The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
…So we don’t develop all the code,” Schaer says. There are public plans for new features, although code is published on Microsoft-owned Github. All data handled by the alternatives has…
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The Top New Features in Google’s Android 17—and Gemini Intelligence—Coming This Summer
…Hiding security codes: When you get a one-time password (OTP) via text, there's a risk that someone could intercept that information to hijack your account. Now, Android will automatically hide…
Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off
…Coders and software developers were the first group really to experience radical change when agents hit their workflows. Now, less technical members are increasingly expected to automate their daily logistics planning and…
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
Lightsabers come in a cosmic rainbow of hues (color-coded blue or green for good guys, red for bad) and a variety of shapes. There’s even a double-bladed version in…
Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?
…VoiceInk, another Mac-only option, is open source and free to use if you download the code from GitHub and compile it yourself. The app otherwise costs $25, one time, after which…
At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty
…After a screenshot of CS 153’s guest lecture lineup went viral on social media this year, some critics argued that students should be spending their time in “real” classes, not attending…
He Built the Definitive Epstein Database—and It Consumed His Life
…I opened a code editor and started building. By 3 am I had a basic search prototype working against a few hundred documents,” he says. Around that time, a site called Jmail…
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
…This was not exclusive to our organization and was raised to the Thalamus team in real time by our dean’s team.” Thalamus told WIRED that “a very small number of identified…
AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Deliver It
…The market recognized in real time that the pocket watch from Swatch and AP tantalizingly contained all that was structurally needed to deliver the very wristwatch that the AI concepts had promised…
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
Meta has been quietly stashing dormant face recognition code on more than 50 million phones, WIRED reported this week, tucked inside the companion app that pairs with its Ray-Ban and Oakley…