‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
A German ad-tech trial features what Vodafone calls “digital tokens.” Should you be worried? Wired
A German ad-tech trial features what Vodafone calls “digital tokens.” Should you be worried? Wired
FOSTA/SESTA laws deplatformed sex workers and set the stage to overturn Roe v. Wade. Wired
Whether you need workout earbuds or gaming over-ears, these WIRED-tested picks sound like a million bucks. Wired
When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it’s written by a thinking, feeling human. And, in this case, there is indeed a human typing these words: [Hi, there!] But these days, some sentences that appear remarkably humanlike are actually generated by artificial intelligence systems trained on massive amounts […]
Observations of faraway worlds have forced a near-total rewrite of the story of our solar system. Wired
Plus: Instagram cracks down on age verification, Microsoft says it will stop using AI to track emotions, and Twitter wants to be a blog. Wired
About 65 million years ago, right around the time dinosaurs went extinct, bats evolved the ability to echolocate. They would produce clicks with their mouth or nose and listen for echoes of those clicks bouncing off surfaces and animals in the dark. Bats were major predators of moths, so many moths evolved ears that are […]
Here’s what Congress, the DOD, and the VA can do to ensure troops’ access to abortion—and improve the nation’s security. Wired
The spyware has been used to target people in Italy, Kazakhstan, and Syria, researchers at Google and Lookout have found. Wired
The tech layoffs keep coming. On Thursday, Netflix laid off an additional 300 employees, or about 3% of its staff. The company had previously laid off 150 employees in May. “Today we sadly let go of around 300 employees. While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these adjustments so that our […]