If TikTok doomscrolling wasn’t bad enough, it now serves an emoji game in DMs

TikTok has rolled out a secret emoji game in DMs globally, letting users challenge friends without ever leaving the app.

Why the Los Angeles Fire Department just added 30 electric motorcycles to its fleet
Why the Los Angeles Fire Department just added 30 electric motorcycles to its fleet

The Los Angeles Fire Department is adding a new tool to its emergency response arsenal, and it’s not your typical fire truck. The department is rolling out 30 new ERidePro electric motorcycles designed to serve as fast, highly mobile medical response u…

Baidu’s robotaxis froze in traffic, creating chaos
Baidu’s robotaxis froze in traffic, creating chaos

Numerous robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu froze in a major city on Tuesday, reportedly trapping passengers inside, stranding them on highways, and causing at least one accident in snarled traffic. Police in Wuhan confirmed receiving multiple reports of Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis stopping in the middle of streets and being unable to move. […]

Intel Wildcat Lake leak sounds like a great news for budget PCs

A new leak suggests Intel’s Wildcat Lake Core 300 lineup with up to six cores and newer graphics could make budget PCs feel a lot less cheap.

Google is prepping a fitness band to beat the screen-less rage that is Whoop

Google is building a screen-less Fitbit band to rival Whoop, and it comes with an AI health coach powered by Gemini.

Next-gen AR tech turns any surface into a touchscreen without any specialized gear

Researchers have found a way to turn any flat surface into a keyboard for AR headsets using your body’s natural reaction to pressure.

Google’s Find Hub website can now locate more devices, even without your phone

Find Hub’s website now lets you locate tags and headphones from any laptop browser, with a cleaner design and handy new device controls thrown in for good measure.

Apple finally teaches Siri to handle more than one thing

Apple is upgrading Siri to handle multiple commands in a single request, making the assistant more efficient and closer to modern AI capabilities.

Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent
Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent

After Anthropic released Claude Code’s 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing the code. The leaked data reportedly contains more than 512,000 lines of code and provides a […]