The Russian government said it would block Instagram, expanding its social media crackdown that had already cut off access to Facebook and restricted Twitter for the tens of millions of…
Category: TECHNOLOGY
The Hypocrisy of Disney’s Response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. Bob Chapek, The New York Times wrote…
Can an Online Course Help Big Tech Find Its Soul?
The new course is meant, in part, to answer that question, speaking directly to rehabilitated techies like Read. It contains eight modules and is intended to take about eight hours…
Meet Awesome Women at Starship: Kaari writes code to help Starship meet its goals | by Daniel Carrillo Starship Technologies Mar, 2022
Inspired by the International Women’s Day, we recently launched a campaign in all our channels in order to truly celebrate the powerful and inspirational women here at Starship. Although we…
The War in Ukraine Is Threatening the World’s Wheat Supply
The relentless shelling of Ukraine is obscuring a shadow crisis created by the war: long-term damage to the global food system that seems likely to increase hunger, disrupt markets, change…
Your bitcoin and crypto may outlive you, so plan ahead
Like a lot of Americans, Sandy Carter has been getting into crypto. She’s already amassed an impressive assortment of cryptocurrency and NFTs, and she even has a Lazy Lion, an…
Threats of Bioterrorism in Ukraine Are Part of a Long History
Few allegations are as damaging and difficult to counter as accusing somebody of deliberately spreading a disease. Unfortunately, global events have led to a distinct uptick in such accusations. Earlier…
Will Apple Ever Go Back to In-Person Product Launches?
Apple held its first product announcement event of the year on Tuesday. It showed off a bunch of new devices, including a new iPhone SE, a revamped iPad Air, and…
Sandy Hook and the Troubling Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
Sandy Hook Hoax was a closed Facebook group; you needed an invitation to join. Its page was topped with the image of a child ghoul, her eyes ringed in black,…
Activists Are Reaching Russians Behind Putin’s Propaganda Wall
René has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine. The 34-year-old lives more than 1,000 km away in Nuremberg, Germany. He has no family there, and he’s never been…