The New Hatred of Technology
Tech critics are more sophisticated than ever. They’re still wrong....
15 novembro, 2024
The Race to Create the Perfect EV Tire
With billions sold each year, the battle is on to make the ideal electric car tire—one that offers the holy trinity of increased range, eco credentials and less noise. The results could benefit every vehicle on the planet....
15 novembro, 2024
Some of Substack’s Biggest Writers Rely On AI Writing Tools
An analysis of Substack’s top newsletters estimated that around 10 percent publish AI-generated or AI-assisted content....
15 novembro, 2024
Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far
Aura Salla was once the tech giant’s top lobbyist in Brussels. Now, her presence as a regulator in the European Parliament is proving controversial....
15 novembro, 2024
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free
On the campaign trail, incoming US president Donald Trump vowed to release Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht from prison if reelected. Will he keep his word?...
14 novembro, 2024
How to Not Die in Silicon Valley
Here’s what Silicon Valley’s moguls are doing to beat death....
14 novembro, 2024
NATO’s Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald Trump
The new NATO Innovation Fund started as a way to combat flagging US interest. Now, its staff are scouring Europe to find the companies that could give the alliance the edge in the face of war....
14 novembro, 2024
The Great American Microchip Mobilization
Under Donald Trump and Joe Biden alike, the US has been determined to “reshore” chipmaking. Now money and colossal infrastructure are flowing to a vast Intel site in Ohio—just as the company may be falling apart....
14 novembro, 2024
Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World
Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn....
14 novembro, 2024
The Chinese Queen of Cottagecore Has Suddenly Reappeared After Three Years
After quietly settling a dispute with her management agency, the massively popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi has started posting again, gaining her millions of new followers overnight....
13 novembro, 2024
The First Entirely AI-Generated Video Game Is Insanely Weird and Fun
Generative AI may transform video game design, but the first playable title is just bizarre and fascinating....
13 novembro, 2024
Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google
Generative AI and new rules targeting tech giants are giving Ecosia and Qwant fuel to challenge Google and Microsoft and develop a web index for Europe....
12 novembro, 2024
OpenAI Scored a Legal Win Over Progressive Publishers—but the Fight’s Not Finished
A judge tossed out a case against OpenAI brought by Alternet and Raw Story, in what could be a significant ruling in the larger battle between AI companies and publishers....
08 novembro, 2024
Donald Trump Isn’t the Only Chaos Agent
He’s not even the biggest one. Monumental change will instead come from tech—from AI....
08 novembro, 2024
What Donald Trump’s Win Will Mean for Big Tech
Donald Trump's approach to Big Tech has oscillated between calls for stricter regulations for some players and a hands-off approach for others. Here's how he might steer tech policy in a second term....
07 novembro, 2024
Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office
What’s really behind these return-to-office mandates?...
07 novembro, 2024
The Creator of Houseparty Is Back. This Time He’s Taking on Slack and Discord
Ben Rubin, cocreator of hit pandemic chat app Houseparty, has launched a new group messaging platform that aims to solve the problems undermining trust in public conversation—using blockchain. If it fails, that’s OK by him....
07 novembro, 2024
As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring
The crypto industry is celebrating the return of Donald Trump to the White House in anticipation of an easier ride under his regime....
06 novembro, 2024
Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back
The controversial AI search engine, accused of aggressively scraping content, went all in on providing AI-generated election information....
06 novembro, 2024
TikTok Employees Shrug as the US Election Looms
Donald Trump says he’ll spare TikTok. Kamala Harris will likely support the ban. But inside the company, few are talking about the US election....
05 novembro, 2024
The Guy Behind the Fake AI Halloween Parade Listing Says You’ve Got It All Wrong
An SEO agency owner says he is “very depressed” after one of his AI-assisted Halloween parade listings misled revelers in Dublin, Ireland....
01 novembro, 2024
What an ‘Airbnbopoly’ Game Says About Silicon Valley’s Standoff With Lina Khan
In 2020, LinkedIn founder, tech investor, and Harris megadonor Reid Hoffman made a custom Monopoly board to celebrate Airbnb’s IPO. Instead of jail, it sent players to “Government Regulation.”...
01 novembro, 2024
AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do
Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill....
01 novembro, 2024
Profiteers Are Exploiting US Election Conspiracies and Hate to Make Millions
Unscrupulous online operators are spreading toxic lies to push bitcoin scams and sell MAGA shirts to Facebook users in the run-up to the US presidential election....
01 novembro, 2024
This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robots
Physical Intelligence, a well-funded startup chasing breakthroughs in robotic intelligence, has developed a robot capable of doing various household chores remarkably well....
31 outubro, 2024
The EU Is Investigating Temu for Illegal Products and Addictive Design
Toys, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics are suspected to be among the noncompliant products available to the Chinese shopping platform’s 90 million European users....
31 outubro, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg’s Midlife Crisis
Is Mark Zuckerberg's style transformation just a matter of a change in personal taste? Or is the infamous tech mogul trying to tell us something about Meta?...
31 outubro, 2024
Introducing WIRED’s Flagship Podcast, ‘Uncanny Valley’
Will AI actually change the world? Will work and socialization be constrained to the metaverse? Uncanny Valley provides an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley....
31 outubro, 2024
Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else
The race for better generative AI is also a race for more computing power. On that score, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta appears to be winning....
30 outubro, 2024
Elon Musk’s Criticism of ‘Woke AI’ Suggests ChatGPT Could Be a Trump Administration Target
If you think the United States is politically divided now, just wait for the AI culture wars....
30 outubro, 2024
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