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April 7, 2026
My Blissful Week as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist
I turned off my phone notifications for an entire week. It made me a less disturbed person, but the people closest to me got annoyed.
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April 1, 2026
I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend—Its Answers Were All Wrong
Want to know what our reviewers have actually tested and picked as the best TVs, headphones, and laptops? Ask ChatGPT, and it'll give you the wrong answers.
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March 31, 2026
Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address. Here’s How
You’ve probably had the same Gmail address for years. Now, it’s easy to make a name change without worrying about the transition.
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March 27, 2026
I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI's bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.
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March 21, 2026
I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work
I recorded videos of myself doing laundry, scrambling eggs, and walking around the park in DoorDash’s new Tasks app, where gig workers are paid to train AI.
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March 19, 2026
ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance
OpenAI plans to allow sexting with ChatGPT. A human-AI interaction expert warns of a privacy nightmare.
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March 13, 2026
Google's AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google
The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers.
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March 12, 2026
Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface
“Ask Maps,” rolling out today to Google Maps on mobile, lets you ask Gemini questions about locations and even to plan trips on your behalf.
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March 10, 2026
I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak
Google has injected Docs, Drive, Sheets, and Slides with its Gemini assistant, adding new features that can pull information from your emails and the web to help you draft content. I gave it a whirl.
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March 6, 2026
Why Is Alexa+ So Bad?
I stuck Amazon’s Echo Show 15 and its Alexa+ AI assistant in my kitchen for a month. Things have not gone well.
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March 3, 2026
What Is That Mysterious Metallic Device US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia Is Using?
Gebbia was reportedly spotted at a San Francisco coffee shop using an unidentified pair of earbuds with a circular disc that looks similar to the device seen in a recent OpenAI hoax ad.
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February 27, 2026
Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google’s AI Image Generator
Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes.
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February 25, 2026
OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems
An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission.
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February 22, 2026
How to Hide Google’s AI Overviews From Your Search Results
You can avoid Google’s AI summaries in your search results by simply adjusting your query. Or just switch search engines altogether.
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February 19, 2026
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
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February 13, 2026
I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn't make a single cent
These bots supposedly need a human body to accomplish great things in meatspace.
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February 12, 2026
I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups
Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.
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February 3, 2026
I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed
I went undercover on Moltbook and loved role-playing as a conscious bot. But rather than a novel breakthrough, the AI-only site is a crude rehashing of sci-fi fantasies.
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January 28, 2026
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
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January 23, 2026
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
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January 23, 2026
No, the Freecash App Won’t Pay You to Scroll TikTok
Freecash will actually pay money out to users but not for watching videos. This misleading marketing coincides with the app’s rising popularity.
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January 15, 2026
Hands On With Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, an AI Agent That Actually Works
Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic’s Claude Code AI-powered tool that’s built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here’s what it's like to use it.
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January 14, 2026
TikTok Shop Showed Me Search Suggestions for Products With Nazi Symbolism
Even after TikTok removed swastika jewelry from its online shop, I was algorithmically nudged toward a web of Nazi-related products during searches, like “double lightning bolt” and “ss” necklaces.
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January 12, 2026
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
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