With Hezbollah and Lebanon still reeling from a coordinated wave of pager explosions on Tuesday that killed at least 12 people and injured thousands, another bombardment began on Wednesday, this time taking the form of exploding two-way radios. Footage of the explosions, which was not independently confirmed by WIRED, appears to show even larger blasts… Continue reading Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah
Author: Wired Magazine
An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
Eli Collins, a vice president of product management at Google DeepMind, first demoed generative AI video tools for the company’s board of directors back in 2022. Despite the model’s slow speed, pricey cost to operate, and sometimes off-kilter outputs, he says it was an eye-opening moment for them to see fresh video clips generated from… Continue reading An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is “thinking.” Since the company launched its “Strawberry” AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini, OpenAI has been sending out warning emails and threats of bans to any user who tries to probe how the model… Continue reading OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models
The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial
As it turned out, Trump was readily convinced: Despite having previously dismissed bitcoin as a “scam,” Trump has recently taken to pitching himself as the crypto president. In July, speaking to thousands of bitcoiners at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump promised to turn the US into the “crypto capital of the planet” and establish… Continue reading The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial
‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies
The US Coast Guard’s Titan submersible hearing kicked off with a startling revelation. “I told him I’m not getting in it,” former OceanGate engineering director Tony Nissen said to a panel of Coast Guard investigators, referring to a 2018 conversation in which CEO Stockton Rush allegedly asked Nissen to act as a pilot in an… Continue reading ‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies
The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride
A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico not all that far from Key West. The darkened waters there were carefully chosen from among dozens of potential landing spots near Florida. This… Continue reading The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride
Suspected Trump Gunman Was Once Charged With Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspected gunman involved in an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida on Sunday, was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction over 20 years ago. “I figured he was either dead or in prison by now,” Tracy Fulk, the… Continue reading Suspected Trump Gunman Was Once Charged With Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Shark PowerDetect 2-in-1 Robot Vacuum and Mop Review (2024)
I admire Shark’s ambition. With its latest vacuum (most recently presented at IFA), Shark attempts to solve two major problems. The first is that in many cases, simply lifting the mop pads over the floor often isn’t enough to keep the yucky wet mop pad from dragging on your nice clean carpet. That’s why the… Continue reading Shark PowerDetect 2-in-1 Robot Vacuum and Mop Review (2024)
The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires
Last month, a Mercedes Benz EQE 350 electric vehicle caught fire in a South Korean apartment building’s underground parking garage. Reportedly, 23 people were sent to the hospital and approximately 900 cars were damaged. The fire reached temperatures of more than 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celsius), and took firefighters almost eight hours to extinguish.… Continue reading The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires
Bote Lowrider Aero Paddleboard Review: This SUP Knows What’s Up
The first thing I noticed when taking the Lowrider out of the storage bag (which is much nicer than Bote’s older bags, more on that below) was the massive rear fin. It’s much longer than the detachable fin on the Breeze Aero, and by far the deepest fin I’ve seen on a paddleboard. A sailor… Continue reading Bote Lowrider Aero Paddleboard Review: This SUP Knows What’s Up