Category: Wired

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
04
Dec
2025

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

The Louisiana Department Of Wildlife And Fisheries (LDWF), typically responsible in part for overseeing wildlife reserves and enforcing local hunting…

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing
03
Dec
2025

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing

A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled…

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
02
Dec
2025

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

If you’re near Rochester, New York, the price for a carton of Target’s Good & Gather eggs is listed as…

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
29
Nov
2025

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

Expand your mind, man. Opsec is really all about time travel—taking small, protective steps now before you have a disaster…

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
28
Nov
2025

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon

The team did publish what they called a “sanitized” version of the poems in the paper: “A baker guards a…

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
26
Nov
2025

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’

After Myanmar’s military junta raided a notorious scam compound and destroyed buildings with explosives in October, officials claimed the country…

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
25
Nov
2025

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding plans to outsource immigrant tracking to private surveillance firms, scrapping a recent $180 million…

Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting
24
Nov
2025

Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting

As generative AI pushes the speed of software development, it is also enhancing the ability of digital attackers to carry…

US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers
22
Nov
2025

US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers

Eight years after a researcher warned WhatsApp that it was possible to extract user phone numbers en masse from the…

This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
21
Nov
2025

This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System

Elevated levels of CO2 lead to reduced cognitive ability and facilitate transmission of airborne viruses, which can linger in poorly…

Four Indicted In Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China
21
Nov
2025

Four Indicted In Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China

Stern said text messages obtained by authorities show Li boasting about how his father “had engaged in similar business on…

With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech
20
Nov
2025

With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech

Aging digital infrastructure equipment like routers, network switches, and network-attached storage—has long posed a silent risk to organizations. In the…