As if things werenât embarrassing enough for national security adviser Michael Waltz, what with inviting a journalist into a private policy group chat and all, Wired discovered that his Venmo account was wide open, revealing the names of âhundreds of Waltzâs personal and professional associates.â […]
Year: 2025
Watch today’s Nintendo Direct here at 10AM ET
Just a few days ahead of Nintendo’s big Switch 2 deep dive on April 2, the company is switching gears with an earlier surprise Direct presentation today, March 27, at 10AM ET. You can watch the stream above as it happens. The video will run […]
Vizio All-in-One Soundbar (SV210D-0806) Review: Cheap Thrill
Vizio’s minimalist new budget bar cuts the frills, keeps the fun.
NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack
NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed. It’s half the fine that the Information Commissioner’s Office had initially […]
Instagram now lets you speed up reels just like on TikTok
Meta-owned Instagram is copying yet another feature from TikTok. This time, it’s the ability for users to play a reel at 2x speed by long pressing on the right or left side of their screen. When TikTok first launched, videos could only be 15-seconds long. […]
Manta Sound Sleep Mask Review: A Must-Have for Insomnia
Fall asleep anywhere with this excellent sleep mask and its built-in headphones.
Nintendo’s news app launches with a tiny Switch 2 leak
While we expected to find out much more about Nintendo’s next game system next week during the Switch 2 Direct event on April 2nd, a tiny new detail has been confirmed in this promo image for the new Nintendo Today news app. One of the […]
Republicans are still pushing for child safety laws, while Democrats wonder if a weakened FTC can enforce them
Members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss what’s typically a highly bipartisan topic: protecting kids online. But in a far-from-typical political climate, the mood was tense and confrontational. Republican lawmakers are eager to revive a handful of bipartisan bills like […]
The open source Model Context Protocol was just updated — here’s why it’s a big deal
An updated version of the MCP spec introduced key upgrades to make AI agents more secure, capable and interoperable.
Island lands $250M in funding at a $4.8B valuation
Enterprise browser startup Island just raised a sizable funding round — one that bumps up its valuation significantly, and less than one year after its last fundraise. Dallas-based Island raised $250 million in a Series E round led by Coatue that valued the company at […]