I tend to buy T-shirts in bunches. Anytime I find a shirt I really like, I acquire at least a week’s worth. In the era retroactively known as “indie sleaze,” I was outfitted exclusively in American Apparel 50/25/25 tees. In the early Instagram era, I saw an ad for Buck Mason and bought a bunch… Continue reading Comfort Colors T-Shirts Are the Only Thing I’ll Wear
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’
Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to exclusively own the names Telepathy, Telekinesis, and others for future products. Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, is developing technology known as a brain-computer interface, a system that decodes brain activity to control an output device.… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’
Trump’s ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ Plan Comes With a Twist
US president Donald Trump has ordered his government to establish two national cryptocurrency reserves set to be worth many billions of dollars. In an executive order signed Thursday, Trump formalized the creation of a “strategic bitcoin reserve,” composed entirely of bitcoin, and a separate “national digital asset stockpile” featuring various other crypto coins. Both will… Continue reading Trump’s ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ Plan Comes With a Twist
Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
Former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s ascendance to director of national intelligence last month signaled a major shift in views toward government surveillance at the highest rung of the US intelligence community. While backing down from some of her more extreme anti-surveillance views in the run-up to her confirmation, Gabbard nevertheless held fast to a few… Continue reading Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA’s List of US Properties for Sale
A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia, that also houses a secretive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility, WIRED has learned. The GSA’s effort to sell hundreds of US government properties is part… Continue reading A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA’s List of US Properties for Sale
POC Obex Connect Headset Review: Loud and Clear
I spend most of my winter weekends in Colorado snowboarding at resorts around the state. The best part for me is the social aspect—there is no tea hotter than that spilled on the chairlift. But if you’ve ever been skiing or snowboarding, you know that sometimes communication is limited, like when they’re zooming ahead of… Continue reading POC Obex Connect Headset Review: Loud and Clear
Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
On Tuesday, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a list of more than 400 federal buildings and properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. Hours later, 123 buildings, including high-profile sites like the J. Edgar Hoover Building and… Continue reading Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
In 2008, the US Embassy in Beijing started regularly tweeting about the air quality in the city, which was gearing up to host China’s first Olympic Games. Two times a day, the embassy automatically published current pollution levels measured by an air quality monitor installed on its roof in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection… Continue reading US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
Only rarely does the West get a glimpse inside the vast hacker-for-hire contractor ecosystem that enables China’s digital intrusion campaigns worldwide. Now a new set of criminal charges against a dozen Chinese nationals, including two government officials, accuses them of a vast espionage campaign that included breaching the US Treasury, and goes as far as… Continue reading US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Disrupt Key Industries in Mexico
The US government has imposed tariffs of 25 percent on all imports from Mexico and Canada. The measure promoted by Donald Trump threatens the free-trade system that the three countries have maintained for more than 30 years. Even before the confirmation that the tariffs went into effect on March 4, Marcelo Ebrard, head of the… Continue reading How Trump’s Tariffs Will Disrupt Key Industries in Mexico