Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that's snarky and unhelpful.
China's World AI Conference struck a stark contrast to Trump's America-first, regulation-light vision, focusing instead on global cooperation for AI safety
WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai: Evy Kwong / @evystadium : while trump works to dismantle AI guardrails, china's AI summit focused on safety—with western visi...
TeleMessage parent company Smarsh says it is “investigating a potential security incident” and has suspended all its services “out of an abundance of caution”
The messaging app that President Donald Trump's former national security advisor was seen using during …
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Apple shares drop 7%+ after President Trump announced new tariffs, including 46% on Vietnam and 26% on India, where Apple has been moving production from China
The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may not matter.
Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Meta drops as much as ~8%, Amazon drops ~7%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3%
Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …
Ahead of a likely US TikTok ban, users flee to Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, and ByteDance's Lemon8, currently the top two apps in the US App Store
and how to prepare Koh Ewe / BBC : TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms New York Times : ‘Red Note,’ a Chinese App, Is Dominating Downloads, Thanks to TikTok U...
Elon Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” on X and deleted the false claim after it garnered 34M+ views, claiming it was a “joke”
which he made after the second apparent assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump — Musk, who owns the platform, responded to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trum...
Arab and Muslim workers at Meta detail frustrations over Meta's handling of internal discussions on the Israel-Hamas war, worrying it led to bad product choices
Wired : X: @marcowenjones , @nicolefroio , @evystadium , and @wired . Forums: r/worldnews X: Marc Owen Jones / @marcowenjones : This is an essential read in all the ways Meta sile...
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs the country's first bill that bans TikTok in a state, set to go into effect on January 1, 2024
Ban is slated to take effect next year—if it survives expected litigation — Montana's governor signed the country's first bill that outright bans TikTok …
Analysis of Stardust period tracking app, the top free app on the US App Store on June 25, shows it shares users' phone numbers with analytics company Mixpanel
This Privacy Policy explains how Stardust App LLC. Tweets: @motherboard : Menstrual tracking app Stardust is one of Apple's top three most-downloaded free apps right now. It's also...