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It's Hyperobjects All the Way Down
1.You might think, in this time of profound human and climate trauma, that the world is...
Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text–with a twist
“I’m going to take this as a win for now,” Shupe says, even though she knows...
Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers into Informants
A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft...
Dubai's Floods Weren't Caused by Cloud Seeding
Dubai is underwater. Heavy storms have caused flash flooding across the United Arab Emirates, leading to...
US government’s reliance on Microsoft means the company gets a free pass
These incidents occurred as security experts were increasingly criticizing Microsoft for failing to promptly and adequately...
North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
P4x says he has largely automated his attacks on the North Korean systems, periodically running scripts...
The Battle to Define Mental Illness (2010)
Every so often Al Frances says something that seems to surprise even him. Just now, for...
House Votes to Extend–and Expand–A Major US Spy Program
A controversial US wiretap program days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to...
The Future of America's Biggest Spy Program Is Being Decided Right Now
The United States government, like its rivals in Moscow and Beijing, has poured untold millions of...
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
The tech giants have overthrown capitalism. That’s the argument of former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis,...
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
At around 7 am on a quiet Wednesday in August 2017, Marcus Hutchins walked out the...
Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea's Internet. Now He's Taking Off His Mask
“That's not nice, and it’s not a good norm,” says Schneider. She says that much of...
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Unraveled
If you still hold any notion that Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode” is a good way to...
Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
Now, however, 11,279 coordinates obtained by WIRED show not only a flood of traffic to Epstein’s...
Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who wrote the book on how to hunt hackers
In 1986, Cliff Stoll’s boss at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs tasked him with getting to the...
Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3M Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what's come to be...
