‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer

It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.

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Klara and the Sun Imagines a Social Schism Driven By AI

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks to WIRED about AI, CRISPR, and his hopes for humanity.

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Microsoft-Led Team Retracts Disputed Quantum-Computing Paper

The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data.

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These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies

Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business.

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Watch Us Sing Sea Chanteys on Twitch With The Longest Johns

The WIRED crew will be playing a little Sea of Thieves too, matey.

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How to Figure Out the Mass of the Earth—With Balls and String

It involves calculating some very, very tiny numbers in order to find some super huge big ones.

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Climate Change Will Reshape Silicon Valley As We Know It

The next entrepreneurial revolution will arise to combat the crisis of our lifetime.

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The Political Advertising Black Box Must Be Destroyed

Federal law allowed Both the Trump and Biden campaigns to hide where their ad spending went. Either Congress or the FEC needs to close the loophole.

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The Game of Chess Had Patch Notes, Too

The fundamentals haven't changed much. But the rules have evolved over the centuries—from timer usage to the ways that pieces are moved.

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Ubisoft's Valhalla Is Too Long, Too Big, and Too Repetitive

In the latest Assassin's Creed installment, I'm playing a Viking during the Dark Ages. Why am I bored?

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Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive

Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.

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Black Tech Employees Rebel Against ‘Diversity Theater’

Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.

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The Tide Is High–and Getting Higher

A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts.

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The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive

What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.

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Welcome to Amazon's Future of Automatic Shopping. It's Weird

Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.

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Take Your Tunes Anywhere With Our Fave Bluetooth Speakers

These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.

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Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo Effect

A study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics and those who actually were.

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Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality

A new thought experiment indicates that quantum mechanics doesn’t work without strange numbers that turn negative when squared.

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The 55-Inch Q80T Is The Cheapest Samsung TV Worth Buying

This is a good mid-tier model, but it's still more expensive than the competition.

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Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine

Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it.

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There's a Surge of New EVs. We Take Them for a Spin

Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Volvo, Porsche, and Polestar have each introduced new battery-powered models. So we hit the road with each of them.

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How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You

Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.

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An Old Book Filled With New Ways to Heat Meaty Treats

Our food writer found a cure for this never-ending winter in a 17-year-old cookbook that elevates the art of the slow braise.

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Utah's ‘Porn Filter’ Law Passes the State Legislature

Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week's top security news.

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The ‘Lamborghini’ of Chariots Was Just Unearthed Near Pompeii

Most of the vehicles uncovered so far have been akin to modern-day station wagons. This one's a straight-up sports car.

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The Biden Administration Weighs the Social Cost of Carbon

A new White House policy tries to put a dollar value on the future harm of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Trick Out Your iPhone 12 With These Cases and Accessories

Whichever new model you get, we’ve rounded up the cases, chargers, and other extras you’ll want to snag.

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The Best Gmail Settings You Might Not Have Used Yet

Almost all of us have an account. Most of us use it every day. But if you peel back the curtain a little, you'll find some powerful tools buried underneath.

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The 15 Best Weekend Deals on Phones, Smartwatches, and More

Time to upgrade your gadgets? This is a good time to spend on last year’s gear, as newer models are about to hit the market.

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NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate

The sale of a piece of crypto art consumed as much energy as the studio uses in two years. Now the artist is campaigning to reduce the medium’s carbon emissions.

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Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims

A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.

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McAfee Is Indicted for Altcoin Pump-and-Dumps and ICO Schemes

The 75-year-old antivirus entrepreneur faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.

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The US Has a Covid 'Scariants' Problem. Here's How to Fix It

Researchers are racing to understand new versions of the coronavirus. But without scientific standards, too many mutants are getting the monster treatment.

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J&J Shots Administered, States Reopen Too Soon, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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All of the Covid-19 Vaccines Are Equally Worthy of Your Arm

Headlines about the Johnson & Johnson trial results cite an efficacy rate lower than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s. But one figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

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Yes, Chainmail Is Really Hard to Draw

Ultima artist Denis Loubet knows this for a fact.

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Our Favorite Cold-Weather Gear for $100 or Less

These coats, gloves, and other winter essentials will keep you bundled up and under budget.

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NFTs Are a Collective Hallucination—So What?

Plus: The man behind digital money, how to disseminate facts, and a union in the most unlikely of places.

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These Smart Insoles Fixed My Running Form—and My Aching Hip

These pressure-sensing insoles are a great diagnostic tool for leveling up training or addressing painful running woes.

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The Magical Mystery of WandaVision’s Kathryn Hahn

As the ancient witch Agatha Harkness, she’s pulling off her best trick yet.

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Gig Companies Fear a Worker Shortage, Despite a Recession

The pandemic sapped demand for rides from Uber and Lyft, and government aid has cushioned the blow for workers. Execs are feeling the strain.

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Augmented Reality Isn’t Quite There Yet

Even with breakthroughs like HoloLens and Pokemon Go, we are still a few years away from fulfilling AR’s biggest promises.

