There’s a short “Apple ❤️ Gemini” segment on the latest Upgrade. Does a good job of covering the pros and cons of Apple partnering with Google on Siri. I’m warming up to the idea.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Podcast: The Underground Trade of Car Hacking Tech
The Flipper Zero is being modified to break into cars; the wave of 80s nostalgia AI slop; and how the Citizen app is using AI to write crime alerts.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes ‘Trillions of Images’ a Month
That dashcam in your car could soon integrate with Flock, the surveillance company providing license plate data to DHS and local police.
WIRED
• Nena Farrell
PopSocket PopCase Kindle Hands-On (2025): Easy Reading
No more DIY additions to get a PopSocket on your Kindle: The PopCase Kindle makes it easy to add any grip onto the case’s built-in MagSafe ring.
Anthropic experiments in using a Chrome extension instead of building their own web browser. Also some good notes about safety. I’m still enjoying Dia, but it does seem like a lot for everyone to create a new browser.
McSweeney’s
• Chris Keilman
The OG Slappy Sando from Slappy Mike’s
Every day, we’re makin’ it slappy here at Slappy Mike’s, and now, we’re finally revealing our secrets. So here’s how we make our crowd favorite: the classic, the one-and-only OG Slappy Sando by Slappy Mike. First, we get ourselves a fresh, crispy fried chicken fillet. We thr...
WIRED
• Christopher Null
Elehear Beyond Pro Review: Big Hearing Aids
With this update, Elehear doubles down on one of the largest hearing aid designs on the market.
How to Be a Purposeful Warrior to Preserve Democracy with Jocelyn Benson
What happens when the Secretary of State becomes a target for standing up to the most powerful person in America? Meet Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's fearless Secretary of State who has faced down violent mobs, presidential threats, and assassination lists—all while protecting d...
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A ChatGPT tragedy is only the beginning
The chatbot mental health crisis is here
WIRED
• Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived
Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI being used to develop ransomware.
WIRED
• Parker Hall
Wahoo Kickr Run Review: a (Mostly) Screen-Free Treadmill
Want to run at your own pace? This treadmill follows your lead.
WIRED
• Molly Higgins
How to Brush Your Pet's Teeth—Veterinarians Weigh In (2025)
We talked to pet experts to find out if brushing is just a pet influencer craze, what products to use for oral health, and how to brush safely without losing a finger.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Frederic Lardinois
Google’s Gemini CLI Agent Comes to Zed
Since it first announced Gemini CLI, Google’s open source AI agent in the terminal, in June, the company worked to
The post Google’s Gemini CLI Agent Comes to Zed appeared first on The New Stack.
WIRED
• Jess Thomson
What It's Like to Work at a Body Farm
The scavengers are tricky, the smells are gross, and your colleagues are corpses. But some people—mostly women!—love this job.
WIRED
• Ritsuko Kawai
NASA’s Largest Satellite Antenna Ever Has Just Unfurled in Space
NISAR, a giant orbiting antenna 39 feet in diameter, will monitor changes to glaciers, forests, and the Earth’s crust, providing data to help improve infrastructure and disaster responses.
WIRED
• Jill Duffy
Worried About Losing Your Job? Pack a Digital Go Bag
It’s now more common for layoffs to happen through account lockouts. Every employee needs to download their most important files from work, and update them periodically.
WIRED
• Taylor Lorenz
A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
The Daily
• The New York Times
Trump’s Takeover of the Fed
President Trump’s decision to try to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board is his most audacious attack yet on the independence of the central bank.
Ben Casselman, chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, discusses why Mr. Trump’s route to contr...
Trump Is Screwing His Voters So Badly that it Shocked This GOP Senator
Thanks to President Trump’s big budget bill, funding has been canceled for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is cutting funding to hundreds of radio stations in rural areas that rely on them for critical information. Speaking to The ...
Review: Google Pixel 10 Series
Review: Google Pixel 10 Series