22 Nov OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
22 Nov MediaWorld Accidentally Sold iPads for €15 and Asked for Them Back: “It Was a Clear Mistake” The advantageous offer appeared to loyalty card holders of the European electronics chain on November 8. After 11 days, the company began contacting those who made purchases, calling it a “clear mistake.”
22 Nov Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE Players are role-playing ICE raids in Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto to prepare for real-world situations.
21 Nov Got a Pixel 10? Google’s Android Phone Can Now Share Files With Apple’s AirDrop You can now share deets (and other digital treats) across the mobile divide.
21 Nov 4 People Indicted in Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China A federal prosecutor alleged that one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”
21 Nov Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator Google’s latest AI image model is vastly better than the previous release at generating text in images. You can expect companies to go buck wild with this update.
20 Nov Nvidia CEO Dismisses Concerns of an AI Bubble. Investors Remain Skeptical Record sales, a strong financial forecast, and CEO Jensen Huang’s impassioned arguments on his company’s earnings call weren’t enough to push Nvidia shares back to their October high.
20 Nov Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.
20 Nov NASA Finally Weighs In on the Origin of 3I/ATLAS After weeks of silence, NASA has officially dismissed speculation that 3I/ATLAS has anything to do with aliens.
19 Nov The Best WIRED-Tested Extreme Alarm Clock of 2025: Not for the Faint of Heart From runaway robots to “sonic bombs,” we reviewed offbeat alarm clocks designed to awaken even the heaviest sleepers.