Hello, and welcome once again to Replay, WIRED’s weekly roundup of videogame news. This week, we’ve got a hack you should know about, a delay, and some cool new tech. Let’s get to it.Nintendo Confirms a Pretty Major Hacking AttemptEarlier today, Nintendo confirmed that a recent hacking attempt on its system compromised the login IDs…
Institutions and regular web users are always on alert about avoiding errant clicks and downloads online that could lead their devices to be infected with malware. But not all attacks require a user slip-up to open the door. Research published this week by the threat monitoring firm ZecOps shows the types of vulnerabilities hackers can…
Customers returned to some Georgia businesses Friday as the state’s death toll from the novel coronavirus neared 900. Governor Brian Kemp, who was one of the last state officials to issue a shelter in place order to curb the spread of the virus, became one of the first to roll back such restrictions, signing an…
On Tuesday, Hannah LaCaze found a small package from Instacart in her mailbox. The grocery delivery company had pledged to outfit more than 100,000 of its shoppers with “health and safety kits,” each containing a reusable face mask, a forehead thermometer, and hand sanitizer. LaCaze, a shopper in Texas, requested one right away, and after…
This is the third installment in a continuing project in which WIRED’s photo editors speak with photographers about their experiences during Covid-19 self-isolation. The following interview has been edited for clarity. Ever since Durham issued its shelter-in-place order on March 26, Sunday service in the North Carolina city hasn’t been the same. For photographer Kennedi…
Hundreds of Amazon employees are calling out sick today over the company’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as accusations that it retaliated against workers who have spoken out. The protests are being organized by United for Respect, a nonprofit advocating for retail workers, and Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a corporate worker group,…
Last year, I said the XPS 13 2019 was about as close to perfect as a compact laptop was going to get. Dell is back with another XPS 13 and—wait for it—it’s even better.It’s a collection of small things that make this 2020 model better than the last. That doesn’t mean you should toss the…
To quote the great Willie Nelson, who of course was streaming live earlier this week to celebrate 4/20, “Hello walls.” I bet when he wrote that he had no idea that it would become our unofficial national anthem.For now, this weekly column is free for everyone to access. Soon, only WIRED subscribers will get Plaintext…
Guns are frightening machines, but you wouldn’t know it from playing most videogames. Generally, firearms in games are safe, reliable, and straightforward. Weapons are just laser pointers, but with death involved—you point at someone, they die. Or, if your target is armored or has a high number of hit points, you point for longer. Then…
Pandemics aren’t usually Martin Landray’s job. A physician and researcher in the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Population Health, Landray designs clinical trials—cardiology, mostly, the kind of industry-funded studies that suck in tens of thousands of people and extrude new drugs or procedures. But in early March, Landray and his colleagues could see what…
