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#wired.com. × Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight. Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?

#wired.com. × A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More. US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI—and takes a swipe at Microsoft’s dominance.

#wired.com. × How Much Are Donald Trump’s Truth Social Shares Worth?. The incoming president of the United States is also a social media mogul. We’re keeping a running tally of his stake in Truth Social—and how his fortunes change with its ups and downs.

#wired.com. × The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections. Crypto execs funneled millions in donations to swing this election, and now their man is in charge. Here’s how Donald Trump’s “crypto cabinet” could shape the next four years.

#wired.com. × Masayoshi Son Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed. How the SoftBank CEO convinced Steve Jobs to make the deal of the century.

#wired.com. × GitHub’s Deepfake Porn Crackdown Still Isn’t Working. Over a dozen programs used by creators of nonconsensual explicit images have evaded detection on the developer platform, WIRED has found.

#wired.com. × The FTC Suing John Deere Is a Tipping Point for Right-to-Repair. After years of complaints about “unlawful” repairability policies, the FTC is suing tractor manufacturer Deere &amp; Company. Repairability advocates are calling it a milestone for consumer rights.

#wired.com. × Why ‘Beating China’ In AI Brings Its Own Risks. The US is increasingly intent on winning the AI race with China. Experts say this ignores the benefits of collaboration—and the danger of unintended consequences.

#wired.com. × ‘My Chinese Spy’ Memes Show Americans Aren’t Sold on the TikTok Ban. With a TikTok shutdown all but inevitable, users are dedicating their final days on the app to fictional agents of the Chinese government.

#wired.com. × Los Angeles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses. After the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.

#wired.com. × TikTok Hadn't Even Been Banned Before the Backlash Started. Whatever US politicians were hoping for, what they got was a huge increase in users signing up to Duolingo to learn Chinese and American users flooding Chinese apps.

#wired.com. × The Madcap Rise of Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun. Pump.Fun raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in its first year in operation. Despite some growing pains, its creators say this is just the beginning.

#wired.com. × Lenovo’s Latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon Is Shockingly Light. The standard bearer of ultralight laptops gets smaller than ever—but performance and battery life remain elusive.

#wired.com. × The SEC Is Suing Elon Musk. It’s All in the Timing. Less than a week before Donald Trump takes office, the SEC has filed a complaint against his most prominent benefactor.

#wired.com. × Far-Right Extremists Are LARPing as Emergency Workers in Los Angeles. White supremacists and MAGA livestreamers are using the wildfires to solicit donations, juice social media engagement, and recruit new followers.

#wired.com. × A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI. Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. America’s AI giants are scrambling for a piece of it.

#wired.com. × Imagining a Future Where Chicagoans Get Around in Free Driverless Cars. In Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, "Death of the Author," a young author experiences the exhilaration, and panic, of living in the world she’d previously only dreamed of.

#wired.com. × It's Hard to Go Wrong With the OnePlus 13. The OnePlus 13 sets the stage for a feisty battle between flagship Android smartphones in 2025.

#wired.com. × How to Pay Your Taxes Online. Paying US federal and state taxes online can be confusing, and one wrong move can result in penalties or extra money owed. We break it down so you can have the most worry-free tax filing possible.

#wired.com. × The Das Keyboard 5QS Mark II Is a Mechanical Keyboard Lost in Time. Even with innovative RGB applets, Das’ latest mechanical keyboard feels stuck in the past.