Paresh Dave

'Safe' BPA substitutes tied to fertility damage, fetal harm, and generational effects, review finds Chemicals that replace the controversial plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) may disrupt fertility, fetal development, and reproductive health.

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OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.

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Palestine protester charged with trespass after disrupting Google event in Dublin Man shouted ‘shame on Google’ as he ran on to stage at 3Arena in reference to company’s systems being used by Israeli military

Gaza protestor apparently interrupted speech by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis at a company conference in Dublin this week

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Supreme Court Rules Most of Donald Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration's signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on the hook for at least $175 billion in tariff refunds.

In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration's signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on the hook for at least $175 billion in tariff refunds. www.wired.com/story/suprem...

Leading US Research Lab Appears to Be Squeezing Out Foreign Scientists House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes they say could undermine its mission.

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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.

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Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake Attorney general Raúl Torrez is accusing the tech giant of failing to protect minors on Facebook and Instagram.

@laurengoode.bsky.social on the other Meta trial underway right now

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That's the big question and why the professor I quote at the end of the story suggests a different approach. The small fine isn't likely enough to get a company to be frank. So what might they be more willing to be frank about?

No Company Has Admitted to Replacing Workers With AI in New York New York state has required companies to disclose if “technological innovation or automation” was the cause of job loss for nearly a year. So far, none has.

The results suggest that companies may be dodging the AI question. Or it’s a sign that workers need not yet fear anything more than the traditional drivers of layoffs.

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A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids.

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Waymo Hits a Rough Patch In Washington, DC The company’s robotaxi service is supposed to launch in the US capital this year. But while service rollouts have been relatively smooth in other cities, DC’s rules have made things tricky.

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Bytes: Week in Review - SpaceX and xAI merge, Nvidia and OpenAI's funding relationship and U.S. TikTok's rough start Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Hear/watch my thoughts on @marketplace.org about the importance of Starship; OpenAI fundraising challenges; and the new reality for TikTok

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More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

“I stand to benefit from other people’s suffering, which I find abhorrent and I refuse to be a quiet participant in that system,” added a second Google staffer, who went by Alex.

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Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley Founders used to be wedded to their companies. Now, anyone can be lured away for the right price.

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How iPhones Made a Surprising Comeback in China Huawei’s and Xiaomi’s flagship devices are packed with impressive features, but Apple is dominating the Chinese smartphone market again—for now.

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‘She Has a Presence’: The ‘Melania’ Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend WIRED attended two documentary screening parties—one on each coast—for the First Lady’s film. What a time.

The answers....

WIRED asked "Melania" viewers what they love about the First Lady, what they make of her recent foray into endorsing AI in schools, and the Trumps' views on immigration.

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Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.

As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.

That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...

T. Kumar, Rights Activist Who Was Shaped by Time in Prison, Dies at 76

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The extraordinary story of a soccer coach, a kidnapping and a Saudi job that didn’t exist Adrian Heath was duped into thinking he was on the verge of a new job – only to be held at knifepoint in Morocco. Turns out he's not alone

Crazy www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

Proposed 2026 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Published December 2025 This document contains unofficial text of proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines provided only for the convenience of the user in the preparation of public comment.   The Commission is seeki...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission is seeking public comment on its proposal to amend the Sentencing Guidelines in light of the new TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes it a crime to publish or threaten to publish real or deepfake NCII. Comment period ends Feb. 10. More info here: www.ussc.gov/guidelines/a...

No Phone, No Social Safety Net: Welcome to the ‘Offline Club’ Across Europe’s largest cities, people are gathering for semi-silent, offline hangouts, in search of an experience that isn’t mediated through their smartphones.

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Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them ‘Physically Safe’ From ICE A federal agent allegedly tried to enter Google’s Cambridge campus in the fall, WIRED has learned. Now, staffers want policies that protect them from immigration officials.

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

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People Are Protesting Data Centers—but Embracing the Factories That Supply Them As the data center backlash grows, support is growing for server factories and the hundreds of jobs they’re expected to bring.

I watched two Texas city council meetings last month and came away surprised that tech factories building parts for data centers aren't getting the same pushback as data centers

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Source: Google DeepMind signs a licensing deal with Hume AI, which builds emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, to hire CEO Alan Cowen and ~7 top engineers (Will Knight/Wired)

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He Blew the Whistle on Amazon’s Growing Legion of Robots. He Didn’t Expect What Happened Next. A whistleblower alerted the FTC about the "reverse-acquihire" of Covariant AI, a cutting-edge startup. A year later, Amazon has rapidly developed robots with human-like reasoning.

E'ville company decimated www.hardresetmedia.com/p/whistleblo...

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.

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Why is Zoox spending money on Hulu ads when it's not even fully open to the public in SF?