Category: Wired

GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
12
Jan
2026

GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of an Immigration and Customs…

Security News This Week: ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood
10
Jan
2026

Security News This Week: ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood

After a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday, WIRED surfaced December federal court testimony…

X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
09
Jan
2026

X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited…

ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
09
Jan
2026

ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony

Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer identified by multiple news outlets as the federal agent who shot 37-year-old…

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
08
Jan
2026

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X

This story contains descriptions of explicit sexual content and sexual violence. Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls…

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream
07
Jan
2026

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream

Elon Musk hasn’t stopped Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, from generating sexualized images of women….

8 WhatsApp Features to Boost Your Security and Privacy
04
Jan
2026

8 WhatsApp Features to Boost Your Security and Privacy

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with over 3 billion users. But its ubiquity…

How to Protect Your iPhone or Android Device From Spyware
03
Jan
2026

How to Protect Your iPhone or Android Device From Spyware

Infection usually starts through malicious links and fake apps, but it is also taking place via “more subtle methods,” says…

How Protesters Became Content for the Cops
02
Jan
2026

How Protesters Became Content for the Cops

In 2025, protest policing in major US cities increasingly took on the character of a spectacle: overwhelming deployments, theatrical staging,…

Fears Mount That US Federal Cybersecurity Is Stagnating—or Worse
31
Dec
2025

Fears Mount That US Federal Cybersecurity Is Stagnating—or Worse

This fall’s weekslong government shutdown only added to concerns about the state of federal cybersecurity—creating the possibility of blind spots…

Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War
31
Dec
2025

Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War

In 2025, American and world leaders were preoccupied with wars in the Middle East. Most dramatically, first Israel and the…

The Worst Hacks of 2025
29
Dec
2025

The Worst Hacks of 2025

It was a strange year in cyberspace, as US president Donald Trump and his administration launched foreign policy initiatives and…