#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 How We’re Keeping Tabs on DOGE. On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley," WIRED’s politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump Administration.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad. The source code for the new Department of Government Efficiency’s “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority, while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 DOGE's Race to the Bottom. Elon Musk's takeover of US government agencies has happened at remarkable speeds. That's the point.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 Are Dating Apps Getting Worse?. On this week’s episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we assess the state of swiping.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla. Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 Director of the Game ‘Avowed’ Says AI Can’t Replace Human Creativity. “Good game stories are going to be written by good narrative designers,” says Obsidian’s Carrie Patel. The new fantasy RPG she helmed gets an early release today.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 Here’s What the FDA Label on Your Personal Care Products Means. FDA-approved, cleared, or just regulated? We break down the jargon on your lotions, potions, and gizmos.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 We Got Tipsy (Sorta) on a New Kind of Nonalcoholic Spirit. We had bartenders try a “GABA-enhancing” drink called Sentia to see if it mimicked the nicest parts of drinking alcohol without the hangover. It didn't do that, but it didn't do nothing.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 The Incredible Shrinking Dating App. Common wisdom is that dating apps are over. But while millennials are tired of Tinder and upsells, swiping is alive and well.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 When Fires Rage, Millions Turn to Watch Duty. Meet the Guy Who Made It. Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place to go for tracking disasters. He just needs all the data to do it.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis. Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike. There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.13.2025 China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers. Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency. At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists. After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings. The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus buildings—some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks. A team Microsoft calls BadPilot is acting as Sandworm's “initial access operation,” the company says. And over the last year it's trained its sights on the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain. Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped of vegetation by the recent wildfires.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles. The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 The Best Cast Iron Pans for Every Kitchen. Our favorite multipurpose skillets to help you get the perfect sear.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 Want to Make Your Spotify Wrapped Better This Year? Start Now. You don’t have to be embarrassed every time Spotify Wrapped appears.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out. Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 Your Love Life on Ozempic. Beyond treating diabetes and helping people lose weight, GLP-1s may also improve libido. But the reasons are as complex as desire itself.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.12.2025 The Heart Emoji Is Meaningless. Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning at all.
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