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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 7d

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 7d

Gnarly www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 13d

There's a separate story on her in the same issue She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress | WIRED share.google/EU4OHRT6RtXn...

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 13d

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The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 13d

Scoop with @zoeschiffer.bsky.social: Marissa Mayer is dissolving her Sunshine startup lab. The assets will be sold to a new Mayer-founded AI firm called Dazzle www.wired.com/story/mariss...

Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab

After seven rocky years, the company’s assets will be sold to Dazzle, a new AI firm that Mayer founded.

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Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social · 17d

Huge DOGE oral history from @leahfeiger.bsky.social, @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, @knibbs.bsky.social, @makenakelly.bsky.social, @davidgilbert.bsky.social, @mollytaft.com, @aarianmarshall.bsky.social, @peard33.bsky.social, + @jakelahut.writes.news

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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 27d

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Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions

Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleg...

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Sep 5

For the first time since 2021, there are now more unemployed Americans than there are open jobs
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Playbook PM: Trump's new double-edged jobs numbers

And a new proposal would put the U.S. in charge of a Ukranian buffer zone.

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California Public Utilties Commission @californiapuc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today we opened a new proceeding to continue our work to make comprehensive policies, processes, and rules guiding autonomous vehicle passenger transportation services. Info: https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M578/K060/578060605.PDF

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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · Jul 22

Scoop: OpenAI has reopened its window for fundraising and is looking to fill out the $40 billion round it closed in March. The round will reopen on Monday, July 28, and both new and existing investors are included www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion Round

OpenAI, which recently announced a $40 billion round of financing, is seeking funding from new and existing investors to fulfill the deal.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 22

Worth a look at the pictures / gallery

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X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

Generative AI has put data centers under the spotlight, and surging electricity needs could increase risk of fires.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them

A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Mark Zuckerberg Is Expanding His Secretive Hawaii Compound. Part of It Sits Atop a Burial Ground

Meta’s CEO has become one of the biggest landowners in Hawaii, growing his property’s footprint and erecting new mysterious buildings.

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Jul 15

mind you i asked to expense internet sex with an ai bot created by elon musk on my birthday. if there’s one thing i love in life it’s a Cursed Blog

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · Jul 15

Would you have Internet sex with an AI bot created by Elon Musk’s company?

Because you can!

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I Tried Grok's Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

xAI's new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ugly!

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.wired.com/story/cup-ho...

What Makes a Car Lovable? It's Not the Tech, It's the Cup Holders

Frustration with the size, location, and design of cup holders in new cars is on the rise—and it holds enormous influence on whether we buy a ride or not.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Jul 12

Belkin's move to brick Wemo devices highlights how little accountability IoT companies face when abandoning connected products customers paid for (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 11

Appreciate the support for the creative community

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 11

Where do you buy from

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Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · Jul 10

I joined @knibbs.bsky.social and @laurengoode.bsky.social to answer @wired.com listener questions on this week's Uncanny Valley podcast. Lauren thanked me for my thoughtful answers, so you should not let them go unlistened.

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You Asked, We Answered: All of Your AI Angst

Welcome to "Uncanny Valley”’s very first Q&A, where our host addresses your burning AI-related questions.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jul 10

New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.

By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org: