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  • Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts | TechCrunch

    It’s been nearly two years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted AI would replace knowledge work — the white-collar jobs held by lawyers, investment bankers, librarians, accountants, IT, and others. But despite the huge progress made by foundation models, the change in knowledge work has been slow to arrive. Models have mastered in-depth research and read more

    Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts | TechCrunch
  • Legislators Push to Make Companies Tell Customers When Their Products Will Die

    On Tuesday, two Massachusetts lawmakers introduced two bills to the state’s House and Senate that, if passed, would create a state law requiring companies to tell customers when service on their connected products will end. It is an effort meant to tamp down on cybersecurity risks and also boost consumer protections. With knowledge about future read more

    Legislators Push to Make Companies Tell Customers When Their Products Will Die
  • Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos

    Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, is very good at making money. His track record of predicting the future is less stellar. Through the years, Musk has made several outlandish forecasts—about self-driving cars, about space exploration, about brain chips, about robotics—that have not panned out. The Tesla CEO and former steward of the so-called read more

    Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos
  • Apples F1 Movie Nominated for Best Picture at 2026 Oscars

    Popular Apple racing movie F1 has been nominated for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Apple said today. Nominees were announced for the 98th annual Academy Awards, and Apple earned six nominations in total. F1, which stars Brad Pitt, will be up against Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle read more

    Apples F1 Movie Nominated for Best Picture at 2026 Oscars
  • Apples John Ternus Takes Over Design in Latest CEO Succession Move

    Apple’s hardware chief John Ternus has been overseeing Apple design teams since late last year as Apple continues preparing him to take over as CEO, reports Bloomberg. Apple CEO Tim Cook put Ternus in charge of the design teams the final months of 2025, expanding his responsibilities. Apple’s software and hardware design teams were most read more

    Apples John Ternus Takes Over Design in Latest CEO Succession Move
  • AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy

    “We are moving into a new phase of informational warfare on social media platforms where technological advancements have made the classic bot approach outdated,” says Jonas Kunst, a professor of communication at BI Norwegian Business School and one of the coauthors of the report. For experts who have spent years tracking and combating disinformation campaigns, read more

    AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy
  • How Claude Code Is Reshaping Software—and Anthropic

    Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch. Earlier this week, I sat down with Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, to try to understand how the company is meeting this moment. “We built the read more

    How Claude Code Is Reshaping Software—and Anthropic
  • ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves

    Last week, a website called ICE List went viral after its creators said that they had received what they described as a leak of personal information about nearly 4,500 Department of Homeland Security employees. However, a WIRED analysis of the site found that the database relies heavily on information that apparent DHS employees have posted read more

    ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves
  • MacBook Pro to Receive Up to Six New Features by Next Year

    Apple is expected to release MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips soon, but you might want to pass on them, as bigger changes are around the corner. It has been reported that the MacBook Pro will be receiving a major redesign in late 2026 or in 2027. Six new features have read more

    MacBook Pro to Receive Up to Six New Features by Next Year
  • Apples Siri Chatbot May Run on Google Servers

    Apple is considering a significant shift in how it operates Siri by potentially running its next-generation chatbot on Google’s cloud infrastructure rather than entirely on its own Private Cloud Compute servers, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In yesterday’s report detailing Apple’s plans to turn ‌Siri‌ into a chatbot in iOS 27, Gurman said that the read more

    Apples Siri Chatbot May Run on Google Servers
  • Enable Smoother 120Hz Browsing in Safari

    Any iPhone, iPad, or Mac with a ProMotion display is capable of rendering buttery smooth 120Hz animations. However, Apple’s Safari browser is locked to 60fps page rendering by default, making scrolling feel noticeably choppier for some users than in Chrome or Firefox. Thankfully, recent versions of Safari include a hidden setting that lets you unlock read more

    Enable Smoother 120Hz Browsing in Safari
  • Utah Adds a Strange Twist to the iPhone vs. Android Debate

    While the iOS vs. Android debate has been going on for nearly two decades, one lawmaker in Utah has taken it to the next level with a strange new twist. According to Utah news station KSL, Utah State Senator Kirk Cullimore (R-Sandy) has proposed a new bill that would designate Android as the state’s official read more

    Utah Adds a Strange Twist to the iPhone vs. Android Debate
  • Report: Apples New AI Strategy Firms Up Under Craig Federighi

    Apple has restructured its artificial intelligence strategy under software chief Craig Federighi, accelerating plans to overhaul Siri by relying on external AI models after years of internal delays and organizational friction. According to a detailed report from The Information, Apple’s approach to artificial intelligence has undergone a significant shift over the past year. Apple software read more

    Report: Apples New AI Strategy Firms Up Under Craig Federighi
  • 20th Anniversary iPhone May Not Have All-Screen Design After All

    Apple has long been rumored to be planning a dramatic redesign for the iPhone’s 20th anniversary in 2027, ever since Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported last May that the company is aiming for an all-glass device “without any cutouts in the display.” But new comments from respected display industry analyst Ross Young appear to throw cold read more

    20th Anniversary iPhone May Not Have All-Screen Design After All
  • Here's the Smart Lock for Every Door in Your Home

    Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint for $200: I have now tested three different Ultraloq smart locks over a year and a half, and while I think the company offers excellent hardware for the money, there are just a few too many software quirks that put these locks a rung below our top picks. I first began with read more

    Here's the Smart Lock for Every Door in Your Home
  • A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots

    On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plug-in for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called Humanizer, the simple prompt plug-in feeds Claude a list of 24 language and formatting patterns that Wikipedia editors have listed as chatbot giveaways. Chen published read more

    A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots
  • The WIRED Guide to Two-Minute Mantra-Less Meditation

    Launching straight back into work in the New Year can be challenging, but learning how to meditate can help you stay focused. Feel free to roll your eyes right about now, but numerous studies have shown that meditation can boost creativity, improve sleep quality, and manage stress. “Meditation is a practice to calm the brain read more

    The WIRED Guide to Two-Minute Mantra-Less Meditation
  • ChatGPT Atlas Gains Tab Groups, Auto Google/AI Search Switching

    OpenAI is rolling out another noteworthy update to ChatGPT Atlas, its AI-powered browser for Mac. As per the release notes, the latest build introduces tab groups, allowing users to organize their browsing sessions more efficiently. The update also brings fixes for vertical tab “mini mode” and a simplified right-click context menu for tabs. On the read more

    ChatGPT Atlas Gains Tab Groups, Auto Google/AI Search Switching
  • DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says

    Even before winning reelection, President Donald Trump and his supporters put immigration at the center of their messaging. In addition to other conspiracy theories, the right-wing went all in on the false claim that immigrants were voting illegally in large numbers. The Trump administration has since poured billions of dollars into immigration enforcement, and in read more

    DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says
  • Claude AI iPhone App Can Now Connect to Apple Health in the US

    Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot is gaining Apple Health integration, allowing the assistant to access users’ health and fitness data directly from their iPhone. The feature is rolling out in beta this week via the Claude iOS app, Anthropic announced as part of a broader healthcare push. U.S. subscribers on Claude Pro and Max plans can read more

    Claude AI iPhone App Can Now Connect to Apple Health in the US