Join Us for WIRED’s AI Power Summit
On September 15, WIRED is gathering a panel of leaders across technology, politics, and media to tell you everything you need to know about the future of generative AI.
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AI stethoscope could detect major heart conditions in seconds
The new technology could be a "game-changer" resulting in patients being treated sooner, experts say.
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Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices in US as tariff fears persist
The Japanese technology giant cited economic challenges as it raised prices for the consoles by around $50.
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They escaped Ukraine's frontlines. The sound of drones followed them
As technology transforms the war in Ukraine, soldiers are experiencing a new form of trauma: "Droneophobia".
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Samsung has launched its first Micro RGB TV with improved color accuracy
First teased at CES 2025, Samsung has finally launched a TV featuring the company’s new Micro RGB backlight technology. The 115-inch TV is first launching in South Korea for over $32,000, according to SamMobile, but Samsung says it’s coming to the US next, fo…
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Hisense’s 116-inch RGB MiniLED TV is now available for $30,000
Following Samsung’s announcement of the company’s first Micro RGB TV yesterday, Hisense has finally revealed the price tag for its 4K TriChroma TV that uses similar technology and was first revealed at CES 2025. The 116-inch Hisense 116UX is available now fro…
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Meta is going to stuff Midjourney AI images into your feed
Meta is partnering with Midjourney to “license their aesthetic technology” for use in its own models and products, Meta’s new chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, announced on Friday. The partnership involves a “technical collaboration between our research teams,…
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Today I’m toying with
The simple joy of gadgets — that’s what “Today I’m Toying With” is all about. It’s our video series where we try to encapsulate that joy of playing with technology, sharing what it’s like to experience gadgets that not all of us get to touch! Like a 3D printe…
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DJI’s first robovac features drone tech and a transparent design
Following the reveal of its first 360-degree action camera a week ago, DJI has announced its first robot vacuum cleaner. The DJI Romo is available in three versions that are mostly differentiated by their appearance — two use transparent shells to reveal the…
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Apple’s plan for AI could make Siri the animated center of your smart home
Apple is developing a bunch of products and features to deliver its vision of AI, including multiple robots, a smart home display, and a revamped version of Siri with new technology powering it, according to an extensive report from Bloomberg. The company’s g…
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Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game that actually makes sense
Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an open-ended, anything-goes story with an AI narrator. Hidden Door, a new platform that's now in early access, a…
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Tesla found partly to blame for fatal Autopilot crash
The company's self-driving technology failed to prevent a 2019 crash which killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend in Florida.
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The Real Reason You Haven’t Been Replaced by AI Yet
AI is already powerful enough to replace millions of jobs. The only thing stopping the mass layoffs isn't technology. It's that no CEO wants to be the first one to face the political firestorm.
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After the shortcuts
The initial adoption of new technology follows a regular pattern. The first group are hobbyists, people looking for a fascinating way to spend time. But that’s a small group–ham radio operators, for example, or theremin musicians. It’s the second group that g…
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The Tech That Keeps Planes Flying for Ultra-Long-Haul Flights
Wide wingspans, more powerful engines, and high-efficiency materials are making super long flights more possible than ever.
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AOL Will Shut Down Dial-Up Internet Access in September
The move will pinch users in rural or remote areas not yet served by broadband infrastructure or satellite internet. Around 175,000 households still use dial-up internet in the US.
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I can't say I expected Google's foldable phone to be the first with this crucial tech
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is rumored to have revolutionary new hinge technology, and that's at least a little bit surprising coming from Google.
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Google Pixelsnap hands-on: Qi2 and MagSafe are finally here
Qi2 and MagSafe magnetic wireless charging are officially inside the Google Pixel 10 family, and we went hands-on with the new technology.
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Vintage photos show how the military has evolved
From AI-assisted drones to computerized missiles, military technology has advanced greatly from the days of sword-fighting.
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Waymo Get First Driverless Car Permit in NYC
The move is part of a broader trend of U.S. cities and states gradually opening their roads to autonomous vehicles.
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Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation
The iPhone maker is pushing back against proposed changes required by the UK competition watchdog
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Wendy's AI guru joins Presto — and he's betting drive-thrus may never be the same
AI guru Michael Chorey's departure from Wendy's signals a shift in the fast-food industry's approach to automated drive-thru technology.
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Microsoft, Shopify, and other companies now require employees to use AI. How is AI changing your work?
