WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, our senior business editor joins us to talk Meta, brain aging, and ChatGPT’s recent dark turn.

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Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming mobile platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.

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Crypto wobbles into August as Trump’s new tariffs trigger risk-off sentiment

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Bitcoin showed relative strength, while crypto-linked stocks suffered deeper losses.

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Google has dropped more than 50 DEI-related organizations from its funding list

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

The dropped groups had mission statements that included the words “diversity, “equity,” “inclusion,” or “race,” “activism,” and “women.” 

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Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Nintendo wouldn’t say what the “market conditions” were but likely reference President Trump’s tariffs, which are increasing costs for U.S. consumers.

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More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.

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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

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Palantir lands $10 billion Army software and data contract

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Palantir has been a key beneficiary of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on cost efficiencies using artificial intelligence.

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Nintendo hiking price of original Switch for U.S. customers

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

The Switch 2 launched in the middle of President Donald Trump’s trade war amid rapidly shifting tariff policies.

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Figma stock pops in second day of trading after colossal debut

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

The design software vendor is the latest tech company to hit the public markets after an extended IPO drought.

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