Wave Cash App’s Magic Wand to Pay for Stuff

You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It’s the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.

Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats

I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.

Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off

Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.

Partiful Is Putting Ticket Payments on Its Platform

In the social event planner’s first major move toward monetization, Partiful is getting ticketing directly in the app.

Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget

Opal, the company famous for making a fancy webcam, has pivoted to making other consumer electronics. Fueled by big investments from OpenAI and Samsung, it’s working on an audio gadget first.

Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Dell, Microsoft, and others are unveiling new laptops to compete directly with the Neo, but not all are learning the right lessons from Apple.

Is the Ferrari Luce’s Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In

The first electric Ferrari is already this year’s most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV’s design makes sense, and where it doesn’t add up.

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Google’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.

Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It

Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft’s Project Helix.