On November 3, 2021, Meareg Amare, a professor of chemistry at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, was gunned down outside his home. Amare, who was ethnically Tigrayan, had been targeted in a series of Facebook posts the month before, alleging that he had stolen equipment from the university, sold it, and used the proceeds to… Continue reading A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia
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Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
Less than two weeks ago, the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI released a joint advisory about the threat of ransomware attacks from a gang that calls itself “Cuba.” The group, which researchers believe is, in fact, based in Russia, has been on a rampage over the past year targeting an increasing… Continue reading Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars. The controversial founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX was taken into custody in the Bahamas yesterday after criminal charges were filed against him by the United States Department of Justice. In a press conference today, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said that Bankman-Fried is facing a… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away
Last week, inside a gold-plated drum in a Northern California lab, a group of scientists briefly recreated the physics that power the sun. Their late-night experiment involved firing 192 lasers into the capsule, which contained a peppercorn-sized pellet filled with hydrogen atoms. Some of those atoms, which ordinarily repel, were smushed together and fused, a… Continue reading The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away
Urbanista Phoenix Review: Clever Charging, Decent Sound
How exciting it must be to confidently declare your company’s latest product to be a “world’s first.” How enticing for your prospective customers, the promise of “endless playtime.” Let’s face it: If you can’t pique a bit of interest this way, well, consumers must be even more jaded than everyone suspected. But though you may… Continue reading Urbanista Phoenix Review: Clever Charging, Decent Sound
NASA’s Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next?
After circling the moon for the past three weeks, NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down under parachute yesterday morning off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California near Guadalupe Island, marking an end to the Artemis program’s first major lunar mission. Orion was then scooped up by a recovery crew and sent to port in San Diego,… Continue reading NASA’s Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next?
The Transparency Theater of the Twitter Files
In short, no one’s tweets were unfindable to the public without the poster knowing about it: If they were suspended or banned, naturally they’d be aware. De-amplification—affecting a person’s ranking in search results and the like—is rather different. Some might call it “freedom of speech but not freedom of reach.” The people playing semantic games are Musk… Continue reading The Transparency Theater of the Twitter Files
Cliffset’s Portable Silverware Set Has a Built-In Dishwasher
There’s a dilemma every city dweller faces eventually: Where’s the fork? Let’s say that after a meeting, you finally manage to find the one falafel stand that’s an oasis in the food desert of the financial district. The gods smile, and you score an $8 falafel platter. This is why you live in a city,… Continue reading Cliffset’s Portable Silverware Set Has a Built-In Dishwasher
Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid
We at WIRED have written plenty about the threat that cyberattacks pose to power grids worldwide. But lately, the most significant attacks on electrical systems have demonstrated that hacking is hardly necessary when physical destruction and sabotage are an option: Just as Russia’s invasion force in Ukraine has systematically destroyed electrical infrastructure to cause vast… Continue reading Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid
Dyson Zone Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $950
If you live somewhere with a great deal of air pollution, or are just eager to prepare for a dystopia where you have to shut your ears and mouth to the outside world, the Dyson Zone could be for you. The device—which combines a pair of headphones with a face-protecting air purifier—isn’t for sale yet, but… Continue reading Dyson Zone Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $950