WIRED
• Jake Lahut
As US labor and inflation data seemingly worsen, the White House refrain is “no panicans”—in other words, no room for panic. That isn't keeping everyone in Trumpworld from getting the jitters.
WIRED
• Zoë Schiffer
An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition?
WIRED
• Kate Knibbs
“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
WIRED
• John Semley
Runway AI paired up with Imax to screen 10 AI-generated winning selections. The festival has been derided by some cinephiles, while others insist it’s part of a natural technological evolution.
WIRED
• Vittoria Elliott
In February, DOGE affiliates at the SBA set up an X account and solicited whistleblower complaints. “It’s like having a crazy uncle who decides to be the cops,” a government auditor tells WIRED.
WIRED
• Molly Taft
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
WIRED
• Jason Koebler, Zeyi Yang
Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Daily
• The New York Times
We Distribute
• Sean Tilley
A new, open source, self-hostable fundraising system for the Fediverse has been released. The project is very young, but there's a huge amount of promise.
Mail-in ballots make it possible to avoid this on your way to vote.Long story short: there’s an “iPhone” menu under “Widgets” in System Settings → Desktop & Dock.
Platformer
• Casey Newton
What new surveys tell us about the messy state of AI diffusion
Dashboard home screen showing todos, recommendations, and what needs attention.
