On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people.
Business Read on WIRED BackchannelA YouTube series! An event in San Francisco! Even a good old-fashioned print issue! As The Big Interview expands, WIRED interviews its own global editorial director, Katie Drummond.
Entertainment Read on WIRED BackchannelIn Hamburg, aviation giant Airbus is transforming aircraft production with state-of-the-art robotics technology on its planes. We go on a behind-the-scenes visit for the delivery of an A321neo.
Politics Read on WIRED ScienceIn a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, was found to be no better than placebo at clearing mpox lesions.
Health Read on WIRED ScienceThe shift toward renewables is officially in high gear.
Environment Read on WIRED ScienceFrench authorities detained Durov to question him as part of a probe into a wide range of alleged violations—including money laundering and CSAM—but it remains unclear if he will face charges.
Crime and Courts Read on WIRED SecurityA new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each major city.
Environment Read on The Verge ScienceThe absence of these identifying marks—which can be the result of excessive typing, manual work, chemotherapy, or sports—is becoming more of an issue in the age of biometrics.
Health Read on WIRED ScienceThe UNRWA calls Israel’s strategy of promoting alleged misinformation “destructive.”
Crime and Courts Read on WIRED BusinessAt issue is whether digital collectibles can be considered a security. “What the SEC has done directly affects my ability to make a living,” one plaintiff says.
Entertainment Read on WIRED BusinessThe Dexcom Stelo aims to help people with Type 2 diabetes access CGMs more affordably.
Health Read on The Verge ScienceDurov has reportedly been detained in France over Telegram’s alleged failure to adequately moderate illegal content on the messaging app. His arrest sparked backlash and left some associates asking, what now?
Business Read on WIRED SecurityThe phrase has become a convenient descriptor for an increasingly inconvenient future.
Environment Read on WIRED CultureCarbon dioxide’s powerful heat-trapping effect has been traced to a quirk of its quantum structure. The finding may explain climate change better than any computer model.
Environment Read on WIRED ScienceNASA administrator Bill Nelson announced today that US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return next February with the SpaceX Crew-9 mission after spending more than 80 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Politics Read on The Verge ScienceThe decision will leave the crew on the ISS until February. The mission was initially supposed to last about a week.
Politics Read on WIRED ScienceThe bass is pretty good for open-ear fitness buds, but alas, my glasses foiled the ear hook design.
Politics Read on The Verge ReviewsOrganizers of the 2028 Summer Games will attempt to re-create the city’s public transport heyday of the early 20th century, but ousting the car—even for just a few weeks—will be costly.
Environment Read on WIRED ScienceHow to pack a go bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.
Environment Read on WIRED SciencePlus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a “configuration error” exposed sensitive user data, and more.
Crime and Courts Read on WIRED SecurityThe Big Bad Film Fest, now in its second year, is like a big, muscle-bound hug for Very Online action-movie obsessives who brought it to life.
Entertainment Read on WIRED CultureThe US Department of Justice claims that a company called RealPage is responsible for price-fixing across millions of apartment rental units nationwide.
Business Read on WIRED Artificial IntelligenceDespite its comparatively small size and the continued absence of any obvious mainstream utility, the crypto industry is hurling more money than any other at the US general election.
Politics Read on WIRED BusinessSnell’s window is one of the coolest phenomena in the natural world. You’ve seen it, but do you know what causes it?
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