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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.