I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco

On Thursday, I had dinner with Sam Altman, a few other OpenAI executives, and a small group of reporters in San Francisco. Altman answered our questions for hours. No topic was off limits, and everything, with the exception of what was said over dessert, was on the record. It's uncommon to have such an extended, […]

This big stick solved my smart garden connectivity problems

I recently installed the biggest smart home antenna I've ever seen, and it helped open up new areas in my smart home, from the attic to the chicken coop. The towering 12-inch-tall Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2, which launched this week for $69, plugs into any Home Assistant system via USB and can connect to any […]

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s full specs may have just leaked

Google gave us the first official look at its upcoming Pixel 10 Pro Fold on Tuesday, but now the full specifications have leaked ahead of the device being launched at next week’s Made by Google event. According to a spec list seen by WinFuture, the flagship Pixel foldable will carry an IP68 rating that provides […]

Fortnite login is back after an outage

Fortnite players are able to hop into matches following a login issue that Epic Games described as preventing users from “getting in reliably.” “This log-in outage is resolved; all players are able to log-in again across all platforms,” Epic said at 8:54PM ET. “We’ll continue monitoring our services to ensure there are no other issues.” […]

Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US

The Supreme Court will let Mississippi’s social media age verification law take effect while the case is being argued in court. In an unsigned ruling on Thursday, the court declined to block the law after an emergency petition from trade association NetChoice. The order offers no explanation, but in a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh […]