18 Jan The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
18 Jan Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship Honor’s latest flagship phone is a refined marriage of hardware and AI-infused software.
18 Jan Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars Waymo confirms to WIRED that its planned partnership with Chinese-owned automaker Zeekr remains “on track.”
17 Jan They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun The same lawyers handling a lawsuit over the infamous Hawk Tuah crypto coin are bringing a new class action against memecoin platform Pump.Fun for allegedly putting investors in high financial risk.
17 Jan Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.
17 Jan Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end encryption.
16 Jan Microsoft Is Ending Support for Windows 10 Office Apps in October As the push toward Windows 11 continues, Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 users will lose support for apps including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
16 Jan Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias. In practice, employees aren’t expecting many forced relocations.
16 Jan The FTC Suing John Deere Is a Tipping Point for Right-to-Repair After years of complaints about “unlawful” repairability policies, the FTC is suing tractor manufacturer Deere & Company. Repairability advocates are calling it a milestone for consumer rights.
15 Jan Far-Right Extremists Are LARPing as Emergency Workers in Los Angeles White supremacists and MAGA livestreamers are using the wildfires to solicit donations, juice social media engagement, and recruit new followers.
