The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning. In the first 12 weeks… Continue reading There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023
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Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into targeted advertising systems, which build up detailed profiles about your interests and make big profits in the process. In some places, you’re tracked more than others. In a little-noticed change… Continue reading Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Parler’s New Owners Swear This Time Will Be Different
Rhodes said the new version of Parler will include a native video player and messaging service, in a bid to differentiate the company from its former iterations and competing platforms like Truth Social and X. One key distinction it makes from X, Rhodes says, is a ban on pornography, according to Rhodes and Parler’s community… Continue reading Parler’s New Owners Swear This Time Will Be Different
Fisker Suspends Its EV Production
Following recent reports that Fisker has been preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing, today the embattled automaker announced that it is suspending all manufacture of its electric vehicles. “Fisker will pause production for six weeks starting the week of March 18, 2024, to align inventory levels and progress strategic and financing initiatives,” the company said… Continue reading Fisker Suspends Its EV Production
Jabra Enhance Select 300 Hearing Aids Review: Some of the Best We’ve Tested
I’ve been covering hearing aids for WIRED for nearly three years now, and I regularly talk to users and prospects about them when I wear them in public. Regardless of what I’m testing, one brand name has consistently and repeatedly popped up during that time: Jabra. The Danish brand has a long history making a… Continue reading Jabra Enhance Select 300 Hearing Aids Review: Some of the Best We’ve Tested
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995, the applied mathematician Peter Shor discovered a clever way to store quantum information. His encoding had two key properties. First, it could tolerate errors that only affected individual qubits. Second, it came with a procedure for correcting errors as they occurred, preventing them… Continue reading Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
Soundpeats Air4 Pro Review: Premium Features for Less
Confusion aside, nearly all the commands you need are at the ready, with more control options available in the Soundpeats app. Considering the previous two pairs of Soundpeats buds I tested had no app support at all, that’s a notable step forward for the brand. Economy Plus As expected, the Air4 Pro don’t offer everything… Continue reading Soundpeats Air4 Pro Review: Premium Features for Less
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry
Reddit said ahead of its IPO next week that licensing user posts to Google and others for AI projects could bring in $203 million of revenue over the next few years. The community-driven platform was forced to disclose Friday that US regulators already have questions about that new line of business. In a regulatory filing,… Continue reading Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry
Don’t Let the Boeing Headlines Fool You. Air Travel Is Really Very Safe
What the hell is going on up there in the sky? The incidents feel like they started in January, when a door plug blew out of a midair Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. Ensuing investigations have led to a series of revelations about a faltering safety culture at Boeing and its… Continue reading Don’t Let the Boeing Headlines Fool You. Air Travel Is Really Very Safe
Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress this winter. The authority is threatening to expire in a month, disrupting a global wiretapping program said to inform a third of articles in the President’s Daily Briefing—a morning “tour… Continue reading Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat