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Adrienne So is a senior writer for WIRED and reviews consumer technology. She graduated from the University of Virginia with bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish, and she worked as…
PS4 software sales spike during the pandemic
The PlayStation 4 era may be winding down, but people are playing their consoles more than ever at home. Sony just announced as part of its first-quarter earnings that despite…
WhatsApp adds search feature to help users debunk viral messages
WhatsApp is piloting a new feature that lets users quickly search the contents of viral messages to fact-check misinformation, the company has announced. Starting today, a magnifying glass icon will…
Cloak your photos with this AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition
Ubiquitous facial recognition is a serious threat to privacy. The idea that the photos we share are being collected by companies to train algorithms that are sold commercially is worrying.…
Garmin reportedly paid multi-million dollar ransom after suffering cyberattack
Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. The payment was reportedly made…
Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers
The more NyanSat ground stations are out there, the more they can do together, communicating with known satellites or even probing the more stealthy or unknown objects orbiting Earth. Individual…
There’s No Such Thing As a Tech Expert Anymore
You might say I faked it. You might say I paid attention to the macro rather than the micro. I prefer to be generous to myself. I managed to convince…
Dell XPS 15 Review: A Luxury Windows Laptop
In these uncertain times, it’s tougher than usual to justify spending as much as a fully loaded Dell XPS 15 costs. But boy, the screen is gorgeous, and the power…
Should Governments Slap a Tax on Plastic?
These taxes target an externality, as economists call it: A carbon tax’s externality is catastrophic climate change, and a plastic tax’s is runaway pollution. “That is the cost society faces,”…
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