Tech Insider : Politics, Economy, Business
Karoline Leavitt speaks at the White House.
Karoline Leavitt is one of the highest-paid staff members at the White House.
Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style
A man in khaki gear and black goggles holds a controller with a small black drone in the blue sky behind him
Moving past an operator controlling one drone would be gamechanging.
Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Crypto
David Sacks
"Preemption would not force communities to host data centers they don't want," White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks wrote on X.
Engadget : Business, Politics, Sports

It’s the end of another year, so it’s time for the Engadget staff to compile a list of the year’s biggest losers. We scour over articles from the previous 12 months to determine the people, companies, products and trends that made our lives worse over the course of the year. Some selections may be so pervasive they actually make our list of biggest winners.

Mashable : Crypto, Politics
Close-up of Donald Trump's hands signing a document.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he plans to sign an executive order permitting only "one rule" for regulating artificial intelligence in the U.S.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style
Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Jeff Bezos, and Kim Kardashian at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Jeff Bezos, and Kim Kardashian at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Engadget : Politics, Style, Technology

Every December, the Engadget staff compiles a list of the year’s biggest winners. We scour over articles from the previous 12 months to determine the people, companies, products and trends that made the most impact over the course of the year. Not all of that influence is positive, however, and some selections may also appear on our list of biggest losers. Still, sit back and enjoy our picks for the biggest winners of 2025.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics
Elon Musk at a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington.
Elon Musk erupted at the EU all weekend, blasting Brussels over censorship and bureaucracy after X was hit with a major fine for "fake" blue checkmarks.