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Why Service Quality Is Harder to Measure Than Product Quality
When you buy a product, quality is often obvious.You can inspect it, test it, compare it, and even return it. Services don’t work that way. You can’t “try before you buy” a legal consultation,...
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Why Projects Are Becoming the New Career Currency
For most of the 20th century, careers followed a predictable script:get a degree, secure a job, stay loyal, and let tenure speak for itself. That script is rapidly breaking down. In today’s...
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Traction Isn’t Growth — And Investors Know the Difference
In the startup world, traction has become one of the most overused—and misunderstood—words in pitching. Founders proudly present soaring user numbers, social media followers, or app downloads,...
So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen
In the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026 will be all about Qwen.
In Cryptoland, Memecoin Fever Gives Way to a Stablecoin Boom
In a year that began with a memecoin trading frenzy, stablecoins have emerged as the respectable face of the crypto industry.
AI Devices Are Coming. Will Your Favorite Apps Be Along for the Ride?
Tech companies are calling AI the next platform. But some developers are reluctant to let AI agents stand between them and their users.
Steve Jobs’ Early Apple Items Are Going Up for Auction—Along With His Bow Ties
Some of the objects came from Steve Jobs’ childhood bedroom. They’re being made available by his stepbrother, John Chovanec.
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents
To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.
China’s Hottest App Is a Daily Test of Whether You’re Still Alive
Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app-store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.
China’s Hottest App Is a Daily Test of Whether You're Still Alive
Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.
Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to ‘Stand Up’ Against the Trump Administration
The LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”