Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences

Forget stickers, GIFs, and emoji reactions. Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmented reality (AR). The startup launched its messaging-native app on the App Store…

Trump Claims Apple And Intel Closed Deal To Manufacture Chips In The US

The companies have yet to confirm the news. Elena Chertovskikh/Getty Images In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump claims Apple has finalized a deal with Intel to…

Geoengineering still faces major engineering challenges

Some researchers are starting to look into how nations or companies would go about trying to cool the planet—and there’s a lot to figure out. My colleague James Temple dug…

Lost Your Duolingo Streak? There’s Finally a Way to Get It Back

So you were busy, and you forgot to maintain your Duolingo streak. Now, Duo, that little green owl, is mad at you, and you’re disappointed in yourself. Whether you’re studying a language,…

We got free GTA V upgrades before GTA VI

Rockstar Games will allow players to upgrade older versions of Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S for free just months before the launch…

“Dangerous” AI models are coming no matter what

“It’s myopic in the extreme to think that no other competitors to Anthropic will develop similar capabilities to Mythos or even that they have not already done so,” says Tarah…

Halo Stops Bedtime Scrolling so You Can Go the F to Sleep

I had every intention of reading when I got into bed, but my e-reader wouldn’t power up. Instead, I launched Instagram because I’m Gen X and that’s where we watch…

FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement

A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to police the app stores for scammy apps. The suit alleges…

Sennheiser Debuts Open-Ear Accentum Clip Earbuds With Nine Hours Of Battery Life

It could be awhile before you’re able to buy them though. Sennheiser If you’re a fan of the open-ear style of earbuds, the last few years have given…

The search for dark matter has blown wide open

The hope is that someday, a bit of dark matter called a weakly interacting massive particle (a WIMP, for short) will collide with a xenon atom, creating a burst of…