The Camp Snap CS-8 doesn’t care about frame rates, bit rates, or whether your footage is stabilized to unerring levels of steadiness. It doesn’t want to replace your iPhone or compete with your mirrorless camera setup. What it offers instead is something far simpler and more deliberate: the feeling of shooting video for the sake… Continue reading Camp Snap CS-8 Review: Simple Video Capture
Author: Wired Magazine
I Tried the Best At-Home Pet DNA Test Kits on My Two Cats (2025)
If You Have a Dog, Consider These Kits I don’t have a dog, so I didn’t try these at-home DNA test kits for dogs, but these are the kits specifically for dogs from Basepaws and Wisdom Panel, the two companies I’ve tested for my cats. Basepaws Dog DNA Test Wisdom Panel Breed Discovery Dog DNA… Continue reading I Tried the Best At-Home Pet DNA Test Kits on My Two Cats (2025)
Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag
When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, it told software engineers the model was designed to be a “true coding collaborator” that excels at generating high-quality code and performing agentic, or automated, software tasks. While the company didn’t say so explicitly, OpenAI appeared to be taking direct aim at Anthropic’s Claude Code, which has quickly become… Continue reading Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
The tech industry is reeling from President Trump’s surprising new deal with Nvidia. Earlier this week, Trump said he would allow the company to continue selling its H20 chips to China in exchange for a 15 percent share of the revenues. “The H20 is obsolete. You know, it’s one of those things, but it still… Continue reading Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
Alan Estevez was sitting at his dining room table wearing a T-shirt when Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo called on Zoom to ask if he wanted to be the Biden administration’s top export control official. “You’re going to have to sell me on this,” Estevez recalls telling her. It was 2021, and the outspoken New… Continue reading Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
In recent weeks, three of the leading American artificial intelligence firms have announced partnerships with the US government, promising the use of their services to federal workers for a paltry sum. Elon Musk’s xAI was supposed to be part of the initiative, but a planned partnership fell apart after the Grok chatbot spouted antisemitic conspiracy… Continue reading xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
The Apple Watch Is Finally Getting Blood Oxygen Sensing Back
If you have an Apple Watch Series 9, 10, or Ultra Watch 2 that you bought in the US in the past year, you’ll finally get the blood oxygen sensing feature back via a software update later today, according to Apple. To make sure you get the feature, update your paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1… Continue reading The Apple Watch Is Finally Getting Blood Oxygen Sensing Back
Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process
In a reel shared to Instagram on February 14, an account identifying itself with a group called The 13th Northeast Guerillas put out a call to prospective recruits in Vermont and New Hampshire. What they advertised was fairly benign on its surface: fitness, community, preparation, survivalist training. The video was set to the tune of… Continue reading Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a… Continue reading OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google
United States senator Maggie Hassan is pressing major data brokers after an investigation by The Markup/CalMatters and copublished by WIRED found at least 35 firms hid opt-out information from search results, making it harder for people to take control of their own data and safeguard their privacy online. Hassan, the top Democrat on the Joint… Continue reading Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google