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The Election-Swinging, Facebook-Fueled, Get-Out-the-Vote Machine
Former Democratic operative Tara McGowan is sinking millions into Meta’s ad network to build Courier Newsroom, a media powerhouse for…
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How A British Teen’s Death Changed Social Media
Instagram also hides search terms—but only if the term or phrase itself is promoting or encouraging self-harm, says Tara Hopkins,…
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5 Future Scenarios for Google Lens
When David Pierce covered the transitional birth of Google Lens for WIRED in 2017, he pegged the tool as “a…
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Why Elon Musk Wouldn’t Face Twitter in Court
After months spent trying to escape the deal he signed to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk now says he intends to…
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Opendoor’s iBuyer Model Is a Canary in the Economic Coal Mine
And right now, Opendoor’s behavior, driven by the data it sees, augurs bad tidings ahead. “Right now, they’re trying to…
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Biden’s AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech
Last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that the US needed a bill of rights…
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Elon Musk’s Half-Baked Robot Is a Clunky First Step
Some robot experts watching saw a project that appeared to be quickly getting up to speed. “There’s nothing fundamentally groundbreaking,…
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Why Jann Wenner Let WIRED Start the ‘Rolling Stone’ of Tech
Rock idols, movie stars, and presidential candidates who quoted Bob Dylan—not tech giants—were Rolling Stone’s stock in trade. Wenner knew…
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Facebook Freeloads Off Newspapers. This Plan Might Stop It
What happened next, though, was telling: The Australian measure passed—and Google and Facebook did indeed pay up, remunerating Australian news…
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Bot Hunting Is All About the Vibes
Christopher Bouzy is trying to stay ahead of the bots. As the person behind Bot Sentinel, a popular bot-detection system,…
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