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OpenAI introduces AI-generated pets for its Codex app
It's like Microsoft's Clippy, but useful.
Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta...
Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices
Spirit Airlines planes are parked on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 02, 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | Getty Images The ultra-low-cost air carrier...
Tesla starts selling Chinese-made Model 3s in Canada at the EV’s lowest price ever
The cars made at the Giga Shanghai factory start at $39,490 CAD, or roughly $29,000 in USD for a Model 3 Premium Rear-Wheel Drive variant.
Aura’s delightful Aspen photo frame is on sale for $30 off this weekend
The Aura Aspen offers a bright, vivid display that looks surprisingly lifelike for a digital photo frame. | Image: Aura Aura’s digital frames are kind of like living photo albums that get better...
Meta acquires robotics AI startup as it makes the push into humanoid machines
The company has purchased Assured Robot Intelligence, whose staff is joining Meta's Superintelligence Labs.
Anker’s discounted 2-in-1 USB-C cable is a great way to spend $15
I’ll never stop gushing about 2-in-1 USB-C cables. They’re really nice to have because, at this point, I’ve amassed so many devices that charge via USB-C. It’s also common for more than one to need...
Playing Esoteric Ebb is like rolling the dice with a great DM
It took me a while to get into Esoteric Ebb, a new CRPG from developer Christoffer Bodegård. The elevator pitch is basically Disco Elysium, but in the fantasy style of Dungeons & Dragons:...
The things we’re building
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Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy
This is what gene therapy can do in 2026. | Svetlana Repnitskaya/Getty Images In a lab room, a toddler, deaf from birth, sits while a tone plays. There’s no reaction. His face does not...