When OpenAI unveiled its first open-weight models in years this August, it wasn’t just tech companies that were paying attention. The release also excited US military and defense contractors, which saw a chance to use them for highly secure operations.Initial results show that OpenAI’s tools lag behind competitors in desired capabilities, some military vendors tell WIRED. But they are still pleased that models from a key industry leader are finally an option for them.Lilt, an AI translation company, contracts with the US military to analyze foreign intelligence. Because the company’s software handles sensitive information, it must be installed on government…
Changpeng Zhao, the multibillionaire founder of crypto exchange Binance, spent four months last year locked in a federal prison. After US president Donald Trump pardoned Zhao in October, the government has recast him as a martyr.Zhao, who goes by CZ, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to failing to maintain an…
ARC Raiders is moving quickly to hang on to its huge playerbase, which has assembled this month after a stellar launch. Complaints are addressed quickly, issues are fixed, new things are added. Today, there are a few new changes to go through based on popular fan feedback. Here’s what Embark…
When billionaire Dutch TV producer John de Mol sued Facebook in 2019 over its alleged failure to stop scammers from using his image in deceptive ads, the social media company sent Rob Leathern to Amsterdam to meet with Del Mol’s team and to speak with the media.“The people who push…
Rightmove’s AI investment plan triggers a short-term £1m loss and investor pushback, as the property portal prioritizes AI upgrades over near-term profit growth.Rightmove, the UK’s dominant online property portal, entered a period of sharp volatility after its shares plunged last Friday, October 7, 2025, following the company’s announcement that it…
The email also asks the Zuckerbergs to, “ideally stop—but at a minimum give us extended breaks from—the acquisition, demolition and construction cycle to let the neighborhood recover from the last eight years of disruption.”At this point, the email requests that the family “abide by both the letter and the spirit…
The Coros Pace 4 updates Coros’s popular affordable hardcore fitness watch line with added AMOLED screen tech. Two years and change after the Pace 3, the Coros Pace 4 upgrades to an OLED display, with just a slight price bump. It costs $249, up from $229 in the last generation.It’s…
Further, that alleged activity can’t even reliably be linked to any Meta employee, Meta claims.Strike 3 “does not identify any of the individuals who supposedly used these Meta IP addresses, allege that any were employed by Meta or had any role in AI training at Meta, or specify whether (and…
Updated November 9 with further warnings from Google regarding the use of AI by attackers, following the latest Google security advisory, which included scam and fraud alerts for Gmail and users of other Google services. Google is a prime target for all types of threat actors. From a recently reported…
The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, and they expect that number to keep rising in 2026. The biggest spender last quarter was Microsoft, which put nearly $35…
The new Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro handsets are pushing Google’s view of a modern AI-powered smartphone with its flagship devices. Still, for those who are happy to be one step behind the bleeding edge of the artificial intelligence revolution, there is another option in the Pixel 9a. The…
Google recently claimed that the iPhone was less safe than an Android smartphone, which can be filed under Mandy Rice-Davies Applies, or MRDA for short. Some Apple aficionados, not me, I should hasten to add, were probably laughing when Google then confirmed a bunch of scams facing their users. Such…
TfL, to its credit, has made many efforts over the years to try to deal with the problem of hot tunnels, including attaching cooling panels to tunnel walls. The panels, which circulate water to remove heat from the air, were deployed in a trial in 2022, though they are not…
This is an unusual kind of leak, one given by NetEase itself, which has previewed what appear to be the next pair of Marvel Rivals heroes, Gambit and Rogue.Sharp-eyed fan and ex-leaker Miller noticed that very, very faintly in the background of the last batch of Marvel Rivals patch notes,…
“If you had to point to one reason [crypto prediction markets] are able to come back to the US, you have to point to the Trump administration,” says Zach Hamilton, founder of crypto startup Sarcophagus, in an interview with WIRED. “Donald Trump. I mean, that’s it.”Even before the arrival of…
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