Tag Archives: Wired

Businesses Got Squeezed by Trump’s Tariffs. Now Some of Them Want Their Money Back

President Trump’s rapid maneuvering on tariffs led to some businesses narrowly missing out on lower bills. A refund on the difference could spare consumers from price hikes.

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There’s a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk’s Broken Promises

The entrepreneur’s habit of overpromising on deadlines may be frustrating for investors—but for those looking to see whether a Musk pledge will come good, there’s a key phrase to watch out for.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview

As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”

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Inside Anthropic’s First Developer Day, Where AI Agents Took Center Stage

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said everything human workers do now will eventually be done by AI systems.

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A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner

On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with 200 of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin. Here’s what happened.

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Let’s Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom

Today on Uncanny Valley, we address one of the most pressing questions in education right now: What constitutes cheating at school in today’s world of AI?

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Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust

In the US state’s coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.

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Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X

The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.

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A United Arab Emirates Lab Announces Frontier AI Projects—and a New Outpost in Silicon Valley

As Donald Trump pens deals in the Middle East, the gulf nation opens a research lab in San Francisco.

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Anthropic’s New Model Excels at Reasoning and Planning—and Has the Pokémon Skills to Prove It

When Anthropic’s older Claude model played Pokemon Red, it spent “dozens of hours” stuck in one city and had trouble identifying non-player characters. With Claude 4 Opus, they noticed an improvement in Claude’s long-term memory and planning capabilities.

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