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The cryptocurrency industry can claim another magnanimous accomplishment to its name: transforming a wholesome New York City dog contest into little more than an online pump and dump scheme. The Honorary NYC Dog Mayor Election of 2024 was designed to be a fun, local competition between pooches. Dog-owners enter their pets into the contest, and … Read more
Using bad cookware can make even the most competent chefs feel like they’re in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Chefs and culinary experts worldwide use All-Clad pans as the gold standard, including the reviews team here at WIRED. All-Clad cookware is expensive, but it lasts for years and years. And years. So how do you … Read more
Pony AI is inching closer to its initial public offering in the U.S., but as it does so, it continues to drop its minimum target for what it hopes to raise in the transaction. Pony operates a fleet of 190 “robotrucks” in Beijing and Guangzhou and over 250 robotaxis in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Back in June 2024 — an eternity in the fast-moving generative AI sector — a startup founded by Microsoft, Google, and Baidu alumni called MainFunc launched its first product, Genspark, an AI search engine. Since then, … Read more
Google will stop serving political advertisements in the European Union. The decision, in The Keyword blog, is in response to an upcoming new rule for the bloc that “introduces significant new operational challenges and legal uncertainties for political advertisers and platforms.” The company says the Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising has an … Read more
When it comes to phones, tablets and laptops, Apple is usually the brand to beat. Thanks to their stylish designs and cutting-edge hardware, its devices frequently claim top spots in our rankings of the best models of the year. One thing we don’t like, however, is the cost. Apple tech tends to fall on the … Read more
Clearly you can’t visit the sand planet of Arrakis and maybe you wouldn’t want to. It’s hot, it’s dry, and you can’t walk in a straight line without a sandworm coming and eating you up. What you can do though is bring Arrakis home with a brand new poster for Dune: Part One by artist … Read more
Your kids are only kids for so long, but love and Lego sets last forever. Here are our top 10 picks for the Lego lover in your life.
More consolidation is afoot in the world of cybersecurity. BitSight, a cybersecurity startup last valued at $2.4 billion when ratings firm Moody’s took a majority stake in the business in 2021, is acquiring Cybersixgill for $115 million. Boston-based BitSight’s focus is cyber risk management. It works with enterprises to assess their risk profiles and specifically … Read more
Gaming experiences can be undermined, even ruined by bad behavior in text chat or forums. In voice chat and in VR, that bad experience is magnified and so much more visceral, so toxicity is amplified. But positive interactions can be similarly enhanced. It’s vital that developers dig into how their users are relating to one … Read more