… If they’re worthless, then why should we assume we’ll continue to have end-to-end encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp?” Meta's decision to revoke end-to-end encryption for Instagram chat seems to have been particularly alarming for researchers and privacy advocates because of the company's stated … …
… The company is working to find additional projects for those impacted, according to internal conversations viewed by WIRED. Mercor contractors were not told exactly why their Meta projects were being paused. …
… Almost started a fire." Notably, Valve's official manual for the Steam Controller warns against allowing metal items near the charging puck, because "magnetic parts may attract metallic items" and notes that "to reduce the potential risk of sparks and resulting property damage or possible injury, m… …
… For its part, Confer is still a new project, and Marlinspike’s blog post did not provide specific details about how exactly the collaboration with Meta will work or what the specific goals are for integration. Neither Marlinspike nor Meta provided WIRED with additional comment ahead of publication. …
Hi HN, I'm Edan, the creator of ElimKeys.I've always loved ergonomic split keyboards, but I hated the desk clutter. Most splits on the market either require that annoying TRRS bridge cable between the two halves, or if t…
I built DoScript, a domain-specific language for file automation. The goal: make scripts readable by anyone. Design Goal Instead of: bashfind . -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \; Write: for_each file_in here if_older_…
Hi HN,I'm Roland, and for the past few weeks, I've been building AllBSides — a directory of every BSides conference talk uploaded to YouTube. As of today, 8,643 talks from 5,927 speakers across 227 chapters in 68 countri…
2026-05-07 edit: I have updated the hardware based recommendations with more focus on quality. I do not recommend q4_0 KV cache anymore beyond 64k context. After multiple rounds of testing with the different size quants,…
Hi Reddit, We just wrapped up The Android Show | I/O Edition, and a core theme of the show was how we’re making your phone more helpful so that you can spend less time looking at it and more time living your life. To mak…
… While some customers may use it that way, we leave that to individual interpretation.” Meta spokesperson Erica Sackin tells WIRED that it is investigating a number of the brand accounts mentioned in this article. …
… In a statement, Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro says, “These allegations misrepresent the reality of our work and we will fight them.” Speaking with WIRED, Ben Winters, CFA’s director of AI and data privacy, says others can find more dubious ads just by searching Meta’s ad library using key words like… …
… It’s common for Instagram accounts to do street photography in the area and she prides herself on her fashion—that day, she was in “a nice sundress and a very big stylish hat,” she tells WIRED. “It was all very cute until the end of the conversation, when one of them was like, ‘So, these glasses ha… …
… Cuevas says in those cases, keeping good documentation, including links to the offending content, is especially important, because there’s a concern that if “submitters fail to just do one of these things, that would be a shield for the company potentially to not comply with the request or to delay… …
… That’s rarely the reality for grid-connected power plants, as turbines go offline for maintenance or adjust to the ebbs and flows of customer demand. “Permitted emission numbers represent a theoretical, conservative scenario, not the actual projected emissions,” Alex Schott, the director of communi… …
… When asked for comment on Bosworth’s announcement, Meta pointed to his Instagram video but added that there will still be new features on the horizon, like virtual concerts. “Immersive 3D and 2D concerts are still accessible on Quest via the TV app found in the Quest Store,” a Meta representative w… …
