This browser-based AI wants to kill the worst part of your job

Composite, a startup that turns web browsers into intelligent automation engines, has raised $5.6 million in seed funding to eliminate what its founders call the "digital grunt work" plaguin [...]

How to build custom reasoning agents with a fraction of the compute

Training AI reasoning models demands resources that most enterprise teams do not have. Engineering teams are often forced to choose between distilling knowledge from large, expensive models or relying [...]

Microsoft’s open-source SkillOpt automatically upgrades AI agent skills without touching model weights

Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models t [...]

The best gaming keyboards of 2025

The best gaming keyboards bring a greater feeling of comfort and control to your PC play time, whether you’re sinking into a 100-hour RPG or sweating through an online shooter. They may not always f [...]

The 5 best mechanical keyboards for 2025

Your keyboard is one of the few pieces of technology you’ll use for hours at a time, so why not make it something that brings you joy? Sure, the people who gush over mechanical keyboards can be a bi [...]

How to watch Las Culturistas Culture Awards online — stream the Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers comedy ceremony for FREE

Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers return for another edition of their bumper comedy and variety event — here's how to watch Las Culturistas Culture Awards [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Apple's head of AI search Ke Yang joins Meta

Bloomberg reports that Ke Yang, head of Apple's AI search division, is leaving the company to join Meta Platforms.<br /> The article Apple's head of AI search Ke Yang joins Meta appear [...]

Andrew Yang says the next startup wave isn’t building AI. It’s lowering the cost of living.

Andrew Yang thinks the biggest startup opportunity of the next decade is not building AI. It is lowering the cost of living for the people AI is about to displace. In a TechCrunch interview, the forme [...]