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Innovation & AI

Stanford's 2026 AI Report Card: A+ in Math, F in Telling Time

AI can win math Olympiads but still struggles with analog clocks. Stanford's report breaks down the good, the bad, and the weirdly uneven.

Apr 14Apr 14, 2026Read More

Spotlight

The Internet Archive Is Still Being Locked Out of News Sites

News sites are blocking the Internet Archive's crawler over AI fears.

Apr 13Apr 13, 2026Read More

Innovation & AI

The Gap Between Mythos and a $0.11 Model Isn't as Big as You Think

Claude Mythos aced the UK's hacking tests. But small, cheap models found the same vulnerabilities.

Apr 13Apr 13, 2026Read More

Tech

Where new technology, big ideas, and the people behind them meet.

Gadgets & Gear

The Xiaomi SU7: Fast, Cheap, and Comes With LiDAR

Xiaomi makes phones. Now they make cars too. And this one undercuts Tesla by a lot.

AI

Stanford's 2026 AI Report Card: A+ in Math, F in Telling Time

Apr 14, 2026

The Gap Between Mythos and a $0.11 Model Isn't as Big as You Think

Apr 13, 2026

Project Glasswing: Anthropic's Restricted AI Security Model

Apr 7, 2026

ClawBot: Tencent's OpenClaw Agent Is Coming to WeChat

Mar 23, 2026

OpenAI Is Merging ChatGPT, Codex, and Its Browser Into One App

Mar 20, 2026

Claude Users Talk About AI Like It’s Personal

Mar 19, 2026

Big Deal

512,000 Lines, Malware, and a DMCA Fallout: The Claude Code Leak Explained

Apr 4, 2026

Google, Microsoft, and Friends Are Sharing Scam Intel

Mar 16, 2026

Nvidia Is Spending $26B to Train Its Own AI Models

Mar 12, 2026

Big Tech Is Owning More of the Pipeline Now

Feb 9, 2026

SpaceX Is Stacking Launch, Bandwidth, and Compute Under One Roof

Feb 3, 2026

Apple Picks Google’s Gemini for Siri

Jan 13, 2026

Financial

Hong Kong Grants First Stablecoin Licenses to Two Major Banks

Hong Kong just granted its first stablecoin licenses. Only two approvals from 36 applicants.

Key Players

7 Fintech Companies To Watch In 2026

Feb 24, 2026

Polymarket Brings Prediction Markets Into the WSJ Orbit

Jan 10, 2026

Fintech Giants Are Folding Crypto Into Payments

Jan 9, 2026

Binance Names Yi He Co-CEO

Dec 6, 2025

Synapse: Powering Startups with Banking-as-a-Service

Nov 25, 2025

Plaid: The Unsung Hero Powering Fintech Connectivity

Nov 25, 2025

Blockchain & Crypto

Bitcoin Miners Lose $19,000 on Every Coin

Apr 11, 2026

Drift Protocol Loses $285 Million in Crypto Heist

Apr 9, 2026

Study Finds $143M in Suspicious Polymarket Trades

Mar 30, 2026

Kalshi Is Blocking Insiders Before They Can Bet

Mar 24, 2026

PayPal Expands PYUSD to 70 Countries

Mar 19, 2026

Prediction Markets Are Targeting US College Students Now

Mar 7, 2026

Code

Modern software, from logic to security.

Apps & Software

Copilot Ads in Pull Requests? GitHub Backtracks After Backlash

GitHub disabled Copilot product tips after users found ads disguised as helpful comments in pull requests.

Upskill

The Art of the Good Error Message

Apr 8, 2026

Build a Lightweight AI Agent That Can Use APIs

Mar 9, 2026

Reading Other People’s Code Without Hating It

Feb 26, 2026

Prompt Engineering for Humans: An Intro

Feb 5, 2026

WebAssembly for People Who Code

Jan 29, 2026

Reading Stack Traces Properly

Jan 28, 2026

Beginner Guides

How to Read a Stack Trace (Without Your Eyes Glazing Over)

Apr 8, 2026

What Is an API? A Visual Guide to How Apps Talk to Each Other

Mar 9, 2026

Learning SQL With a Small Dataset

Feb 10, 2026

Top Programming Languages Worth Learning in 2026

Jan 22, 2026

React or Not? Picking a Frontend Framework in 2026

Jan 21, 2026

JavaScript Async/Await for Beginners: No Callbacks Needed

Jan 7, 2026

Cybersecurity

Axios npm Package Backdoored in Supply Chain Attack

Axios versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 were backdoored in a supply chain attack that delivered cross-platform malware.

