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- From The Big Story: What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life · 45 minTo hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Here’s what I learned sailing the seas with a boat full of “Sea…
- From The Big Story: She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled · 46 minTo hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop A new startup called Cofertility lets young women freeze their eggs—for…
- From The Big Story: The Genesis Engine · 42 minTo hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop We now have the power to quickly and easily alter DNA. It could…
- From The Big Story: You Finally Got a Wikipedia Page. Then It Vanished · 31 min · Episode 18To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for…
- The Big Fight Over 403 Very Small Wasps · 39 minTo hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Earth is teeming with unknown species, and they’re dying off faster…
- From The Big Story: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran · 37 minTo hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Sneaking six Americans out of Iran in 1979 would take an audacious…
- From The Big Story: She Was the DEA’s Premier Crypto Detective. The Clues Led Straight to Her Own Family · 1 h 25 minTo listen to episodes a day early, follow The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop To escape the chaos of her Russian childhood, Lili Infante became an…
- From The Big Story: Inside the Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web's Biggest Child Abuse Site · 1 h 48 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop They thought their payments were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The untold…
- From The Big Story: Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened · 1 h 9 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop He shed his identity with the goal of disappearing for one month. Then the manhunt began…
- From The Big Story: Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything · 50 minIncluding what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters. The conversation between Katie…
- From The Big Story: A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work · 48 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the…
- From The Big Story: The Accidental Zillionaire · 1 h 0 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Microsoft spawned two billionaires. Paul Allen is the other one. Written by Paulina Borsook…
- From The Big Story: In Search of the Heart of the Online-Cat Industrial Complex · 46 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop A cat wearing a short tie plays music on a cat-shaped keyboard (“Pancake Meowsic Video,”…
- From The Big Story: The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier · 33 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the…
- From The Big Story: Billions Registered · 29 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Right now, there are no rules to keep you from owning a bitchin’ corporate name as your own…
- From The Big Story: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us · 1 h 18 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Our most powerful 21st-century technologies—robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech—are…
- From The Big Story: Choke Points · 37 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost Lives. How Israeli checkpoints…
- From The Big Story: How a Research Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won · 39 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and…
- From The Big Story: Greetings From Burning Man! · 31 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Dispatches from the New American Holiday: Writer Bruce Sterling takes the kids to the…
- From The Big Story: She's 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can't Have Kids · 39 minNo IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course.For more of the most…
- From The Big Story: Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own · 27 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop The novelist makes the Earthly rituals of sex, marriage, childbirth—and all of human…
- A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security · 9 minThis year’s Intelligence Authorization Act would mandate penetration testing for federally certified voting machines and allow independent researchers to work on exposing…
- How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords · 10 minInfostealer malware is swiping millions of passwords, cookies, and search histories. It’s a gold mine for hackers—and a disaster for anyone who becomes a target. Learn more…
- New Jersey's $500 Million Bid to Become an AI Epicenter · 11 minThe Garden State has enacted a hefty new tax credit specifically for AI businesses. But tax incentives—particularly around data centers—haven’t always created large numbers of…
- A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub · 9 minCybersecurity researchers have spotted a 3,000-account network on GitHub that is manipulating the platform and spreading ransomware and info stealers. Learn more about your ad…
- Don't Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams · 6 minSwindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update. Learn more…
- How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter · 10 minThe code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year—what appears to be yet another innovation in Russia’s torment of…
- The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine · 11 minThe DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s…
- From the Archives: How to Spot a Business Email Compromise Scam · 10 minIn this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your…
- Alleged ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Leader Indicted Over Plot to Kill Jewish Children · 8 minUS prosecutors have charged Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Commander Butcher,” with a litany of crimes, including alleged attempts to poison Jewish children in NYC…
- The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy · 13 minAfter the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it’s likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact. Learn more about your ad…
- Hackers Claim to Have Leaked 1.1 TB of Disney Slack Messages · 6 minA hacker group called “NullBulge” says it stole more than a terabyte of Disney’s internal Slack messages and files from nearly 10,000 channels in an apparent protest over…
- The Sweeping Danger of the AT&T Phone Records Breach · 8 minTelecom giant AT&T says a major data breach has exposed the call and text records of “nearly all” of its customers, epitomizing the dire state of data security. Learn more about…
- Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage · 10 minA new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in…
- Notorious Hacker Kingpin ‘Tank’ Is Finally Going to Prison · 10 minThe cybercrime boss, who helped lead the prolific Zeus malware gang and was on the FBI’s “most wanted” list for years, has been sentenced to 18 years and ordered to pay more than…
- Google Is Adding Passkey Support for Its Most Vulnerable Users · 6 minGoogle is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly. Learn more about your ad…
- Inside a Violent Gang's Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree · 10 minMore than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US. Learn more about…
- Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors · 12 minThe most notorious deepfake sexual abuse website is hosting altered videos originally published as part of the GirlsDoPorn operation. Experts say this new low is only the…
- How Apple Intelligence’s Privacy Stacks Up Against Android’s ‘Hybrid AI’ · 12 minGenerative AI is seeping into the core of your phone, but what does that mean for privacy? Here’s how Apple’s unique AI architecture compares to the “hybrid” approach adopted by…
- Proton Is Launching Encrypted Documents to Take On Google Docs · 7 minProton is adding an end-to-end encrypted documents editor to its privacy tools, boosting its competition with Google’s suite of productivity apps. Learn more about your ad…
- Polestar Is Bracing for the EV Tariff Wars. It May Not Emerge Unscathed · 13 minThe carmaker says that China tariffs will impact its core product, the Polestar 2, amid growing financial pressure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- The Problem the US TikTok Crackdown and Kaspersky Ban Have in Common · 8 minWhile Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for…
- Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse · 8 minAWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into…
- Surprise! The Latest ‘Comprehensive’ US Privacy Bill Is Doomed · 10 minGutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely…
- War Crime Prosecutions Enter a New Digital Age · 9 minA custom platform created by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court to prosecute a war crimes case for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an…
- The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling · 11 minHow accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their…
- Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse · 12 minWith cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially…
- US Bans Kaspersky Software · 8 minUsing a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky’s antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national…
- How to Spot a Business Email Compromise Scam · 10 minIn this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your…
- Hackers Detail How They Allegedly Stole Ticketmaster Data From Snowflake · 14 minA ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster’s Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor. Learn more about your…
