Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
… The Encrypted Spaces team showed WIRED a demo of a prototype application it calls Spaces, which it also released Thursday. …
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Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
… Late Launch When the XChat team posted earlier this month about the app’s wide release, the “expected” launch date listed on Apple’s App Store page was April 17. This date shifted multiple times before release, changing from the original date to April 23, then April 24. …
Oura’s New Ring 5 Is Smaller and Lighter—and Adds an AI Health Coach
… At launch, Health Radar centers around two new functions: Blood Pressure Signals and Nighttime Breathing. Blood Pressure Signals continuously analyzes biometric trends that may correlate with cardiovascular strain. …
Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
… The rollout is available immediately to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains.
Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—and What It Means for Your iPhone
… Most smartphone connections work by bouncing signals between cell towers. There are loads of cell towers around the world, but they’re limited in rural areas, out in the ocean, or in countries with less infrastructure to detect signals. …
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
The revised order gives the federal government access to the most advanced artificial intelligence models 30 days before their public release, down from an earlier proposal that would have required companies to provide access 90 days in advance. …
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
… Friday’s release includes none of them. …
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
… The filing released on Wednesday is the cleaned-up version, though additional changes could come before it debuts on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker SPCX, which could reportedly come as soon as June 12. …
OpenAI Confidentially Files for IPO on the Heels of SpaceX and Anthropic
… We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company. …
ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
…I’ll be steady enough to catch you.” Yes, the sound you just heard was millions of Chinese ChatGPT users rolling their eyes at the same time. Today, this sentence is the…