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Brenna Huckaby Starter Pack: Paralympic Winter Games 2026

BOUTAYNA CHOKRANE

How this four-time Paralympic medalist controls her controllables under the spotlight.

Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.

What Is Thread? Matter’s Smart Home Network Protocol, Explained

SIMON HILL

Thread is a mesh networking protocol that connects low-power smart home gadgets, and it’s one of Matter’s underlying technologies.

The Best Flower Delivery Services of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

BOUTAYNA CHOKRANE

Skip the sad grocery store bouquet this Valentine’s Day. These online flower delivery services do the heavy lifting for you—just don't forget the card.

Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

IVAN MEHTA

The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million users three months earlier.

These 10 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested (2026)

MOLLY HIGGINS

We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.

ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI

REBECCA BELLAN

ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI, as OpenAI, Google, and Apple push conversational systems into wearables, new hardware, and everyday interactions.

Substack confirms data breach affecting email addresses and phone numbers

IVAN MEHTA

Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn't discovered until early February.

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis

RUSSELL BRANDOM

Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises.

Motorola Moto Watch Review: Polar-Powered

ADRIENNE SO

Motorola partnered with Polar to make an Android smartwatch that delivers improved fitness stats.

Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM

Valve says it still hopes to ship both devices "in the first half of the year."

Increase of AI bots on the Internet sparks arms race

WILL KNIGHT, WIRED

Publishers are rolling out more aggressive defenses.

Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans

ZACK WHITTAKER

The ransomware attack at Conduent allowed hackers to steal a "significant number of individuals’ personal information" from the govtech giant's systems. Conduent handles personal and health data of more than 100 million people across America.

Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric

TIM DE CHANT

The administration's $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China's influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy.

Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work

TIM DE CHANT

The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch.