Shaq is raising awareness about digital privacy and security “I have a video of me beating up Charles Barkley, and I wouldn't want the world to see that.” *silence* “That was a joke” wired.com/story/how-a-...
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Shaq is raising awareness about digital privacy and security “I have a video of me beating up Charles Barkley, and I wouldn't want the world to see that.” *silence* “That was a joke” wired.com/story/how-a-...
In the latest version of Kernel Panic—WIRED's security and privacy newsletter—me and @lhn.bsky.social look at how Meta's Muse AI creates 'profiles' for everyone in your life.
And yep, that means compiling a huge amount of info about your relationships
Story here: www.wired.com/story/muse-c...
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
all the best, Lorenzo, you da man
We've seen a lot about how young people are struggling with mental health. I took the time to speak with young adults across the country about why things are so bad, from their perspectives. My deep dive here:
newrepublic.com/article/2149...
Something new from me and @lhn.bsky.social!
Starting tomorrow we're launching Kernel Panic, a security and privacy newsletter from @wired.com
Sign-up here (if that's your thing): www.wired.com/newsletter/e...
Whether you're an aspiring or longtime fan, you can now pipe WIRED Security directly into your inbox! @mattburgess1.bsky.social and I are launching the weekly newsletter Kernel Panic to give subscribers special access to our journalism and wacky ideas 👀 IT WILL BE FUN www.wired.com/newsletter/e...
I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is --
It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
Meta released its Muse personal agent today with security/privacy/rogue AI protections called Secure VM, but the company says it has an even more private mode coming—Muse Confidential VM—that will even box Meta itself out www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
But I'm especially proud of the Source Material section, where we translated influential, fun, authentic stories from Chinese-language media that sadly didn't make their way to an American audience. This was a window into what Chinese people are actually talking about every week.
Last week's Meta settlement introduced the idea that we can help our feeling of online overwhelm by introducing limits. In our weekend newsletter I tried to articulate how to think about the beginning of the end of the infinite scroll era. Gift link here:
New: OpenAI is developing a "Persistent" mode for its AI agent, Codex. Persistent mode is a new level of reasoning effort that will make Codex "continue working until put to sleep." The agent will also proactively create follow up tasks for itself, per code reviewed by WIRED.
people what are we doing here?? Josh is such a rare and valuable talent, especially In These Times. We need his work now more than ever bsky.app/profile/josh...
idk man wired.com/story/openai...
just, you know, to recap www.wired.com/story/danger...
"WIRED reviewed hundreds of public Grok Imagine links hosted on Grok.com and found dozens led to sexualized AI images and videos, including those created without the subject’s consent." really difficult but important work from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/grok-i...