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journalists when Slack is down

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I had the privilege of talking to @apnews.com about WIRED's Elon Musk and politics coverage. Most important thing: We're not slowing down, we're not stopping, and we're going to cover this story, relentlessly, for as long as we need to. apnews.com/article/elon...

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I talked to developers about Microsoft's newly announced generative AI model, Muse, and its role in video games: "When we rely on this stuff we are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives." www.wired.com/story/xbox-m...

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NEW: Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and were onboarded under a policy focused on “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.” read @telliotter.bsky.social and @aarianmarshall.bsky.social:

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New from me + @aarianmarshall.bsky.social: SpaceX engineers were said to be simply touring the FAA on Monday. In fact, some were already being onboarded at the agency under a policy designed to increase “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.” www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

submitted 12 days ago • 38 comments

WARNING: Yesterday, my X account (@JKFruit) was compromised and used to promote an inauthentic WIRED-branded crypto coin. Please disregard any further posts made to that account.

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yes, that is a framed picture of Trump's mugshot proudly hanging in the White House (photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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NEW: The US Treasury claimed DOGE's Marko Elez didn't have the ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending when he actually did. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:

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Scoop: Elon's DOGE govt takeover is splintering Trump's inner circle. More in here on the DOGE briefings within the WH, where there are scant details on how regularly they occur beyond daily "as needed," per a senior WH official. My latest in @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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NEW: WIRED has identified a DOGE engineer who now has access to the NOAA, the scientific agency that monitors and models the oceans and atmosphere for the purpose of predicting changes in climate and weather. read @timmarchman.bsky.social:

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NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government. From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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an interesting juxtaposition of news headlines on BBC 6 Music this morning (wait for it)

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when your neck is definitely OK

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Last night, MAGA influencers took their victory lap, celebrating the content and creators who secured the election for Trump. Oh, and Big Tech footed the bill. www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

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were there literally no other names for kids’ characters available

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merry Christmas! you will _never_ guess some of the scores in Kings and Queens Top Trumps

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meanwhile, on Normal Island

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same energy

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WIRED asked Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team about her vision of social media and the future. She says she wants social media to be fun again. Watch our full #WIREDBigInterview with her here: www.wired.com/story/big-in...

submitted 87 days ago • 19 comments

NEW: For the last few months, officials at Britain’s NCA have explained to me how they discovered and disrupted two massive Russian money laundering rings. The networks have moved billions each year and—unusually—have been caught swapping cash for crypto with drugs gangs 🧵 A wild thread...

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from the @wired.com Big Interview with Tim Cook 👀

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how smart newsrooms are future-proofing their brands via vertical video, featuring my wonderful colleagues at @wired.com www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/news...

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resharing this as there have been a lot of new additions! lots of great follows in here

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I would love to make a starter pack for UK-based freelance journalists joining Bluesky to help get commissions, please let me know if that's you or someone you've worked with (freelance journalists outside the UK will be next!)

submitted 103 days ago • 6 comments

this story is absolutely wild - more than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker exposed the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany www.wired.com/story/phone-...

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NEW: A joint investigation by @wired.com, @brkommunikation.bsky.social and @netzpolitik.org found that mobile ad data collected by data brokers can reveal where US military & intelligence personnel eat, sleep, drink, and pay for sex—risking espionage and blackmail 1/4 www.wired.com/story/phone-...

submitted 103 days ago • 12 comments

throwback to Obama vs Trump on the death of Fidel Castro

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a work in progress but because I’m feeling nostalgic today here’s a starter pack to follow my former colleagues at VICE News, some of the smartest and interesting journalists out there with fascinating perspectives and insight on topics including extremism, drugs, tech, world news and more

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Taylor Swift fans have accused Ticketmaster and its parent company of conspiring with third parties to inflate concert ticket prices in violation of a law originally meant to target organized crime. 1/ wired.trib.al/BlO2bC4

submitted 107 days ago • 19 comments

CLAIM: Elon Musk purposely crashed some of his Starlink satellites in order to hide evidence that he helped Donald Trump steal the election. REALITY: Starlink 📡 are designed to burn up when reentering earth's atmosphere at the end of their life cycle www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 108 days ago • 11 comments

Baryonyx is crying now, cheers

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the onion bought alex jones’ infowars with help from the families of victims of sandy hook school shooting. our @wired.com social team is on top of it, with @matthewchampion.bsky.social reporting:

submitted 109 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: The Onion (yes The Onion) has acquired InfoWars at bankruptcy auction and will relaunch next year with Everytown for Gun Safety as a sponsor theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

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