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Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out

Don't Speak

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out

Scharon Harding, Ars Technica

Designer Ray-Ban Metas, An EV to Mock Tesla, and Portable Pizzas—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Gear Roundup

Designer Ray-Ban Metas, An EV to Mock Tesla, and Portable Pizzas—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Brenda Stolyar

Companies Might Soon Have to Tell You When Their Products Will Die

IOT RIP

Companies Might Soon Have to Tell You When Their Products Will Die

Boone Ashworth

Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It

Everything's Computer

Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It

Jeremy White

Ford Is Sticking With an EV Future—With a Boost From Tesla

Electric Potential

Ford Is Sticking With an EV Future—With a Boost From Tesla

Aarian Marshall

How to Turn Cities Into Biketopias? Make it Harder to Drive There

Do Not Enter

How to Turn Cities Into Biketopias? Make it Harder to Drive There

Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

Google's Latest Pixel Update Lets You Generate Images of People

Gear Roundup

Google's Latest Pixel Update Lets You Generate Images of People

Julian Chokkattu

What’s Driving Tesla’s Woes?

Takedown

What’s Driving Tesla’s Woes?

Carlton Reid

Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call

Talking to the Moon

Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call

Julian Chokkattu

This Goopy Seaweed Slurry Could Make Its Way Into Everything You Eat and Wear

Kelp Wanted

This Goopy Seaweed Slurry Could Make Its Way Into Everything You Eat and Wear

Boone Ashworth

The Weird and Wacky Gadgets We Saw at MWC 2025

MWC 2025

The Weird and Wacky Gadgets We Saw at MWC 2025

Simon Hill and Julian Chokkattu

Apple’s MacBook Air Receives an M4 Upgrade at Last

Air Supply

Apple’s MacBook Air Receives an M4 Upgrade at Last

Brenda Stolyar

Apple Debuts All-New iPad Air With M3 Chip

Light Reading

Apple Debuts All-New iPad Air With M3 Chip

Brenda Stolyar

All the Top New Gadgets at MWC 2025

MWC 2025

All the Top New Gadgets at MWC 2025

Simon Hill and Julian Chokkattu

This Modular Phone Concept Is Xiaomi’s Plan to Kill the Camera Bump

MWC 2025

This Modular Phone Concept Is Xiaomi’s Plan to Kill the Camera Bump

Simon Hill

Lenovo's Latest Laptop Concept Has a Screen That Can Flip and Fold

Tall Screen

Lenovo's Latest Laptop Concept Has a Screen That Can Flip and Fold

Julian Chokkattu

Honor’s New AI Agent Can Read and Understand Your Screen

MWC 2025

Honor’s New AI Agent Can Read and Understand Your Screen

Julian Chokkattu

Samsung's Affordable Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 Will Get 6 Years of Software Updates

Cheap Talk

Samsung's Affordable Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 Will Get 6 Years of Software Updates

Julian Chokkattu

Gear News of the Week: Skype Will Close for Good in May

Gear Roundup

Gear News of the Week: Skype Will Close for Good in May

Julian Chokkattu

The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life

Pin Drop

The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life

Boone Ashworth