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I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops
Googlebooks look like fancy Chromebooks at first, but there are interesting software ideas. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge There are a few things about using a Goog…
The Verge
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The Mac Mini is still mighty, just not as cheap
Apple’s little computer gets a little spendy. There are lots of compact desktop computers out there, but none match the Mac Mini's small size and big power. 2024's redesign reduc…
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Got an Android Phone? Google Thinks You’ll Probably Want a Googlebook Laptop
Apple lovers have long enjoyed seamless connectivity between their iPhones and Macs. Now, Google’s bringing that experience to Android.
Wired
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The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US spent billions on border surveillan…
MIT Technology Review
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How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
Our 15-month investigation into death and surveillance along the US-Mexico border began with a simple question: Why did so many people die near government surveillance towers meant…
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4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Technology Review today published our investigation into how many people have died near the “virtual wall” of surveillance towers that the US government has installed along the…
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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the United States on April 8, 2024, the day before his 32nd birthday, it should have triggered a chain of technological alerts and…
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She died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept. 14, 2025, when 30-year-old Graciela Gómez Hernández crossed the border from th…
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US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
Officials discussed setting up a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of AI incidents which could threaten national security.
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Bambu P2S Combo 3D Printer Review: My Own Little Plastics Factory
The Bambu Lab P2S Combo makes useful, polished objects without requiring advanced technical skills.
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Justice for CSS
In defense of the girliest programming language.
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The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
Women hold some of the most consequential jobs in tech, but they’re still not cult figures. WIRED investigates why.
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Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond
WIRED dedicating an entire issue to women in 2026 might seem regressive, or obvious, or even unnecessary. We disagree.
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6 days left to save up to $200 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
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TechCrunch
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World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets
Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what t…