Next week, a law takes effect that will change the internet forever—and make it much more difficult to be a tech giant. On November 1, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act comes into force, starting the clock on a process expected to force Amazon, Google, and Meta to make their platforms more open and interoperable in 2023. That could bring major changes to what people can do with their device

The uproar caused by Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer who believes that one of the company’s most sophisticated chat programs, Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) is sapient, has had a curious element: Actual AI ethics experts are all but renouncing further discussion of the AI sapience question, or deeming it a distraction. They’re right to do so. In reading the edited transcript Lem

The CEO's increasingly erratic behavior is putting Tesla at risk. And there's blame to go around. Elon Musk is Hercules remixed: not assigned his great labors as penance for his murdering his children in a fit of insanity, but driven mad by the effort of completing his labors—and now threatening to kill what he has created.Bobby Yip/reuters Of all the striking things about the interview with Elon

The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents On June 14, 2014, the State Council of China published an ominous-sounding document called "Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System". In the way of Chinese policy documents, it was a lengthy and rather dry affair, but i

The FCC move to eliminate net-neutrality rules opens the door to preferential deals for some content providers, closed doors for others. Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon may soon be free to block content, slow video-streaming services from rivals, and offer “fast lanes” to preferred partners. For a glimpse of how the internet experience may change, look at what broadband provide

Sheryl Sandberg insists, again, that Facebook is not a media company, despite ample evidence to the contrary. Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the digital fair dmexco in Germany.Rolf Vennenbernd/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images On Thursday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg repeated a Facebook talking point that’s beginning to wear thin. Asked if Facebook is a media company, she resisted the characterization. “

Join WIRED for the deepest dive yet into the science of the Impossible Burger, the genetically engineered fake meat on a mission to upend the beef industry. The cook, complete with hair net, lays the red patty down on the grill and gives it a press with a spatula. And there, that unmistakable sizzle and smell. She flips the patty and gives it another press, lets it sit, presses it, and pulls it of