Category: Technology

“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRED. Source: Wired.

Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet that President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs will be struck down in court. Traders at the firm’s investment…

Questionable Choices to grow in popularity, likely because of the exceptional flexibility they offer to folks who want to switch up their use—shape-shifting among traditional notebook, tablet, and tappable entertainment device forms. The latest device to enter this fray is HP’s OmniBook X Flip, available in both 16-inch and 14-inch versions, the latter of which…

I Tested 100+ Pickleball Paddles to Select the Best at Every Level How I Test Pickleball Paddles I’m not an expert player (I’m somewhere between a 4.0 and a 4.5 on the USAP’s Player Skill Rating), but I’ve now tested more than 100 paddles on indoor and outdoor courts over the past three years. At…

Best Upgrade Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller $84 Amazon $84 Walmart $85 Target $85 Best Buy Like the Joy-Con 2s, there’s a sense of continuity from the original Switch to the new generation’s Pro Controller. At a glance, it’s essentially the same—a more conventional controller in the mold of those used on…

The 9 Best Coolers for Cold Beer on Hot Days The first thing to consider when buying a cooler is how you’re going to use it. If you aren’t heading out for days at a time, you probably don’t need an expensive high-end cooler. All the coolers we’ve recommend above are capable of holding things…

Best Fire Accessories Photograph: Amazon Get a cover. Fire tablets are sturdy enough, but I’ve found the screens do crack quite easily. It’s worth protecting your investment with a cover. Amazon’s covers are nice–they’re not too bulky and provide good protection–but they are expensive. At $30, Fintie’s Folio Cases aren’t much cheaper, but they are…

When, one year ago today, a buggy update to software sold by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down millions of computers around the world and sent them into a death spiral of repeated reboots, the global cost of all those crashed machines was equivalent to one of the worst cyberattacks in history. Some of the…

How to Choose Your Robot Vacuum few years, no other gadget—headphones, electric bicycle, literally anything at all—has improved as dramatically as the humble robot vacuum. The hardware and software have improved beyond all imagining. There are self-emptying bins, multilevel mapping abilities, and all sorts of bells and whistles, like an automated robot arm! Prices on…

Here’s what the experts want you to know before making your first electric bike purchase. Source: Wired.