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What AI can tell you about your blood test
Pricey AI services promise to give you answers about your blood test. The reality is complicated.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Kindle owners are furious over Amazon's plan to end support for older devices
Support for older Kindles ends in May, and some longtime users say the change is enough to push them toward a different e-reader.
By Crystal Bell
Can Waymo and Waze fix cities' potholes?
A new 5-city pilot program will map out urban potholes in need of patching.
Meet the women using AI to detect hidden heart disease
A new startup hopes to saves thousands of lives.
By Amanda Yeo
Using ChatGPT Health? Read this first.
OpenAI's health chatbot is priming us for another AI legal battle.
AI is changing health: Here's what you should know
Mashable's new series, AI + Health, explores how AI is transforming medical care, how to use the tech to your advantage, and how to protect yourself from it, too.
Google: Teens can't treat Gemini like a companion
Google shared information about its AI chatbot and teen mental health safety for the first time.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Are trans women the OG 'looksmaxxers'? Clavicular confronted on the subject in viral clip.
Don't take this away from incels, Clavicular seems to insinuate.
What to do when playing Wordle becomes addictive
Online word games can be fun, until they're not. Here's how to bring back the joy.
By Rebecca Ruiz
California just launched the country's largest public broadband network
The network will serve disconnected rural and indigenous communities.
YouTube AI slop is a generational threat, child safety experts warn in new petition
A coalition of organizations and experts penned a letter to Google and YouTube CEOs, demanding action.
Bluesky's new AI is being rejected by users, blocked more than White House account
App users are blocking "Attie" in droves.
We didn't grow up on social media. We grew up on digital nicotine.
A landmark ruling may finally be Silicon Valley's wake-up call, activist Lennon Torres writes.
By Lennon Torres
Meta to fund natural gas plants to power its largest data center
Meta and Entergy Louisiana agree to a deal that would have the tech giant underwrite the electricity costs of its latest, $27 billion data center.
By Jack Dawes
TikTok's mindfulness tips are getting better. These 3 worked for me
In 2026, the little people in my phone finally had something useful to say.
J.K. Rowling controversy explained
The author uses her mammoth social media following to target trans people. How did we get here?
White House launches mobile app, includes live feeds and ICE reporting line
Delivering Trump directly to your pocket.
Meta, YouTube found guilty of negligence in history-making social media addiction trial
The companies will pay $6 million in total damages.
How to recycle Amazon packaging from your Big Spring Sale purchases (yes, all of it)
Amazon's sustainability efforts are a step, but it's still not easy to remove its plastic footprint.
Melania Trump brings humanoid robots to the White House
The American-made robot, named Figure 3, greeted world leaders at latest education summit.
Meta loses major child safety trial, ordered to pay $375 million
Jurors found the social media company liable for misleading consumers about child safety.
By Rebecca Ruiz
OpenAI's new open-source prompts take aim at sexual content for teens
OpenAI beefs up its U-18 safeguards.
Why friction-maxxing could be good for your tech usage
Rethink your relationship to your device — and your humanity.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Pinterest CEO says ban kids under 16 from social media
Bill Ready added that removing social media features for Pinterest's own users under 16 didn't hurt the platform.
By Matt Binder
Anthropic wants to hire a weapons expert. It's not what you think.
A job title sure to raise eyebrows: Policy Manager, Chemical Weapons and High Yield Explosives, at a top AI company.
