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#wired.com. × This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef that Cholesterol Oozes from His Skin. High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man’s was over 1,000 mg/dL.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside. A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiu-jitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × 'We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified. After Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know. Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein!

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Dating Apps Promise to Remain a Rare Haven Following Trump’s Executive Order. As President Trump moves to change federal policy so the US government only recognizes “two genders” and social media platforms become less safe for LGBTQ+ people, dating apps could become a refuge.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Science Has Spun Spidey's Web-Slinging Into Reality. When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Trump Wants a War With Cartels—and May Just Get One. An executive order designating cartels as terrorist organizations will expand prosecutors' jurisdictions, affect relations with Mexico, and risk blowback for which the US is unprepared.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Starkey's Edge AI Prescription Hearing Aids Are Phenomenal and Annoyingly Expensive. The best hearing aids we’ve tested to date require a visit to the ear doctor—and a sizable investment.

#Jan.24.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here. US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, indu

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The Creators of ‘Palworld’ Are Back—This Time With a Horror Game. Pocketpair, creators of the game fans dubbed "Pokémon with guns,” is partnering with the studio behind “Tales of Kenzera: Zau” as it aims to publish more indie games.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You. The company that kicked off the AI chatbot craze now wants AI to do more than just talk.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge. Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order. Far-right lawmakers and extremist influencers the world over are celebrating Trump’s early days in office and advocating for similar efforts in their own countries.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Ditching Human Fact-Checkers. This week, we take a look at Meta's new era of content moderation.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The Who's Who of MAGA Influencers You Should Know About by Now. Welcome to Trump 2.0, where these creators have the ears not only of their audiences but of the president as well.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars. Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars’ location histories—and Subaru employees still can

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × ‘Neo-Nazi Madness’: Meta’s Top AI Lawyer on Why He Fired the Company. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head. Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Psychology Can Be Harnessed to Combat Violent Extremism. Organized violence is set to grow—but the social media-powered mechanisms that expose would-be extremists to threats can also be used to help empathy flourish.

#Jan.23.2025 ×

#wired.com. × Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad. Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.

#Jan.22.2025 ×

#wired.com. × eBay Sellers Are Hawking Used Phones With TikTok Preinstalled for Thousands of Dollars. With the app still unavailable on US app stores, people are betting on TikTok being a profitable added extra to secondhand handsets.

#Jan.22.2025 ×

#wired.com. × The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One. H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.

#Jan.22.2025 ×