Author: Wired Magazine

Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’

And even when it’s not a bug, there’s the simple fact that your photos are stored on both your device and someone else’s cloud. You do not own that cloud. You rent it from giant tech companies, every month, often for a fee, and the way that cloud operates isn’t remotely local. You can still… Continue reading Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States, a British court has said. Two judges at the High Court in London today said Assange can officially challenge his extradition order from the United Kingdom in the long-running dispute over the leaking and publication of military secrets. Following a two-hour hearing, at… Continue reading WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

Since it was first identified in 1983, HIV has infected more than 85 million people and caused some 40 million deaths worldwide. While medication known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can significantly reduce the risk of getting HIV, it has to be taken every day to be effective. A vaccine to provide lasting protection has… Continue reading There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

This has done little to deter a growing list of other business moguls who have also expressed interest in acquiring the app, which has been under government scrutiny in the US for four years over alleged national security concerns stemming from its Chinese ownership. One of them is former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said… Continue reading The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s cofounders, was named as the colead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would… Continue reading OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

Leah Feiger: Yes, the royals are globalist, conspiracy is well trodden, but always good. Makena Kelly: Yeah. Haunted portrait. Leah Feiger: Haunted portrait, OK, that’s actually a really good one. I didn’t even think about that one as related to conspiracies. Hasan Piker: Yeah, it wasn’t bad at all. Leah Feiger: I like that one.… Continue reading How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister

Russia Today’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan went further in a comment on her Telegram channel, blaming Ukraine for the attack: “The Slovak Prime Minister is injured. The one who said that the war began as a result of rampant Ukrainian neo-Nazis and Putin had no other choice. That’s how they work.” Logically, a company that tracks… Continue reading Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister

RFK Jr. Is Priming His Audience for Election Denialism

The idea of “rigged polling methodologies” is obviously self-serving—Kennedy argues that in a poll he commissioned, he comes out ahead of Biden and scarcely behind Trump. But it’s also fundamentally a complaint about not being portrayed as a serious candidate, despite his having been featured in countless articles, podcasts, and interviews with outlets both fringe… Continue reading RFK Jr. Is Priming His Audience for Election Denialism