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Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds
Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.
View the articleMark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE
While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.
View the articleStanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice
While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.
View the articleElon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI
All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.
View the articleThese iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time
We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.
View the articleAnthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing
Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch ...
View the articleWhat will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open
Fusion, fission, and even natural gas are appeared tied in the race to deliver new power to the grid in the early 2030s.
View the articleLet’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback
Boomboxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices available.
View the articleFrom Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day
We polled nearly a dozen VCs to find out which W26 startups are the sought after in the batch.
View the articleWhoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom
Whoop founder Will Ahmed has spent 14 years building a health wearable beloved by elite athletes, and is now racing Oura — and the FDA, and the limits of consumer medicine — to turn it into someth...
View the articlePhysical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again
The deal would effectively double the company's $5.6 billion valuation in just four months.
View the articleAI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.
View the articleWhy SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO
Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.
View the articleMemory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO
SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the 'RAMmageddon' memory shortage.
View the articleWaymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart
Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.
View the articleEuropean Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach
The European Union's top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission's cloud storage.
View the articleAetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
View the articleRivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen
The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW's EVs.
View the articleIranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account
Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.
View the articleApple Still Plans to Sell iPhones When It Turns 100
As the tech giant turns 50, WIRED spoke to executives about how they plan to win in the AI era.
View the articleApple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with ol...
View the articleOpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nea...
View the articleA New AI Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist seeks the middle ground on a polarizing technology—and ends up letting tech execs like Sam Altman off the hook.
View the articleI Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI's bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.
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