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Regulators found that Amazon is responsible for defective products sold by its third-party vendor—which include flammable pajamas, faulty carbon monoxide detectors, and hair dryers that could electrocute you. https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-third-party-defective-recall-legally-responsible/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

More niche dating apps hope to disrupt the dominance of giants like Tinder and Hinge. The latest encourages people to date in “goblin mode.” https://www.wired.com/story/dating-apps-suck-date-like-goblins/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI’s newest model is “a data hoover on steroids,” says one expert—but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk. https://www.wired.com/story/can-chatgpt-4o-be-trusted-with-your-private-data/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The company has bafflingly turned to its head of finance to be the unlikely voice of its irreverent news app—now available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus. https://www.wired.com/story/nothing-news-reporter-widget-nothing-phone-2a-plus/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you’re going to invest in toys to enhance your sex life, why not go big? https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-sex-machines/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expired in May, around 100,000 Charter subscribers have had to pull the plug. https://www.wired.com/story/affordable-care-act-low-income-households-lose-internet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a gold-trimmed command center on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, scientists are seeking to wring moisture from desert skies. But will all their extravagant cloud-seeding tech—planes that sprinkle nanomaterials, lasers that scramble the atmosphere—really work at scale? https://www.wired.com/story/new-gods-weather-rain-cloud-seeding-emirates/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger