Reposted by Meghan HerbstMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026NEW: Yeah, not goodwired.com‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted AdsResearchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising. 15260165
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This was such a fun piece to check, and like.. the art. 020
Reposted by Meghan HerbstDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 8829621373
Reposted by Meghan HerbstReece @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...wired.comHow to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You DryConsumer 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. 17131
Reposted by Meghan HerbstPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 103069982
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Equating surgery to sacrificing a couple billion people for your tech deity is certainly something.theverge.comJensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillainIt’s giving Thanos energy. 061
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HA Freaking let em' know ladies. Also so happy to see this authored by fellow Berkeley j-school vet Sonner Kehrt.thewarhorse.orgHegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are PassingData shows almost all Marine females serving in combat roles have met or exceeded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new physical fitness standard. 083
Reposted by Meghan HerbstMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026I've got a lot of work to do today but I'm getting absolutely nerdsniped by the new Flock dataset. You can download it here. It's all of the Android partitions extracted from a Flock device ddosecrets.org/article/floc...ddosecrets.orgFlock ALPR camera - Distributed Denial of SecretsFilesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track bo... 181554570
Reposted by Meghan HerbstJames Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remembering Tim Curry... 03410
Reposted by Meghan HerbstMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few dayswired.comMeta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse ImageryMore than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week. 22625322
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 27/05/2026As for methodology, I didn't set out to write a scientific paper. There's plenty of solid research already out there. That said, I agree with Angie Holan in many ways, and have been experimenting with using these tools more in my process. We're still nowhere near replacing human fact checkers. 010
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I'll also point out that my article on fact checking went through a fact check, by someone other than myself, who double checked all of these points (that GPT wouldn't necessarily have access to since they didn't live on the public web). 120
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Hey there! GPT kind of proves my point for this particular fact ("more than 40 countries"). That information was gleaned from an interview with Full Fact, and is also corroborated by their latest report (fullfact.org/policy/repor...).fullfact.orgFull Fact Report 2025 – Full FactFact checking organisations around the world—which seek to amplify accurate information amidst a deluge of false, misleading or artificially generated junk—are under pressure as never before. Many may... 120
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Phew I get that. Same thing happens to me unfortunately. 010
Reposted by Meghan HerbstReyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 26/05/2026🎇New package! We know you are confused, angry, invigorated or maybe paralyzed by corporate America's embrace of AI. So we wrote a bunch of stories, made a bunch of videos, added quizzes and made a whole mandatory AI training www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...wired.comTake This Mandatory AI Workplace Training Right Now—or ElseAI could make you redundant. Here’s what you need to know. 18122
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 26/05/2026In which I give AI chatbots a fact checking test and find them sorely wanting. My latest for WIRED.wired.comAI Just Isn’t RightCan AI do fact-checking? A WIRED fact-checker fact-checks. 520846
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The Associated Press is pivoting away from… journalism. We’re well and truly cooked folks.apnews.comAP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalismThe Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company... 121
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Are you like me? Do you have to put this song on every time you edit in one of these cheeky little punctuation marks?youtube.comVampire Weekend - Oxford CommaYouTube video by XL Recordings 010
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at presser: "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis." www.youtube.com/live/QABt2PL...youtube.comJanuary 7, 2026 City leaders hold briefing on federal shooting in Minneapolis press conferenceYouTube video by cityofminneapolis 0295
Reposted by Meghan HerbstCondé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members 7587126
Reposted by Meghan HerbstLeah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Jake is one of the best and I’ll really miss working with him — whoever gets to work with him next is very lucky! 26714
Reposted by Meghan HerbstManisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Actual Tolkien nerd @johnsemley3000.bsky.social went deep on how poorly Elon Musk, MAGA, and other right-wing tech bros understand the Lord of the Rings. And can we all just admire this art by @anjalinair.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...wired.comElon Musk Really Doesn't Get 'The Lord of the Rings'Musk has recently used Tolkien references to push anti-immigration messaging, as has the Department of Homeland security. They've got it all backwards. 917029
Reposted by Meghan HerbstBen Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Next week, 5 teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions. The goal? To win—and teach STEM to their peers displaced by Israel's war and occupation of Palestine. A special oral history for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/meet-t...wired.comMeet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics GoldNext week, five teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions. The goal? To win—and then teach STEM to their peers displaced by the Isra... 322787
