For all the bluster about generative artificial intelligence upending the world, the technology has yet to meaningfully transform white-collar work. Workers are dabbling with chatbots for tasks such as drafting emails, and companies are launching countless experiments, but office work hasn’t undergone a major AI reboot. Perhaps that’s only because we haven’t given chatbots like… Continue reading Chatbots Are Entering Their Stone Age
Author: Wired Magazine
SnuzPod4 Bassinet Review: A Great-Looking and Simple Bassinet
Everything sleep-related with a newborn is terrifying. Almost every parent feels a sharp stab in the heart every time they set their kid down for the first few weeks. It’s biology. So who the hell do you trust to make a safe space for them to sleep? Where is it safe to put your little… Continue reading SnuzPod4 Bassinet Review: A Great-Looking and Simple Bassinet
‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds
The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against a 35-year-old Chinese national, Yunhe Wang, accused of operating a massive botnet allegedly linked to billions of dollars in fraud, child exploitation, and bomb threats, among other crimes. Wang, identified by numerous pseudonyms—Tom Long and Jack Wan, among others—was arrested on May 24 and… Continue reading ‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds
A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own
Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some of the uglier aspects of social media, combating scams and election meddling. They didn’t know each other but both quit in 2019, frustrated at feeling a lack of support from executives. “The work that teams like the… Continue reading A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own
Chromebooks Will Get Gemini and New Google AI Features
The first notable feature is Help Me Write, which works in any text box. Select text in any text box and right-click—you’ll see a box next to the standard right-click context menu. You can ask Google’s AI to rewrite the selected text, rephrase it in a specific way, or change the tone. I tried to… Continue reading Chromebooks Will Get Gemini and New Google AI Features
Logitech Mevo Core Review: Dead Simple Multi-Cam Streaming
Streaming video can be a big business, if a bit painful. Whether you’re playing games, making crafts, or just hanging out in a hot tub, one of the biggest streaming challenges can be finding a camera system that works for your needs. That’s what Logitech had in mind when creating the Mevo Core multi-cam system,… Continue reading Logitech Mevo Core Review: Dead Simple Multi-Cam Streaming
How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
“We ultimately got lucky that our parameters and time range was right. If either of those were wrong, we would have … continued to take guesses/shots in the dark,” Grand says in an email to WIRED. “It would have taken significantly longer to precompute all the possible passwords.” Grand and Bruno created a video to… Continue reading How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
28 Best Memorial Day Mattress Deals (2024)
Mattresses and cars are two things you should never pay sticker price for, because sticker prices are inflated and therefore “deals” are usually the actual retail price. We can’t help you with cars, but we can help with getting a new comfortable bed. We track the prices of all our favorite mattresses so we can… Continue reading 28 Best Memorial Day Mattress Deals (2024)
Spotify Tips for People Who Like to Listen to Whole Albums
I wish there were more options here. For example, it would be great if the end of one album could result in the start of a similar album, or if I could turn the feature off for albums and on for playlists. Still, it’s nice to have the choice, and I choose to keep this… Continue reading Spotify Tips for People Who Like to Listen to Whole Albums
Why Are We Seeing These Crazy Northern Lights?
The aurora borealis is usually visible only way up north, but two weeks ago the night sky was filled with shimmering curtains of pink and green light that could be seen all the way down into the southern US. People in Texas and Hawaii got out of their cars to stare and take pictures. The… Continue reading Why Are We Seeing These Crazy Northern Lights?