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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.

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YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue

YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform.

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Google’s App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games

A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years.

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The EU Just Agreed Sweeping New Rules for AI

The European Union has agreed on the terms of the AI Act, a major new set of rules that will govern the building and use of AI and have major implications for Google, OpenAI, and others racing to develop AI … Continue reading

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Google’s NotebookLM Aims to Be the Ultimate Writing Assistant

Author Steven Johnson helped Google create an app that can analyze a writer’s research material and help them extract and explore the key themes. Maybe too well.

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End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years

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.

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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.

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Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out

The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested at large scale thanks to a $57 million purchase from corporations including Stripe and Alphabet.

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The Generative AI Copyright Fight Is Just Getting Started

The Authors Guild and other artists’ groups say that it’s unfair to train AI algorithms on their work without permission. Tech companies generally argue that it counts as “fair use.”

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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.

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