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wired. com > story > letter-salesforce-employees-sent-after-marc-benioffs-ice-comments

Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (240+ words) Employees at Salesforce are circulating an internal letter to chief executive Marc Benioff calling on him to denounce recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prohibit the use of Salesforce software by immigration agents, and back federal legislation that…...

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wired. com > story > artificial-intelligence-startups-daydream-fashion-recommendations

Here's What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (180+ words) The reality was much harder than she expected. I had breakfast recently with Bornstein and her CTO, Maria Belousova, to learn about her startup, Daydream, funded with $50 million from VCs like Google Ventures. The conversation took an unexpected turn as…...

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wired. com > story > instagram-edits-app-new-features

Instagram Keeps Polishing Its Edits App to Woo Video Creators

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (236+ words) Edits launched last month on Apple and Android devices, after months of delays. Meta, which owns Instagram, is putting Edits forward as a challenger to Byte Dance's Cap Cut app. That mobile video editing tool, designed to support Tik Tok…...

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wired. com > story > how-to-use-instagram-edits-capcut-clone

How to Use Edits, Instagram's New Cap Cut Clone for Editing Videos

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (453+ words) In January, Meta announced its stand-alone video editing app for making Reels, simply called Edits. After release delays, users anywhere in the world can now download the app and try it out. Are you interested in getting started with Edits…...

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wired. com > story > ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy

AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (959+ words) When the scheme was finally uncovered, there was widespread media coverage and Senate hearings, and social media platforms made changes in the way they verified users. But in reality, for all the money and resources poured into the IRA, the…...

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wired. com > story > openai-acquires-tbpn-buys-positive-news-coverage

Open AI Buys Some Positive News

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (284+ words) Open AI announced Thursday that it had acquired the online business talk show TBPN for an undisclosed sum. The move comes as Open AI struggles with its public image, which has taken a significant hit in recent months. It's hard…...

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wired. com > author > zeyi-yang

Zeyi Yang

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (269+ words) is a senior writer at WIRED, covering technology and business in China. He cowrites [Made in China](https: //www. wired. com/newsletter/exclusive/made-in-china), a weekly newsletter that gives readers a clear-eyed, unbiased view of the biggest tech news coming…...

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wired. com > story > square-handheld

Square's New Handheld Payment Scanner Looks Like a Phone

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (593+ words) Square has a new way for merchants to take your money: a new handheld device. The payment company's little white pucks, touchscreen terminals, and portable wedges already crowd the world of contactless point-of-sale payments; you've probably swiped or tapped on…...

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wired. com > story > this-is-the-first-time-scientists-have-seen-decision-making-in-a-brain

This Is the First Time Scientists Have Seen Decisionmaking in a Brain

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (186+ words) Neuroscientists from around the world have worked in parallel to map, for the first time, the entire brain activity of mice while they were making decisions. This achievement involved using electrodes inserted inside the brain to simultaneously record the activity…...

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wired. com > story > i-hate-my-ai-friend

I Hate My AI Friend

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1230+ words) The AI-powered Friend pendant is now out in the world. If you live in the US or Canada, you can buy one for $129. It also listens to whatever you're doing as you move through the world, no tap required, and…...