Tag Archives: Wired

Meta Verified Shows a Company Running Out of Ideas

Mark Zuckerberg has a new subscription service for Instagram and Facebook. That blue check mark looks awfully familiar.

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Generative AI Is Coming For the Lawyers

Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong?

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City

A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists.

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Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry’s ‘Tainted’ City

In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials.

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Heat Pumps Sell Like Hotcakes on America’s Oil-Rich Frontier

In Alaska, people are flocking to buy electric appliances instead of fuel-guzzling furnaces, as oil prices soar and temperatures plummet.

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Roblox Is Bringing Generative AI to Its Gaming Universe

The company aims to draw on the new technology’s code-writing ability to make its digital worlds even more customizable.

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Google Pioneered Stratospheric Loon Balloons. Was China Watching?

The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.

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One Startup’s Plan to Help Africa Lure Back Its AI Talent

Lelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities.

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Germany Raises Red Flags About Palantir’s Big Data Dragnet

A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations.

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Bitcoin Miners Are Playing a High-Stakes Game of Chicken

In the bitter crypto winter, companies are making deep cuts to survive a new challenge.

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