your video, allowing you to set a theme, change the background, and tweak what you’re wearing. The presets are presented similarly to how you would choose

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Reddit is looking for a new product boss

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-03-23 13:22:50

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit’s first-ever chief product officer, Pali Bhat, is leaving the company in “the coming months,” spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed to The Verge. Bhat, a former Google executive, joined Reddit in October 2021. “His tenure was about as clear pre / post test as we could run,” CEO Steve Huffman said in an internal message about the change provided by Rathschmidt. “He dev

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The best robot vacuum and mop to buy right now

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-03-23 13:56:32

Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as effective as good ol’ manual labor, if you run them regularly, they will help keep your floors cleaner with much less effort on your part. The difference is that newer “combo” robot vacuum and mop models are designed to actually scrub your floors. The first robot vacuums that could also “mop” simply slapped a thin, flat microfiber pad on the bot that kind of Swiffer-ed

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The best Nintendo Switch controllers to buy right now

theverge.com Quentyn Kennemer 2026-03-23 14:41:43

The Nintendo Switch 2 is here, but we can’t just forget about the original Switch. We’ve still got love for the console, and its many millions of owners, so we’ll keep recommending the best controllers for the Switch right here. Now, you may already know that the best Switch controllers aren’t the ones that come with the console. The removable Joy-Cons included with all non-Lite Switch consoles are convenient, given they can be detached for wireless use, but their tiny shape doesn’t do them man

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Google will reduce Pixel 6A battery capacity due to overheating issues

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-03-23 15:10:39

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Earlier this year, Google shipped a Pixel 4A update to some owners that lowered battery life to mitigate overheating risk, and soon, it’s going to do the same for the Pixel 6A. “A subset of Pixel 6A phones will require a mandatory software update to reduce the risk of potential battery overheating,” Google’s Alex Moriconi says in a statement to The Verge. “The update will ena

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Apple Home is expanding its energy management features

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-03-23 15:34:22

Apple’s smart home didn’t get a single nod during the WWDC keynote, but it turns out there are some interesting developments coming to the Home app around energy management. In a video posted to the Apple developer site this week, the company outlined its new EnergyKit framework, which allows developers to integrate energy data from Apple Home in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 to reduce or shift the electricity usage of their devices to prioritize cleaner and/or less expensive energy. So, for example, yo

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Meta’s V-JEPA 2 model teaches AI to understand its surroundings

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-03-23 09:54:09

Meta on Wednesday unveiled its new V-JEPA 2 AI model, a “world model” that is designed to help AI agents understand the world around them. V-JEPA 2 is an extension of the V-JEPA model that Meta released last year, which was trained on over 1 million hours of video. This training data is supposed to help robots or other AI agents operate in the physical world, understanding and predicting how concepts like gravity will impact what happens next in a sequence. These are the kinds of common sense

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AirPods Pro 3 could be on the way

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-03-23 10:19:42

In Brief Apple didn’t unveil new hardware during Monday’s WWDC 2025, but we could still be getting updated AirPods soon. According to Steve Moser of MacRumors, the code for the developer’s beta of iOS 26 mentions the AirPods Pro 3 alongside mentions of AirPods Pro and AirPods Pro 2. This suggests that the AirPods Pro 3 could be coming soon, which would make sense, because the AirPods Pro 2 have been out for almost 3 years. Apple has also included phrasing like “AirPods Pro 2 or later” in some

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Jewel Burks Solomon’s Collab Capital has closed a new $75M fund

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-03-23 10:30:00

Collab Capital announced today the close of a $75 million Fund II. Jewel Burks Solomon, who rose to prominence in Silicon Valley during her years running Google for Startups US, has just closed her second fund for her VC firm Collab Capital. Fund II is $75 million and includes heavyweight limited partners like Apple, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and The Leon Levine Foundation. Solomon co-founded the firm alongside Barry Givens in 2020 with an inaugural $50 million Fund I and invested in 38

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ChatGPT will avoid being shut down in some life-threatening scenarios, former OpenAI researcher claims

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-23 10:30:00

Former OpenAI research leader Steven Adler published a new independent study on Wednesday claiming that, in certain scenarios, his former employer’s AI models will go to great lengths to try to avoid being shut down. In a blog post, Adler describes a series of experiments he ran on OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model, the default model available in ChatGPT, to test the AI’s tendency to favor its own self-preservation, even if it’s at the expense of a user’s safety. In one test, Adler instructed GPT-4

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Snapchat rolls out a new $8.99 Lens+ subscription tier

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-03-23 11:54:14

Snapchat on Wednesday announced the launch of a new Snapchat+ tier called “Lens+.” The new tier costs $8.99 per month and, as its name suggests, is centered around giving users access to exclusive Lenses and AR experiences. In addition to giving users access to the perks unlocked with the standard $3.99 per month Snapchat+ tier, Lens+ gives users the ability to use hundreds of Lenses that let you “play, create, and share Snaps” with others, the company says. “We’re starting with Lenses built b

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How to delete your 23andMe data

