Tag: WIRED

The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research Just Dropped (Chris Wright, WIRED)

Who pays for the United States’ astronomy and astrophysics projects—our collective staring into the void, seeking cosmic answers? Well, we all do, via taxes,...

These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops (Matt Burgess, WIRED)

Christian Landgren's patience was running out. Every day the separated father of three was wasting precious time trying to get the City of Stockholm’s official...

The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters (Matt Simon, Wired)

Off the coast  of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the...

100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last (Wired)

OVER THE LAST few years, researchers have found a shocking number of  vulnerabilities in seemingly basic code that underpins how devices communicate with the internet. https://www.wired.com/story/namewreck-iot-vulnerabilities-tcpip-millions-devices/

(Artificial Intelligence) Offensive AI: Surfacing Truth in the Age of Digital Fakes (Wired)

The attack begins, innocently enough, with a single email. An AI-powered spear-phishing email, to be precise. Unlike typical phishing campaigns, which use a scattergun approach...