Over the past few weeks, as relations between the US and China sank to even lower lows, the social media app TikTok has emerged as a new target for the Trump administration. Both secretary of state Mike Pompeo and White House adviser Peter Navarro warned on Fox News that the US was considering outlawing Chinese…
When an I.T. company asked Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure to analyze some of its equipment last fall, the client wasn’t worried about a new malware infection or recent breach. Instead, it had discovered that some of its core Cisco devices—the ones responsible for routing data as it zipped through its internal network—were counterfeits that had…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Netflix’s Castlevania has had three pretty amazing seasons. Courtesy of NetflixThe Netflix animated series Castlevania, based on the videogames from Konami, is much better than you’d expect. Fantasy author Erin Lindsey was impressed by the show’s strong writing and atmosphere. “It’s one of the most satisfying things…
I just discovered the worst possible way to deal with summer doldrums—paying taxes. They couldn’t postpone it one more time? The Plain ViewI had really been looking forward to attending TED in Vancouver this past April. Despite its occasional bombast, the annual exchange of “ideas worth spreading” always seems to win me over by the…
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter.During any other summer for the past few decades, nerddom has held this time of year as sacrosanct. Traditionally the time when Comic-Con International is held, one end-of-July weekend, is celebrated like a…
Two weeks ago, news came out that the United States has secured the entire current global supply of remdesivir, one of the two drugs shown so far to be effective at treating Covid-19. Even for the richest nation in the world, this will be a massive expenditure: more than half a million treatment courses priced…
The UK, US, and Canada have discovered hackers working on behalf of the Russian state launching attacks against coronavirus vaccine-development projects. WIRED UKThis story originally appeared on WIRED UK.Criminals working for the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT29), also known as Cozy Bear, have been caught attacking pharmaceutical businesses and academic institutions involved in…
In April, just a few weeks after the spring semester pivoted unceremoniously to digital, Catherine Klapperich, a biomedical engineering professor at Boston University, was thinking about the fall. The Boston area had been inundated with Covid-19 cases, and at the time, tests remained scant. But the university had come to her with an unfathomable question:…
Dermatologist Harald Kittler draws on more than a decade of experience when he teaches students at the Medical University of Vienna how to diagnose skin lesions. His classes this fall will include a tip he learned only recently from an unusual source: an artificial intelligence algorithm.That lesson originated in a contest Kittler helped organize that…
You can find a whole bunch of cool equipment to wear in Ghost of Tsushima, from the armor of a samurai warrior to the special, sneaky outfit of the Ghost. You’ll also find a bunch of Vanity Gear items to customize Jin’s look, like special headbands, masks, and sword kits. Among the special items you…
