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Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

AISHA MALIK

In the coming months, Meta is going to explore a premium experience on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that gives users access to special features and more control over how they share and connect, while keeping the core experiences free.

OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

BENJ EDWARDS

Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.

AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch

JULIE BORT

Ricursive joins Recursive and Unconventional AI in raising massive funds at multi-billion valuations out of the gate.

Google pays $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

LUCAS ROPEK

The tech giant did not admit wrongdoing in the case.

South Korea’s Edenlux set for U.S. debut of eye-strain wellness device

KATE PARK

Edenlux builds wearable tech to protect and train your eyes, inspired by its founder’s personal vision recovery.

Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M

JAGMEET SINGH

SpotDraft now processes over 1 million contracts annually using its AI tool, with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year.

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MOLLY HIGGINS

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MOLLY HIGGINS

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SCOTT GILBERTSON

Get 10% off with verified Dell promo code, plus today’s coupons for up to $600 off laptops, Alienware monitors, and all things tech.

‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures

REBECCA BELLAN

“We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media, and they all have risks, but Grok is among the worst we’ve seen,” Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said.

Southwest Airlines Says Bye to Open Seating—and Hello to Boarding Complexity

AARIAN MARSHALL

An airline’s boarding policy shake-up shows the limits of efficiency. (Spoiler: It’s money.)

Northwood Space secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force contract

SEAN O'KANE

This is the El Segundo, California-based startup's second raise in less than a year.

Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going

BRIAN BARRETT

We asked tech CEOs, journalists, entertainers, students, and more about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. Here’s what they said.

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

ANDY GREENBERG, LILY HAY NEWMAN, MATT BURGESS

A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

ANDY GREENBERG

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.