Tag Archives: Wired

The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is overseeing an overhaul that gives Copilot an empathetic voice, the ability to see, and more advanced reasoning skills.

Powered by OpenAI’s latest models, Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is becoming a lot more handy—and wants to be an “encouraging” digital coworker.

Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips.

Some owners of Tesla’s electric pickup truck paid for the feature when they purchased it last fall—and now it’s starting to kick in.

While big platforms like Reddit have signed deals with the AI giants, YouTube leaves licensing in the hands of individual creators. The “License to Scrape” program aims to give those streaming stars proper leverage.

After suing both Apple and Google over app store payment policies, Fortnite developer Epic Games now has its sights on Samsung.

X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It’s the latest in a series of episodes driving tension within the ranks.

The OpenAI CEO’s recent mini-manifesto argues (again) that AI will make the future impossibly bright. He could use a refresher course on the basics of human behavior.

The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.