Amazon Devices Event 2025: Alexa’s Throwing a Party and You’re Invited
Amazon will unveil its newest devices in New York today, and CNET is there in person. Follow along for the latest news about Echo, Fire TV, Kindle and more.
Nothing Phone 3 Update Will Let You Create Apps With AI and Share Them
The new features, Playground and Essential Apps, are said to be Nothing’s first step toward building an AI-focused operating system.
AI Is Going to Wrap Itself Around You, From Your Glasses to Your Car
In an exclusive in-car chat at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm CMO Don McGuire paints me a picture of a personal ecosystem of ambient AI.
The First Ever At-Home Cortisol Test Just Launched. And You Don’t Even Need to Draw Blood
Eli Health’s Hormometer lets you track cortisol levels with just saliva and your phone.
Philo Adds HBO Max Access to Core Plan, Increases Price
Ad-based Discovery Plus and HBO Max are now included with a Philo subscription, but customers will have to pay more.
I Tried an AI App for Sleep Analysis. I Learned a Lot About My Quality of Sleep
SleepSpace teams up its AI chatbot, Dr. Snooze, with human experts to help you get insights into how you’re snoozing the night away.
Best PlayStation 5 Controllers in 2025
We tested a bunch of PS5 controllers to help you find the best one.
Can driverless cars get tickets? What happened when Bay Area police pulled over a Waymo
Police officers in San Bruno observed a Waymo car making an illegal U-turn. The incident highlights a gray area in law enforcement’s ability to cite robot cars when they violate…
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Sept. 30
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Sept. 30.
Anthropic says its new AI model “maintained focus” for 30 hours on multistep tasks
On Monday, Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5, a new AI language model the company calls its “most capable model to date,” with improved coding and computer use capabilities. The company…