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Eyes in the Sky
The Age of the Drone Police Is Here
A WIRED investigation, based on more than 22 million flight coordinates, reveals the complicated truth about the first full-blown police drone program in the US—and why your city could be next.
The Big Interview
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits—in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online.
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Raycon Made My New Favorite Power Bank
I have high standards for my portable batteries. Somehow, Raycon exceeded all of them and then threw in a phone stand.
Father Figure
The 24 Very Best Gifts for Dad
Child's Play
14 Fun Subscription Boxes for Kids of All Ages
Opression
Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation
Originally published May 2019: In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps.
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The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever
The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.
Science
The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
The shift from El Niño to La Niña will see temperatures drop, but when one weather system swings to the other, summers tend to be hotter than average—meaning 2024 could be even warmer and wilder than last year.
Security
Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash
After weeks of withering criticism and exposed security flaws, Microsoft has vastly scaled back its ambitions for Recall, its AI-enabled silent recording feature, and added new privacy features.
Security
The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’
ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.
