Anthropic’s first developer conference kicked off in San Francisco on Thursday, and while the rest of the industry races toward artificial general intelligence, at Anthropic the goal of the year is deploying a “virtual collaborator” in the form of an autonomous AI agent. “We’re all going to have to contend with the idea that everything… Continue reading Inside Anthropic’s First Developer Day, Where AI Agents Took Center Stage
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A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner
As US president Donald Trump left the stage at his golf club near Washington, DC, on Thursday night, he pointed to the crowd, brought his index finger to his temple—as if to say: You know what’s coming—then began to dance. To the beat of “Y.M.C.A” by The Village People, Trump shimmied, gyrated, and pumped his… Continue reading A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
A fire broke out Thursday morning at a data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, forcing an extended response from emergency crews, according to multiple sources who spoke to WIRED. The sources required anonymity as they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the company. Firefighters arrived at the Hillsboro Technology Park, in… Continue reading Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying
The hacker ecosystem in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, and espionage. Now an indictment of a group of Russian nationals and the takedown of their sprawling botnet offers the clearest example in years of how a single malware operation allegedly enabled hacking… Continue reading Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year, comprising nearly half of all total data-center electricity consumption worldwide, excluding the electricity used for bitcoin mining.… Continue reading AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
8 Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers Plus Helpful Buying Advice (2025)
One mattress made specially for side sleepers, coming right up. The design of the Nolah Evolution is meant to promote pressure relief, from the Euro pillow top to the pocketed coils in the very center of the mattress. Of the three firmness levels offered, luxury firm does well with keeping the shoulders and hips level… Continue reading 8 Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers Plus Helpful Buying Advice (2025)
Jack Dorsey’s Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity
At a company-wide hackathon this month, developers at finance firm Block built a dizzying number of prototype tools including a database debugger, a program for identifying duplicated code, and an app that automates Bitcoin support. The sudden productivity boost was driven by Goose, an artificial intelligence agent developed by Block several months ago that can… Continue reading Jack Dorsey’s Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity
Everything Google Announced at I/O 2025
Google just held its big I/O developer shindig and product announcement event today in California. As it has for the past couple years, Google continued to go all in on AI. In an I/O keynote address, Google executives announced new AI features coming to absolutely everything. It’s in Android, Search, Gemini, and—sooner or later—a pair… Continue reading Everything Google Announced at I/O 2025
With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier
Google is rolling out its AI Mode search experience to everyone in the US starting today. The chatbot-style addition to the company’s search engine results page is designed to answer longer queries and uses Google’s AI model to generate full responses based on—and linking back to—indexed websites on the open web. AI Mode is Google’s… Continue reading With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier
A Silicon Valley VC Says He Got the IDF Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack
Prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Shaun Maguire said on a webinar last week that he personally facilitated getting the Israel Defense Forces access to Starlink satellite internet, which is operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, within hours or days of it beginning its military response in Gaza to Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023—far earlier than… Continue reading A Silicon Valley VC Says He Got the IDF Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack