FTX TRIAL | 4-MINUTE READ SBF's Magic Hair and Other Big Moments From the FTX Trial BY ANGELA CHEN |
The prosecution used star witness Caroline Ellison to drive home just how much power Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly had in orchestrating financial decisions at FTX and Alameda.
Stay up to date on all the news from inside and outside the courtroom here. |
FAST FORWARD | 4-MINUTE READ The Chatbots Are Now Talking to Each Other BY WILL KNIGHT |
ChatGPT-style chatbots that pretend to be people are being used to help companies develop new product and marketing ideas. |
RINSE AND REPEAT | 5-MINUTE READ New Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers BY ANDY GREENBERG |
Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin. |
JOB HUNT | 4-MINUTE READ Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare BY AMANDA HOOVER |
Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the last two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. |
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WIRED PODCASTS | 51-MINUTE EPISODE Where Does Crypto Go From Here? |
We talk with Michael Casey, the chief content officer of CoinDesk, almost one year after the news site brought down Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency empire FTX. |
PRODUCT REVIEW | 6-MINUTE READ Fitbit's Latest Flagship Tracker Tightens Its Integrations With Your Google Apps BY ADRIENNE SO |
With the Fitbit Charge 6, you can now get Google Maps directions and Google Wallet contactless payments on your wrist. |
WATERSHED MOMENT | 5-MINUTE READ Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World's Intensifying Weather BY SAQIB RAHIM |
Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies to capitalize on what they have. |
DIGITAL CULTURE | 5-MINUTE READ A New Tool Helps Artists Thwart AI—With a Middle Finger BY KATE KNIBBS |
Kudurru, the new tool from the creator of Have I Been Trained?, can help artists block web scrapers and even "poison" the scraping by sending back the wrong image. |
FEED THE TROLL | 3-MINUTE READ The EU's Threats to Elon Musk Are Empty, Sources Say BY MORGAN MEAKER |
European commissioner Thierry Breton warned X it could be fined for failing to control disinformation and illegal content. But critics say his threats lack teeth. |
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