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How to Be Extremely Online and Influence People

By Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode Business Oct 4, 2023 7:00 AM How to Be Extremely Online and Influence People Journalist Taylor Lorenz talks about her new book, Extremely Online, and what the rise of internet creators means for all of our increasingly digital lives. PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: WIRED STAFF; GETTY IMAGES …

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How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret

By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra Security Oct 4, 2023 6:00 AM How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden. …

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Live: The Trial of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

Live Live: The Trial of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried When Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange collapsed, customers lost billions of dollars. A New York court will decide whether it was fraud. Welcome to our live coverage of the trial of FTX founder Sam-Bankman-Fried. Check out our explainer for everything you …

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Indian Police Use Terrorism Law to Raid Newsclick Journalists

Parth M.N. Business Oct 3, 2023 7:23 AM India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to be raided during a crackdown on media in India. GETTY Save this story Save Save this story Save …

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AI Algorithms Are Biased Against Skin With Yellow Hues

Paresh Dave Business Oct 3, 2023 7:00 AM AI Algorithms Are Biased Against Skin With Yellow Hues Google, Meta, and others test their algorithms for bias using standardized skin tone scales. Sony says those tools ignore the yellow and red hues at work in human skin color. Courtesy of Sony …

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This Website Exposes the Truth About Soaring Food Prices

Matt Burgess Business Oct 3, 2023 2:00 AM This Website Exposes the Truth About Soaring Food Prices A developer in Austria created a comparison website that helped open up the opaque world of food costs as regulators investigate the food industry. Photograph: Tanja Ivanova/Getty Images Save this story Save Save …

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Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech

Amanda Hoover Business Oct 2, 2023 3:32 PM Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs. Photograph: gorodenkoff/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save It was …

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The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream

David Gilbert Business Oct 2, 2023 11:29 AM The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream The fringe idea that cities built for biking and walking are part of a government plot has been picked up by … the UK government. Photograph: Mike Kemp/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this …

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The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, Explained

By Joel Khalili Business Oct 2, 2023 11:29 AM The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, Explained White-collar defendants use three main defenses: “It wasn’t me, I didn’t mean it, and the people that say I did are lying.” FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is likely to go for “I didn’t mean it,” experts …

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