Web scraper sued by Google claims Google is the one scraping the web
SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web, is fighting back against Google’s copyright lawsuit that accuses it of vacuuming up search results “at an astonishing scale.” In a motion to dismiss filed on Friday, SerpApi argues that Google doesn’t hold a copyright on its search results, alleging that the engine […]
DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.WIRED
Despite being designed to ‘connect and just work’, it turns out IKEA’s new smart home sensors actually have some specific, confusing hub requirements
Those temptingly cheap sensors aren’t quite such a bargain if you have to buy IKEA’s own $109 / £60 hub to make them work.Latest from TechRadar
You can save $30 on Sony’s DualSense Edge controller by buying refurbished
If the PlayStation 5 is your console of choice — and you’re not satisfied with the DualSense gamepad it comes with — the DualSense Edge may be what you’re looking for. Luckily, if its high asking price of $199 was keeping you away, Sony is now offering the white and black controller via the PlayStation Direct […]
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
Traffic moves along the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles in February of 2026. | Apu Gomes/Getty Images For decades, America’s auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit’s Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and ’60s. Then, through a series of blunders and […]
The 10 Best Shows to Stream Right Now (February 2026)
Fallout, Neighbors, and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters are just a few of the TV shows we’re swooning over for February.WIRED
‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok
On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.WIRED
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.WIRED
Upgrade Your Computer Speakers With These Discounted Edifier M60s
These compact Edifier speakers may not be the fanciest, but they’ll blow your monitor’s built-in speakers out of the water.WIRED
After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions
Siminoff acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times that including maps that showed mass surveillance in an ad was a mistake. | Screenshot from Ring video Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an “explanation tour,” as The New York Times puts it, following the fallout from its Super Bowl ad and the […]