AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows

Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools, but However, a new study calls into question the extent to which today’s AI coding tools enhance productivity for experienced developers.

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TikTok loses bid to dismiss lawsuit alleging its ‘addictive design’ exploits kids

President Donald Trump granted ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, a third extension on time to sell off its U.S. TikTok operations.

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India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC

Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, has launched a virtual desktop service called JioPC for televisions.

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A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

Despite conspiracy theories, there’s no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.

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Join Our Next Livestream: Inside the AI Copyright Battles with WIRED Reporters

Curious about generative AI and copyright? Join WIRED live on July 16 as we answer your questions about this critical topic.

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Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Warehouses

The tech giant has quietly shed warehouse employees whose work authorizations were revoked after the Trump administration ended a Biden-era immigration program.

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Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’

Devin won’t replace humans developers at the bank. It will be supervised by them, CIO says.

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Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone. In a post, Stubblebine detailed what it took to achieve this goal, which involved a combination of product changes, an investor restructuring, renegotiated loans, unloading office space, layoffs, and other […]

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CISA confirms hackers are actively exploiting critical ‘Citrix Bleed 2’ bug

The U.S. cybersecurity agency gave federal agencies just one day to patch a security bug in Citrix Netscaler, which can be exploited to break into corporate and government networks.

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Bitcoin surpasses $118K, its second all-time high, in less than 24 hours

Factors contributing to Bitcoin’s surge include the pro-crypto stance of President Trump, which has spurred greater interest from institutional investors.

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