Honorable Mentions Photograph: GettyImages There are dozens of sleeping pads on the market and we’ve tested most of them over the years. While none of these made our top picks, here are some more pads we’ve used and enjoyed. Sea to Summit Ether Light XT for $150: At just 17.3 ounces for the regular, the… Continue reading Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed
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AI Brown-Nosing Is Becoming a Huge Problem for Society
When Sam Altman announced an April 25 update to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o model, he promised it would improve “both intelligence and personality” for the AI model. The update certainly did something to its personality, as users quickly found they could do no wrong in the chatbot’s eyes. Everything ChatGPT-4o spat out was filled with an overabundance… Continue reading AI Brown-Nosing Is Becoming a Huge Problem for Society
Lawmakers Want to Cut Low-Income Schoolchildren Off from the Internet
This week, the Senate voted to shutter a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that provides free internet for low-income children, which could risk cutting them off from tools they need to do homework. As Ars Technica reports, the GOP-controlled Senate voted along party lines to repeal the late Biden-era initiative that lends out free Wi-Fi hotspots to… Continue reading Lawmakers Want to Cut Low-Income Schoolchildren Off from the Internet
Chinese Tech Giant Wants to Translate Your Cat’s Meows Using AI
I can has cheeseburger? Doodle Translate Chinese tech company Baidu is working on an artificial intelligence-based translation system that could finally decode the greatest language mystery in the world: your cat’s meows. As Reuters reports, the company filed a patent with the China National Intellectual Property Administration proposing an AI-powered system to translate animal sounds.… Continue reading Chinese Tech Giant Wants to Translate Your Cat’s Meows Using AI
Wind Farms Accused of Stealing Each Others’ Wind
You can’t own the wind, but you can, apparently, “steal” it. Enter “wind theft” — a phenomenon that wind farms across Europe are encountering as more of these renewable power plants pop up across the continent, the BBC reports. As powerful and vast as the currents of air that wrap our planet may be, it turns out… Continue reading Wind Farms Accused of Stealing Each Others’ Wind
The FDA Will Use AI to Accelerate Approving Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration just announced that it will immediately start using AI across all of its centers, after completing a new generative AI pilot for scientific reviewers. Supposedly, the AI tool will speed up the FDA’s drug review process by reducing the time its scientists have to spend doing tedious, repetitive tasks —… Continue reading The FDA Will Use AI to Accelerate Approving Drugs
What lies beneath: filming gators in Florida springs
This wildlife filmmaker documents the unseen beauty of freshwater ecosystems If you’re like me, you’ve been anxiously searching for any relief from the Bad News™ and endless stream of AI slop plaguing your feed. Joseph Ricketts’ breathtaking wildlife videos could be the antidote. An alligator taking a nap on the floor of a crystal clear… Continue reading What lies beneath: filming gators in Florida springs
United’s Starlink-powered Wi-Fi signals the end of airplane mode
The new gate-to-gate experience offers blistering fast Wi-Fi speeds, slower upload speeds, and low enough latency to make video calls possible (but not encouraged). The new gate-to-gate experience offers blistering fast Wi-Fi speeds, slower upload speeds, and low enough latency to make video calls possible (but not encouraged). Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with… Continue reading United’s Starlink-powered Wi-Fi signals the end of airplane mode
The one controller to (almost) rule them all
Plus, in this week’s Installer: The new Surface looks great, Peacock’s best show is back, a big Whoop upgrade, and more. Plus, in this week’s Installer: The new Surface looks great, Peacock’s best show is back, a big Whoop upgrade, and more. David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience… Continue reading The one controller to (almost) rule them all
Clean Technica: A New Tesla? No, Here Comes Faraday Future (Eventually)004014
Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! The world of automotive social media pricked up its ears last week when someone spotted a new and different Tesla EV prototype in the wild, under camouflage.… Continue reading Clean Technica: A New Tesla? No, Here Comes Faraday Future (Eventually)004014