One of our favorite hybrid mopping vacs just hit its lowest price yet

Smart Home $499.99 is a great price for a hybrid vacuum and mop with a squircle design that’s great for corners. $499.99 is a great price for a hybrid vacuum and mop with a squircle design that’s great for corners. by Sheena Vasani Oct 8, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC Sheena Vasani writes about tech news,… Continue reading One of our favorite hybrid mopping vacs just hit its lowest price yet

Man Embraces AI at Work, Gets Rewarded by Boss Replacing Him With It

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When your boss insists you to start using AI for your job, do you cave to their demands, or resist using the tech? The reality is that if you’re in a position where you have to ask, you may be doomed either way. We suggest you… Continue reading Man Embraces AI at Work, Gets Rewarded by Boss Replacing Him With It

Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora

Kevin Dietsch / Getty / Futurism OpenAI’s latest text-to-video generating app, Sora 2, exploded onto the scene late last week, quickly devolving into a mind-numbing mess of AI slop. Before OpenAI stemmed the flood with crudely implemented guardrails, users immediately started generating footage featuring copyrighted materials, from SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth to CEO Sam… Continue reading Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora

Elon Musk Building Huge Secretive Facility

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images When talking about the giants dominating the AI game, people tend to consider OpenAI, the massive private company behind ChatGPT, or else Google’s Gemini, or perhaps Microsoft’s Copilot. In other words, no one really thinks about Elon Musk as an AI… Continue reading Elon Musk Building Huge Secretive Facility

Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak

Stefano Rellandini / AFP / Getty Images Many investors and financial experts are concerned that a looming AI bubble could wreak havoc on the economy — but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos can’t wait for it to burst. During a tech conference in Italy last week, Bezos conceded that the AI industry is in a “kind… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” in global financial markets driven by the spending frenzy on artificial intelligence. As Reuters points out, it’s the institution’s clearest warning yet that we could be on the precipice of an AI disaster. “The risk… Continue reading Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

Google Pixel Watch 4 Review: The Best Smartwatch for Android

The caveat is that you cannot see your workout information on the watch if you have this passive method turned on. You can start the workout manually, but if you forget, the watch will not ping you 10 minutes into your workout to ask if you want to start tracking. Some folks may find that… Continue reading Google Pixel Watch 4 Review: The Best Smartwatch for Android

A new iPhone setting will stop CarPlay from stealing your AirPods’ audio

Keep your listening habits private when your wireless headphones connect to your car. Keep your listening habits private when your wireless headphones connect to your car. by Andrew Liszewski Oct 8, 2025, 4:49 PM UTC Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has… Continue reading A new iPhone setting will stop CarPlay from stealing your AirPods’ audio

The problems with AI in the smart home and how Amazon and Google plan to fix them

After years of false starts, the promise of ambient intelligence has arrived, but will it be worth the price? by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Oct 8, 2025, 4:00 PM UTC Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter,… Continue reading The problems with AI in the smart home and how Amazon and Google plan to fix them

Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Elon Musk’s race to dominate our planet’s orbit with his satellite constellations is creating tons of space junk — enough of it, in fact, that we might want to start looking up. According to storied Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, there are now one… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky