New Company Hopes to Build Age-Verification Tech into Vape Cartridges Their goal is to use biometric data and blockchain to build age-verification measures directly into disposable vape cartridges. Wired reports on a partnership between vape/cartridge manufacturer Ispire Technology and regulatory consulting company Chemular (which specializes in the nicotine market) — which they've named "Ike Tech": [Using blockchain-based security, the e-cig cartridge] would use a camera to scan some form of ID and then also take a video of the user's face. Once it verifies your… Rivian and Lucid Win Right to Sell Their EVs Directly to Buyers in Washington State The Wall Street Journal reports that Rivian "just won a yearslong battle with car dealers in Washington state that threatens the model of how cars are sold." After fighting to sell its vehicles directly to buyers, Rivian threatened to take its case to voters with a ballot measure to permit direct sales. The dealers blinked. The state's dealer lobby not only dropped its opposition to a sales loophole for Rivian and rival EV-maker Lucid, but also encouraged lawmakers to approve one. The measure b… I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world … For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-cancelling headphones, absorbed in playlists, politics podcasts or long voice notes from friends, and a million miles away from wherever I was. One damp January evening last year, I was wa… AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia's dominance. 5 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2026): Smart, Battery, AI, Budget, and Subscription-Free Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front door from anywhere. Ukrainians chide German defense boss for jibes about 'Lego' drones Senior officials in Kyiv are taking a swipe at the head of German defense giant Rheinmetall, whose unflattering comments about Ukrainian drone technology and the role of women in the war against Russia ignited a social media backlash Meta faces backlash for response to social media trial verdict Mark Lanier, lead attorney for plaintiff KGM, responds to Meta's Chief Legal Officer C.J. Mahoney's plan to appeal the landmark verdict that found Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction case. A practical guide to controlling AI agent costs before they spiral How to control AI agent costs across tokens, infrastructure and ops before unpredictable workflows push spending past the value they deliver. The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still win, and how can we bring users back? Samsung reportedly aims to begin silicon photonics mass production in 2028 Samsung Electronics plans to mass-produce silicon photonics starting from 2028, a move that could reshape global data-center networking, AI hardware integration, and foundry competition. The company is offering clients an integrated platform spanning photonics, AI semiconductors, advanced packaging, and HBM — a combination that could significantly alter supply chains and cost structures in the ye… Vivo launches X300 Ultra flagship ‘designed for professional photography’ Vivo has launched the X300 Ultra in China today, the company's latest flagship that really puts the "camera" in cameraphone. The device is "designed for professional photography," according to Vivo's press release, and features a set of Zeiss camera lenses that are optimized for specific shooting styles, including telephoto close-ups, wide-angle, and videography. My colleague […] |
Leak reveals Anthropic’s ‘Mythos,’ a powerful AI model aimed at cybersecurity use cases Anthropic didn’t intend to introduce Mythos this way. Details of what it calls its most capable AI model yet surfaced through a data leak in its content management system (CMS), revealing a LLM with sharply improved reasoning and coding skills. The data leak, which was the result of the company’s staffers inadvertently exposing material about the LLM, including a draft blog post about it, via a p… Apple's Early Days: Massive Oral History Shares Stories About Young Wozniak and Jobs Apple's 50th anniversary is this week — and Fast Company's Harry McCracken just published an 11,000-word oral history with some fun stories from Apple's earliest days and the long and winding road to its very first home computers: Steve Wozniak, cofounder, Apple: I told my dad when I was in high school, "I'm going to own a computer someday." My dad said, "It costs as much as a house." And I sat there at the table — I remember right where we were sitting — and I said, "I'll live in an apartment.… MacOS 26.4 Adds Warnings For ClickFix Attacks to Its Terminal App An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: ClickFix attacks are ramping up. These attacks have users copy and paste a string to something that can execute a command line — like the Windows Run dialog, or a shell prompt. But MacRumors reports that macOS 26.4 Tahoe (updated earlier this week) introduces a new feature to its Terminal app where it will detect ClickFix attempts and stop them by prompting the user if they really wanted to run those commands. According to MacRumors, the warning readers "Pos… Introducing Apple Business — a new all-in-one platform for businesses of all sizes Apple today announced Apple Business, a new all-in-one platform that allows companies to manage devices and reach more customers. What Is A 3-Way Switch Used For & Why Would You Need To Install One? A 3-way light switch can add convenience to large rooms, staircases, or any space where you may want to control the light from more than one place. Network and storage patterns for AI workloads: The overlooked bottleneck I used to think AI performance was mostly a GPU problem. Then I watched a “healthy” GPU fleet crawl. Not because we ran out of compute, but because we ran out of movement. Tokens waiting on data. GPUs waiting on batches. Services waiting on east-to-west traffic. Storage queues quietly turning into tail latency. Today, I do not even call this a storage problem. It is an information supply chain pr… Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones No more YouTube or video games on school laptops. Textbooks and pencils are back. Some seventh graders say they prefer learning offline. Tiny tools you’ll actually use, all in one place AI tools have made it possible for anyone to build their own software. The concept is called “vibe coding,” and it’s when you prompt AI agents to generate code for you. As a result, there are all sorts of cool, unique, weird, and wacky tools that people are creating. TinyToolTown is a simple web-based hub that brings together hundreds of these tiny wonderful creations. The website is essentially … Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan The maker of the iPhone, iPad and other popular consumer gadgets hits a milestone this week, reaching its 50th anniversary. |
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