Why Crypto Idealogues Won’t Touch Bitcoin ETFs
The arrival of spot bitcoin ETFs in the US offers easy access to the masses. Purists will steer clear. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 15, 2024•6 min
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Toyota's Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans
Carmaker Toyota is developing robots capable of learning to do household chores by observing how humans take on the tasks. The project is an example of robotics getting a boost from generative AI. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 12, 2024•6 min
OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App
A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 11, 2024•8 min
Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation
The SEC confirmed to WIRED that the financial regulator has launched an investigation involving Rumble, a “free speech” video platform. The nature of the probe remains unknown. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 10, 2024•5 min
Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something else for a change? Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 09, 2024•7 min
The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 08, 2024•11 min
As Robotaxis Hit City Streets, Local Officials Often Have Little Power Over Them
Autonomous vehicles are operating—and getting into crashes—in US cities. But state laws in Texas, California, Arizona, and other places prevent local governments from regulating the technology. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 05, 2024•9 min
Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?
Automobiles have gotten much bigger in recent years, alarming road safety experts. The chief engineer at Chrysler’s owner Stellantis says the solution is offering drivers more choice and smarter software. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 04, 2024•9 min
Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0
Generative AI companies’ struggles with content moderation, sketchy labor practices, and disinformation show them fighting the same problems that tripped up social platforms before them. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 03, 2024•8 min
Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe
More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 01, 2024•7 min
Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis Says Gemini Is a New Breed of AI
Google’s new AI model Gemini launched inside the Bard chatbot. It could go on to advance robotics and other projects, says Demis Hassabis, the AI executive leading the project. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 25, 2023•9 min
Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff
Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app's giveaways—but have questions about its future. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 22, 2023•8 min
New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Causing a Christmas Crunch
Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 21, 2023•8 min
Lamborghini’s Revuelto Is the Outstanding Hybrid of 2023
The 217-mph, 1,001-hp electrified Lamborghini Revuelto is so much fun it will make you lose the ability to speak properly. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 20, 2023•9 min
EU Investigates Elon Musk’s X for Spreading Illegal Content
Raising a broad range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials also claimed graphic content of the Hamas attack on Israel had been allowed to spread widely. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 19, 2023•4 min
Europe to End Robo-Firing in Major Gig Economy Overhaul
Platforms will no longer be able to fire their workers automatically as part of new EU rules that will affect millions of people including Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 18, 2023•5 min
Pinterest Is Having a Moment
Millennials may have popularized Pinterest, but Gen Z is pushing the platform to new heights. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 15, 2023•5 min
US Regulators Want Cars to Include Drunk-Driver Detection Technology
In 2021, more than 13,000 people died in US alcohol-related crashes. The top US road safety regulator is exploring tech in vehicles that could check whether a driver is drunk. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 14, 2023•5 min
Panasonic’s New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs
A company working with Tesla’s main US battery supplier has silicon-based tech that could soon give electric cars 500-mile ranges and charge refills in just 10 minutes. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 13, 2023•9 min
OpenAI Cofounder Reid Hoffman Gives Sam Altman a Vote of Confidence
LinkedIn and OpenAI cofounder Reid Hoffman says he's glad Sam Altman is leading the AI company again. Hoffman and other AI experts discussed the perils and potential of AI at a WIRED event Tuesday. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 12, 2023•7 min
Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI Boom
A new AI model from Google—called Gemini—is fresh competition for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The AI rivals are now working on even more radical ideas. Read the full story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 11, 2023•5 min
Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats
Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 08, 2023•8 min
The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance
Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.” Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 07, 2023•9 min
The Pilots Delivering Your Amazon Packages Are Ready to Strike
Pilots for Amazon’s largest air freight provider voted to strike, complaining of low pay and high turnover. If a strike happens in the new year, Amazon deliveries could be impacted. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 06, 2023•8 min
Innovation-Killing Noncompete Agreements Are Finally Dying
More US states are moving to bar companies from binding workers with noncompete agreements. Research shows the move could boost wages and innovation. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 05, 2023•9 min
Fresh Bitcoin Hype Shows Crypto Just Can’t Help Itself
After crashes, scandals, and SBF’s guilty verdict, many hoped the crypto industry would grow up. Speculation around the arrival of a spot bitcoin ETF shows old hype dies hard. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 04, 2023•7 min
Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers 'Go Fuck Yourself'
In a rambling interview at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, Elon Musk suggested advertisers fleeing X were blackmailing him and could kill the platform. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 01, 2023•5 min
OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 30, 2023•7 min
A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener
A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks just about anywhere. A pilot plant in Nevada is now helping to power Google data centers. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 29, 2023•7 min
The Problems Lurking in Hollywood’s Historic AI Deal
The terms the Screen Actors Guild negotiated with Hollywood studios put historic AI guardrails in place, but they may not be able to protect performers. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 28, 2023•7 min
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