What to Know About Traveling to China for Business
Amid growing tensions and an escalating trade war between the United States and China, international business travelers may be understandably wary about traveling to the…
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Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
Within the titles of the calendar invites, the researchers added their crafty malicious prompts. (Google’s Wen contends that the researchers changed default settings on who…
Nuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is Inevitable
The people who study nuclear war for a living are certain that artificial intelligence will soon power the deadly weapons. None of them are quite…
The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines
When Dave Yeager stumbled upon the chamber of shiny, casino-style slot machines, he felt an instant pull. It was his first night of deployment in…
Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History
Last week, the United Kingdom began requiring residents to verify their ages before accessing online pornography and other adult content, all in the name of…
The Kremlin’s Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware
The Russian state hacker group known as Turla has carried out some of the most innovative hacking feats in the history of cyberespionage, hiding their…
Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet
After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification…
The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived
Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of…
A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats
An airline leaving all of its passengers’ travel records vulnerable to hackers would make an attractive target for espionage. Less obvious, but perhaps even more…
Microsoft Put Older Versions of SharePoint on Life Support. Hackers Are Taking Advantage
Hundreds of organizations around the world suffered data breaches this week, as an array of hackers rushed to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in older…
How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video
Michael Calore: Go to the movies. Lauren Goode: Just go to the movies. Katie Drummond: I like that. Michael Calore: This is the worst time…
At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
When, one year ago today, a buggy update to software sold by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down millions of computers around the world and…