Companies such as Microsoft, Coinbase, and Shopify now require their employees to use AI. Tell us about your experience with the technology at work.
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AI Won’t Boost Human Productivity Just Yet, a New Paper From the Federal Reserve Says
The timeline for an AI productivity boom will be “inherently slow” and “fraught with risk,” according to the country’s most powerful economic institution.
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Another Crypto IPO Hits the Market and Most People Still Have No Idea What Crypto Is
Recent polls have shown at least 60% of people asked—sometimes as many as 90%—have absolutely no idea what crypto is or how it works but would definitely not put their own money in it.
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ARM’s New Neural Upscaler Could Finally Make Gaming on Phones Exciting Again
Maybe we'll finally see bigger games play well on smartphones.
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MND left her without a voice. Eight seconds of scratchy audio gave it back to her
Sarah Ezekiel was 34 with two children when motor neurone disease took away her ability to speak.
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Want a Different Kind of Work Trip? Try a Robot Hotel
At Japan’s Henn na Hotels droids pretty much run the show, from greeting you at the door to adjusting the temperature.
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China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry
A new policy document outlines China’s plan to create an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years, and proposes developing devices for both health and consumer uses.
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AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It Has Already Arrived
An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition?
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North Korean leader oversees new missile test, state media says
Two new air defence missiles with "superior combat capability" have been fired in a test observed by Kim Jong Un.
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40 years later, Brazil is as prescient as ever
Brazil opens with a bureaucratic error. A fly gets stuck in a typewriter, changing the surname of Archibald Tuttle to Archibald Buttle, a misprint on a form that dictates the government forcibly detain a suspected terrorist (Tuttle) but instead leads to the a…
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Paramount is now a Skydance Corporation
It’s official: Skydance Media’s deal to purchase CBS parent company Paramount Global for $8 billion is complete, and incoming chairman / CEO David Ellison’s first order of business is a massive restructuring. In an open letter about his plans for Paramount, a…
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Louisiana sues Roblox for creating an environment where ‘child predators thrive’
The state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, alleging that the company has “permitted and perpetuated an online environment in which child predators thrive, directly contributing to the widespread victimization of minor children in Louisiana.” …
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Scientists Unveil Wild New Way to Explore the Edge of Space
Engineers have crafted a tiny, lightweight device that only requires sunlight to explore parts of the atmosphere that are typically hard to reach.
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Massive Recall Doesn’t Affect 15% Leap in Company Share Price
These AI-powered tools can analyze the surface being cleaned and optimize their own performance to provide a better result with less effort.
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Writing is power transfer technology
I’m heading to Andreessen Horowitz!
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With no federal facial recognition law, states rush to fill void
Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology.
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Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
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China Is Building an AI Robot Uterus, and Are We Just Basically ‘Dune’ Now?
Creating a human fetus in a robot is a bioethical minefield.
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Astonishing ‘Megaflash’ Sets World Record for Longest Lightning Strike
The streak of lightning, detected using geostationary satellites, stretched across a mild-blowing 515 miles.
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New Brain Interface Interprets Inner Monologues With Startling Accuracy
Scientists decoded the silent inner thoughts of four people with paralysis, a breakthrough that could transform assistive speech.
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Britain’s Most Tattooed Man Says Age-Verification Law Preventing Him From Watching Porn
Won't someone think of the King of Ink?!
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Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ to AI Drive-Thru Experiment
If you think humans get your order wrong, wait until you try AI.
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Arizona man's $27K savings drained after scammers 'turned his phone into a weapon' — what he did next saved most of it
Technology has allowed fraudsters new ways to eke every cent out of Americans.
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Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World
Former NSA and Cyber Command chief Paul Nakasone told the Defcon security conference this month that technology companies will find it "very, very difficult" to remain neutral through 2025 and 2026.
Speaking with Defcon founder Jeff Moss in Las Vegas, Nakas…
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Brittle systems
Large organizations are purpose-built to do what they do, under prevailing conditions. People are hired, assets are acquired, measurements are put in place–all to optimize what’s happening right here and right now. In 1929, 200 million telegrams were sent. Th…
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Job churn
Since I was born, humans have created 6 billion jobs. All while technology relentlessly disrupts existing industries. The pin making machine replaced the hand-crafted pin. The ox-pulled plow replaced millions of hours of backbreaking work. The amplification a…
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United Airlines grounds flights nationwide over technology issue
United Airlines has grounded flights nationwide on Wednesday night due to an issue with its weight and balance computer system.
