23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options....
01 outubro, 2024
Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is overseeing an overhaul that gives Copilot an empathetic voice, the ability to see, and more advanced reasoning skills....
01 outubro, 2024
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona
Powered by OpenAI's latest models, Microsoft's Copilot assistant is becoming a lot more handy—and wants to be an "encouraging" digital coworker....
01 outubro, 2024
Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry
Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips....
01 outubro, 2024
Cybertruck Finally Gets Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
Some owners of Tesla’s electric pickup truck paid for the feature when they purchased it last fall—and now it’s starting to kick in....
30 setembro, 2024
This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data
While big platforms like Reddit have signed deals with the AI giants, YouTube leaves licensing in the hands of individual creators. The “License to Scrape” program aims to give those streaming stars proper leverage....
30 setembro, 2024
Epic Games Is Suing Samsung Now
After suing both Apple and Google over app store payment policies, Fortnite developer Epic Games now has its sights on Samsung....
30 setembro, 2024
Inside Two Years of Turmoil at Big Tech’s Anti-Terrorism Group
X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It's the latest in a series of episodes driving tension within the ranks....
30 setembro, 2024
No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All of Humanity’s Problems
The OpenAI CEO’s recent mini-manifesto argues (again) that AI will make the future impossibly bright. He could use a refresher course on the basics of human behavior....
27 setembro, 2024
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away....
27 setembro, 2024
China’s Plan to Make AI Watermarks Happen
New Chinese regulation attempts to define how AI content labeling should work and stamp out AI-generated disinformation....
27 setembro, 2024
Shein Workers Have Had It—and They’re Going Public
Workers have been sharing videos alleging the precarious working conditions that have allowed the Chinese ecommerce giant to target unstoppable growth....
27 setembro, 2024
Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy
As Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, eerie messages have been arriving on the phones of civilians on both sides of the border, with authorities in each country accusing the other of psychological warfare....
26 setembro, 2024
Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can’t Save Them
Extended hours after the pandemic have put pressure on pilots in India, who are working longer hours without rest, but monitoring technology to help curb overworking is glitchy and hard to find....
26 setembro, 2024
Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?
At Meta’s Connect developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Orion, a futuristic pair of smart glasses that the company hopes will lead the next foundational shift in personal computing....
25 setembro, 2024
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving the Company
In a letter to the OpenAI team posted on X, Murati wrote that “this moment feels right” to step down....
25 setembro, 2024
Meta Releases Llama 3.2—and Gives Its AI a Voice
Meta’s AI assistants can now talk and see the world. The company is also releasing the multimodal Llama 3.2, a free model with visual skills....
25 setembro, 2024
The Most Capable Open Source AI Model Yet Could Supercharge AI Agents
A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way....
25 setembro, 2024
X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here
In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts....
25 setembro, 2024
Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve
He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times....
25 setembro, 2024
FTX Insider Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
The former chief executive of Alameda Research, the trading company that acted as the vehicle for the multi-billion-dollar fraud at crypto exchange FTX, has been given a two-year prison sentence after cooperating with investigators....
24 setembro, 2024
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power....
24 setembro, 2024
Nike’s Next CEO Has One Hell of a Challenge Ahead
A ruinous pandemic business strategy, declining innovation, exodus of talent, and a “worst sneaker of all time” accolade has laid the world's biggest sports brand low....
24 setembro, 2024
Proposed Ban Would Be a ‘Death Sentence’ for Chinese EVs in the US
The US wants to ban any Chinese or Russian software installed in cars, purportedly over security concerns. If the proposed rule is finalized, don't expect to see a China-made EV stateside any time soon....
23 setembro, 2024
A Mysterious School for the Network State Crowd Is Now in Session
Balaji Srinivasan has long touted the crypto-fueled “network state” as the next evolution of society. His three-month Network School will bring those ideals directly to 150 eager students....
23 setembro, 2024
New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free
“The path we’re on isn’t sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping. Here’s his plan to course-correct....
23 setembro, 2024
Attention, Spoiled Software Engineers: Take a Lesson from Google’s Programming Language
The language Go hails from an era when programmers had smaller egos and fewer commercial ambitions. My generation of strivers has a lot to learn....
23 setembro, 2024
TikTok’s Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the Bus
In an attempt to defend itself against a ban in the US, TikTok has pointed out that other Chinese companies could be collecting as much data as it does....
23 setembro, 2024
Protesters Take to Apple Stores Worldwide on iPhone 16 Launch Day
Calling for Apple to break its silence on the ongoing war in Gaza and to rid so-called blood minerals from its supply chain, protesters stood outside over a dozen Apple Stores around the world Friday....
20 setembro, 2024
Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’
AI has scrambled our ability to tell what’s real and what’s synthetic. But there are tools and techniques to help stay grounded in truth....
20 setembro, 2024
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