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
When China tightened export licenses for seven rare earth elements in April 2025, Western governments responded in the same way they have to every other critical minerals crisis of the past five years. The European Union accelerated the issuance of extraction permits under the Critical Raw Materials Act. The United States expanded subsidies for domestic
South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix, a rival to Samsung and US-based Micron, plans to sell nearly 17.8 million shares in an initial public offering in the United States, the company said on Monday. If its shares sell well (and there are signs they will), the company could raise around $28 billion, based on
McKinsey candidates can now practice their problem-solving for interviews with AI before they face the real thing. In April, the global consulting firm launched an AI tool to help candidates prepare for interviews — and, ideally, keep them from feeling they need to pay for pricey consulting coaches. The tool is available globally to those