A decade ago, US law enforcement was content to swat down a dark web black market for drugs and send its dealers and buyers scrambling to the next biggest anonymous online bazaar on their list. Now, one sprawling set of worldwide takedowns has revealed how those investigators are casting a much wider dragnet—one that doesn’t… Continue reading Cops Just Revealed a Record-Breaking Dark Web Dragnet
Author: Wired Magazine
Honor Magic Vs and Honor Magic 5 Pro Review: Flat Is Still Better
However, the Honor Magic Vs is fantastic for YouTube, letting you enjoy the excesses of limitless online content by reading comments or searching for new stuff and watching a video at the same time. It offers much more space for reading articles and is generally an engrossing window, should you find yourself on a 40-minute… Continue reading Honor Magic Vs and Honor Magic 5 Pro Review: Flat Is Still Better
Our Favorite Tech for the Home Garden
A backyard garden can be a healing sanctuary after a stressful day, but maintaining that sanctuary, ironically, can require a lot of effort and time. Unless you want to relax in a yard of dried weeds and brown grass, you have to mow, water, tidy up, and all else. Luckily, a few simple upgrades to… Continue reading Our Favorite Tech for the Home Garden
11 Best Retro Game Consoles (2023): Evercade, Polymega, Analogue Pocket, and Controllers
Do you remember the alluring 8-bit music, flashing screens, and excitement of the arcades? Maybe you spent many happy hours in front of an early home computer or game console. Or perhaps you just want a taste of what early video games were like. Everyone loves new retro-looking games, but if you really want to… Continue reading 11 Best Retro Game Consoles (2023): Evercade, Polymega, Analogue Pocket, and Controllers
DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure
In November 2020, months after the DOJ completed the mitigation of its breach, Mandiant discovered that it had been hacked, and traced its breach to the Orion software on one of its servers the following month. An investigation of the software revealed that it contained a backdoor that the hackers had embedded in the Orion… Continue reading DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure
Nintendo’s Copyright Strikes Push Away Its Biggest Fans
Most media companies end up in legal scuffles over their IP at some point, but it’s Nintendo’s claims against its own fans that raise blood pressures. Often, its strategy appears rather antiquated, the corporate equivalent of old man yells at cloud. In 2013, for instance, the company cottoned on to “Let’s Plays”—videos of people playing through… Continue reading Nintendo’s Copyright Strikes Push Away Its Biggest Fans
NSA Cybersecurity Director Says ‘Buckle Up’ for Generative AI
At the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, there’s been a feeling of inevitability in the air. At talks and panels across the sprawling Moscone convention center, at every vendor booth on the show floor, and in casual conversations in the halls, you just know that someone is going to bring up generative… Continue reading NSA Cybersecurity Director Says ‘Buckle Up’ for Generative AI
Meet ChatGPT’s Right-Wing Alter Ego
Elon Musk caused a stir last week when he told the (recently fired) right-wing provocateur Tucker Carlson that he plans to build “TruthGPT,” a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Musk says the incredibly popular bot displays “woke” bias and that his version will be a “maximum truth-seeking AI”—suggesting only his own political views reflect reality. Musk is far… Continue reading Meet ChatGPT’s Right-Wing Alter Ego
6 Best Deals: Hair Dryers and Straighteners
You know those days when your hair just doesn’t play ball? It doesn’t look good down and it doesn’t look good up—you wish you could shave it off and put it back on later. I have those days a lot. Thankfully, I’ve found a few hair tools that help on those forsaken days, and some… Continue reading 6 Best Deals: Hair Dryers and Straighteners
China’s Metaverse Is All About Work
That ban helped set the path for the development of the Chinese metaverse, experts say, since it decoupled virtual spaces from digital assets. “The key difference [in the metaverse] between China and the rest of the world is it’d be heavily regulated in a centralized manner,” says Zhengyuan Bo, a partner at China-focused research firm… Continue reading China’s Metaverse Is All About Work