The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
Something strange is happening in tech right now. Companies are posting record profits and revenue while laying off tens of thousands of people, citing AI as the official explanation. So…
World Cup 2026: Political tension has ‘undermined’ Iran’s World Cup joy
Los Angeles is often nicknamed "Tehrangeles" - a fact that drew smiles from both player and manager when it was mentioned at the news conference.Many Iranian-Americans will be heading to…
NASA’s X-59 Reaches Speed And Altitude Milestones Ahead Of First Quiet Supersonic Flights
The plane will soon be ready to fly over US communities. NASA/Lori Losey NASA's X-59 research plane took its first supersonic flight at the beginning of…
Joshua vs Fury: Heavyweight Tyson Fury teases ‘massive announcement’ with Dana White on UFC White House visit
Tyson Fury says he is set to feature in a "massive announcement" from Zuffa Boxing and UFC president Dana White.Former heavyweight champion Fury was a special guest at the UFC's…
Is It a Super El Niño Year? It Could Turn the World’s Weather Upside Down
The wait is finally over: El Niño has officially begun.On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared that the semiannual climate phenomenon has arrived. Congratulations if you took the…
Luke Littler targeting trophy clean sweep after World Cup of Darts triumph with Luke Humphries | Darts News
Luke Littler is aiming for a clean sweep of every major trophy in darts after his World Cup triumph with Luke Humphries.Top seeded Littler and Humphries secured their World Cup…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Two prompts that were used to generate material on Grok were rejected by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta AI, and Anthropic’s Claude as inappropriate when tested by WIRED. Google’s Gemini did create…
Garan and Ioan Croft: Twin aims of Welsh boxers
"We've always wanted to do better than each other," says Welsh boxer Garan Croft as he turns to his training partner.Garan is older than his training partner – one minute…
Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers
After Sergi Bastardas’ decade at Amazon and floriculture startup Colvin, one thing always stood out — the feeling that there wasn’t enough efficient “human infrastructure” to manage the workers behind…
Curaçao Is the Smallest Country Ever to Reach the World Cup
In the nearly 100-year history of the World Cup soccer tournament, 80 countries have competed (plus a few that no longer exist). Four new ones will join the ranks this…
