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2026-02-25
History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don't mention sharks. https://www.wired.com/...
2026-02-25 View on X
Wired

A look at TAT-8, the first transoceanic fiber-optic cable, which went into service in 1988, was retired in 2002, and is now being pulled up for recycling

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor.

2026-02-19
Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born. https://www.wired.com/...
2026-02-19 View on X
Wired

How Lego's Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors, and proprietary communication system to seamlessly integrate with existing sets

Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets.

2026-01-27
I've tested two laptops powered by Panther Lake—pitting them head-to-head against laptops with Apple Silicon—and Intel has finally scored a much-needed win with the Core Ultra Series 3. https://www.wired.com/...
2026-01-27 View on X
The Verge

Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: the 18A-based Core Ultra X9 388H delivers impressive performance and efficiency and is a solid option for 1080p gaming

2026-01-26
I've tested two laptops powered by Panther Lake—pitting them head-to-head against laptops with Apple Silicon—and Intel has finally scored a much-needed win with the Core Ultra Series 3. https://www.wired.com/...
2026-01-26 View on X
The Verge

Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: the 18A-based Core Ultra X9 388H outperforms Apple's M5 and AMD's top-tier Strix Halo in some tests like 4K video exports

Intel's been talking the talk for months about its new generation of laptop chips, the first made on its long-anticipated 18A process.

2026-01-08
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok's official website shows it's being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors. https://www.wired.com/...
2026-01-08 View on X
Wired

Grok's website and app are being used to produce extremely graphic, sometimes violent, sexual imagery of adults that is far more explicit than images on X

A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok's official website shows it's being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.

2025-10-19
ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-10-19 View on X
Wired

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia

ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia. X: @charlesmok , @wired , @zeyiyang ...

As the TikTok saga continues, ByteDance has built what is currently the most popular AI chatbot in China. They also have an overseas counterpart: #Cici. While it's not available in the US, it's taking over in Mexico, the UK, and more. #ciciai https://wired.com/...
2025-10-19 View on X
Wired

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia

ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia. X: @charlesmok , @wired , @zeyiyang ...

“Chinese AI companies are probably better positioned... neither Google nor OpenAI have mastered the kind of dopamine-driven engagement that ByteDance built TikTok on,” says Dermot McGrath, an investor and technologist. https://wired.com/...
2025-10-19 View on X
Wired

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia

ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia. X: @charlesmok , @wired , @zeyiyang ...

2025-10-14
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-10-14 View on X
Wired

Researchers used $800 of off-the-shelf hardware to collect data sent by satellites unencrypted, like T-Mobile users' calls and texts and some US military comms

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls …

2025-10-06
United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages to target people for deportation. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-10-06 View on X
Wired

US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

2025-09-13
Minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot yesterday, jarring videos of the incident began circulating on social media—often autoplaying without content warnings. Are platforms falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules? https://www.wired.com/...
2025-09-13 View on X
Wired

Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence”

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …

2025-09-04
The GENIUS Act barred stablecoin issuers from paying interest. But in allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to offer rewards, it set off a high-stakes clash with the US banking industry. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-09-04 View on X
Wired

US banking groups warn that a GENIUS Act loophole that lets crypto exchanges reward stablecoin holdings could push people to pull money from traditional banks

Adam Willems / Wired :

2025-08-07
The US government conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models—and never published the results. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-08-07 View on X
Wired

Sources: NIST didn't publish an AI safety report and several other AI documents near the end of Biden's term for fear of clashing with the Trump administration

The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models just before Donald Trump's second term …

2025-07-02
“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”

neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly...

SCOOP: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent AI talent poaching spree. “Missionaries will beat mercenaries,” Altman wrote in an internal memo to OpenAI researchers. WIRED has obtained it: https://www.wired.com/...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year

The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.

“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year

The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.

SCOOP: As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta's new superintelligence lab, he's offering top research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year

The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.

SCOOP: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent AI talent poaching spree. “Missionaries will beat mercenaries,” Altman wrote in an internal memo to OpenAI researchers. WIRED has obtained it: https://www.wired.com/...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”

neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly...

2025-06-26
The judge took pains to stress that his ruling was based on the specific set of facts in this case—leaving the door open for other authors to sue Meta for copyright infringement in the future. ...
2025-06-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

A US judge rules that Meta's use of books to train Llama is protected by fair use but says his opinion is more a reflection of the plaintiffs' poor arguments

Meta Platforms Inc. escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered …

2025-05-15
Microsoft quietly announced earlier this week that it plans to shut down its Bing Search APIs, a longstanding tool supplying search engine startups and other software developers with a raw feed of Bing search results. https://www.wired.com/...
2025-05-15 View on X
Wired

Microsoft plans to shut down its Bing Search APIs on August 11; a source says the largest customers will retain access, and DuckDuckGo says it won't be affected

Microsoft is limiting access to tools that boosted its rivals, but larger customers like DuckDuckGo say they won't be affected.