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EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fielder, codirector of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ sat down with WIRED for an extended interview—the first he’s given to discuss the film.
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The Sony ULT Tower 7 is one of our top party speaker picks and is at its lowest-ever price. Grab this or one of its sibling models before your next fete. buff.ly/hcdproh
Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women’s voices.” buff.ly/kaggI3T
The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean. buff.ly/5cLtnha
The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.” buff.ly/vRazq9Z
I’m obsessed with sleep data, but I don’t love wearing a smartwatch to bed. Can the Hatch Sleep Clock give me the best of both worlds at an affordable price? buff.ly/znTdFww
Wrote about Character.AI's bankruptcy, which appears to actually be key component of a "reverse acquihire" deal between it and Disney. Most of CAI's staff has already been hired + Disney now hopes to get its code repos sans the legal liabilities that dogged the startup
The magistrate judge was not having it in court today with an ex-OpenAI employee. Very skeptical of the defendant's ties to the US
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A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.” buff.ly/CMsnHyk
A WIRED investigation has found that election offices in at least 32 states were targeted with suspicious letters as they prepared for the midterms.
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The letters targeting election offices coincided with similar letters being sent to congressional offices across the country, targeting both Democratic and some Republican lawmakers.
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“Threats and intimidation have no place in our elections,” Michel Moore, the co-chair of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, tells WIRED.
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