UK tech minister vows more whole-government megadeals after £9B Microsoft pact Summary The tech minister, Liz Kendall, told MPs the government will pursue more whole‑of‑government deals with major vendors after…
Death to one-time text codes: Passkeys are the new hotness in MFA Summary One-time passcodes delivered by SMS or email are increasingly inadequate as an MFA defence: they’re phishable and…
Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL Summary A California Superior Court judge issued a tentative ruling that could require electronics maker Vizio…
WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions Summary The latest episode of WIRED’s Uncanny Valley (host Zoë Schiffer with senior editor Leah Feiger) covers…
AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone Summary Volunteer moderators and longtime Reddit users report a growing tide of AI-generated and AI-polished posts that are degrading the platform’s authenticity and…
Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup Summary Veteran founders in the article explain that building an AI startup is often far harder than turning a flashy…
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash Summary The Home Office has opened a consultation proposing a dedicated statute to govern live facial recognition and a…
Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what’s real on the net? Summary Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that in an era of bots, deepfakes and politicised AI, nothing online…
An AI for an AI: Anthropic says AI agents require AI defense Summary Anthropic’s security researchers have published a warning and a toolset showing that increasingly capable AI agents can…
AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry? Summary New experiments reported in Nature show that conversational AI can change people’s political preferences by…
