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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 32m
Knicks owner Jim Dolan built himself a private surveillance state. Now he's spending millions to give New York a governor who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. My latest in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 31m
NEW from me: The resurgence of measles in the US is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they haven't seen in decades. www.wired.com/story/measle...
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Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1h
NEW The real threat to the #midterms does not come from fringe far-right and extremist groups like the Proud Boys or Patriot Front, it comes from the tens of millions of regular US citizens—on the left and right—who have accepted violence as a regular political tool. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
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WIRED @wired.com · 1h
Amazon raised prices across its devices in August. Here are the early device deals ahead of Prime Day that are still worth it—and which aren’t. www.wired.com/story/best-a...
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Amazon Device Deals Aren’t Great Anymore, but These Are the Ones We’d Still Snag
Amazon raised prices across its devices in August. Here are the early device deals ahead of Prime Day that are still worth it—and which aren’t.
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Jeremy White @jeremywired.bsky.social · 1h
SHOCK VALUE: At Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov 9 2017, G-Shock creator Kikuo Ibe showed off a sapphire-crystal prototype watch. Nine years on, you can finally get one, but it costs more than a Patek, more than a Porsche. Full development story on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/casio-...
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Casio’s Crystal G-Shock Is the Most Expensive Ever Made
Meet the full-blue sapphire MRG-D5000, a crazy G-Shock that costs more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan.
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WIRED @wired.com · 1h
Only two of five vehicles finished the race around a notoriously difficult Formula 1 track, exposing what happens when autonomous systems meet blind corners, sensor failures, and physics. www.wired.com/story/2-driv...
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2 Driverless Cars Crashed Going 155 mph. That Could Be a Good Thing
Only two of five vehicles finished the race around a notoriously difficult Formula 1 track, exposing what happens when autonomous systems meet blind corners, sensor failures, and physics.
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WIRED @wired.com · 2h
Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York governor, has received millions of dollars in donations from the family and businesses of James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden.
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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WIRED @wired.com · 2h
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past. www.wired.com/story/measle...
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Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.
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WIRED @wired.com · 2h
Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
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WIRED @wired.com · 3h
The company claims that its new device, the Neurable One, can keep you in the zone, calculate the best time to take a break, and tell you when your “brain battery” needs a recharge. www.wired.com/story/exclus...
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Neurable’s First Brain-Scanning Headphones Want to Fine-Tune Your Focus
The company claims that its new device, the Neurable One, can keep you in the zone, calculate the best time to take a break, and tell you when your “brain battery” needs a recharge.
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WIRED @wired.com · 3h
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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WIRED @wired.com · 4h
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool. www.wired.com/story/the-se...
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The Secrets of a US Spyware King
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.
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WIRED @wired.com · 5h
Meet the full-blue sapphire MRG-D5000, a crazy G-Shock that costs more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan. www.wired.com/story/casio-...
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Casio’s Crystal G-Shock Is the Most Expensive Ever Made
Meet the full-blue sapphire MRG-D5000, a crazy G-Shock that costs more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan.
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maddy varner @regret.bsky.social · 17h
More updates from the AI regulations trenches: a bunch of AI companies signed some voluntary agreements that are maybe similar to some other voluntary agreements they all previously signed.
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Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear
Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 16h
NEW @wired.com: Trump aides privately acknowledge that national polling is remarkably bad, and have started to contemplate possibly losing both chambers, per people familiar — even as they argue individual House races are not as negative www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 17h
NEW: Trump's aides are starting to panic about the midterms; the president thinks Republicans still have a shot. really excellent reporting on the inside of the White House from @hugolowell.bsky.social for @wired.com:
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17h
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced. www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17h
Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
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Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear
Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17h
Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever WIRED World Fair, coming to Miami on November 4. Join us for a festival of the future. See our lineup and book your tickets: buff.ly/74kyqxd
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WIRED @wired.com · 18h
OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too. www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
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The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here
OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Tommy Tuberville's unhinged rant about "terrifying" furry pilots did contain one truth—there is a lot of overlap b/n aviation and the furry community. @ejdickson.bsky.social talked to some of them about why that is: www.wired.com/story/furry-...
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Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business
“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant.
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WIRED @wired.com · 18h
“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant. www.wired.com/story/furry-...
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Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business
“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant.
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WIRED @wired.com · 19h
In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events. www.wired.com/story/you-do...
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There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.
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WIRED @wired.com · 22h
In the early 2020s, Twitter served as an indispensable tool as the Black Lives Matter movement swelled. Now, as the platform changed its vibe dramatically, Threads is proving to be Black Twitter’s spiritual successor.
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Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
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WIRED @wired.com · 23h
The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a “moral imperative” to address hereditary diseases. www.wired.com/story/biotec...
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A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos
The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a “moral imperative” to address hereditary diseases.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today we are publishing the first of a series of data-driven stories about how Israeli checkpoints strangle life in the West Bank www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Checkpoints are suffocating Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Over 18 months, WIRED and our reporting partners investigated the full scope of the system that has carved the West Bank up. www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/thread...
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Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
ICYMI: A legal nonprofit has sued OpenAI in California over the company’s agents hacking the open source AI platform Hugging Face. “OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges. buff.ly/o6iTjpQ
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not—attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
By sharing the same platform, the Sport gets the same specs as the classier Range Rover Electric, but with added torque at a smaller outlay. www.wired.com/story/range-...
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The Range Rover Sport Electric Arrives With More for Less
By sharing the same platform, the Sport gets the same specs as the classier Range Rover Electric, but with added torque at a smaller outlay.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Join WIRED in San Francisco on October 8 for a live-audience recording of the “Uncanny Valley” podcast featuring a special conversation between tech journalist Paulina Borsook and WIRED global editorial director Katie Drummond. Tickets are $15 for WIRED readers (a $10 discount). Get yours here. 👇
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Join WIRED@Night for an Uncanny Valley Live Recording on Women, Tech, and Power
An evening of podcasting in San Francisco (with a discount for WIRED readers).
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Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👀 www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: OpenAI just got hit with the first-known lawsuit over the Hugging Face hack its agents carried out over the summer. @lhn.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
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Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.
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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Surveillance pricing is a technique that's at the intersection of two things Americans hate: getting preyed on and being ripped off.” Check out my interview with consumer advocate @lindsayowens.bsky.social today in @wired.com! www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
These cute agents are designed to connect to your apps and tackle multistep tasks. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse
These cute agents are designed to connect to your apps and tackle multistep tasks.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Anthropic’s newly unveiled IPO prospectus warns that its technology poses an “existential risk to humanity,” after a summer of hacking incidents where rogue agents broke containment and hacked business and government systems.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization -- NEW from @davidgilbert.bsky.social:
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
A retired Army colonel who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Pete Hegseth’s agenda has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎇 @wired.com's UNCANNY VALLEY podcast is up for a Signal Award! Vote early and often here vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Anthropic’s newly unveiled IPO prospectus warns that its technology poses an “existential risk to humanity,” after a summer of hacking incidents where rogue agents broke containment and hacked business and government systems.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns
The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting. www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined. www.wired.com/story/plasti...
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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
With three drivers in each ear and tuning from Metropolis Studios, Nothing wants its new $399 cans to shine in the studio while also making your commute more musical. www.wired.com/story/nothin...
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Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio
With three drivers in each ear and tuning from Metropolis Studios, Nothing wants its new $399 cans to shine in the studio while also making your commute more musical.
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