Over the past week, allegations of rampant sexual misconduct have quaked the Super Smash Bros. pantheon of top players and personalities.From the most celebrated Smash Twitch streamers to longtime tournament champions and local heroes, the Smash community is reeling from a series of dark revelations. Dozens have come forward on Twitter to describe alleged grooming,…
Around midday Friday, some employees at Amazon began posting on Twitter about another beloved, but increasingly embattled, online platform: TikTok. They griped that they would soon be unable to use it on their phones.In an email obtained by The New York Times, Amazon had notified workers that “due to security risks, the TikTok app is…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Princess Mononoke is just one of many films Steve Alpert was involved with during his time at Studio Ghibli. Photograph: Mary Evans/STUDIO GHIBLI/Ronald Grant/Everett CollectionSteve Alpert spent 15 years at Studio Ghibli, working to get films such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away distributed outside of Japan.…
Back from a sheltered-in-place July 4th vacation, complete with Hamilton and a disastrous attempt at s’mores. They’re more complicated than you think!The Plain ViewYou could argue that Taylor Lorenz was Clubhouse’s biggest fan. When the New York Times tech culture reporter noticed the new app in April, she instantly signed up. She had no idea…
Microsoft has neutered a large-scale fraud campaign that used knockoff domains and malicious apps to scam customers in 62 countries around the world. ARS TECHNICAThis story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED’s parent company, Condé Nast.The software maker and…
Uprisings for racial justice are sweeping the country. Following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, named and unnamed, America has finally reached its moment of reckoning. And politicians are starting to respond. But you can’t end police violence without ending police surveillance. That starts with banning facial recognition, a…
If you want to know if you’ve ever been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the natural thing to do is to get a blood test. These look for antibodies—proteins that signal your body has encountered a virus, and could perhaps be protected from catching it again. But recently, a study published in Nature Medicine introduced a worrying…
Eighteen-year-old Anahita Nagpal’s plans to start training this fall to be a doctor are in ruins. She blames a statistical model. Nagpal, who lives in Göttingen, Germany, had been offered a premed place and scholarship at NYU. Both were withdrawn this week, she says, after she scored more poorly than expected on her International Baccalaureate…
A perfect storm of crises is forming across the United States. Above our heads, a “heat dome” of high pressure could blast 80 percent of the continental US with temperatures over 90 degrees for the next few weeks. This coming in a summer when the Covid-19 lockdown has trapped people indoors, many without air-conditioning—and mass…
Home News (Image credit: Max J via Twitter (@MaxJmb)) OnePlus might have a pair of true wireless earbuds to go alongside the upcoming OnePlus Nord budget-orientated smartphone. The Chinese tech company posted a picture of its previous Bullets headphones with the text “what’s next in line?” That would suggest OnePlus’ next Bullets headphones will finally ditch…
