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The company is losing huge sums of money on cookie-cutter homes—suggesting a fundamental weakness in the US housing market.

The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decisionmaking, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.

Tesla’s Optimus robot did not dazzle robotics experts and can’t yet walk. But if the project delivers, it could give the company an edge in manufacturing.

At the heart of every bot-detection tool is a human's gut feeling—and all the messiness that comes with it.

An inquest found content on Pinterest and Instagram contributed to the 2017 death of Molly Russell. The sites say they’ve changed—with opposing strategies.

Legal experts say Musk faced an “uphill battle” to prove his claims of fraud over bots on the platform, and risked damaging revelations during trial.

They had gleaming teeth, perfect hair, and selfies with baby animals. But could they pass the Turing test?

The Journalism Competition and Protection Act would allow publishers to finally bargain with Meta and Google.

Look out, London—Berlin is fast catching up in all areas, from sheer volume of funding by startups to its rapid transition into a center for deeptech.

Business incubator Station F has supercharged the Paris tech scene, but it’s far from the only show in town.

Plus: Hackers in paradise, Metaverse fashion victims, and street sharks.

At RE:WIRED Green, San Francisco restaurateur Kayla Abe explained how her kitchen makes enticing meals from ingredients that would otherwise get tossed.

The blockchain project’s cofounder Vitalik Buterin says its recent big upgrade lays a path for more technical changes, and greater adoption.

The company is going after cryptocurrency gambling—but will that be enough to satisfy concerned streamers?

One of the most influential cryptocurrency projects is set to finally ditch proof-of-work mining.

A crop of lawsuits could finally settle the question of whether most digital assets are illegal securities offerings.

The EU’s chief antitrust enforcer Margrethe Vestager says that US tech companies are changing their behavior as global regulators question their dominance.

In France, the gig economy platform welcomed thousands of immigrants during the pandemic, unions say. Now it’s deactivating them en masse.

Jared Mauch took it into his own hands to provide broadband service to about 30 homes in rural Michigan. A boost from the US government will let him cover hundreds more.

The CHIPS and Science Act wants to jump-start the domestic semiconductor industry, starting with manufacturing.

On the visual search tool's anniversary, we consider its promise and how that could play out.

The company’s new smart gadget uses radar to track your breathing while you sleep. It’s part of Amazon’s plan to weave its products invisibly into your life.

An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.

The latest crisis that rocked the Greek government shows the bloc’s surveillance problem goes beyond the notorious NSO Group.

Uber and Lyft spent millions promoting a controversial ballot measure. A new study suggests it has lowered driver wages.

A new study shows that cycling packages the final few miles to their recipients isn’t just greener than using a van, but often quicker too.

By 2035, the batteries in California’s zero-emission cars could power every home in the state for three days.

People must both drive less and switch to electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change.