Tag Archives: Wired

SpaceX Has a Plan for Starlink to Hit Gigabit Speeds

Elon Musk’s satellite internet company told the FCC that a few tweaks to its “orbital configuration and operational parameters” could result in nearly 10 times faster downloads.

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GPS Jamming Is Screwing With Norwegian Planes

So much jamming is taking place in northeastern Norway, regulators no longer want to know.

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Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl

She was the 20th hire at Google, then the head of Yahoo, and now the CEO of Sunshine. For Mayer, geekery supersedes gender.

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Inside the Mind of an AI Girlfriend (or Boyfriend)

Dippy, a startup that offers “uncensored” AI companions, lets you peer into their thought process—sometimes revealing hidden motives.

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Trumpcoin Launches With a Whimper

Investors scooped up only a small number of the Trump family’s new World Liberty Financial crypto tokens after website reliability issues interfered with a launch event.

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Algorithms Policed Welfare Systems For Years. Now They’re Under Fire for Bias

Human rights groups have launched a new legal challenge against the use of algorithms to detect error and fraud in France’s welfare system, amid claims that single mothers are disproportionately affected.

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Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be

The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be.

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A Rubberized Cybertruck Is Ploughing Through European Pedestrian Safety Rules

Tesla’s troubled electric pickup is illegal in Europe, yet somehow a barely modified model has found a way to get licensed. A group of European transport organizations claim this ride could spell disaster.

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The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.

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It Seemed Like an AI Crime-Fighting Super Tool. Then Defense Attorneys Started Asking Questions

Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.

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