Whether it was protesting Covid lockdowns, attending school board meetings, or facing off against Black Lives Matter protesters, the far-right Proud Boys were always on hand to support Donald Trump’s first term in office. When Trump left office in 2021, the group’s leaders languished in jail for their role in the January 6 attack on… Continue reading Trump Doesn’t Need the Proud Boys Anymore
Author: Wired Magazine
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
As the Trump administration publicly cast Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua (TdA) as a unified terrorist force tied to President Nicolás Maduro and operating inside the United States, hundreds of internal US government records obtained by WIRED tell a far less certain story. Intelligence taskings, law-enforcement bulletins, and drug-task-force assessments show that agencies spent much of… Continue reading Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
In Photos: One Week Since the Shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
It’s been one week since a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a resident of Minneapolis. Since then, the city has been in tumult. Thousands of protesters—from young students to elderly residents—have taken to the streets, setting up memorials for Good and facing off with ICE agents. Dozens… Continue reading In Photos: One Week Since the Shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
The Fight on Capitol Hill to Make It Easier to Fix Your Car
Every time you get behind the wheel, your car is collecting data about you. Where you go, how fast you’re driving, how hard you brake, and even how much you weigh. All of that data is not typically available to the vehicle owner. Instead, it’s gated behind secure restrictions that prevent anyone other than the… Continue reading The Fight on Capitol Hill to Make It Easier to Fix Your Car
Everything Is Content for the ‘Clicktatorship’
In President Donald Trump’s second term, everything is content. Videos of immigration raids are shared widely on X by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), conspiracy theories dictate policy, and prominent right-wing podcasters and influencers have occupied high-level government roles. The second Trump administration is, to put it bluntly, very online. Trump and his supporters… Continue reading Everything Is Content for the ‘Clicktatorship’
Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens
More than two dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles on the ground in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area “currently lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” required to be “compliant with law enforcement requirements,” according to a contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday. The document justifies ICE paying Whelen Engineering Company, a Connecticut-based… Continue reading Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens
Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would be taking a series of steps toward becoming a “good neighbor” in communities where it is building data centers—including promising to ask public utilities to set higher electricity rates for data centers. Speaking onstage at an event in Great Falls, Virginia, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith… Continue reading Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill
Urevo SpaceWalk 5L Walking Pad Review: Compact and Affordable
Living in central North Carolina, it’s rarely too cold for me to be outdoors. Throughout the winter, I enjoy regular walks alone, often as a recovery routine from my more rigorous workouts, and stroll with my family for some quality post-dinner time together. However, as an avid football and cycling fan, my idea of a… Continue reading Urevo SpaceWalk 5L Walking Pad Review: Compact and Affordable
New Proposed Legislation Would Let Self-Driving Cars Operate in New York State
As self-driving car services from Alphabet’s Waymo, Amazon’s Zoox, and Tesla have slowly, quietly expanded across the US, one big, important state has mostly stayed mum: New York. The union’s fourth most populous state has some of the tightest laws governing autonomous vehicles, requiring companies approved to test in the state to only do so… Continue reading New Proposed Legislation Would Let Self-Driving Cars Operate in New York State
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
The State of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Monday filed a sweeping federal lawsuit to halt what they call an unprecedented and unlawful surge of US federal agents in the Twin Cities, arguing that the deployment amounts to a constitutional violation and a direct threat to public safety. The 80-page… Continue reading Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’