How 'Arrival's' Designers Crafted a Mesmerizing Alien Alphabet (www.wired.com)
23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)
At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.
The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes (www.wired.com)
Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse (www.wired.com)
Concerns raised over Ring's relationship with law enforcement and potential for racial profiling (www.wired.com)
They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.
Unity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down After Pricing Blowup (www.wired.com)
The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System (www.wired.com)
The US Senate Wants to Reign In AI. Good Luck With That (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/289714...
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’ (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795503...
We should not let the open web die a quiet death (www.wired.com)
Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social (www.wired.com)
The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.
How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War | WIRED (www.wired.com)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching...
Insiders Reveal Major Problems at Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Upside Foods (www.wired.com)
Billion-dollar cultivated-meat startup Upside Foods wants you to think the breakthrough chicken fillets it sells are made in a futuristic factory. A WIRED investigation tells a different story. On July 1, five diners sat down at the counter of the Michelin-starred Bar Crenn in San Francisco for an unusual meal. They had won a...
AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine (www.wired.com)
machine learning algorithm designs antibodies to target specific diseases, then automated robotic systems build and grow them in lab, run tests, and feed data back into algorithm, all with limited human supervision.
Did Anyone Ever Really Need a Smart Display? (www.wired.com)
It turns out, the perfect stand is what we’ve really been waiting for.
After Threads, There Has to Be a ‘New Twitter’ Moratorium (www.wired.com)
This week Twitter got yet another competitor: Meta’s Threads. Enough is enough. Don’t join. This has to stop.
Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don't Want to Join OpenAI's All-Male Board (www.wired.com)
non-paywall archived version here: archive.is/ztech
Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social (www.wired.com)
The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.