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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
“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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Paul Graham’s viral essay explains why Brian Chesky and Steve Jobs ruled and professional managers stink. But if a manager is smart and the founder is meh, who’s better?...
The TikTok owner’s newest board member revels in challenging the establishment....
For the past five years, Big Tech has faced a flurry of new rules and reprimands from Brussels. Now with a new team taking over the European Commission, relations may be entering a new era....
Protests against online gaming company Evolution have gone to extremes in Europe—and are reverberating in the US....
A group that includes sex workers, sex tech businesses, and sex educators has demanded a seat at the table to shape AI regulations that they say could lead to discrimination against them....
A UN report proposes that the organization take a much more active role in the monitoring and oversight of AI....
The founder of Oculus VR is returning to headsets—this time for the battlefield....
SocialAI is an online universe where everyone you interact with is a bot—for better or worse....
Google plans to add an AI feature next year inside of the YouTube app for creators to generate 6-second clips using the company’s Veo model....
A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up....
If you try to figure out how OpenAI’s o1 models solve problems, you might get a nastygram....
After coming out in favor of crypto, the Trump family is launching a venture of its own. You'll just have to wait for the details....
Mumsnet CEO Justine Roberts spoke to WIRED about why licensing talks with OpenAI broke down and why her company is planning legal action....
The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry....
Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is unveiling a startup that aims to teach AI systems deep knowledge of physical reality. Investors are throwing money at it....
The ChatGPT maker reveals details of what’s officially known as OpenAI-o1, which shows that AI needs more than scale to advance....
A US judge has overturned a moratorium that stopped gambling companies from letting people bet on election results....
A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet, and how badly the company is missing its own targets....
To compete against thousands of crypto meme coins flooding the market, creators are resorting to elaborate and sometimes dangerous stunts for attention....