Author: Derek Walsh

Authors never consented to AI training on their books. Courts are now deciding if that matters — and the answer isn’t simple.

Anthropic added invisible watermarks to Claude for EU compliance. Within hours of the announcement, coders shared workarounds online, exposing the system’s limits.

OpenAI has added new model monitoring and post-training safeguards after a breach at Hugging Face exposed AI infrastructure vulnerabilities.

Election officials are building contingency plans as prediction market odds get mistaken for vote counts, threatening poll workers and public trust ahead of 2026 midterms.

WIRED tested 100+ wireless chargers — stands, pads, and multi-device docks — to find the best options for phones, earbuds, and watches in 2026.

X is expanding open source code for its “For You” feed and launching tools that show users when ranking systems have suppressed their accounts or posts.

Court filings reveal FEMA’s “shadow administrator” was paid by a DOGE member’s startup for months, exposing deeper conflicts of interest inside federal agencies.

Google revamped how it names hacking groups. Here’s why codenames matter for tracking adversaries, sharing intelligence, and avoiding premature attribution.

The Pentagon is set to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers,” formally adding directed energy weapons to the US Army’s standard arsenal amid rising drone threats.

Outernet, built by the Pursuit scavenger hunt team, helps users save online discoveries and then nudges them to actually visit those places in real life.