Reposted by Meghan HerbstThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert 577234279030
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Just want to note that 70 percent of soy and 40 percent of corn grown in the US is used for animal feed, so maybe we could think about possibly cutting back on eating animals? Just throwing that out there. www.usda.gov/sites/defaul... www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops....usda.gov 050
Reposted by Meghan HerbstACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2025BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press. 6403182815288
Reposted by Meghan HerbstNPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj 657306409645
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Saw Hegseth, and as a former service member, here's my two cents. He sounded exactly like a dude who has a chip on his shoulder because of a few unsavory reports made against him during his time in. Now he has the reins, and he's trying to make it easier to fail up rather than facing consequences. 0456
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025You can hear them being called to attention at the end there. No one is going to clap while standing at attention, but possibly after they were told 'at ease.' 000
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Nothing in the parenting books prepared me for having my Sims' intricate little worlds devastated by the lawless vampire families my 14-year-old moved into MULTIPLE neighborhoods. 2151
Reposted by Meghan HerbstJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2025How to wash yr hands 414732
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Honestly wishing hell was more hellfire and homies, less technofascism 000
Reposted by Meghan HerbstKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Something beautiful is happening in Brooklyn, New York this week. 120721
Reposted by Meghan HerbstWIRED @wired.com · 23/09/202526-year-old @katmabu.bsky.social made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. “I just couldn’t watch it anymore. I thought, fuck it, I’m going to run.” From our politics issue:wired.comShe Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in CongressKat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. 10966175
Reposted by Meghan HerbstAngela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Huge week here @wired.com as we're rolling out our Politics Issue. First up, check out this cover, which we're also posting all over cities across the US. 625848
Reposted by Meghan HerbstACLU of Northern California @aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Reporting members of the UC Berkeley community to the government is reminiscent of the McCarthy era, when lives and careers were ruined merely because a person’s name showed up on a list.sfchronicle.comUC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probeUC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and details on their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process... 818478
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 16/09/2025It's so easy to get lost in despair right now. Big plug for angry exertion. Walking, running, lifting, punching the air. All fair game. 040
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Screenshot since it won't embed. You can follow this Palestinian journalist on Instagram @nahed_hajjaj99. This is a baby, whose leg was nearly severed in an explosion. There is a graphic video to this too. It's also horrific. It's also shocking and tragic. We're living in a fucking nightmare. 020
Reposted by Meghan HerbstLeah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025NEW: Right-wing extremists and an anonymously run website are targeting people for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder - and posting identifying details about people accused online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats. read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:wired.comRight-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's DeathExtremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats. 39765363
Reposted by Meghan HerbstVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025www.wired.com/story/charli...wired.comCharlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University EventTurning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The suspect is in custody. 3356
Reposted by Meghan HerbstReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Every time the Apple event cut back to Tim Cook, I couldn’t help but think about his recent visit to the White House and the utter sycophancy of his demeanor, as well as all the other tech CEOs. www.wired.com/story/tech-c...wired.comAll the President’s Tech CEOsAt a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump. 1428854
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Sometimes you're just having a Monday morning and then Sam Cooke comes on and you're having a religious experience instead. 071
Meghan Herbst @megherbst.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Tried ChatGPT for the first time. Went in guns blazing with questions about energy usage and ethics. Came out with a new vegan cream cheese recipe to try. We're probably all doomed. 071
Reposted by Meghan HerbstReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 31/07/2025going live on @wired.com in 45 minutes! come hang out and ask questions as we discuss the future of wellness 🩸 www.wired.comwired.comWIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessWe bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered. 25112
Reposted by Meghan HerbstKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Today, we're launching a new, improved subscription to give our fans more of the @wired.com they love. It includes: - Five exclusive, subscriber-only newsletters - Livestreams to connect with our journalists - A new commenting experience + more It's been a remarkable year so far. A look back: 🧵 21812165