High Tech News 2025-08-20

• OpenAI Is Poised to Become the Most Valuable Startup Ever. Should It Be?
  Wired
• See Six Planets Line Up in the Upcoming Planet Parade Tonight
  Cnet
• What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?
  Wired
• What Worries Americans About AI? Politics, Jobs and Friends
  Cnet
• PNY’s Overclocked RTX 5070 Ti Is Finally Selling at Retail
  Wired
• 11 Best Android Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
  Wired
• The 15 Best Golf Gifts for Every Kind of Golfer (2024)
  Wired
• Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria
  Wired
• La Liga Soccer: Livestream Every Game of the 2025-26 Season From Anywhere
  Cnet
• UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure
  Wired
• An Account Using the Same Name as Trump’s BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy Theories
  Wired
• Apple Won't Have to Provide an Encryption Backdoor in the UK, Says US Official
  Cnet
• Labubus Are on Track to Be a Billion-Dollar Business This Year
  Wired
• The 7 Best Mattress Toppers (2025) Out of Dozens We've Tested: Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam
  Wired
• Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live: Black Myth Wukong Sequel, Resident Evil 9 and More
  Cnet
• Pebblebee Is Getting Serious About Personal Safety Tracking
  Wired
• The Best Tech for Back to School
  Wired
• 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' Anime Will Hit Crunchyroll in 2026
  Cnet
• People Are Trying to ‘Deprogram’ Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs
  Wired
• Dell 14 Premium Review: Hello Old Friend
  Wired
• Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 20, #801
  Cnet
• The End of Handwriting
  Wired
• WIRED Tests Dozens of Air Purifiers a Year. Here’s What We Look For (2025)
  Wired
• “Kirby Air Riders” Is Coming to Switch 2, and It’s “Basically Like ‘Mario Kart’”
  Wired
• These 5 Posture Corrector Picks Will Straighten You Out (2025)
  Wired
• Is Roblox Getting Worse?
  Wired
• The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
  Wired
• Could These Be the iPhone 17's New Colors We've Been Waiting For?
  Cnet
• The 50 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (August 2025)
  Wired
• What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?
  Wired
• Made by Google Pixel 10 Event Watch Party: Watch the New Phone Reveals With Us Tomorrow
  Cnet
• The Best Ergonomic Mouse (2025), Tested and Reviewed
  Wired
• Gears of War, Dragon Age and Herdling Coming to Xbox Game Pass in August
  Cnet
• Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 20 #535
  Cnet
• Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Beta Dates Have Been Revealed. Here's How to Join
  Cnet
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Deal: $350 Off Battery Bank Right Now
  Wired
• The 47 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (August 2025)
  Wired
• AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work
  Wired
• The West Texas Measles Outbreak Has Ended
  Wired
• Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them
  Wired
• Made by Google 2025 Live: Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, Gemini News and Android 16
  Cnet
• 493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
  Wired
• Grammarly Pushes Beyond Proofreading With AI-Powered Writing Guidance
  Cnet
• WIRED Takes You Back to School
  Wired
• An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon
  Wired
• Sling's New $20 'Select' Package Gives You 11 Channels
  Cnet
• I Tried the Best At-Home Pet DNA Test Kits on My Two Cats (2025)
  Wired
• UFO 50 Review: Indie Nostalgia Arrives on the Switch 2
  Cnet
• Canon Promo Codes: 10% Off | August 2025
  Wired
• Acer Predator Helios 16S AI Review: Great Performance, Annoying Crashes
  Wired
• The Best Cooling Sheets (2025): Brooklinen, Slumber Cloud, Buffy
  Wired
• DJI Osmo 360 Review: A Strong Start
  Wired
• WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped
  Wired
• Meta Rolls Out AI Translations for Facebook and Instagram User-Generated Content
  Cnet
• A Super-Energetic Neutrino That Reached Earth in 2023 Has Been Confirmed to Be Real. But Where Did It Come From?
  Wired
• The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era
  Wired
• Camp Snap CS-8 Review: Simple Video Capture
  Wired
• The 47 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (August 2025)
  Wired
• Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database
  Wired
• Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
  Wired
• Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 20, #331
  Cnet
• This Phone for Kids Will Block the Capture of Nude Content From Within the Camera
  Cnet
• The James Webb Space Telescope Finds New Moon Orbiting Uranus
  Cnet
• Made by Google 2025: The Biggest Pixel 10 Leaks We've Heard Ahead of Launch
  Cnet
• This 3D Printer Has 4 Different Extruders. It's the Best Thing Snapmaker's Ever Made
  Cnet
• The Best Pixel 9 Cases, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
  Wired
• The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel
  Wired
• I Asked Pro Chefs: What Are the Biggest Kitchen Blunders Most Home Cooks Make?
  Cnet
• How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession
  Wired
• Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 20, #1523
  Cnet
• Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC’s Tech Scene Is Not
  Wired
• The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Don’t Have a Plan
  Wired
• AT&T Promo Code: Get Up to $300 in August
  Wired
• 9 Picks of the Best Gaming Mouse, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
  Wired
• Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Aug. 20
  Cnet