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-03-23 11:59:39

DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection in March, sparking concerns about what could happen to the genetic data of the company’s 15 million customers. Pharmaceutical giant Regeneron announced in May that it was buying the genetic testing company for $256 million following a bankruptcy auction. While the company has said it will maintain 23andMe’s privacy practices, it also stated that it would use the 23andMe data to aid the discovery of new drugs. When 23andMe filed for ba

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Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2026-03-23 13:01:41

In Brief Wikipedia has reportedly paused an experiment that used AI to summarize articles on its platform after editors pushed back. Wikipedia announced earlier this month it was going to run the experiment for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed and chose to opt in, according to 404 Media. AI-generated summaries appeared at the top of every Wikipedia article with a yellow “unverified” label. Users had to click to expand and read them. Editors almost immediately criticize

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At WWDC, Apple says it will use AI to tag apps to improve discoverability on the App Store

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-03-23 13:17:33

Apple will begin using AI technology to power the discovery of apps on the App Store, the company announced at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25). In a session focused on updates to App Store Connect, its app distribution platform for developers, the company announced it will introduce App Store Tags — labels that highlight specific features and functionalities found in an app. These tags will initially be generated by Apple’s large language models using various sources, lik

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US government’s vaccine website defaced with AI-generated content

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-03-23 13:36:03

In Brief A U.S. government website designed to inform the public about vaccines has been defaced and now hosts apparently AI-generated spam. The domain, which belongs to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), appears to have been hosting the same kind of content — mostly gay-themed and LGBTQ+ posts — since at least May 12, according to an archived version of the site. It’s unclear who is responsible for it, or what is the purpose of this defacement other than pushing AI-gener

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Fervo Energy lands $206M in financing to build massive geothermal power plant

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-23 13:31:35

Geothermal frontrunner Fervo Energy said Wednesday that it had secured $206 million in financing to continue work on a new power plant in Utah. The startup is developing what promises to be the largest enhanced geothermal power plant in the world. The initial phase of Cape Station is expected to come online next year and produce 100 megawatts of electricity, and a subsequent expansion set to open in 2028 will add another 400 megawatts. Enhanced geothermal, which runs deeper and hotter than tra

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All of the new features coming to Apple’s iOS apps

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-03-23 13:39:00

At WWDC 2025 on Monday, Apple unveiled a series of new features that will launch with iOS 26 this fall across its apps. These include significant updates like Call Screening, more travel-friendly features in Wallet, and highly requested group chat features in Messages. Some of these updates include Apple Intelligence, like Live Translation. Others, like Apple bringing back tabs in the Photos app, just make devices a bit easier to use. We’ll update this post as new features come out. Phone Cal

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Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-03-23 14:40:15

In Brief Los Angeles-based Coco Robotics, a startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday. The funding round included angel investors Sam Altman and Max Altman, both returning investors, in addition to VC firms like Pelion Venture Partners and Offline Ventures, among others. This brings the company’s total funding to more than $120 million. The company last raised a $36 million Series A round in 2021. Coco’s zero-emissions robots can hold 90 liters’

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Google, Meta execs blast Europe over strict AI regulation as Big Tech ups the ante

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-11-17 14:42:01

Dado Ruvic | Reuters STOCKHOLM — Executives at U.S. tech giants Google and Meta said that Europe's artificial intelligence industry is being held back by excessive regulation, adding to rhetoric from Donald Trump's administration that the region's strict tech rules are choking innovation. Speaking at the Techarena tech conference in Stockholm, Sweden, public policy chiefs at both Google and Meta used the stage as a platform to voice their concerns about the bloc's strict approach to regulating

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Which iPhone 16 Model Should You Buy?

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-11-17 21:23:02

In a surprising twist, Apple has expanded the iPhone 16 range months after launch with the new iPhone 16e. Unlike the iPhone SE it replaced, the iPhone 16e is a part of the “iPhone 16 family,” according to Tim Cook. That means you have a staggering five different iPhone 16 models to choose from: iPhone 16e, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max, and they range from $599 unlocked to $1,199. If you're planning to upgrade and aren't sure which model is right for you, don'

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says market got it wrong about DeepSeek’s impact

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-11-18 00:36:00

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the market got it wrong when it comes to DeepSeek’s technological advancements and its potential to negatively impact the chipmaker’s business. Instead, Huang called DeepSeek’s R1 open source reasoning model “incredibly exciting” while speaking with Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks, in a pre-recorded interview that was released on Thursday. “I think the market responded to R1, as in, ‘Oh my gosh. AI is finished,’” Huang told Bouzari. “You know,

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Google may be about to face some actual consequences for promoting its own stuff

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 02:12:03

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR EU regulators want to see Google Search stop prioritizing Google services over those offered by third parties. Last fall Google tested removing rich hotel booking options from Search, but soon abandoned that effort. Now the EU may be about to formally charge Google for violating Digital Markets Act anti-competition rules. Google’s pretty much always facing legal or regulatory obstacles from somewhere, and over the years we’ve seen the company bob and

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