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OXY vs. FANG: Which Oil and Energy Stock Has More Upside Potential?
Occidental and Diamondback are two strong operators in the Permian Basin and leveraging technology to maximize recovery from the wells.
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What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?
Parents, teachers, and experts have big opinions about the impacts of AI on young people and education. But what do the students themselves say?
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How Does an Electric Bicycle Work? (2025)
Short answer: There’s a drivetrain on it! We go over the battery, sensors, and other components that make your electric bicycle go.
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Sena S1 Smart Cycling Helmet Review: Listen to Everything
Sena's S1 smart cycling helmet with a mesh intercom system kept me sane on the world's most boring century ride.
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Report: Disney’s Attempts to Experiment With Generative AI Have Already Hit Major Hurdles
A new report from WSJ suggests that plans to use generative AI elements on the live-action 'Moana' and 'Tron: Ares' were stymied by legal ramifications... and the potential for public backlash.
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FTC Issues New Warning for All Cell Phone Users
The advent of technology brought with it plenty of positive influences on every day life, like allowing for instantaneous connectivity with friends and...
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Reactions to Trump demanding Intel CEO's resignation
Tan has invested in hundreds of Chinese technology firms, including at least eight with links to the People's Liberation Army, Reuters reported in April. On...
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U.S. Government Now ‘Controls’ 10% of Intel, Trump Says
What do you mean by "controls," Mr. President?
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A fisherman thought he spotted a car in the Mississippi River. He may have just helped solve a cold case from 1967
Two Minnesota fishermen made an unexpected discovery beneath the Mississippi River this week when sonar technology led them to what authorities say could be ...
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SpaceX scrubs planned Starship launch
The SpaceX space technology company scrubbed planned 10th test flight of its heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle Sunday due to technical issues.
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Nvidia Just Dodged an $8 Billion Bullet, Thanks to Donald Trump
After months of high-stakes diplomacy and a personal plea to the president, the AI giant has secured a crucial license to sell its specialized chips in China.
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‘Skibidi,’ ‘Tradwife,’ and 6,000 Other New Words Are in the Dictionary Now
Language always evolves. Not all evolutions are good.
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Nvidia’s Six-Word Response to China
Just days after securing a controversial deal to re-enter the Chinese market, the AI giant is on the defensive, forcefully denying accusations from Beijing that its chips are a tool for espionage.
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‘It’s Not Going to Slow Down’: The Tech Stock Everyone Is Watching This Week
It has signaled it is willing to play ball with Trump's aggressive attempts to take stakes in major tech companies.
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Happy Birthday 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is a microprocessor which casts a long shadow over the world of computing. Many of you will know it as the beating heart of so many famous 8-bit machines from the likes of C…
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Reverse-Engineering the TDA7000 FM Radio Receiver IC
During the 1980s a lot of consumer devices suddenly got a lot smaller as large-scale integration using semiconductor technology took off. This included radios, with Philips’ TDA7000 FM radio receiver …read more
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One-Motor Drone Mimics Maple Seeds For Stability
We’ve seen aircraft based on “helicopter” seeds (technically samara seeds, which include those of maples and elms) before, but this recent design from researchers at the Singapore University of Technology …read more
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Ask Hackaday: Where Are All the Fuel Cells?
Given all the incredible technology developed or improved during the Apollo program, it’s impossible to pick out just one piece of hardware that made humanity’s first crewed landing on another …read more
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New Details Emerge About Ancient Inca Counting Technology
A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on Spanish colonial-era sources.
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Future iPhones Could Adopt Superior Tandem OLED Display Tech
Apple is planning to bring tandem-structure OLED panels to its iPhone lineup in the coming years, which would bring over some of the display improvements currently exclusive to Apple's M4 iPad Pro models.
The Elec reports that Apple has set a two-year pr…
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Samsung Launches World's First Micro RGB TV
Samsung has finally launched a TV featuring the company's new Micro RGB backlight technology. From a report: The 115-inch TV is first launching in South Korea for over $32,000, according to SamMobile, but Samsung says it's coming to the US next, followed by a…
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Cycling race website censors name of Welsh village
British Cycling apologises for the error citing a "autocorrect error" for the fault.
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I'm Fighting for My Freedom Using Outdated Technology
The antiquated technology we use hinders our ability to work with our lawyers and file appeals.
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Aecom Technology (ACM) Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates
Aecom (ACM) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.20% and -0.64%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what...
