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WORK BUDDY | 4-MINUTE READ

AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?

BY KATE O'FLAHERTY

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot are becoming part of everyday business life. But they come with privacy and security considerations you should know about.

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FIELD OF VIEWS | 9-MINUTE READ

Russians Love YouTube. That's a Problem for the Kremlin

BY JUSTIN LING

YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It's become "indispensable" to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage.

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SUPERSPREADER | 3-MINUTE READ

A Former President's Daughter Used X to Bombard South Africa With Conspiracy Theories

BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT

A vast majority of the election-related disinformation a South African watchdog group identified came from X, where Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla posted a fake video featuring a Donald Trump endorsement.

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FACE SERVER | 4-MINUTE READ

The Uncanny Rise of the World's First AI Beauty Pageant

BY MARAH EAKIN

The idea of an AI beauty pageant might seem laughable or grotesque, depending on whom you ask. But the World AI Creator Awards reflects something deeper about modern influencer culture.

❖ THE BIG STORY | 34-MINUTE READ

Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History

BY JOSEPH COX

When a drug kingpin named Microsoft tried to seize control of an encrypted phone company for criminals, he was playing right into its real owners' hands.

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FOREIGN BODIES | 2-MINUTE READ

Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed

BY EMILY MULLIN

Surgeons at NYU took out the pig kidney because it wasn't getting enough blood flow.

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POLITICS LAB | 4-MINUTE READ

2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election

BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT

AI is already being used and abused in elections around the world. From passive income scams to dead men endorsing their successors, fiction is proving stranger than reality.

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PRODUCT REVIEW | 6-MINUTE READ

The First Sonos Headphones Are Among the Best—but They'll Cost You

BY PARKER HALL

Sonos, the king of whole-home audio is heading outside and already sits at the highest echelon of noise-canceling headphones.

✚ Find out more: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence sat down with WIRED to explain just how the company will reach beyond speakers to rule every part of your aural existence.

❖ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | 4-MINUTE READ

The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas

BY CELIA FORD

Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They're bringing the banquet of a lifetime for birds, trees, and humans alike.

► Watch: Illinois is ground zero for cicada season. WIRED's Kate Knibbs reports from this new and noisy reality.

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Ubisoft Toronto joining development of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake

June 04, 2024 | by Julian L. Mertz | No comments

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Ubisoft Toronto joining development of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake

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The team at Ubisoft Toronto, which has worked on some of Ubisoft's biggest brands, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell, has announced that it is joining in with the development of the long-awaited remake of the classic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Ubisoft Toronto says that they are very "excited" to join […]

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