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Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff. Scales previously worked on talent for xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, and as part of Uber’s talent acquisition team, per LinkedIn. Employees at GSA tell WIRED that Coristine … Read more

Summary WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.25.3.7 allows viewing self-destructing images, videos, and voice messages on linked devices. Some limitations still exist on linked devices, but broader availability of the feature is expected in the coming days for beta testers. Despite the feature making it to beta, there’s still no fixed timeline for its availability … Read more

(Image credit: Android Central) News Weekly is our column where we highlight and summarize some of the week’s top stories so you can catch up on the latest tech news. This is Android Central’s News Weekly, your go-to source for a concise roundup of the week’s most significant tech stories. This is where we delve … Read more

We’re excited to announce that Helium Mobile has been named a Proud Partner of the USC Trojans! Today we’re excited to announce that Helium Mobile has been named a Proud Partner of the University of Southern California Trojans! As part of the partnership with USC Athletics, Helium Mobile will have a presence during football and … Read more

A senior U.S. lawmaker says representatives of Elon Musk were granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system used to disperse trillions of dollars to Americans each year, and warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “national security risk.” Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the … Read more

Add the fact that other tech firms, inspired by DeepSeek’s approach, may now start building their own similar low-cost reasoning models, and the outlook for energy consumption is already looking a lot less rosy. The life cycle of any AI model has two phases: training and inference. Training is the often months-long process in which … Read more

Google used to be known for its generous free storage, but today, it’s pushing low-storage warnings way harder than necessary, and it’s clear why — it wants us to pay up. When Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools joke. The included 1GB of free storage was hundreds … Read more

The approval “is an important public health milestone in acute pain management,” Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D., acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “A new non-opioid analgesic therapeutic class for acute pain offers an opportunity to mitigate certain risks associated with using an opioid for pain and … Read more

Science is, in its very nature, collaborative. Many consortiums and alliances within scientific fields cross borders and language barriers. Some labs may be able to find additional funding from alternative sources such as the European Union. But it is unlikely that a continued withdrawal of NIH funding could be plugged by overseas support. And Big … Read more

Summary Apple canceled its Mac-dependent AR glasses project, creating space for Google in the AR space. Google is rumored to be working on standalone AR glasses, potentially defining the market on its terms. Apple’s struggles with bulky, expensive headsets give Google an opportunity to seize the future of AR. Google can breathe a little easier … Read more