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Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
Spotify launches Save to Spotify, a command-line tool that allows AI agents to upload generated audio summaries and personal podcasts to a user's account (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
Google launches the $100 Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable, with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available May 26 (Cherlynn Low/Engadget)
Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL plans to cut ~25% of its workforce, or ~250 staff, saying adapting to AI "means fewer layers" and "faster decisions" (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)
Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)
Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
Researchers: 5,000+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit have little to no authentication, and ~40% exposed sensitive data (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwan data center for R&D, powered by Nvidia's B200 AI chip platform and built on Nvidia's DGX SuperPOD infrastructure (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Anthropic's SpaceX deal helps it address a severe compute deficit and comes amid Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit; Grok never grew to utilize xAI's Colossus 1 (Axios)
How lidar and other tech developed for autonomous vehicles is now used in smart city systems, in-home elder care services, and major shipyards like in Rotterdam (John R. Quain/New York Times)
Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competition from local brands; Samsung's TV and appliance unit lost ~$138M in 2025 (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)
UK-based Quantum Motion, which builds quantum computers on silicon chips, raised a $160M Series C; EU-backed growth fund Kembara made its first investment (Bloomberg)
At Code with Claude, Dario Amodei said Anthropic had planned to grow ~10x in 2026 but could grow 80x, calling its growth rate "crazy" and "too hard to handle" (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

Wired

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Google Ditches the Screen With the New Fitbit Air (2026)
Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Smart Bed: Redefining Support
Best Printers for Any Home-Office Need (2026): Brother, HP, and More
Best Bug Spray (2026), Tested and Reviewed
How I Fixed My Webcam Lighting for Zoom Calls (2026)
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
This Reggae Band Is in a Nightmare Battle Against AI Slop Remixes
11 Best Sunscreens, WIRED Tested and Reviewed
Bottom G Wants You to Know He’s More Than Just ‘Gay Andrew Tate’
There Is No Evidence the Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged. People Still Believe They Were
Everyone Should Travel With a Pair of Cheap Wired Headphones (2026)
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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Trump’s Team Wants Him to Accept an Iran Deal He’s Already Rejected
Anthropic Gets in Bed With SpaceX as the AI Race Turns Weird
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A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York
Zest Maps Is the AI-Powered ‘Spiritual Successor to Foursquare’
7 Best Digital Notebooks (2026): reMarkable, Kobo, Kindle
ReMarkable Paper Pure Tablet Review: Back to Basics
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Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri’s AI Features
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Engadget

Spotify now lets AI agents like OpenClaw generate personal podcasts
Qualcomm reveals two new affordable phone chips with Smooth Motion UI tech
Angry Birds and FIFA International Soccer join the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Spotify's AI-powered personal DJ expands to more languages and countries
Google is turning the Fitbit app into a unified portal for your health and fitness data
The survival horror game Hollowbody launches for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on June 5
The Google Fitbit Air is an AI-infused take on Whoop wearables
DJI's Osmo Mobile 8P gimbal has a detachable screen remote
HP EliteBoard G1a review: It's a desktop in a keyboard! But it's not for you
RGG's Stranger Than Heaven game arrives this winter
Samsung says its Galaxy Watch can predict fainting with 'high accuracy'
A Star Fox remake is heading to Switch 2 on June 25
Energizer releases coin lithium batteries that won't cause burning if accidentally swallowed
Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws
Snap's $400 million deal with Perplexity is dead
Google's AI search results will now turn to Reddit for expert advice
Mina the Hollower, from the studio behind Shovel Knight, arrives on May 29
Anthropic is doubling Claude Code rate limits after deal with SpaceX
Google just bought a stake in the maker of Eve Online to train its AI models
MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly laid off even more staff

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