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9 Tips to Get More Out of Google Chat

DAVID NIELD

There’s more to Google’s messaging app than you might realize.

Best RGB TVs (2026): My Picks After Testing the Hottest TVs

JOHN BRANDON

RGB TVs are the latest hotness in the world of televisions, and I’ve tested many of the latest models to see which you should buy.

Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?

JUSTIN POT

If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely on remote access or live TV, prepare to tinker.

Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies

IVAN MEHTA

Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.

Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant

SARAH PEREZ

Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, and audiobooks, and more.

Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

ZACK WHITTAKER

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that short-links to the messaging app had "stopped working."

The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

REBECCA BELLAN

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?

Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius

REBECCA BELLAN

Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius's compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source AI technology.

I’m de-influencing you from buying the RingConn 3 (even though it’s pretty)

AMANDA SILBERLING

The RingConn 3 actually looks like real jewelry, not a wearable -- but its fitness tracking and headache detection features are disappointing.

Taco Bell eyed in explosive diarrheal outbreak; leafy greens suspected

BETH MOLE

Health officials have not confirmed a source yet—and there may be multiple sources.

Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol

MADELEINE SPEED

New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.

David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund

JULIE BORT

General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund doesn't make equity investments. It's providing $1 billion for IM8, known for its longevity vitamin drink.

New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium

MOLLY TAFT

“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York’s governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.

Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

The Iranian government exploited well-known flaws in cellphone networks to locate and then strike U.S. military personnel in the build-up and beginning of the war.

New York State halts construction of all new data centers

TIM DE CHANT

New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.