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Serious offenders to be kept in restricted zones under plans
Ministers hope the legislation will give victims of crime more peace of mind.
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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet
On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed "harmful" - including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky - to verify that users are ov…
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Alien: Earth is a brilliant and terrifying expansion of the franchise
While the monsters in each of the nine Alien movies have been a little bit different, the nefarious corporate forces have remained the same. Ridley Scott's original Alien didn't need to mention Weyland-Yutani by name for it to be clear that a singular mega-co…
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Showrunner wants to turn you into a happy little content prompter for the ‘Netflix of AI’
As one of the cofounders behind Oculus Story Studio, Edward Saatchi knows how hard it can be to sell people on new tech that bills itself as revolutionary. Even though Story Studio snagged an Emmy for one of its three animated features, a general lack of publ…
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Online Safety Act: What went wrong?
Or how regulators are continually messing up technology laws
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Children of the Geissler Tube
The most consequential technology you’ve never heard of
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She runs a team of philosophers and artists at Google. Here's what she recommends for non-technical candidates.
Mira Lane, who founded Google's Envisioning Studio, emphasizes the value that non-technical individuals can bring.
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A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year—Until an AI System Recognized His Helmet
Using AI to analyze thousands of frames taken by drone, The Piedmontese Alpine Rescue team has found the body of a doctor who had been missing since September 2024.
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Is Roblox Getting Worse?
Long plagued by moderation issues, the platform recently released a series of updates aimed at improving the experience for kids. Experts worry they could have the opposite effect.
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AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers
New research from Stanford provides the clearest available evidence that AI is reshaping the workforce—but it’s complicated.
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The Duty-Free Loophole Is Closing. What That Means for You—and Your Packages
President Donald Trump stopped allowing small shipments to enter the country without paying tariffs. Now, things are getting pricier and shipping costs are going up.
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Meta Has Already Won the Smart Glasses Race
By securing a billion-dollar stake in the world’s largest eyewear maker with a massive retail footprint, Meta is building both a moat and a launchpad, leaving Google trailing and Apple way behind.
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The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel
With record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexico’s beaches, experts propose converting it into biogas and construction materials, as well as using it to underwrite carbon credits.
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Inside the Biden Administration’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety
The US government conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models—and never published the results.
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Trump demands CEO of Intel resign over ties to China
President Donald Trump has called for Lip-Bu Tan to immediately resign as Intel’s CEO over his reported ties to Chinese tech firms. The demand follows Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton questioning Intel’s board chairman whether Tan’s alleged connections to China wo…
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Fox News AI Newsletter: Your own personal 'superintelligence'
Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.
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Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump admin unveils groundbreaking tool 'supercharging' gov't efficiency in AI
Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.
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Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble
As economists speculate whether the stock market is in an AI bubble that could soon burst, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has just admitted to believing we're in one. "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI?" Altman said during a lengthy…
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Mini Ikea stores will be opening inside select Best Buy locations this year
Ikea has announced that it’s opening mini retail experiences in a handful of Best Buy stores in the southern US later this year. It’s the first time Ikea’s products and services will be available through another US retailer, saving shoppers from having to vis…
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Google signs Stephen Curry to pitch its Pixel, health, and AI gear
Google has brought NBA star Stephen Curry on board to help shape the company’s hardware, features, and AI services. The long-term partnership was announced today at the Made by Google event, with Curry joining the company as a “performance advisor” for Google…
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Roblox is locking down sexual content and access to ‘adult’ locations after lawsuits
Roblox is updating its policies prohibiting romantic or sexual content to also forbid “content, settings, or behavior that implies sexual activity,” according to a Friday post from chief safety officer Matt Kaufman (emphasis Kaufman’s). The changes follow rec…
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OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop
OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter and 20-billion-parameter versions. The bigger version can run on a sing…
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Google is adding a new way to personalize the news you see
Google is making it easier to see news from your favorite outlets. A new feature, called “preferred sources,” will let you choose the outlets you want to see featured the most in Search’s “top stories” section. Google’s top stories hub appears when you search…
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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State Capacity and Eight Parking Spaces
Personal website for Aaron Brethorst - Seattleite, technology leader, photographer, transit enthusiast, erstwhile non-runner.
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Your next job interview may be conducted by an AI agent
AI is helping job candidates apply for thousands of roles. There's a solution for this: more AI.
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The SEC Shifts Gears on Crypto
Trump’s big push to legitimize crypto is underway.
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