Spotify's Family plan QR code could cost you Premium access

Spotify is trying to make some Premium Family members prove they live at the same address.

Why AI Can’t Replace Engineering Teams

The Social Society Helping Women Join the AI Boom

WIRED spoke with the founders of the Aged Intelligence Society, a fast-growing events startup that brings women together to “solve midlife problems using frontier tools.”

The Foundations of Scalable AI

A scalable AI system requires a strong foundation. Data, engineering, platforms, operating models, and governance must converge to work as one. This session from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech F

The Download: computing’s next leap and permafrost’s climate threat

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How far can we push computing? On a December eveni

The Google Home Speaker Has Been Secretly Eating My Wi-Fi Data

My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.

Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4

Flubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of web credentials for any site.

Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we're all missing

We can't have nice things, but at least we can get trailers for them.

Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia

Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers once envisioned.

Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Alice raises $40M Series D led by IFC

Brazilian healthtech Alice raised $40M in a Series D round led by the International Finance Corporation. DEG, Finnfund,… The post

Jio Platforms IPO Subscribed 3.65X On Day 2 So Far, Retail Portion Fully Booked

Jio Platforms’ ₹30,213 Cr IPO was subscribed 3.65X as of 12:03 IST on Day 2, with the institutional portion booked 9.42X The retail portion crossed full subscription after closing

Anthropic Takes On OpenAI, Meta With New Proactive AI Agent Claude Duet

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Duet, an AI agent that checks connected apps, flags tasks requiring attention, and works in the background The launch puts Anthropic in competition wi

Tesla plans to start selling Cybercabs by the end of the year

Tesla wants to sell Cybercabs to other transport companies before the year ends.

Fortnite is back on Apple's Australian App Store following court ruling

Fortnite is back on the App Store in Australia after a federal court ordered Apple to open its iOS ecosystem up to competition.

Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software

The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.

Solid-state batteries

The rise of the lithium-ion battery, which powers everything from the smallest personal electronics to gargantuan energy storage systems, has been nothing short of revolutionary. But as anyone who’s b

Eliminating traffic deaths

Every year, traffic crashes kill more than one million people, and they’re the leading cause of death for children and young adults. In the US, 100 people a day lose their lives this way, in many case

Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Stay in California Despite Billionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure

Meta’s board feared that its CEO’s departure could disrupt the company’s AI ambitions. A new stock agreement gives him financial incentives to stay put.