Anna Washenko

Contributing Reporter

Anna has been a freelance writer for more than a decade. In that time, she's covered everything from electronics to esports, from marketing to magic. Her tech and entertainment reporting has appeared on Ars Technica, Mashable, Digital Trends, and more. She especially loves playing, making, and geeking out over video games.

Articles by Anna Washenko

Microsoft debuts its first in-house AI image generator
Today, Microsoft introduced MAI-Image-1, its first internally-developed image-generating AI model.
Google is making search ads more and less avoidable
Any text ads on the Google Search page will be grouped into a "Sponsored results" section that appears at the top of the screen.
Another Game Freak leak claims to show the Pokémon roadmap
Days ahead of the next Pokémon game release, Centro Leaks is back with another batch of possible leaks about the franchise.
GM ends development of hydrogen fuel cells
Instead of hydrogen fuel cells, GM will now focus its R&D on batteries, charging technologies and electric vehicles.
Chrome update aims to automatically turn off unwanted notifications
Chrome is getting a new feature aimed at cutting back on notification overload.
The ESA's Power of Play report paints a portrait of the the world's gamers
The Entertainment Software Association has released its Power of Play report, which presents a snapshot of who is playing video games, and why, all around the world.
Researchers find just 250 malicious documents can leave LLMs vulnerable to backdoors
New research has found that a small and fairly constant number of malicious documents can poison an LLM and create a backdoor.
Discord now says 70,000 government IDs may have leaked in provider hack
Despite rumors that attackers obtained more than 2 million photos, Discord said about 70,000 users may have had their IDs compromised.
Sackbird Studios emerges from the Xbox layoffs
Following layoffs at Microsoft and Xbox, some enterprising developers are turning the bad news into something positive.
Prime Day Kindle deals include the Colorsoft for a record-low $200
Amazon also has discounts on the standard Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite that you can still get today.
The Beats Studio Pro are on sale for $170 this Prime Day
You can still save $80 on the over-ear wireless headphones during day two of the sale.
Tesla's stripped-back standard models bring the Model 3 and Y back under $40,000
Tesla's Standard Model 3 sedan will retail starting at $36,990 and the Standard Model Y SUV will start at $39,990.
ICE spent $825K this year on vehicles with IMSI catchers
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement paid $825,000 this year for surveillance tech that can spy on nearby mobile phones.
Mina the Hollower, from the makers of Shovel Knight, has been delayed
Mina the Hollower from Yacht Club Games won't arrive on October 31 as planned.
Bungie will conduct technical testing on Marathon later this month
After several silent months, Bungie has announced a closed technical test for its upcoming game Marathon.
Strava sues Garmin in bizarre patent infringement lawsuit
A patent infringement lawsuit filed by Strava is demanding that Garmin stop selling most of its devices.
Two Amazon Prime Air drones crashed in Arizona
Two Amazon delivery drones reportedly collided with a crane this morning in Tolleson, AZ.
Amazon is reportedly aggressively pitching law enforcement on its cloud services
Not only is the company promoting Amazon Web Services as a potential police tool, but it has been partnering with other businesses in that sector to use its cloud infrastructure.
Google has overhauled its smart home app to feature Gemini
Google has unveiled a new look and performance upgrades for its Google Home app.
The Google Home Speaker is getting a Gemini-driven refresh
We saw a teaser for the revamped Google Home Speaker last month, and the update follows the trend of Gemini arriving in all Google products.

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