Iamnitchi is one of several disinformation researchers who told WIRED that despite having the legal right to obtain data from platforms under EU law, they face obstacles, obfuscation and, in some cases, court battles to obtain it. Last year, the law was expanded to increase access for researchers, but it is the implementation, not the
Mike Lindell is a former drug addict turned pillow salesman who has no experience in political office. He has spent the last six years and millions of dollars pushing election conspiracy theories, even claiming that the “devil” stole the 2020 election. Lindell is now running for governor of Minnesota and already has the endorsement of
if you are from At a certain age, you will remember what the Web used to be: sites created and developed by humans. You can load a directory like AltaVista or Yahoo and click on categories including Home & Family, Science, and Computers. In those listings you will find pages created by fans, academics, and
More than two A dozen new suspected scam complexes have been built or significantly expanded in war-torn Myanmar over the past six months, according to satellite images and analysis of the area reviewed by WIRED. The apparent growth in criminal operations indicates how an alleged crackdown on the sites last year did little to stop
Forget about cheating homework buddies and chatbot. Some kids are jumping on a new AI trend: thinking it sucks. In the four years since chatbots became mainstream and their marketing campaigns accelerated, young people have become increasingly skeptical of the hype around LLMs. Yes, many of them still use technology for schoolwork and company, but
Entropy is a of the most maligned and misunderstood concepts in science. You may have heard it defined as the “amount of disorder” in a system. And the second law of thermodynamics says that the entropy of a closed system always increases with time. So you might think, why should you clean your office if
