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It was a bad night for data centers. In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown, who has aired ads for months calling his opponent “the face of data centers in Ohio,” cruised to victory to flip a Senate seat. Democrat Chris Pappas, who when seated…

According to Christian streamer Kangmin Lee, Anakin Skywalker represents the “archetypal disenfranchised chud,” radicalized when he realizes the “political order” he once believed in is “deeply corrupt, hypocritical, and wicked.” Right-wing…

It’s official: Lena Dunham’s millennial magnum opus Girls is coming back, and it’s in large part thanks to Gen Z giving the show its long overdue redemption arc.Using their native tongue: the internet, Gen Z proselytized the show through…

“Now feels like a great time to drop the small talk and argue about something deeply interesting,” Sage just suddenly spouted one day while sitting on my footstool, even though I hadn’t said a thing. “Let’s pick a fight that’s fun, not…

Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism—a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews…

Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here.Meta’s new personal assistant,…

Hardly a day goes by lately without news of AI agents autonomously hacking websites or AI tools being used by cybercriminals and scammers. But a recently patched vulnerability in the macOS version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT underscores the…

Zoë Schiffer: This is a conversation?Brian Barrett: It is though. So I'm talking over you because—Zoë Schiffer: No, no, do it.Brian Barrett: I'm joking, but the whole point of I think the fact that they're making these so cutesy and fluffy…

Here’s a fun history lesson for you. Don’t worry, we’ll make it quick! In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways. The overwhelming evidence suggested that many lives could have been saved with modern seat belts, which by then had…

Some of the hottest software this year revolves around capturing voices. Whether it’s the sharp dictations of Wispr or the always-listening ears of Granola, voice-centered software currently feels inescapable. Voice dictation is getting so…