Tech & Ai

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Wordle today: The answer and hints for July 30, 2025

Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer....

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of those exemptions are for agricultural...

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest

American warfighters need jam-proof communications, and the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions to ensure they have them. As part of that effort, the service established...

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

How to make your robot vacuum work better: 3 setup tips

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven’t set their very capable robot vacuum up...

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid

More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged period of stress,...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation

AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Google Chrome adds online store reviews to help you know if they’re legit

If you’re an experienced online shopper, then you know what it’s like to question a site’s legitimacy. It’s common to come across something cool — or something you’ve been...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

The 37 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (July 2025)

Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ has found its feet. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round

Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in funding, valuing the large language model developer at $170 billion, Bloomberg reported. Iconiq Capital is...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Move over, Labubu: Pop Mart’s Crybaby Shiny Shiny series takes center stage

You’ve seen Labubu all over your social media feeds, but now it’s Crybaby’s time to shine. One of Pop Mart’s cult-favorite characters, Crybaby is everything its name suggests: soft,...