You are only seeing posts authors requested be public.
Register and Login to participate in discussions with colleagues.
Wired TechBiz
Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It
The tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment standard. The reason is as old as the hills—money.
Categories: Technology News
The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
You might assume that tech-savvy people are the most open to using AI, but research suggests it's actually those who are least familiar with it.
Categories: Technology News
Taylor Swift Triggered a Tsunami of Sports Bets. Then She Stopped Turning Up
The singer generated millions in prop bets for the Kansas City Chiefs just by showing up to watch her boyfriend play. Now that she’s busy, gamblers are losing interest.
Categories: Technology News
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI
When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent. Two years later, DeepSeek exploded on the scene.
Categories: Technology News
The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
Categories: Technology News
OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You
The company that kicked off the AI chatbot craze now wants AI to do more than just talk.
Categories: Technology News
Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Ditching Human Fact-Checkers
This week, we take a look at Meta's new era of content moderation.
Categories: Technology News
‘Neo-Nazi Madness’: Meta’s Top AI Lawyer on Why He Fired the Company
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield.
Categories: Technology News
Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.
Categories: Technology News
Singapore's Likee Is an Unlikely Winner of the TikTok Ban
After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.
Categories: Technology News
This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions
A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.
Categories: Technology News
Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.
Categories: Technology News
How Meta Tried to Lure TikTok Users to Instagram
In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.
Categories: Technology News
The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics
When he launched his own cryptocurrency, Donald Trump produced unimaginable wealth from thin air. But it will come at a cost to someone.
Categories: Technology News
RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty
A marketing campaign brief obtained by WIRED reveals how the Chinese app is trying to capitalize on its sudden international popularity.
Categories: Technology News
TikTok Is Already Back Online
Less than 24 hours after the app went dark, TikTok says President-elect Donald Trump has given it the reassurance it needs to resume service in the US.
Categories: Technology News
It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too
Lemon8, CapCut, and Gauth are among the other victims of the US ban on ByteDance-owned apps.
Categories: Technology News
TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores
After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the app’s hopes now hang on president-elect Trump.
Categories: Technology News
Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook.
Categories: Technology News
Polestar Has a Bold Plan—Get Better at Selling Cars
The China-controlled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the company needs to quickly turn things around.
Categories: Technology News