Secure Habits

Your Public Wi-Fi Habit Is Risky

Apr 6, 2026

That App Doesn't Need to Know Where You Are

Mar 22, 2026

How to Spot a Phishing Website in Seconds

Mar 9, 2026

The “If My Phone Was Stolen Right Now” Test

Mar 1, 2026

Your 15-Minute Sunday Security Reset

Feb 22, 2026

Your Device Is Listening. Or Is It?

Feb 15, 2026

Privacy & Compliance

Perplexity Sent User Conversations to Google and Meta, Lawsuit Alleges

Apr 3, 2026

Netflix Ordered to Refund Subscribers in Italy

Apr 3, 2026

iOS 26.4 Requires ID for UK Users: Apple's First in Europe

Mar 26, 2026

Amazon Blocks Perplexity’s AI Shopping Tool in Court

Mar 14, 2026

TikTok Says No to E2EE in DMs, Citing Safety Concerns

Mar 4, 2026

UK Orders Deletion of Largest Court Reporting Database

Feb 17, 2026

Culture

Trends, stories, places and the world changing around us.

Spotlight

This Week in Tech: A $285M Heist, South Korea's Free Internet, France Leaves Windows + More

A $285M DeFi heist, basic internet for South Korea, and France finally leaves Windows. Here's what we picked for this week.

Right Now

The Internet Archive Is Still Being Locked Out of News Sites

Apr 13, 2026

PS5 Price Hike: $650 for Standard, $900 for Pro Starting April 2

Mar 28, 2026

Apple Discontinues Mac Pro, Ends Intel Era

Mar 27, 2026

OpenAI Is Pulling the Plug on Sora

Mar 26, 2026

Meta and YouTube Ordered to Pay $3M in Landmark Social Media Ruling

Mar 25, 2026

Your Galaxy S26 Can Finally AirDrop to an iPhone

Mar 23, 2026

Showtime

Xbox Holding Surprise Showcase This Week

Apr 12, 2026

Peter Parker Tries Again in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer

Mar 19, 2026

Want Sci-Fi This Weekend? Start With These

Mar 14, 2026

Sony Plans Fresh Reboot Of Spider‑Man Universe

Feb 25, 2026

Sci-Fi Movies You Can See in Theaters This Week

Feb 7, 2026

Netflix Is Changing How Stories Get Made

Jan 20, 2026

WorldWideTech

France Moves Government PCs From Windows to Linux

France's government is moving its workstations from Windows to Linux. Each ministry has until fall 2026 to submit a migration plan.

Africa Now

Binance Seeks Out-of-Court Settlement in Nigeria Tax Case

Mar 27, 2026

Showmax May Shut Down After Years Of Streaming Losses

Mar 7, 2026

Google Startups Accelerator Africa 2026 Opens Applications

Feb 24, 2026

49 African Countries Now Use Biometric Digital Identity Systems

Feb 16, 2026

Charging Ahead: EV Growth in South Africa

Feb 2, 2026

Kenya Approves KCB’s Fintech Buy Amid Sector Reality Check

Jan 26, 2026

Policy & Progress

EU Institutions Ban Staff From Using AI-Generated Videos and Images

Apr 1, 2026

Clean Energy Deals Decline, Big Tech Leads Market

Feb 23, 2026

Children and Teen Social Media Bans: Where, Why and How

Feb 4, 2026

Around the World, AI Rules Are Taking Shape in 2026

Jan 22, 2026

Nigeria Is Putting AI on Paper

Jan 18, 2026

What the EU Is Actually Asking Open Source Projects to Prove

Jan 9, 2026

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