Apple Warning—Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones Must Now Restart A staggering number of Apple users are now at risk from attacks. Restart your device now.

Apple Warning—Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones Must Now Restart

I have to say, I really enjoy some lightly applied haptic feedback. Such a clever bit of delight!

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Mobile World Congress 2025: More Foldable Concepts, Plus Phones and Tablets You'll Never Get to Use Samsung and Lenovo had the most interesting folding concept devices to show off at the annual trade show in Barcelona.

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MWC hears two starkly divided views of AI’s impact Two sharply different visions of AI were platformed on stage at the Mobile World Congress trade show on Monday. The true believer’s case for the technology’s potential — to merge with and transform human life for the better — was offered up by futurist…

MWC hears two starkly divided views of AI’s impact

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Inside the Duolingo Company Handbook Explore Duolingo’s free Handbook to discover the strategies behind how we built our company, culture, and brand. Read about our key principles and how we apply them to hiring, design, engineering, bui...

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Humane is shutting down service for a beleaguered AI pin after sale to HP. Some buyers won't get a refund. Humane said it will only offer refunds to customers whose AI Pins were "shipped on or after November 15th, 2024."

Humane said it will only offer refunds to customers whose AI Pins were "shipped on or after November 15th, 2024."

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.

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Apple Is Renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps App Apple Inc. is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its Maps app, following an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on his first day in office.

Just in: Apple is following Google and changing the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in its maps app www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad. A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.

Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.

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Trump administration illegally allowed DOGE to access workers’ data, lawsuit alleges Federal workers “reasonably fear harmful consequences.”

We believe in the rule of law. We believe in workers' rights. We believe in privacy. And we are going to fight. I'm glad @eff.org is stepping up when it's needed most. www.theverge.com/news/609990/...

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

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AI-driven ads take the field during the 2025 Super Bowl We’ve officially experienced an AI Super Bowl, people. As everyone tuned in to watch the annual championship game, the biggest buzz wasn’t just about the Eagles’ blowout win and Kendrick Lamar performing his Grammy-winning diss track at the halftime show.…

AI-driven ads take the field during the 2025 Super Bowl

“Rules for thee, not for me”

Musk calls for impeachment of judge who blocked DOGE access at Treasury Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a…

Elon Musk’s call to impeach a federal judge is dangerous and undermines America’s foundation. The rule of law must always supersede personal agendas. Comments like these erode trust in our judiciary and threaten the separation of powers. We must respect court decisions and uphold democracy.

These apps are building Instagram alternatives on open protocols | TechCrunch Consumer demand for alternatives to Big Tech's social apps is heating up. Alternative social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon are gaining traction with

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Treasury Warned of ‘Insider Threat Risk’ From Musk’s DOGE Access Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to the Treasury’s payment system poses an “unprecedented insider threat risk” and should be suspended immediately, according to an intelligence r...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to the Treasury’s payment system poses an “unprecedented insider threat risk” and should be suspended immediately, according to an intelligence report prepared for the department by a contractor.

Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’ An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

New from me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social: An internal analysis at Treasury found that DOGE was “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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I’m right there with you, Dan.

Unless they’re showing up with armed guards, being physically intimidating, and folks are genuinely afraid for their own safety and wellbeing.

It’s a real head scratcher…

DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.

SCOOP: DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.

DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.

SCOOP: DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.

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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

THIS is why Elon Musk and his DOGE cabal should be hauled before Congress to answer questions:

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The US Government Is Not a Startup Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.

The newsletter was a day late this week. I'm sure you can understand why.

I've been in DC reporting, so I had one of WIRED's fearless leaders, @brbarrett.bsky.social, take it over.

Give it a read.
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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

Our latest scoop: An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all work with 'foreign nationals.'

Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites "This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.

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