Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing

Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we’ve seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn’t disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year.

Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

All but two of Musk’s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE

While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel

Veteran designers in the auto industry—and Jony Ive—tell us how hard it is to make a functional yet beautiful steering wheel.

Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds: Bose, Sony, Apple, and More

Everyone needs a good pair of ANC earbuds. These are the best of the bunch.

Your Photos Are Probably Giving Away Your Location. Here’s How to Stop That

All your snaps come with metadata containing more information than you might realize.

A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work

The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings.

Antonelli domina Suzuka: seconda vittoria consecutiva in F1 e leadership mondiale a soli 19 anni

Il giovane talento italiano conquista Suzuka con autorità, respingendo la concorrenza di Piastri e Leclerc, e si afferma come il nuovo protagonista della stagione