Waymo taps Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan and the U.K.
Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker.
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
Here’s Why You’re About to See More Ads in Google’s AI Overviews
With Google now injecting “sponsored” links directly into AI follow-up queries, traffic to online publishers will suffer even more.
Remember Patrick Stewart by Streaming Star Trek, X-Men and Other Genre-Defining Roles
Celebrate the life of Patrick Stewart through his iconic roles in TV and movies.
Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’
The success of blockbuster hits like "Project Hail Mary" and "Verity" is only part of the story, Amazon's CEO says.
AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says — but first, it will spend big
Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spendi…
The Massive DHS Breach Is Hacktivist Payback for Government Surveillance
The personal information of more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees was exposed by a hacker group.
Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto
Some estimates say hackers stole billions in crypto from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, during a cyberattack on Thursday.
Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius,’ says Vladimir Putin
Putin said that he and Musk are in "close contact" about Rassvet, Russia's Starlink-like satellite connectivity project.
Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
Reddit's search traffic "was down meaningfully" last quarter.
Patrick Stewart, Who Gracefully Steered Star Trek Into Its Next Generation, Dies at 86
“Captain Picard stood for the best of us,” wrote William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk.
Amazon reported booming cloud revenue but otherwise missed expectations
The biggest ouch of the report was its negative free cash flow of $2.4 billion.
GM reaches $220M settlement over selling drivers’ private data
As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data.
What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane
This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.
Fan-fiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) could be offline for up to 4 weeks after security incident
The site has such a passionate user base that, within two hours of the announcement, its status page's posts had garnered millions of views (and much panicked c…
Nvidia Finds Itself at the Center of an AI Spy Saga
CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of Chinese espionage activity, The New York Times reports.
AO3 Suffers Major Outage: Possibly No Fanfic for 2 Weeks or Longer
Archive of Our Own, one of the world’s biggest fanfiction sites, went down hard as a response to a “security incident.”
Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.
As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience
As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.
Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant
Rivian doesn't disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.
The R2 SUV is already Rivian’s best-selling vehicle
Rivian is seeing strong enough sales of the new EV that it improved its guidance to Wall Street for the second time this year.
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings is buying ADT in a $15.3 billion deal, with plans to bring AI to the home security business.
Woman Died After ChatGPT Advised Her to Stop Taking Medication, Lawsuit Alleges
A 31-year-old Seattle woman turned to ChatGPT-4o when she became concerned about side effects from her medication.
Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts
The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.
Nothing Headphones Sale: Stylish and Up to 41% Off
Some of the brand’s best styles, including the Nothing Headphone (1) and CMF Headphone Pro, are at the lowest prices I’ve ever seen ahead of Black Friday.
Where was my invite to the — wait, what? Airbnb had a gala?
Airbnb’s nonprofit held its inaugural gala on Wednesday in Los Angeles, and the internet had one reaction — the *what* gala?
Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch
The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick…
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could b…
DoorDash Plans to Acquire Grocery Delivery Service Instacart in $17B Deal
When the deal is complete, both companies are expected to continue operating separately.
Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr
Uno reverse! After Wispr added meeting notes to its dictation app, Granola is adding dictation to its meeting notetaker. The voice AI wars are getting interesti…
Go Minimal—the Ridge Wallet is 20 Percent Off Right Now
The popular Ridge Wallet lives up to the hype and is on sale, along with other Ridge gear. Plus, you can try it risk-free for 99 days.
Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling.
Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity
Mistral says its new model can afford organizations a kind of control over its cyber defenses that closed models can't.
US investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO
A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have tol…
Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.
Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction
Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet …