Zoë Schiffer

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NEW: DOGE put a $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards. Employees say overspending and fraud in the program was exceedingly rare. www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency, and they're trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Next Friday will be my last day as the director of business & industry @wired.com. I’m transitioning to contributing editor in order to have more time to freelance & write. This was far and away the best job I’ve had in media and I’ll sincerely miss leading the biz desk!

Welcome, valued employee: www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...

Incidentally not the only butt content we're publishing today: www.wired.com/story/musk-a...

Looking forward to going On Background in June w/ @bencollins.bsky.social. We'll be talking about what's working in media (and what's broken). Join us! luma.com/vmi7d5t3

This week: The Trump administration's pivot on AI regulation, should we be worried about Hantavirus, and the latest with DOGE and the midterms podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"When users make a request, be it a math problem or an image-generation prompt, the chatbot loves to answer: 我会稳稳地接住你, which literally translates to 'I will catch you steadily [when you fall].'" www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

They told us to make the headlines conversational what can I say www.wired.com/story/using-...

Greg Brockman recounted a fight with Elon Musk where he thought he was going to get physically assaulted: www.wired.com/story/greg-b...

I mean say more.. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/t...

“It makes 996 look like a vacation.” www.wired.com/story/welcom...