It Sure Seems Like These Instagram Ads Want You to Do Cocaine
… TikTok has a policy against marketing prohibited goods, and the accounts were removed after WIRED contacted the company for comment. …
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Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording
… Hassan sent investigative requests to Comscore, Findem, IQVIA Digital, Telesign, and 6Sense Insights last August; Findem was the only one that didn't respond before the report and WIRED's coverage of it ran. …
Meta’s Very Own Smart Glasses Go on Sale Today for $299
… These Meta Glasses run the latest version of the company's Muse Spark multimodal model, though this has already rolled out to existing devices via a software update in select markets. …
The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
… Earlier this month, a redditor posted on a forum for residents of Vancouver, British Columbia, that a man was frequenting the clubbing district downtown at night to record, via smart glasses, his techniques for chatting with women. “In many of his videos women are very uncomfortable and are clearly… …
Bremont Is Sending a Watch to the Moon’s Surface
… Designed for operation by astronauts wearing pressure-suit gloves, the IWC watch dispenses with a conventional crown entirely: all functions, including winding and time-setting, are controlled via a patent-pending rotating bezel and a side-mounted rocker switch. …
Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It
… You’ll still ostensibly get the same 3840 x 2160-pixel resolution image, but bitrates—the amount of data transmitted per second, affecting overall image quality—are uniformly lower via streaming. …
The iPhone That Never Was
… An economy based primarily on transforming matter and energy—via agriculture and industry—had been giving way to one based on transforming information. …
How Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry
… The singular focus on healthcare gave way to sales and marketing, spread across the globe accompanied by aggressive advertising. …
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
… Would you go back to communicating with people via email? …
The Porsche Cayenne Electric Is a Phenomenal SUV, but Is That Enough?
… Porsche has also fitted the Cayenne Electric with a hill-descent system where you can take your feet off the pedals and let the car lower itself down even the steepest hills, with speed controlled in 1 mph increments via the cruise control switchgear. …