Emerging Technologies
These Are CNET's Favorite and Most-Used Emoji. Did Yours Make the List?
Every July 17, the internet comes together and celebrates World Emoji Day. The date was chosen because it’s displayed on the 📅 calendar emoji, but it’s a day to appreciate all emoji, even the more obscure ones, like the 🫙jar. And in honor of the internet holiday, I asked my colleagues at CNET what their favorite…
‘Eddington’ review: Ari Aster misfires as Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix face off
Comedy is tragedy plus time. There may be a day when critics look back on Ari Aster’s COVID-19 comedy Eddington with kinder eyes. However, just five years after this virus threw the world into lockdown, we are still living in the brutal realities created not only by the pandemic that killed millions but also further…
Rivian restarting work on its Georgia factory, emails show | TechCrunch
Rivian will resume prep work on its planned Georgia factory in August and is still looking to break ground early next year, according to emails TechCrunch obtained through a public records request. The restarted effort comes months after the Biden administration’s Department of Energy approved a $6.6 billion loan meant to fund construction. Rivian has…
Top 5 Email Tools Trusted by Lead Gen Agencies in 2025
Unless you’ve already hit unicorn status, lead generation is going to be a grind. That’s just how it works. You’re out there competing for attention, time, and inbox space, and your clients are counting on you to win. Sure, anyone can learn to do lead gen. But if they’ve hired you, they expect results. That…
OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic sound alarm: ‘We may be losing the ability to understand AI’
Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Scientists from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta have abandoned their fierce corporate rivalry to issue a joint warning about artificial intelligence safety. More than 40 researchers across these…
Video Games Weekly: Who put all these videos in my games?
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who’s covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the…
Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs. Z Fold 6: Slimmer Body, Bigger Screens and Slightly Higher Price
At Samsung Unpacked in July, the phonemaker introduced its most advanced foldable yet: the Galaxy Z Fold 7. It supersedes last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 with upgrades big and small (or rather, big and thin), but how exactly do they compare? Here’s the Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs. Galaxy Z Fold 6 specs comparison. …
We found 16 Prime Day Apple deals still live — get AirPods for $89, Apple Watch for $169 this weekend
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsBest Apple Watch dealsThe best AirPods Prime Day dealBest post-Prime Day iPad dealsBest MacBook dealsApple accessories dealsBest Beats deals While Amazon sales don’t always live up to the hype, the mega-retailer went hard for its four-day-long Prime Day 2025 event. That was especially true for Apple loyalists,…
4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree
WIRED reported this week on public records that show the United States Department of Homeland Security urging local law enforcement around the country to interpret common protest activities and surrounding logistics—including riding a bike, livestreaming a police encounter, or skateboarding—as “violent tactics.” The guidance could influence cops to use everyday behavior as a pretext for…
TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla enters its Grok era, and teens come for robotaxis | TechCrunch
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In case you missed my announcement last week, TechCrunch Mobility is moving to the Beehiiv publishing platform. The launch is scheduled for July 18. Beehiiv provides lots of…