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Google, in public comments to the NTIA ahead of its report, said it expects “to see increased attempts to disrupt, degrade, deceive, and steal” models. But it added that its secrets are guarded by a “security, safety, and reliability…

Grieving parents will be allowed to access their childrens' social media under new laws Labour will bring in, Yvette Cooper said. The Shadow Home Secretary vowed to change the law as quickly as possible if the party comes to power. It…

“Do you mind if I hug you?” asks Anjan Katta. This is not the usual way to wrap up a product demo, but given the product and its creator, I wasn’t really surprised. Katta, a shaggy-haired, bearded fellow, he’d shown up to the WIRED office…

Marriage is all about compromise, making joint decisions, and respecting each other’s point of view.But sometimes, after being together a long time, you’re so confident you know how they feel you don’t bother to check. When someone on our…

One night this past February, over drinks and moody bar lighting, Eric Green and his friends were swapping stories of their recent hookups when one mentioned they’d used the app Sniffies to have public sex. A 30-year-old tattoo artist who…

Children under 16 should be banned from having smartphones and going on social media, MPs have suggested.The Commons Education Committee has warned the next government must introduce stronger guidance and controls to curb kids’ time online.…

A jury in December found that Google broke US antitrust laws through deals and billing rules that gave an unfair boost to its Google Play app store. On Thursday, a judge began laying out how Google could be forced to change its business as…

When ChatGPT was released in November 2023, it could only be accessed through the cloud because the model behind it was downright enormous.Today I am running a similarly capable AI program on a Macbook Air, and it isn’t even warm. The…

Photo bombing is dead. Adobe is adding an artificial intelligence-powered Generative Remove feature to its Lightroom photo editor that makes it dead simple to zap out unwanted elements, like that annoying guy in the background. The new…

Like a venomous puss moth emerging from its hard cocoon, the social network formerly known as Twitter has fully metamorphosed into X.com.Various elements of Twitter had already embraced the rebranding, and the company has been using X.com…