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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Two of the largest food-delivery app companies have made a last-ditch effort to overturn tipping laws in New York City that go into effect in January just as its next mayor, who has been highly critical of the companies and the app industry, takes office. Tips to delivery workers have plummeted since some food-delivery apps switched...
Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount’s $108-billion bid, citing weak financing assurances and shareholder risk.
At least 27 of 38 countries in WHO’s European region are reporting high or very high influenza activity, body says
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An intense surge in flu cases driven by a newly dominant virus strain is sweeping across Europe, placing healthcare systems in several countries under severe pressure, the World Health Organization has said.
The WHO said on Wednesday that at least 27 of...
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An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
Conditions in the US should be perfect for the final meteor shower of 2025, with no moonlight present to interfere with spotting shooting stars.
Initial participants in the new Apple Manufacturing Academy tell WIRED that the tech giant’s surprising frankness and hands-on support are already benefiting their bottom lines.
A Bitcoin savings plan lets you automate recurring bitcoin purchases instead of having to make them manually. That way, you can apply a simple, consistent dollar-cost averaging strategy to “smooth out” volatility and build your bitcoin portfolio slowly over time. In this article, we compare five leading Bitcoin savings plan providers to help you choose […]
Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life of organs for longer periods.
Cassava Technologies and Gebeya partner to provide AI-powered tools allowing Africans to create apps and comics without coding or artistic skills.
MyBroadband asked two prominent security companies about the common trends in crime during the holiday period and how homes can best protect themselves against this activity.
I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that.
South Africa’s fibre rollout is often described as one of the success stories of the local telecommunications sector. Nowhere is this more evident than in the scale of Openserve’s infrastructure.
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The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.
Exclusive: DNA advances show Roman-era skeleton, once hailed as first black Briton, came from southern England
Beachy Head Woman, a Roman-era skeleton once hailed as the earliest known black Briton and who scientists later speculated could be of Cypriot descent, has now been shown to have originated from southern England.
The mystery of the skeleton’s shifting identity was finally resolved...
2025 saw major outages across gaming, streaming, and social media services, but none were as impactful as the cloud outages from the likes of AWS, Cloudflare and Du.
A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
U.S. senators are probing whether Big Tech data centers are driving up local electricity bills by socializing grid upgrade costs onto residents. Some of the tactics they’re using include NDAs, shell companies, and lobbying. Ars Technica reports: In letters (PDF) to seven AI firms, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) cited a study...
This is TechCentral’s list of the top international newsmakers in the tech industry in 2025, a year that was shaped by geopolitics.