How Hunter Biden Won the Internet
…platforms. “I’ve been trying to think through it and figure out maybe where the opportunity is to get people that are, you know, MAGA-adjacent or even MAGA to open their…
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I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
…Docker is an open-source platform that lets you install apps in separate containers (small execution environments that contain everything they need to run). Ugreen also includes a bunch of straightforward apps…
‘Backrooms’ Takes You Deeper Inside the Internet’s Most Uncanny Horror Myth
…Other people took up the concept, creating spinoff imagery and stories on various social platforms. Parsons encountered these, as well as then-popular memes about surreal liminal spaces—the Backrooms being a…
Streamer IShowSpeed Is Gen Z’s ESPN
…People are their own media platforms now. Few have pulled that transition off with more daring—and reach—than Speed, who is basically inseparable from soccer’s global storytelling apparatus at this…
‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI
…At 8x8, which develops a communications platform to help manage sales and customer service, all of the 1,800 or so full-time employees are encouraged to regularly check a dashboard showing…
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
…And they beat OpenAI. Zoë Schiffer: And they beat OpenAI, which we will get into in just a moment. The company has not set the exact date or the specific amount of…
Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
…Any platforms where you share the photo may be able to flag it as AI-edited. (Just know that researchers have shown that digital watermarks aren't foolproof.) “A photograph is of…
Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do
…intelligence at the security company Flashpoint, referring to the safety mechanisms put in place by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. “They’re also cautious of AI-generated projects in forums or marketplaces—there…
The 12 Best Movies to Stream This Month
…No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger coming to the specialist platform; and Prime Video brings all three Bill & Ted films back to the future (sorry). Here are WIRED’s picks of…
‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop
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