The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site. Nintendo is offering a few special freebies for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In addition to the Pocket Camp crossover items you can receive through the series’ mobile spin-off, Switch…
DetailsBecause the wand can sanitize both hard and soft surfaces, it could be a game changer for hospitals and healthcare facilities. While it’s safe to clean most solid surfaces (including your iPhone) with disinfectant wipes, sanitizing fabric and other soft materials isn’t as straightforward. In hospitals, those usually get locked in specialized cabinets that pump…
Details2K Games won’t release an annual WWE wrestling sim this year, effectively meaning that WWE 2K21 has been canceled, according to comments made on WWE’s quarterly investor call on Thursday. WWE interim chief financial officer Frank Riddick said “there’s not going to be a launch of a game this year” in response to a question…
DetailsSource code for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 has leaked, and fans of both games worry about the potential for cheating, malware, and other unwanted exploits.Valve, the games’ developer and publisher, confirmed in an email to WIRED on Wednesday that the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leak is legitimate, and includes code from a 2017…
DetailsChina may have been one of the first countries to lock down over the first months of 2020, as Covid-19 began its global spread. But that didn’t stop suspected Chinese spies from carrying out a new smartphone-hacking campaign aimed at one of their favorite targets: the country’s Uighur ethnic minority.From as early as December of…
DetailsThe Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much of the world’s aviation system, grounding fleets, shredding balance sheets, and stopping production lines as passenger demand craters. But in Ghana, a new fleet of aircraft took flight on Friday in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. These small drones, operated by US startup Zipline,…
DetailsEarlier this year, back when climate change was humanity’s most pressing existential threat, WIRED put together a special issue exploring the technologies that are already mitigating the environmental crisis that Earth faces. Basically, we wanted to highlight who is saving the world and how. It’s a massive issue and in order for our art department…
DetailsWe’ve reached Peak Horny. Locked inside with nothing to do but let our minds wander, already bored with making bread and bingeing obscene amounts of Netflix, our fingers happily scroll through Instagram. And that’s when you catch sight of him, the Horny Internet’s very own David: Ansel Elgort in the nude.Maybe you pause for a…
DetailsDigital scams and phishing campaigns related to Covid-19 have been exploding since January, and it isn’t just criminal fraudsters driving the trend. As researchers predicted, government-backed hackers around the world are exploiting the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage. Now Google says it has detected more than 12 state-sponsored hacking groups using the…
DetailsIt began, as many things do, with a 10-foot marine worm that wields jaws so sharp and powerful they can slice a fish in two. Then came the wasp with a sting so painful that an actual scientist’s actual advice for those who get stung by this thing is to just lie down and scream…
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