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How Hud's runtime sensor cut triage time from 3 hours to 10 minutes
Engineering teams are generating more code with AI agents than ever before. But they're hitting a wall when that code reaches production. The problem isn't necessarily the AI-generated code itself. It's that traditional monitoring tools generally struggle to provide the granular, function-level data AI agents need to understand how... Read more
Is This the Moment? Scientists Detect a Signal That Might Be Dark Matter
The universe is packed with riddles, but few are as stubborn—or as fascinating—as dark matter. First proposed in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, this elusive substance refuses to play by the rules: it doesn’t shine, absorb, or interact with light in any way. In fact, we can’t see it... Read more
True Classic Tees Deals for the 2025 Holidays: 25 Percent Off Crew Necks
This includes me. I’ve been wearing the heck out of True Classic’s black crew-neck, in the belief that the shirt makes a virtue out of a life well-enjoyed. And it apparently also includes WIRED senior editor Jeremy White. “To my shame,” averred White, “the ‘dad bod’ fit is perfect... Read more
The 70% factuality ceiling: why Google’s new ‘FACTS’ benchmark is a wake-up call for enterprise AI
There's no shortage of generative AI benchmarks designed to measure the performance and accuracy of a given model on completing various helpful enterprise tasks — from coding to instruction following to agentic web browsing and tool use. But many of these benchmarks have one major shortcoming: they measure the... Read more
A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options
On Tuesday, French AI startup Mistral AI released Devstral 2, a 123 billion parameter open-weights coding model designed to work as part of an autonomous software engineering agent. The model achieves a 72.2 percent score on SWE-bench Verified, a benchmark that attempts to test whether AI systems can solve... Read more
NBA players to get greater biometric data through Orreco and Sportradar deal
The company which provides bio-analytics solutions for athletes, Orreco, will now officially integrate NBA tracking data from Sportradar. Sportradar is the official data partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its real-time player tracking and event data will now be used to help NBA teams optimize training loads,... Read more
Why I’d Always Choose Smartwatch Over Phone When It Comes to My Kids
I’ve spent most of my kids’ early years keeping them off devices, but eventually the pros of being connected start to outweigh the cons. As they grow up, having a way to communicate gives them freedom and gives me peace of mind. Smartphones, though, come with a lot of... Read more
Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination
Most Democratic-led states say they will continue to universally recommend and administer the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite new guidance against it issued last week by a federal vaccine advisory panel handpicked by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Northeast Public Health Collaborative and... Read more
OpenAI report reveals a 6x productivity gap between AI power users and everyone else
The tools are available to everyone. The subscription is company-wide. The training sessions have been held. And yet, in offices from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, a stark divide is opening between workers who have woven artificial intelligence into the fabric of their daily work and colleagues who have... Read more
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo
In July 2023, Musk himself tweeted that “we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand, and gradually, all the birds.” That was when Peroff, a Chicago-area attorney specializing in trademark and IP law, saw an opportunity not only to claim the name Twitter but also to use the iconic... Read more