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Peloton’s gamble on expensive new hardware has yet to pay off

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • Feb 5, 2026

Last fall, new Peloton CEO Peter Stern made a bet. The company announced a complete refresh of its entire hardware lineup, complete with swivel screens and AI-powered features. Today, the initial resu...

@KamalaHQ is relaunching as a Gen Z ‘progressive content hub’

  • Technology
  • Mia Sato
  • Feb 5, 2026

Kamala Harris' social media strategy in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election was filled with Gen Z dog whistles: viral branding based on pop music, memes, camo hats that were a double entendre...

Why is the Trump administration really appealing its Meta loss?

  • Technology
  • Lauren Feiner
  • Feb 5, 2026

After a federal judge ruled that Meta was not an illegal monopolist in a blow against the Federal Trade Commission, the agency issued what was in part a typical statement of disappointment. Another pa...

JLab’s new Bluetooth speaker doubles as supersized headphones

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 5, 2026

JLab, a brand best known for its budget-friendly but well-featured wireless earbuds, has announced a new pair of headphones that are far less discreet. The oversized Blue XL Speaker Headphones look li...

Reality is losing the deepfake war

  • Technology
  • Nilay Patel
  • Feb 5, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about reality, and whether we can label photos and videos to protect our shared understanding of the world around us. No really, we’re gonna go there. It’s a deep one. To do...

Nintendo reveals an impressive Switch 2 lineup with Indiana Jones, Fallout 4, FF7 Rebirth, and more

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Feb 5, 2026

We just got through the Switch 2's first holiday season, which means that Nintendo has slowly started to reveal what 2026 will look like for the console. And while we already know about a bunch of upc...

OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents

  • Technology
  • Robert Hart
  • Feb 5, 2026

Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is… also hard. That's why OpenAI is launching a new platform called OpenAI Frontier, which it says will help businesses "build, deploy, and manage" AI agent...

Senators ask Meta why it waited so long to make teen accounts private by default

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 5, 2026

A group of senators has written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking why his company delayed launching key protections for users under 18. The letter, signed by Brian Schatz (D-HI), Katie Britt...

Can I offer you a tiny Bluetooth speaker in these trying times?

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Feb 5, 2026

I knew as soon as I laid eyes on Vappeby that I had to have it. Sure, it would be right at home on my desk, given that everything in and around my workstation is from Ikea, from the Skadis on the wall...

Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Feb 5, 2026

The mother of 20-year-old man who died after becoming trapped in his burning Tesla Model Y is suing the company over its electronic door handles. It's the latest wrongful death case centering on Tesla...

Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to sell physical books

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Feb 5, 2026

Spotify is going all in on books in 2026 and partnering with Bookshop.org to let you buy physical copies of audiobooks and support local retailers starting in the Spring. The announcement dovetails wi...

Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Feb 5, 2026

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer visio...