Screenshot of FF7 for PS1. Barret's text box reads: People say they love milfs yet look how they treat the original milf (mother earth)

Thanks Barret ur right 🌍

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math.

less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)

Did I just argue with a joke? Part of a Bluesky educational series

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook will stay on as executive chairman.

Wonder what custom tchotchke John will be offering President Trump in the Oval Office in a few months:

the gays keep discovering louder songs

this new Korean skincare routine is gonna fix my personality

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

For @wired.com’s April cover, we take you inside Madison Square Garden’s surveillance machine — which has allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Revelatory work from @noahshachtman.bsky.social & @robertsilverman.bsky.social that I’m proud to publish and urge you to read.

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

NEW: WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

read @telliotter.bsky.social:

Last month in The Onion:

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The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

Internal emails obtained by @wired.com reveal that one conservative legal group got direct access to FCC leadership to escalate complaints -- namely about Jimmy Kimmel -- sidestepping the standard FCC process:

The US Government to Ask Data Centers How Much Power They Use In a letter obtained by WIRED, the Energy Information Administration tells two senators that it plans to develop a mandatory assessment of data centers' energy use.

EXCLUSIVE: the US's energy information agency is planning to implement a nationwide survey of data centers to collect information on energy use, infrastructure, cooling techniques, and other info

would be the first such survey of data centers of its kind

@milesklee.bsky.social

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.

Burner accounts, trend simulation, manufactured discourse: music marketers are embracing new online tools to get ears on new music. Is it just business as usual? And ARE Geese an industry plant?

I investigate music's dirty little secret, for @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/geese-...

Great reporting

sometimes when people ask why you'd even want to do such a thing it's ok to say there ain't no rule that says I can't

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

NEW: A large swath of civil society is warning Meta against rolling out a face recognition service that will predictably be used by sexual predators.

‘Crimson Desert’ Is a Cat Dad Simulator Step into the shoes of the strongest, goodest boy in a game that is beautiful, baffling, and impossible to put down.

look if your game lets me hold two (2) cats at the same time that's an 11/10 from me
www.wired.com/story/crimso...

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Meta's New Al Asked for My Raw Health Data-and Gave Me Terrible Advice Meta's Muse Spark model offers to analyze users' health data, including lab results. Beyond the obvious privacy risks, it's not a capable stand-in for a real doctor.

NEW: It’s scarily easy to nudge an AI tool offering health advice towards extreme answers. For example, Meta’s Muse Spark helped me create an anorexic eating plan:

www.wired.com/story/metas-...

NEW: Medical experts I spoke with balked at the idea of uploading their own health data for an AI model, like Meta’s Muse Spark, to analyze.

Latest for @wired.com:

www.wired.com/story/metas-...

Meta’s New AI Asked for My Raw Health Data—and Gave Me Terrible Advice Meta’s Muse Spark model offers to analyze users’ health data, including lab results. Beyond the obvious privacy risks, it’s not a capable stand-in for a real doctor.

Meta’s Muse Spark model offers to analyze users’ health data, including lab results. Beyond the obvious privacy risks, it’s not a capable stand-in for a real doctor. www.wired.com/story/metas-...

Arby’s Reclassifies Their Food As Entertainment Restaurant Says Menu Items Intended For Amusement Purposes Only

Arby’s Reclassifies Their Food As Entertainment theonion.com/arbys-reclassifies-their...

John Deere Is Paying Farmers $99 Million for Allegedly Monopolizing Repair The tractor maker is paying for its years as the central opponent of right-to-repair. Consumer advocates say it's still not enough.

The tractor maker is paying for its years as the central opponent of right-to-repair. Consumer advocates say it's still not enough. www.wired.com/story/john-d...

FOIA scoop (no paywall): The day Renee Good was killed, a Minnesota state police official repeatedly texted a FBI agent. He wanted to co-manage the crime scene & ensure his agents were included in interviews. For at least 2 days, maybe longer, the FBI didn't respond:
www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

"i could probably pilot a ship through the straight of hormuz" -next big thing 80% of men secretly believe about themselves

What other software stunts do you think I should attempt for @wired.com? Do you have a tip about an under-covered trend or community? I want to hear from you! My email is reece_rogers@wired.com

Meta ai new logo

BREAKING: The Meta AI rebrand joins the larger AI-logo-as-butthole movement.