Business
Car Wars
Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis
The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco.
Paresh Dave
We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos
We had a specialty chatbot to curate perfect days out in London and New York for under $100 each. We're still recovering from our journeys.
Natasha Bernal and Amanda Hoover
The AI-Powered Future of Coding Is Near
Tech companies—including OpenAI—are developing a new generation of AI assistants that can not only write code but debug, organize, and critique it, too.
Will Knight
OpenAI Slashes the Cost of Using Its AI With a ‘Mini’ Model
With competing models—including many free ones—flooding the market, OpenAI is announcing a cheaper way to use its AI.
Will Knight
OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough
The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed.
Will Knight
Startups and Tech Culture
Donald Trump and Silicon Valley's Billionaire Elegy
Venture capitalists Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen claim the tech industry, California, and the country are doomed if we don’t embrace the former president.
Steven Levy
Elon Musk Says He’s Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas
The tech mogul cited California’s new transgender rights law as “the final straw” for moving out of the state.
Paresh Dave
The Metaverse Was Supposed to Be Your New Office. You’re Still on Zoom
Tech founders painted a vision of employees clocking into virtual workplaces. But the adoption of VR at work has been slow.
Amanda Hoover
At 25, Metafilter Feels Like a Time Capsule From Another Internet
After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn’t changed much. And don’t ask it to license its archive to AI.
Steven Levy
Craig Wright Faces Perjury Investigation Over Claims He Created Bitcoin
By order of a UK judge, Craig Wright can no longer claim he is the creator of bitcoin and now faces the prospect of criminal charges.
Joel Khalili
Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage
A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.
Andy Greenberg
Inside a Violent Gang's Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.
Andy Greenberg and Matt Giles
How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.
Kim Zetter
The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift
By shifting regulatory power away from government agencies and to the courts, recent SCOTUS rulings may be a boon for a tech industry under fire.
Jordan Pearson
Before Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on Google
Not too long ago, services like GOOG-411, 118 118 and AQA used actual humans to answer questions with witty responses and encyclopedic knowledge. Today’s search engines could learn something.
Amelia Tait
The EU Is Taking on Big Tech. It May Be Outmatched
From the Digital Services Act to the AI Act, in five years Europe has created a lot of rules for the digital world. Implementing them, however, isn’t always easy.
Luca Zorloni
Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly
“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.
Paresh Dave
The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military
A WIRED investigation found public statements from officials detail a much closer link between Project Nimbus and Israel Defense Forces than previously reported.
Caroline Haskins
The Eternal Truth of Markdown
An exegesis of the most ubiquitous piece of code on the web.
Scott Gilbertson
Generative AI Is Totally Shameless. I Want to Be It
The best thing about brain-melting software like ChatGPT? It doesn’t feel remorse.
Paul Ford
Inside the Cult of the Haskell Programmer
It’s spooky. It’s esoteric. It’s also the key to understanding the rise and relevance of functional programming.
Sheon Han
Rimac’s Super-Sleek Robotaxi Has More Room Than a Rolls-Royce
The group’s new autonomous ride-hailing service has a 43-inch widescreen, a 17-speaker audio system, and five-position reclining seats. But will it beat Tesla’s rival coming in August?
Ben Oliver
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s Big Payday
Elon Musk will pocket $50 billion after Tesla shareholders made a show of support for his leadership.
Aarian Marshall and Morgan Meaker
Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech
Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds. But researchers found Teslas equipped with it are as vulnerable as ever.
Andy Greenberg
Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work
America now has 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but with US automakers struggling to compete and its reliance on China’s materials, will this help? Mercedes, BMW and VW think not.
Aarian Marshall
Latest
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Huge Microsoft Outage Caused by CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World
Matt Burgess
Flip the Script
Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI
Annie Gilbertson and Alex Reisner
Bitcoin Bonanza
Tiny Texas Village Seeks Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Miner to Pave Potholes, Scare Dogs Away
Joel Khalili
internal affairs
How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta
Paresh Dave and Vittoria Elliott
Star-Crossed
Polestar Is Bracing for the EV Tariff Wars. It May Not Emerge Unscathed
Jeremy White and Natasha Bernal
Social Media
Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App
The EU Is Coming for X’s Paid Blue Checks
YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlash
Orkut’s Founder Is Still Dreaming of a Social Media Utopia