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This week, we talk about the looming TikTok ban and what it means for the politicians and influencers who regularly post on the platform.

Conspiracies about outside forces funding and orchestrating the university protests at Columbia and NYU have taken hold online, primarily on X.

Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google.

US senators have called for fresh scrutiny of crypto’s role in paying for child sexual abuse imagery online, a problem that they say has worsened.

Add extra security and privacy to your smart home gadgets, streaming boxes, and every device in your house by running a virtual private network on your router.

Want a robot vacuum that mops, but don’t want damp pads dragged on your carpet? The Dreame X30 Ultra is the pricey solution.

I regret to inform you that $800 is a decent price for Eufy’s midrange AI-enabled robot vacuum-mop.

Cleaning your coffee grinder is a bit of a chore, but doing so will greatly improve the taste of your daily cup. It’s also way easier than you’d think.

Spruce up that home, yard, and garage with deals on everything from power tools to lawn gear while you still can.

This week, we probe each other’s knowledge of common acronyms from the early internet, the mobile era, and the AI boom. So fire up your LLM, send an RCS, and tell your BBS pals the game is afoot.

President Joe Biden may have signed the TikTok ban bill into law, but his campaign is still active on the Chinese-owned app.

WIRED found thousands of ads running on Meta’s social platforms promoting sexually explicit “AI girlfriend" apps. Some human sex workers say the platform unfairly polices their own posts more harshly.

Atlus promises its next game, out later this year, will be a culmination of all of its beloved RPGs.

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.

TikTok says it plans to challenge the law that could ban it in the US in court. Experts think it's got a fighting chance.

In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.

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