General Tech News:
Of note: This is a use of the NewsApi to grab tech news. It's the most recent addition and needs some refinement; currently, it grabs the top 10 search results pertaining to tech news on page BUILD, not serve, and would be better implemented as a front-end interactive piece that makes request based on user input for what topics they want to see, but hey, we'll get there.
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
2026-08-20T18:49:07Z
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
2026-08-12T21:00:00Z
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.
Technology and Agriculture Battle It Out in This Eerily Dystopian Short Story
2026-09-03T13:00:41Z
Read 'Dreamweavers' by Alexander Weinstein right here on io9, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine.
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work
2026-08-17T10:57:13Z
Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rules. On Friday, Anthropic announced that Claude's text marking system is "a version of the SynthID-Text approac…
LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans
2026-08-20T09:11:26Z
LG Display has unveiled a new OLED manufacturing method that reportedly results in panels that are brighter, longer-lasting, more efficient, and theoretically can be almost any size. This new technology is called FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning), …
Belkin introduces its first longer-lasting semi-solid-state power banks
2026-09-02T21:35:32Z
Belkin is joining companies like BMX, Kuxiu, and Zens with the launch of its first power banks featuring semi-solid-state battery technology. The company claims the new accessories have been "engineered to last up to 3x longer than other power banks" with the…
Dyson’s new straightener has liquid cooling pipes to reduce hair damage
2026-09-03T14:04:24Z
After expanding its health and beauty lineup earlier this week with a camera-equipped electric toothbrush, Dyson is also introducing two new hair care products this month. The $329 Corrale CoolShine straightener upgrades the original Corrale that launched in …
Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
2026-08-28T19:10:32Z
As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people …
The Verge Guide to Pets
2026-08-18T12:01:28Z
Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand. Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and enterta…
How Sonos rebooted itself
2026-09-03T13:30:12Z
Today, I’m talking with Tom Conrad, the CEO of Sonos. Tom and I have known each other for a long time — he was the chief technology officer of Pandora, VP of product at Snap, and the chief product officer of Quibi. He was also on the board at Sonos during its…