A trove of leaked internal messages and documents from the militia American Patriots Three Percent—also known as AP3—reveals how the group coordinated with election denial groups as part of a plan to conduct paramilitary surveillance of ballot boxes during the midterm elections in 2022. This information was leaked to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a… Continue reading Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans
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Sony Linkbuds Open Review: Better Battery, Softer Sound
Even after I got the fit right, I noticed a darker, fuzzier sound signature than what I experienced in the original pair. This seems to be by design, as one of the main complaints before was a lack of bass, something with which nearly all open earbuds struggle. The new buds add some more punch… Continue reading Sony Linkbuds Open Review: Better Battery, Softer Sound
Tesla’s Cybercab Is Here
Movie studios are where Hollywood spins fantastical worlds out of fancy camera angles and special effects. So where better to show off the Tesla Cybercab, a two-door self-driving taxi that CEO Elon Musk says will be in production in just three years—but that’s still fascinatingly short on firm detail? Almost an hour after Tesla had… Continue reading Tesla’s Cybercab Is Here
Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?
Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a truly incredible guy. Musk literally jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in honestly one of the cringiest photos that I’ve seen online maybe this year, and then Musk talks to the crowd for a couple of minutes. What does he… Continue reading Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?
Amazon’s Rufus AI Shopping Assistant Now Lets Some Shoppers Check Price History
If Amazon’s test of sharing price history through Rufus expands and survives, it could be a significant reason for users to give the chatbot a try. Trishul Chilimbi, an Amazon vice president overseeing research, wrote last week that his teams trained Rufus on all the products, reviews, and Q&A submissions on the company’s website as… Continue reading Amazon’s Rufus AI Shopping Assistant Now Lets Some Shoppers Check Price History
The World’s First Commercial Space Station Looks Like a Luxury Hotel Inside
Aluminum for spacecraft interiors is passé; what space-farers apparently want is wood. That’s the bet from Vast, the makers of Haven-1, the world’s first commercial space station set to be placed in low-Earth orbit by the SpaceX Falcon rocket next year. First paying customers will be getting on board in 2026, and judging by the… Continue reading The World’s First Commercial Space Station Looks Like a Luxury Hotel Inside
Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users
An illicit JavaScript pop-up on the Internet Archive proclaimed on Wednesday afternoon that the site had suffered a major data breach. Hours later, the organization confirmed the incident. Longtime security researcher Troy Hunt, who runs the data-breach-notification website Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) also confirmed that the breach is legitimate. He said it occurred in… Continue reading Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users
Nintendo Alarmo: Price, Specs, Availability
Of all the hardware announcements we might have been expecting next from Nintendo, a new alarm clock was not one of them. But the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is very real, and will be available exclusively to Switch Online customers later this week. Alarmo looks every bit the alarm clock you might imagine Nintendo would… Continue reading Nintendo Alarmo: Price, Specs, Availability
29 Deals WIRED Readers Are Actually Buying During Prime Day 2024
We spend all year testing products and tracking prices to bring you the best and most reliable coverage possible for sale events like Prime Day and Black Friday. We compile them all in our encyclopedic guide to the absolute best deals and run round-the-clock shifts to liveblog fresh deals. But once the registers start running… Continue reading 29 Deals WIRED Readers Are Actually Buying During Prime Day 2024
Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again
Peter Todd is standing on the upper floor of a dilapidated industrial building somewhere in Czechia, chuckling under his breath. He has just been accused on camera of being Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator, whose identity has remained a mystery for 15 years. In the final scene of a new HBO documentary, Money Electric: The… Continue reading Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again