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A woman with a worried expression looks over her shoulder, clutching her arm. Behind her, a large blue pair of eyeglasses frames a red, detailed eyeball against a bright yellow background. The image uses bold, contrasting colors and a surreal composition.

New App Detects the Radio Fingerprint of Smart Glasses and Warns You When Someone Is Using Them Nearby

A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of a woman with long hair and a textured short-sleeve shirt, looking downward with a serious expression. In the foreground, a hand is holding and interacting with a smartphone. The image uses a color overlay effect, with the person in reddish tones and the hand in blue tones, set against a yellow background with a subtle grid pattern.

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Full-grown adults are embracing AI companion toys in China as the government tries to reconcile a tricky contradiction.

Chinese Adults Taking Strange AI Devices to Bed With Them

In the final days of the Biden administration, government officials spent millions to buy a device thought to cause the mystery illness.

Government Paid “Eight Figures” for Mysterious Device Believed to Cause Havana Syndrome

The buzzy toy of the season crashed and burned over the holidays, as use increased "more than 100x" on Christmas day.

Red Hot Christmas Toy Crashes So Badly That Kids Can’t Actually Use It

One of the more bizarre gadgets showing at CES 2026 is the Breakreal R1, an AI cocktail machine with "unlimited recipes."

New AI Device Pours Alcohol Directly Into the Void Where Your Soul Should Be

A Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world's first eyeglasses that can change prescription on the fly.

Instant Bifocals: New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At

By Sharon Adarlo

Nike has shown off an intriguing new pair of shoes, dubbed Project Amplify, that it claims to be the "world’s first powered footwear system."

Nike’s New Sneaker Contains an Exoskeleton to Boost Your Leg Performance

By Victor Tangermann

The Friend AI CEO met Gothamist in a subway stop to discuss the million-dollar ad campaign and share that he is tired.

CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face

OpenAI is gambling on a new AI device by former Apple designer Jony Ive -- but behind the scenes, it's beset by issues.

OpenAI’s Huge New Project Is Running Into Trouble Behind the Scenes

By Frank Landymore

The once favored in-home fitness company is putting pedal to the metal to carve out their own lane in the AI race.

Peloton Announces Pivot to AI, Jacks Up Price

A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.

Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man’s Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital

An AI startup called friend has plastered the New York City subway system in advertisements -- and furious riders are vandalizing them.

New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign

Social media video shows a toilet in China demanding a user watch an ad in order to receive a handful of bathroom tissue.

New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper

The guy who's spearheading Meta's AI-powered smart glasses is named Rocco Basilico — which matches a internet theory called Roko's basilisk.

Zuckerberg’s AI Glasses Guy Is Named Rocco Basilico

By Sharon Adarlo