Technology

A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage...

Like many others, I first used Instacart during the early days of the pandemic when it was a lifesaver. Literally. As the primary caregiver of my immunocompromised grandmother, I was at a loss for how to do something as...

Leah Feiger: I think that's a really, really good point, honestly. And obviously there's a clear fear that a Lina Khan-esque figure could come in and wreak havoc. But to your point, that havoc will be paperwork. No, I...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai for discovering a solution to the enigma of nature’s chemical asymmetry, a finding that opened up new avenues for manipulating the reactions used in manufacturing...

The Center for Humane Technology, the online safety group cofounded by former Google product manager Tristan Harris and featured in the hit documentary The Social Dilemma, is laying off about half of its 16 non-founder employees, ex-staffers tell WIRED....

The project’s first major discovery was the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources outside our solar system. One of the most notable sources was TXS 0506+056, located in collaboration with other observatories that collected various gamma-ray, optical, and radio...

Phones are so good these days that there’s little reason to upgrade every year. In fact, the best Android smartphones and iPhones will last up to seven years, if not more. What needs refreshing are accessories. Amazon Prime Day...

OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens was designed to promote healthier use of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, but new research has found its important safety features fall short.The major AI firm rolled out many teen safety guardrails in August, including...

By 2028, genetic engineering and gene therapy will be used frequently to treat a variety of diseases, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, according to the recently released 2030 Technology Megatrends Report from IEEE.“We are seeing a fundamental shift...

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