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FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas
As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide ...
Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has ...
Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO ...
Take a Tour of All the Essential Features in ChatGPT
If you missed WIRED’s live, subscriber-only Q&A focused on the software features of ChatGPT, hosted by Reece Rogers, you can ...
60-Hour Dance Sessions, Simulated Sex, and Ketamine: Inside the World of Hardcore VR Ravers
VR Clubbing has exploded since Covid-19 lockdowns, with enthusiasts doing drugs and finding friends and love in an inclusive ...
Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria
A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...
The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive
Forget Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of VR meetings; the industrial metaverse bridges digital and physical worlds in a way that’s ...
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate ...
OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback
OpenAI on Monday announced a proposed restructuring that would give its nonprofit arm ongoing control of ChatGPT and the rest of the startup’s AI products. The move is a reversal of an earlier ...