The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine Is Rattling This Texas Oil Town
A cash-strapped city in rural Texas will soon be home to the world’s largest bitcoin mine. Local protesters are “raising hell.”...
11 setembro, 2024
Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown On ‘Sweetheart Deals’
The European Court of Justice has ordered Apple to pay billions in back taxes to Ireland, in a move that hands a victory to the European Commission against so-called ‘sweetheart deals’ between the country and big tech companies....
10 setembro, 2024
An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast
The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact....
10 setembro, 2024
Why Is AI So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris?
Race and gender are part of it, but there’s more to those unconvincing pictures of the presidential candidate....
10 setembro, 2024
This iPhone ‘Supercycle’ May Not Be So Super
Some Apple analysts believe AI will spur a boom in iPhone sales. But not everyone's buying the hype....
09 setembro, 2024
Google’s Next Antitrust Trial Could Make Online Ads Less Annoying
Google will be in court on Monday to face allegations of an ad tech monopoly. Experts say that a DOJ win could create a better browsing future....
09 setembro, 2024
What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy
xAI's generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It's also scooping up a ton of data people post on X. Here's how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should....
09 setembro, 2024
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Polestar?
The all-electric sibling of Volvo has a new CEO, new models landing, and a new plant in South Carolina—but will this be enough to stop the EV brand's decline?...
07 setembro, 2024
The NSA Has a Podcast—Here’s How to Decode It
The spy agency that dared not speak its name is now the Joe Rogan of the SIGINT set. And the pod's actually worth a listen....
06 setembro, 2024
Elon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil
After a public standoff with a judge over X and Starlink’s operations in the country, Elon Musk is showing signs of wavering....
06 setembro, 2024
Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil
With 20,000 internet providers across the country, the technical challenges of blocking X in Brazil mean some connections are slipping through the cracks....
05 setembro, 2024
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library....
04 setembro, 2024
Could This Be the Start of Amazon’s Next Robot Revolution?
The ecommerce giant has acquired a team to give bots greater intelligence and dexterity—potentially automating much more of its warehouse operations....
04 setembro, 2024
Impersonators Take Advantage as the Trumps Dawdle Over Crypto Reveal
The Trump family has spent the past month hyping an upcoming crypto venture. In the absence of hard details about the project, scammers are filling in the blanks....
04 setembro, 2024
One Year After Strict Airbnb Regulations Were Enacted, New York Housing Is Still a Mess
The city’s short-term stay law was meant to lower rents and open up apartments for full-time residents. Critics point to data showing it’s not working....
04 setembro, 2024
A New Group Is Trying to Make AI Data Licensing Ethical
The Dataset Providers Alliance calls for creators and rights holders to be able to opt in to having their material used for training purposes....
04 setembro, 2024
Elon Musk’s Standoff With Brazil Reaches a Tipping Point
An ongoing legal row over accounts allegedly spreading disinformation has escalated between Brazil’s top court and the owner of X....
30 agosto, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP
In a letter to Congress, the Meta CEO echoed what many right-wingers have claimed for years: that some of the company’s content decisions amounted to censorship....
30 agosto, 2024
Telegram Faces a Reckoning in Europe. Other Founders Should Beware
Politicians have long complained of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's attitude. What's changed is their response....
29 agosto, 2024
Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping
This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data. Major publishers and platforms like The New York Times and Facebook have already opted out....
29 agosto, 2024
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App
After four days in the custody of French police, Telegram's CEO has been charged with complicity in spreading sexual images of children and other alleged crimes....
28 agosto, 2024
Generative AI Transformed English Homework. Math Is Next
ByteDance’s Gauth app scans math homework and provides thorough, often correct, answers using AI. Millions have already downloaded it for free....
28 agosto, 2024
The Paris Olympics Promised Flying Taxis—Here’s Why They Failed to Launch
Futuristic plans for tourists to fly over Paris stalled as critics derided flying taxis as an "absurd" invention, that will "only benefit a few ultra rich people."...
28 agosto, 2024
A Look Inside the Airbus Factory Revolutionizing the World of Airplanes
In Hamburg, aviation giant Airbus is transforming aircraft production with state-of-the-art robotics technology on its planes. We go on a behind-the-scenes visit for the delivery of an A321neo....
27 agosto, 2024
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Linked to Sweeping Criminal Investigation
French authorities detained Durov to question him as part of a probe into a wide range of alleged violations—including money laundering and CSAM—but it remains unclear if he will face charges....
26 agosto, 2024
Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency
The UNRWA calls Israel’s strategy of promoting alleged misinformation “destructive.”...
26 agosto, 2024
‘Should Art Be Regulated by the SEC?’: NFT Artists’ New Lawsuit Seeks Answers
At issue is whether digital collectibles can be considered a security. “What the SEC has done directly affects my ability to make a living,” one plaintiff says....
26 agosto, 2024
Pavel Durov’s Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance
Durov has reportedly been detained in France over Telegram's alleged failure to adequately moderate illegal content on the messaging app. His arrest sparked backlash and left some associates asking, what now?...
25 agosto, 2024
Will the ‘Car-Free’ Los Angeles Olympics Work?
Organizers of the 2028 Summer Games will attempt to re-create the city’s public transport heyday of the early 20th century, but ousting the car—even for just a few weeks—will be costly....
24 agosto, 2024
The Apartment Rental Market Is Rigged by Algorithms, a DOJ Lawsuit Alleges
The US Department of Justice claims that a company called RealPage is responsible for price-fixing across millions of apartment rental units nationwide....
23 agosto, 2024
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