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What Techno-Billionaire Marc Andreessen Missed In His Techno-Optimism ManifestoVenture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist manifesto is correct to say technology can make the world a better place—but misses the mark on so much else. Powered by WPeMatico https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy

The Las Vegas Sphere Makes Virtual Reality a Full-Body ExperiencePut down those goggles. The Las Vegas Sphere’s giant wraparound display turned a U2 show and a mind-bending new film into a virtual reality experience. Powered by WPeMatico https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy

Smarter AI Assistants Could Make It Harder to Stay HumanAI helpers that make phone calls, book flights, and chat with other bots will give humans new freedom—but also lead machines to undermine people’s independence. Powered by WPeMatico https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy

The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank’s CollapseNotoriously smart risk-takers missed a huge threat under their own noses, while avowed libertarians begged for government help.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy Powered by WPeMatico

Welcome to the Wet Hot AI Chatbot SummerThe next big thing in tech isn’t the blockchain or the metaverse—it’s a mind-bending wave of algorithmic content machines.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy Powered by WPeMatico

Twitter Is No Longer a Creative HavenElon Musk’s changes have been most destabilizing to the very people who made the platform’s unique culture.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Alan Henry Powered by WPeMatico

Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Making Meta Look SmartA scathing decision from Facebook’s Oversight Board shows a better way to work through platform rules in public than via a billionaire’s late-night tweets.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy Powered by WPeMatico

Elon Musk’s Need for Speed Puts Twitter in PerilPlus: Steve Jobs’ Apple reboot, tech’s infinite scroll, and nuclear neuroticism.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy Powered by WPeMatico

What the Soup-Throwing Climate Activists Got RightPlus: Pipeline vandals, ketchup on hot dogs, and a billion missing crabs.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Kate Knibbs Powered by WPeMatico

What If the Metaverse Is Better Without Virtual Reality?Plus: How Mark Zuckerberg fell in love with VR, the fake future of documentaries, and Armageddon.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steven Levy Powered by WPeMatico