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Valve’s huge SteamOS 3.8 update adds long-awaited features — and supports Steam Machine

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 20, 2026

Valve has just released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, and it's a doozy. Not only is it the first release to support the upcoming Steam Machine living room gaming PC, it comes with long-awaited features fo...

OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Mar 20, 2026

OpenAI is working on a desktop "superapp" that merges its ChatGPT app, the Codex AI coding app, and its AI-powered Atlas browser into one app, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company is making th...

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 wireless earbuds are on sale for the first time

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Mar 19, 2026

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over the last-gen model because of the price. While the older version is often on sale f...

Planned Parenthood chapter settles with EEOC over treatment of white employees

  • Business
  • Andrea Hsu
  • Mar 19, 2026
  • US

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Planned Parenthood of Illinois will pay $500,000 to end an investigation that found the organization's DEI practices violated federal civil rights laws

Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie

  • Technology
  • Elizabeth Lopatto
  • Mar 19, 2026

I admit, this is an innovation I did not see coming: Silicon Valley has invented the philosophical zombie from the classic thought experiment "lol how crazy would it be if there were a philosophical z...

The coolest game controller for your phone is $50 off

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Mar 19, 2026

The MCON is the closest to a Swiss army knife that a controller can be. No, it doesn’t contain a can opener, but it makes up for it with a surprising array of features. Once you attach your MagSafe- o...

Hermès doesn’t include a power adapter with its $5,150 charging case

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Mar 19, 2026

Over a decade after Apple first partnered with Hermès for a special Apple Watch collaboration, the French luxury goods maker has released a new collection of leather-wrapped charging accessories for A...

A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Mar 19, 2026

For almost two hours last week, Meta employees had unauthorized access to company and user data thanks to an AI agent that gave an employee inaccurate technical advice, as previously reported by The I...

Microsoft’s go-to Xbox controller is selling at its best price of the year

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Mar 19, 2026

Microsoft’s Xbox console strategy needs work, but its Bluetooth-ready controller that shipped alongside the Xbox Series X and Series S is fantastic. We think it’s one of the best Xbox controllers out...

All the wrong EVs are getting cancelled

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Mar 19, 2026

These past few weeks have been particularly brutal for the EV industry - and anyone who believes that electric vehicles are the future. Thanks to slowing demand and policy whiplashes, automakers are o...

Prediction markets are trying to lure journalists with partnership deals

  • Technology
  • Mia Sato
  • Mar 19, 2026

Prediction markets are working to ingratiate themselves with mainstream news and culture: The Golden Globes broadcast in January was plastered with Polymarket odds, the AP is licensing election data t...

Google reveals its solution for true Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Mar 19, 2026

Google has revealed the "advanced flow" that will be required to install certain Android apps once the company introduces mandatory developer verification later this year. The company had initially an...