Americas News
Tesla’s robotaxis are cheaper than Waymo, but the wait times are longer
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Jan 27, 2026
Tesla's robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they're not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong. But the automaker is shak...
Amazon’s ‘free, no hassle returns’ issue results in over $1 billion settlement
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Jan 27, 2026
Amazon is resolving claims that it incorrectly processed returns with a proposed settlement valued at over $1 billion, as reported earlier by Reuters and Bloomberg Law. The settlement includes $600 mi...
Pinterest cuts workforce by around 15 percent to focus on AI
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Jan 27, 2026
Pinterest is planning to lay off hundreds of workers and reduce its office space to reallocate resources for its artificial intelligence initiatives. In a regulatory filing posted Tuesday, Pinterest s...
The Samsung Trifold will cost nearly three grand
- Technology
- Allison Johnson
- Jan 27, 2026
Samsung's much-anticipated Galaxy Z Trifold goes on sale on this Friday, January 26th, and the price is every bit as steep as we'd feared: $2,899, which gets you 512GB of storage and a phone that kind...
Truth and AI in Minneapolis
- Technology
- David Pierce
- Jan 27, 2026
When federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, video of the shooting - from lots of people, and lots of angles, with wildly varying levels of quality - immediately began to...
India and the EU clinch the 'mother of all deals' in a historic trade agreement
- Business
- The Associated Press
- Jan 27, 2026
- US
India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement, at a time when Washington targets them both with steep import tariffs, pushing major economies to seek alternate partnerships.
After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News
- Business
- David Folkenflik
- Jan 27, 2026
- US
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.
Google Photos now lets you describe how to transform images into video
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Jan 27, 2026
Google is giving Photos users more control over the app's generative AI photo-to-video feature. Google Photos now supports text prompts for video generation, according to the update announcement on Mo...
Roland’s TR-1000 is the ultimate drum machine
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 27, 2026
It took way too long, but Roland finally caved and gave the people what they want: a proper analog successor to the iconic TR-808 drum machine. The 808's sound, especially the kick drum, is embedded s...
All rise for JudgeGPT
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Jan 27, 2026
Bridget McCormack is used to correcting judges' work. As the former chief justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, it was her job to review complaints about how judges at the lower courts failed to cons...
Xbox Cloud Gaming’s new design teases the future of Xbox console UI
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Jan 27, 2026
Microsoft has started testing a refreshed web experience for Xbox Cloud Gaming that looks even more console-like. Xbox Insiders can now try out the preview UI, which includes updated navigation featur...
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
- Technology
- Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
- Jan 27, 2026
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.