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Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets

PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.

Nurturing agentic AI beyond the toddler stage

Parents of young children face a lot of fears about developmental milestones, from infancy through adulthood. The number of months it takes a baby to learn to talk or walk is often used as a benchmark for wellness, or an indicator of additional tests needed to properly diagnose a potential health co...

Meta could be about to cut thousands more jobs

Meta is believed to be preparing cost-cutting measures, including laying off a significant proportion of its workers, due to AI.

I found an Asus RTX 5070 video editing laptop deal with a $530 discount at Best Buy - save on a Core Ultra 9 285H creator machine with 32GB DDR5

Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 with Core Ultra 9 285H, RTX 5070 and 32GB DDR5 is a content creator's dream.

'An odd choice': Cleer has put audiophile-grade perks in open earbuds, and I'm confused

Cleer Audio's new Arc 5 open earbuds offer THX and Dolby Atmos spatial audio, in a confusing package.

NymVPN is one-year old — and it's celebrated its birthday with a host of announcements for the future

What does the future hold for "the world's most private VPN"?

This is not a fly uploaded to a computer

Last week, a few posts about a so-called virtual "embodied fly" tore through X, boosted by AI hype accounts and excited commenters who didn't seem to understand what it was they were excited about. The videos came from San Francisco-based Eon Systems, which says it's working toward "digital human in...

The Download: glass chips and “AI-free” logos

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. Future AI chips could be built on glass  Human-made glass is thousands of years old. But it’s now poised to find its way into the AI chips used in the world’s new...

Fortinet patches FortiGate Firewall vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to steal enterprise credentials

Three bugs were recently fixed, all three with a critical severity score.

The science of how fireflies stay in sync

Engineers have uncovered the mathematical rules fireflies follow to sync up their flashes.

'It's like a Tamagotchi for adults': how Garmin's new Pokémon Sleep integration emotionally blackmailed me into a better bedtime routine

Garmin's new Pokémon Sleep integration is Super Effective at guilt-tripping me into going to bed early.

HP’s 17.3-inch Windows 11 laptop is great for students and home workers, and it's on sale under $350 at Best Buy

HP's 17.3-inch Windows 11 laptop is perfect for students and home workers and it's currently under $350 in the Best Buy Tech Fest sale.

Goodbye Vera, hello Emma Harte — A Woman of Substance on Channel 4 is Brenda Blethyn’s most bingeable role in years

A Woman of Substance is the book-to-TV bonkbuster Jilly Cooper fans need to stream before Rivals season 2 — and you can binge all 8 episodes now.

The classic Apple Macintosh mouse inspired Spigen’s retro AirPods case

If you've already given your iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max a retro '80s facelift with Spigen's Macintosh 128K and Apple Lisa-inspired Classic LS cases, you might as well make your wireless earbuds match. But instead of making the AirPods Pro 3 look like a decades-old desktop computer, Spigen's case turn...

AI-Powered Compliance: How AI is Transforming AML and KYC in Fintech

Last updated on August 12th, 2026 at 04:35 pm Your compliance officer flagged 847 alerts last night. By lunch, they’ve reviewed 12. All false positives. This is the reality of manual AML checks. Too much effort and resources yield too few results. This is the reality of manual AML checks. Too much e...

I tested the Philips 4000 Series Stacked Dual Basket Air Fryer — a premium appliance with looks to match

Ninja’s clever Double Stack XL has its first real rival, and the Philips 4000 Series makes a case for stealing the air frying crown.

Liquid Glass ‘isn’t going anywhere’ in iOS 27 — but there’s good news for its readability

Apple will reportedly focus on performance and stability in iOS 27, but Liquid Glass could get an important customization tweak.

We just got our first look at Samsung One UI 9 — a build for the major software upgrade has appeared for the Galaxy S26 Ultra

One UI 9 development is underway at Samsung, and we've seen the first screenshots from the new operating system.

OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic

OpenAI's delayed "adult mode" for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot's ability to generate images, voice, or video. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, an unnamed OpenAI spokesperson described content that will be provided by the upcoming feature...

A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

"I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here."

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

Securing digital assets against future threats

UK businesses are putting themselves at risk due to poor cyber hygiene

Employee accounts are a breeding ground for attacks, with poor management, broad permissions, and more.

How Horizon Europe funding can take your SME to the next level

How Horizon Europe funding can take your SME to the next level

The Best Dark Web Monitoring Services and Bundles

Data breaches are more common than ever. Here are the best ways I've found to protect yourself online.

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

The EV manufacturer is supported by a robust online community. But Elon Musk’s politics and overblown hype about Full Self-Driving are turning some loyalists away.

These Musical Instruments of the Future Sound Weird, Wacky—and Are Easy for Anyone to Play

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness

One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an unusually sunny January day in New York City. It was 2023, and I was riding my bike with a friend, flying high from the exercise. We'd covered just over 40 miles on mostly flat ground, a longish ride, but […]

Wall Street Is Already Betting on Prediction Markets

As the legal war over how to regulate prediction markets rages on, financial institutions are embracing the industry anyway.

Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams

Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money.