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The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and lowering some guardrails.
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Bookings on flights from Canada to the US have dropped more than 70%, OAG found. WestJet said it's seeing demand shift to Europe and Mexico. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has purchased X, according to a post shared by Musk. Besides their similar names and owner, the companies are already connected through xAI's chatbot Grok, which is integrated into X. X was acquired by xAI through an all-stock transaction. "The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt)," Musk writes. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined." The companies... Read more ›
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Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months. Read more ›
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Billionaire entrepreneur says social media platform and AI group will share data and computational power Read more ›
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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said he predicts a "swift shift" back to DEI in hiring practices, critiquing companies for abandoning it. Read more ›
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The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and on-site ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned. Read more ›
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Elon Musk announced in a post on X that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, had acquired the social media platform in an all-stock deal. Read more ›
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The backlash against Elon Musk and DOGE has turned Tesla into a target, with vehicles and showrooms hit by vandalism, gunfire, and suspected arson. Read more ›
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A couple of years after buying Twitter, Elon Musk announced that his AI business xAI has acquired the social media platform that’s now known as X. In a tweet, he described it as an all-stock transaction, valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. Elon Musk: @xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock […] Read more ›
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For the second time in a year, Elon Musk appears to be trying to bribe voters — and election law experts say it’s probably illegal. Musk offered Thursday to “personally hand over” a total of $2 million to two individuals who have already voted in the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race. (It’s unclear whether […] Read more ›
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After Netflix's tentative first few years in games - which has seen it grow its mobile library, acquire studios, and dabble in triple-A development before dramatically changing course - the streamer's new gaming boss, Alain Tascan, has laid out the company's latest vision. This, he says, is less about the console model and more about phone-controlled party game. Read more Read more ›
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CoreWeave's IPO debut tests neocloud viability and reliance on Nvidia GPUs. Read more ›
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Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem visited a notorious Salvadorian prison wearing a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, which retails at around $50,000. Read more ›
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Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device be set up with an internet-connected account. In its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, the company says it will take out a well-known bypass script that let end users skip the requirement of connecting to the internet and logging in […] Read more ›
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The so-called "manosphere" helped deliver the young male vote to Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Read more ›
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Matt Bomer could have played Superman in the early 2000s. Now, he tells BI that missing out on the iconic role helped him have a more varied career. Read more ›
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A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it. Read more ›
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DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here's what that means for your genetic data. Read more ›
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Trump officials accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to their Signal group chat. Hours after bombs dropped on Yemen, they partied at a $1-million-per-seat Mar-a-Lago dinner. Read more ›
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Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy. Read more ›
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The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk's role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn. Read more ›
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The FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers. Read more ›
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The ad hoc addition to the otherwise tightly controlled White House information environment could create blind spots and security exposures while setting potentially dangerous precedent. Read more ›
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The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them. Read more ›
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As the Trump administration continues its efforts to slash the US federal workforce, the team responsible for publishing data used in advanced research in astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and other fields appears to be on the chopping block. Read more ›
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As Elon Musk continues to expand his political power in the US, his mother has repeatedly traveled to China to speak at events, model for Chinese brands, and promote Tesla. Read more ›
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