Plus: ICE agents accidentally add a random person to a sensitive group chat, Norwegian intelligence blames the Kremlin for hacking a dam, and new facial recognition vans roam the UK.
Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

Plus: ICE agents accidentally add a random person to a sensitive group chat, Norwegian intelligence blames the Kremlin for hacking a dam, and new facial recognition vans roam the UK.
Plus: Ultrahuman’s Ring now tracks ovulation, Nomad Cycles wants to make a fully repairable ebike, and Sling TV has new subscription options.
Cupertino has done the thing it swore it never would: turn its tablet into a full-blown window-wrangling, compromise-abandoning computer. Yes, it’s better, but lurking deep in the settings the ghost of Jobs remains.
DJI’s debut 360 camera is a strong challenger to the Insta360 X5. Too bad it’s not officially available in the US.
This Acer laptop’s top-tier performance is undone by bottom-shelf stability.
Procedural hurdles yet again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution.
An emerging guard of paramilitary activists are using social media and edgy aesthetics to build a new brand of anti-government, Christian nationalist militias.
The feature was removed on select smartwatches due to a patent-infringement lawsuit, but Apple has “redesigned” it.
Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.
Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.