The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money
…Ideally, you can only spend the money you actually have, so why not plan for the best way to do that? Link YNAB to your bank account and divide your money into…
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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
…All registered with personal or corporate accounts, placing their attendance outside the email systems subject to public-records laws. What ties the roster together more than any title or office is a…
Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself
…Similar to how Google’s Nano Banana model brought more context about the world into the AI image-creation process, the Omni Flash model overhauls video generation with richer detail throughout clips…
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
…One is a “cross-platform network of accounts” using AI-generated avatars that comment on a wide variety of social issues, and that “sporadically” mention US tech companies. The other exception, Sadek…
Commodore Made a Digital Detox Phone That Isn’t Dumb
…You don't need a Google account to operate the device. The “Commodore Store” app store is based on Sailfish's Aurora Store, letting you download some of the same Android apps…
I Tried Rips, the Card-Pack App Where Users Spend Thousands Chasing Pricey Pokémon
…I loaded a fresh $20 into my Rips account to experience this pack-ripping firsthand. The initial feeling was more pleasant than I anticipated as I used my finger tip to slice…
Pay Once, Not Monthly, With My Favorite Subscription-Free Security Cameras
…But TP-Link faces a potential US ban because of claims about its networking gear (routers), though such a ban would likely not include its Tapo cameras. Tapo cameras also lack proper…
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
…Then there are the lawyers whose firms are involved in disputes with Dolan and are meanwhile banned from his venues. One court filing estimated the number of banned attorneys at over 1…
Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto
…I mean, everybody hates banks anyway. So should we have banks or should we just have accounts at the government? And the government can control that. Now, the crypto people are gonna…
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
…His fallout with Micay had left him in financial ruin, he added—“we had chargebacks on our bank account that was connected to my personal credit. I paid out of my pocket…