Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has paused a planned electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate and launched a 60-day review, waiving the requirement for 2026 model-year vehicles. The decision is…
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro is finding practical, paying use in specific enterprise niches rather than as a broad consumer…
ICE Has Spyware Now Summary The WIRED security roundup reports that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will gain access to Paragon’s spyware after the Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era…
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling? Summary On the latest episode of WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast, hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore speak with senior writer Kate Knibbs about how…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built an automated offensive-research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches to…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google was fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business. The…
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley Summary The Register tried Job Bolt’s AI-avatar interview for a fictional editor role and found the…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who may use its AI services, barring companies majority-owned by entities from countries it regards…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that artificial intelligence is likely to concentrate wealth among a…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Networks of pipes and heat exchangers use river water to cool buildings in Paris, including the Louvre. The system transfers…
