This week, we took an exclusive look at the chaos that unfolded inside Twitter in the hours after the accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and dozens more got hacked. Twitter has since tightened up its internal security—but with the election a little over a month away, has it done enough?The Justice Department continued its…
Photograph: AwayMost Luxurious Hard ShellAway “The Bigger Carry-On” Aluminum EditionFor a long while, if you wanted an aluminum suitcase, you were going to spend four figures. Away’s suitcase is not exactly affordable, but it is attainable (9/10, WIRED Recommends).The metal is thick, and the fixtures are solid; Away didn’t cheap out on the materials. Two…
This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The cars that typically throng the huge highways weaving through Los Angeles are such an established part of the city’s fabric that when the coronavirus pandemic hit, their sudden absence felt bizarre to locals, even eerie. But many Angelenos have now…
So maybe you heard this thing about possible signs of life on Venus. Yes, it’s Venus this time and not Mars. Scientists have detected the signature of the molecule phosphine in the atmosphere of this planet using rotational spectroscopy. As far as we understand it now, the only way to get phosphine is to make…
As over a thousand Amazon employees prepared to walk off the job last September, CEO Jeff Bezos announced a series of lofty promises. Not about salary increases or more vacation time, but about climate change. Bezos said that Amazon would become carbon neutral by 2040, meeting the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years…
It’s officially fall! Now’s a good time to revamp your living situation for the cooler season. Whether it’s snagging a new TV and soundbar to enjoy your time increasingly spent indoors or grabbing a wireless leafblower to clean out the gutters, there’s a ton of stuff on sale to help you comfortably hunker down. Also,…
Home News Smartphones (Image credit: EveryApplePro/Samsung) Samsung may tout the Galaxy S20 FE as an extension of the Galaxy S20 lineup it introduced earlier this spring. But the timing of the release of the new phone seems designed with one rival in mind — Apple’s iPhone.After all, since the Galaxy S20 FE adopts many of…
Zotac’s GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity uses POSCAP capacitors, which are lower quality than the MLCC capacitors used by Nvidia and a few other OEMs. This may cause problems when overclocking. (All images via Igor’s Lab)It’s no secret that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 seems to have trouble with stable overclocks. The fly in the…
Bandai Namco has announced Kunimitsu as the first Tekken 7 Season 4 downloadable content character. She will launch in this fall alongside the “Vermillion Gates” stage. The following free updates are also due out this fall: Online play enhancements. New moves for all playable characters. A new top level rank “Tekken God Omega.” Tekken Prowess:…
More vaccines enter Phase III trials, researchers continue to learn about the long-term impacts of Covid-19, and risk calculation becomes increasingly difficult as the country reopens. Here’s your week in coronavirus news: Want to receive this weekly roundup and other coronavirus news? Sign up here!HeadlinesThe race for a vaccine continues at warp speedWhen it comes…