Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks. The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more … Read more
In case you missed it, we recently overhauled our guides to the best budget robot vacuums and the best mopping vacs, both of which feature a slate of new picks from Roborock, Narwal, Dreame, and others. Dyson’s 360 Vis Nav Robot Vacuum didn’t technically make the cut, though it was once one of our top … Read more
What responsibility do you have to speak up about bad things happening in the world? Does that responsibility change when speaking up might affect your business? What about if you’re a sports creator, or the moderator of a deeply NSFW subreddit? What about if you’re just a little ol’ phone website? Ultimately, everyone has to … Read more
The company says you can use plug-ins to “tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes.”
Protesters at the intersection of 26th and Nicollett after federal and local law enforcement left the scene of a fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Reports say that 37-year-old Alex Pretti was the victim of the fatal shooting by federal officers, who was at the scene as an observer. The incident was captured … Read more
Bluesky’s first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.
You’ll still need to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber to buy the wireless N64 controller. | Image: Nintendo The Analogue 3D finally launched late last year with four controller ports on the front supporting the N64’s original wired gamepads. If you wanted to go wireless, your best option was the 8BitDo 64 which offered … Read more
For my money, you simply cannot get a better electrocapacitive keyboard than the Bauer Lite with a DynaCap kit. [Editor’s note: Huh?] You can get a nicer EC keyboard, without having to build it yourself, by simply spending $3,600 on a Norbauer Seneca. Or you can get a Happy Hacking Keyboard or a Realforce for … Read more
Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.
The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.
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As of Saturday, nearly all of Belkin’s Wemo smart home devices will lose access to cloud services, including features like remote access and integrations with Google Home and Alexa. Belkin will also end app updates for the Wemo app beginning on January 31st. The shut down was first announced in July and impacts most Wemo … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 30, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Charles I, King of England, was executed in 1649, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist. Gandhi in … Read more
Don Lemon speaks onstage during Telling the Truth in an Age of Misinformation at the 2025 Blackweek Conference on October 07, 2025 in New York City. | Getty Images Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, was arrested on Thursday night by federal agents in Los Angeles, who alleged that he had violated … Read more
If the February 2nd wet dress rehearsal is successful, the Artemis II mission could launch as early as February 8th. | Photo by Jim Ross / NASA As a result of cold weather and windy conditions moving through Florida, NASA is now targeting Monday, February 2nd for a wet dress rehearsal of the Artemis II … Read more
Is Tesla still a car company? It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves more frequently over the past year, especially as the company’s car business shrinks and Elon Musk continues to push the message that Tesla should be seen more as an AI and robotics leader and less so as a mere seller of four-wheeled … Read more
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This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. Unboxing Mirumi is like traveling back in time. It’s … Read more
Hey Hackers! Picture this: You just started as a writer. You find this platform that you think is the perfect fit for your articles, so you start publishing with them. But as time goes on, the problems start to show themselves: too many ads, too many paywalls, not enough audience reach. You decide to leave … Read more
The significant problems with the TikTok app last weekend were, according to the company, because of a technical issue stemming from a power outage at a “US data center partner.” Users could not upload new videos and view counts were all out of whack, with few answers or explanations. For TikTok, the timing was unfortunate. … Read more
Apple TV continues to flesh out its streaming lineup for 2026, this time by announcing that Sugar will be back in the summer. The show’s second season will premiere on June 19th and run for eight episodes. Sugar first premiered in 2024. And while it’s a noir detective story at its core, thanks to a … Read more