It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…After Anthropic revealed its new model, Mythos, as a unique risk to the security status quo, OpenAI announced that it, too, has a new cybersecurity strategy, and a new model to go…
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The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
…Asked about the tracking, a Pentagon spokesperson told WIRED at the time that the department was aware that geolocation services could put personnel at risk and urged service members to remember their…
Redditors Are Using AI to Beat Obscene World Cup Ticket Prices
…into a grassroots, AI-powered movement with its own ticketing infrastructure, operating in near real time. Redditors—r/WorldCup2026Tickets has more than 140,000 members—report on surprise ticket drops from FIFA…
New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI
…Before she left the workforce in mid-2024, barely anybody used AI to write code; by the time she was ready to return, a year later, it had become the expectation. Once…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
…The revelations come as SpaceX, xAI’s parent company, prepares to go public on Friday in one of the largest IPOs of all time. The Grok Imagine generative AI system has been…
A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’
…Quezada said he never asked how much it would cost to get the account back, because escalating the situation would “risk me being scammed out of all my money.” The ordeal forced…
How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study
…choose a particular animal they’d survey, in a particular location and across a specified radius, during a particular window of time. Searching for parrots and other birds means taking a small…
This Appliance Slashed My Out-of-Control Monthly Power Bill in Half
…Along with Missouri's two major metro areas, cities like Denver, Phoenix, and those across California also offer aggressive time-of-use discounts. Time-of-use rates vary significantly depending on when…
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
…to warn pilots if the aircraft is at risk of flying too close to the ground. GPS spoofing can also corrupt onboard clock timing, introducing another layer of navigational unreliability. The pilot…
Why Apple Might Put Cameras Into Its Next AirPods
…Apple executives are also worried that the company is introducing a significant privacy risk with earbuds' cameras without compelling use cases. Apple did not immediately respond to WIRED's request for comment…