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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat
Dec 22, 2023As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for...
What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home
Dec 21, 2023Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people’s homes. But who’s really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk...
Google’s App Store Monopoly Ruled Illegal as Jury Sides With Epic
Dec 20, 2023A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the ...
My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musk's 'Politically Biased' Chatbot
Dec 19, 2023Some Elon Musk fans are concerned that Grok, xAI's answer to ChatGPT, is too politically liberal. The nature of the underlying AI technology will make “fixing” its outlook difficult. Thanks for listen...
In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered
Dec 18, 2023B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk ...
OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check
Dec 15, 2023The “superalignment” team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next ti...
Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees
Dec 14, 2023Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration. Thanks for listening t...
YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue
Dec 13, 2023YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform. Thanks for listening to WIRED...
Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out
Dec 12, 2023The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested at large scale thanks to a $57 million purchase from corporations including Stripe and Alphabet. Thanks for...
Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats
Dec 11, 2023Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right. ...