The screen went black, then nothing. The notification in my task tray suggested a driver update, and I had some time, so I acquiesced. This particular alert prompted me to update the BIOS, and the convenient Intel Driver and Support Assistant let me do this right from Windows. I rarely updated my firmware; however, for… Continue reading I Bricked My Computer With a BIOS Update. But There’s Hope!
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Our 13 Favorite Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less
Here at WIRED, it’s a part of our job to listen to music all day, often on exceedingly fancy and bonkers-expensive headphones. We have playlists for testing bass, for assessing detail, for dance parties—we get way into it. You might think reviewing cheaper headphones would be a chore, but it’s actually really exciting. We find… Continue reading Our 13 Favorite Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less
Researchers Found 55 Flaws in Apple’s Corporate Network
For months, Apple’s corporate network was at risk of hacks that could have stolen sensitive data from potentially millions of its customers and executed malicious code on their phones and computers, a security researcher said on Thursday. ARS TECHNICA This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis,… Continue reading Researchers Found 55 Flaws in Apple’s Corporate Network
The Law Comes for John McAfee
In a week that Covid-19 continued its invasion of the White House, the biggest security questions continue to center on Donald Trump himself. With just a few weeks remaining until the election, the president continues to question the integrity of the process, which in turn threatens to undermine faith in the democratic process. But don’t… Continue reading The Law Comes for John McAfee
Put Trump’s Tweets on a Time Delay
Twitter announced today a sweeping set of changes designed to add “extra friction” to the platform to check the spread of political disinformation. This includes requiring users to add their own comments before retweeting others, labeling premature claims of election victories, removing calls for violence in response to the election, and restricting the reach of… Continue reading Put Trump’s Tweets on a Time Delay
A Super-Spreading Presidency, Experimental Treatments, and More Coronavirus News
Covid continues its spread through the White House, researchers look at new treatments and symptoms, and the scientific community takes on politics. Here’s what you should know: Want to receive this weekly roundup and other coronavirus news? Sign up here! Headlines The super-spreading presidency of Donald Trump In the week since Donald Trump announced via… Continue reading A Super-Spreading Presidency, Experimental Treatments, and More Coronavirus News
Let’s Get Real About the President’s Antibody Treatment
The President claimed on Wednesday that he’d had a rapid “cure” from Covid-19, thanks to an experimental drug from Regeneron that’s “like, unbelievable!” Trump also said he has “emergency use authorization all set” for the treatment, and Regeneron quickly followed by requesting that approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. But the real miracle… Continue reading Let’s Get Real About the President’s Antibody Treatment
A Facebook Ban Won’t Stop QAnon
QAnon, the conspiracy theory that claims President Trump is secretly battling a Hollywood-Jewish-Democrat-deep state-globalist cabal of Satanist-murderer-pedophile-human traffickers, is huge. In both the span of its reach and the depth of its ideas, the conspiracy has grown into a juggernaut of misinformation. (“We call it a superconspiracy,” says Antonis Papasavva, a data scientist at University… Continue reading A Facebook Ban Won’t Stop QAnon
The Superspreading Presidency of Donald Trump
So does that mean…? “I would say the president is a superspreader,” Scarpino says. “I’m happy to say that.” Things didn’t have to be this way. Have tight lockdowns, keep everybody from coming into contact with anybody, and R0 goes down. Even the people who are better at transmitting (they’re carrying more virus, they’re at… Continue reading The Superspreading Presidency of Donald Trump
Congress Unveils Its Plan to Curb Big Tech’s Power
Anyone who’s paid even slight attention to a Congressional investigation of the power wielded by tech giants won’t be surprised by the report released Tuesday by the subcommittee’s Democrats. They say four companies—Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google—have monopoly power that threatens core economic and political liberties. The report, which ends a 16-month investigation and includes… Continue reading Congress Unveils Its Plan to Curb Big Tech’s Power