OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users
…WIRED tested two free accounts and found that those settings were on by default. The two paying accounts WIRED checked, one Plus and the other Enterprise, did not have it on by…
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Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
…TechCrunch did find, however, that Patel appears to have forwarded some emails from his Justice Department email account to his Gmail account in 2014. Handala, which cybersecurity experts have described to WIRED…
Why Does Wikipedia Think I’m Evan Spiegel?
…This first came to my attention on Monday, when I was scrolling through social media and I saw a random account post “that doesn’t look like Evan Spiegel” with a screenshot…
If You Don’t Have One, I Recommend a Free Dark Web Monitoring Service
…Have I Been Pwned’s data breach alerts are free; you don’t even need to set up an account. Mozilla Monitor and DataBreach.com provide similar free alerts. Does that mean…
These 3 Focus Timer Apps Will Keep You on Task
…You don't even need to register a user account. How effective you find Focus Friend really depends on how taken you are by your bean and its knitting projects. At its…
The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money
…Aliche says you can even ask your employer to split your salary so that it goes into specific accounts, like half of it going into a checking account and the other half…
The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
…Chibuike’s scam was based on the story that Cody Rhodes’ bank account was frozen due to his divorce. From there, he would invent different needs, asking Theresa to cover his treatments…
California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
…The game was advertised using accounts on YouTube and X that appeared to have little to no following. The caption for a trailer of the game describes it as a “non-violent…
Wave Cash App’s Magic Wand to Pay for Stuff
…To link one to a Cash App account, you can just hold the device to the back of a phone, and it will link the wand to the account. (You’ll need…
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
…Bots Lack Accountability Jagabathula sees tools like ChatGPT as a worthwhile part of your toolkit, primarily when you’re in the early stages of asking questions about money matters, like tax saving…