Overlanding, off-road touring, four-wheeling—whatever you call it, traveling America’s back roads, the real back roads, the ones that aren’t paved and are rarely maintained, is an almost guaranteed adventure. Overlanding will take you out there, whether it’s Arizona’s famed Senator Highway, remote beaches in Mexico’s Baja peninsula, or rolling across the Australian outback. However you… Continue reading Best Overlanding Gear (2024): Tried and Tested Storage, Shovels, and Coolers
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Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d Think
The year’s first super typhoon erupted over the steamy waters of the western Pacific Ocean on Thursday as Yagi churned toward an eventual landfall in southern China. Having formed as a tropical cyclone in the Philippine Sea on Sunday, the powerful storm peaked on Thursday afternoon local time with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph,… Continue reading Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d Think
YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned
The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard, contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-sized device vulnerable to cloning when an attacker gains temporary physical access to it, researchers said Tuesday. The cryptographic flaw, known as a side channel, resides in a small microcontroller used… Continue reading YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned
DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election
The documents show that the orchestrators of the campaign targeted existing divisions within US society, using racist stereotypes and far-right conspiracies to target supporters of former President Donald Trump. ”They are afraid of losing the American way of life and the ‘American dream,’” Gambashidze writes in one document outlining his “guerilla media” plan. “It is… Continue reading DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election
Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, has long had a reputation as one of the world’s most aggressive practitioners of sabotage, assassination, and cyber warfare, with hackers who take pride in working under the same banner as violent special forces operators. But one new group within that agency shows how the GRU may be intertwining… Continue reading Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
The Best Paper Notebooks and Journals, Tested and Reviewed (2024): Leuchttherm, Moleskine, Midori
Is there such a thing as the best notebook? Probably not. Notebooks are not a one-size-fits all commodity. If none of these quite tilt your pen, here are some general things to look for in a paper notebook. Paper quality: High-quality paper will improve your writing experience. That said, what constitutes high-quality paper depends a… Continue reading The Best Paper Notebooks and Journals, Tested and Reviewed (2024): Leuchttherm, Moleskine, Midori
Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation
A Tennessee-based media network that produces shows for high-profile right-wing influencers such as Benny Johnson and Tim Pool was largely funded by Russian state-backed news network RT, according to a federal indictment against two RT employees that the US Department of Justice unsealed on Wednesday. The DOJ claims the US company—which WIRED, along with other… Continue reading Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
The Internet Archive has lost a major legal battle—in a decision that could have a significant impact on the future of internet history. Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled against the long-running digital archive, upholding an earlier ruling in Hachette v. Internet Archive that found that one of the Internet… Continue reading The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
Could This Be the Start of Amazon’s Next Robot Revolution?
In 2012, Amazon quietly acquired a robotics startup called Kiva Systems, a move that dramatically improved the efficiency of its ecommerce operations and kickstarted a wider revolution in warehouse automation. Last week, the ecommerce giant announced another deal that could prove similarly profound, agreeing to hire the founders of Covariant, a startup that has been… Continue reading Could This Be the Start of Amazon’s Next Robot Revolution?
Impersonators Take Advantage as the Trumps Delay Crypto Reveal
Impersonators have descended on a soon-to-be-announced crypto venture tied to presidential candidate Donald Trump and his family, capitalizing on gaps in information about the project to promote inauthentic crypto tokens. Led by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the sons of the former president, the Trumps have embarked on a campaign to promote an upcoming… Continue reading Impersonators Take Advantage as the Trumps Delay Crypto Reveal