Category: Technology

Gritty Star Wars spy thriller spin-off Andor is back for a final run, with this concluding season set to chart Cassian’s transformation into a Rebel hero as it hurtles toward the events of Rogue One. Diego Luna reprises his role as the Rebel intelligence officer. The once reluctant interstellar...

Blow-dry brushes have changed my life. That’s a little extreme to say, I’m sure, but it’s solved a quest I’ve been on since I was a teenager. I’ve struggled to get my fine hair under control for more years than I care to name, and while my hair is...

3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s bankruptcy might affect customers’ data. Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis, and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) sent a letter Thursday to the genetic testing company’s interim CEO Joe Selsavage asking a number of questions...

An all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry, went briefly to space for an 11-minute flight on Monday. The criticism that followed has lasted much longer. And it keeps on coming. On Friday, lifestyle expert Martha Stewart posted video of her own 2007 zero-gravity flight on a Boeing 727...

More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at the independent government agency, sources tell WIRED. There were around 1,700 employees in total at the CFPB. The mass reduction in force, or RIF, comes nearly...

Another highly valued startup has just been added to the mix in the ongoing legal drama between Rippling and Deel: U.K. fintech giant Revolut. In his blockbuster affidavit that reads like it’s straight out of a movie, Irish Rippling employee Keith O’Brien claimed that he was paid about $6,000...

Zooey Liao and James Martin/CNET There’s been another twist in President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. After imposing an additional 125% reciprocal tariffs on China last week, the administration exempted tech devices, including smartphones and laptops, at least for now. There’s still a 20% tariff on all items imported from...

The wife of data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was fired from his tenured job at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) the same day the couple’s houses were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last month, said on Monday that she believes her family has been unfairly targeted by...

OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models, according to a support page published to the company’s website last week. The verification process, called Verified Organization, is “a new way for developers to unlock access to the most...

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