Tag Archives: Wired

Get Used to Face Recognition in Stadiums

Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns.

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How the US Could Ban TikTok in 7 Not-So-Easy Steps

Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job.

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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat

Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?

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Fact-Checkers Are Scrambling to Fight Disinformation With AI

Bad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth.

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Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War

True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.

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Layoffs Broke Big Tech’s Elite College Hiring Pipeline

Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options.

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Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops

The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff.

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Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.

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ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet

ADS-B Exchange, beloved for resisting censorship, was sold to a company owned by private equity—and now even its biggest fans are bailing.

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Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People

Workers from Google, Meta, and Twitter reveal the brutal ways they got dumped.

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