Collaborate Disseminate
A day after saying it would shut down its metaverse, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced the service will remain available in VR—with limited support. Continue reading Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR ‘for the Foreseeable Future’
In hacker spaces and at their homes, creative protesters are laser-cutting and 3D-printing tools to resist an occupation. Continue reading Makers Are Building Back Against ICE
Chill out and watch all the hockey, skiing, and skating competitions through the whole month of February. Continue reading How to Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics
Users of the VR fitness service are distraught that Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. They’re also pissed at Meta. Continue reading Meta’s Layoffs Leave Supernatural Fitness Users in Mourning
As vehicles grow more software-dependent, repairing them has become harder than ever. A bill in the US House called the Repair Act would ease those restrictions, but it comes with caveats. Continue reading The Fight on Capitol Hill to Make It Easier to Fix Your Car
In a move to help alert people to the spread of nearby blazes, Ring is partnering with Watch Duty to let users share their videos on the wildfire tracking app. Continue reading Ring and Watch Duty Team Up to Keep a Closer Eye on Wildfires
Integrated chatbots and built-in machine intelligence are no longer standout features in consumer tech. If companies want to win in the AI era, they’ve got to hone the user experience. Continue reading At CES 2026, Everything Is AI. What Matters Is How You Use It
This year, the right-to-repair movement got a boost from—surprisingly—big tech, tariffs, and economic downturn. But the companies controlling who fixes their stuff aren’t giving up that power willingly. Continue reading The Gloves Are Off in the Fight for Your Right to Repair
Fulu sets repair bounties on consumer products that employ sneaky features that limit user control. Just this week, it awarded more than $10,000 to the person who hacked the Molekule air purifier. Continue reading This Group Pays Bounties to Repair Broken Devices—Even If the Fix Breaks the Law
The streaming giant quietly removed the feature that lets you control content on your TV screen using a mobile device. The company says the feature was not widely used. Continue reading Netflix Won’t Let You Cast Shows From Your Phone to Most TVs Anymore