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The Game Walden Shows Us That Some Things Can’t Be Digitized

It invites players to "live deliberately" in the woods, as Thoreau did—but it's not an experience you can easily replicate.

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Who Are the Biggest Influencers on Clubhouse?

It's harder to figure out than you might expect.

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How to Tap Into Students' Strengths During Remote Learning

Growing up making friends on AIM and in chatrooms, I know the internet can foster human connection. Here are some tips that translate to teaching online classes.

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You're Vaccinated and People Want to Visit. Now What?

After getting fully inoculated against Covid-19, here are some scenarios that prove the New Normal isn’t normal at all.

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China and Russia's Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack

The full extent of the Solarwinds hack and Hafnium's attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.

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Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud

It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time.

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Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help

Most image recognition algorithms require lots of labeled pictures. This new approach eliminates the need for most of the labeling.

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All Our Favorite Accessories for the Nintendo Switch

Did you pick up a Switch or Switch Lite recently? Here are some screen protectors, chargers, and other accoutrements for your new best friend.

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Why Can't I Stop Staring at My Own Face on Zoom?

WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on narcissism, Nabokov, and what it means to exist—really exist—for other people.

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Can Alien Smog Lead Us to Extraterrestrial Civilizations?

A new study modeled whether we could find intelligent life on another planet—by looking for its pollution.

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The Rise of Unapologetically Erotic LGBTQ+ Games

Video games have long struggled to handle sexuality, but a growing number of indie developers are changing that.

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Shark's Stick Vacuum Is No Dyson-Killer

The company's cordless vacs are touted as affordable Dyson alternatives. I'm not so sure about that.

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Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began

As the adoption industry migrates to social media, regretful adoptees and birth mothers are confronting prospective parents with their personal pain—and anger.

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The Murder Hornets Nature Doc Disguised as a True-Crime Show

Attack of the Murder Hornets plays out like a spooky murder mystery. But the insects are scary enough; they don't need horror movie tropes.

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The Secret Behind North Dakota’s Speedy Vaccine Rollout

The state’s independent rural drugstores are showing the power of small.

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The Best Used Tech to Buy (and Sell)

That old Microsoft Zune? Not so much. That old iPhone? Definitely.

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Gab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site

A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus

Here's all the WIRED coverage in one place, from how to keep your children entertained to how this outbreak is affecting the economy.

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Here's All the Gear You Need to Start Climbing

You don't need a lot, nor do you need to spend a ton. From harnesses to carabiners, here are our favorites.

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How Far Away From Perseverance Did the Descent Stage Land?

The rocket lowered the rover onto the surface of Mars before it shot away from the landing site. So where did it end up?

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The Pandemic Nearly Shuttered My Church. Technology Saved It

From engaging audiences to building bridges, tech has helped my small, rural faith community weather the storm. Here's how it might help yours too.

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TikTok Played a Key Role in MAGA Radicalization

The platform's absorbing endless scroll and karaoke features have built an overlooked disinformation machine.

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Help! I’m Sneaking Into My Office. Is This So Wrong?

In this week’s Out of Office column, Megan tackles guilt, bad policies, and the rules of zoomfood.

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If You Transplant a Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow?

In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul.

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Soak in Your Own Sweat Inside a Heated Sauna Blanket

MiHigh's portable infrared sauna is warm, wet, and weird.

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Who Is R. A. Lafferty? And Is He the Best Sci-Fi Writer Ever?

You’ve never heard of him, but your favorite writers have, and his mad-drunk prose will knock you sideways.

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Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—If It’s Right-Wing

Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most interactions by far compared to other news sources, new research shows.

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Anthony Fauci Pleads: Don’t Declare Victory

The Covidologist-in-chief says we can’t relax on masks and social distancing yet. Hear that, Texas?

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Should Anyone Actually Care About Ray Tracing?

What was supposed to be all the rage in graphics quickly turned into a meme. But will it actually improve your gaming experience?

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Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

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Twitch's First Transparency Report Is Here—and Long Overdue

The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.

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Strap on a HoloLens and Step Into the AR Conference Room

Microsoft’s new Mesh software platform helps faraway coworkers meet up and interact in mixed reality. The results are, well, still mixed.

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Sleuths Read Old Booby-Trapped Letters Without Opening Them

People once folded their correspondence in intricate ways, known as “letterlocking,” to keep out snoops. A fancy new imaging technique sees right through it.

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The ‘Girl Games’ of the ’90s Were Fun and Feminist

Here’s a look back at some of the earliest games for girls—and the role women played in the game industry’s early days.

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Microsoft's Dream of Decentralized IDs Enters the Real World

The company will launch a public preview of its identification platform this spring—and has already tested it at the UK's National Health Service.

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Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us

Overly restrictive “yellow cards” could end up disproportionately excluding Black and Latinx citizens from jobs, schools, or even the neighborhood market.

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What Do TV’s Race Fantasies Actually Want to Say?

Shows like Bridgerton and Hollywood alter the past in the name of inclusion. It would benefit us more to write the world as it was, as it is.

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How #BringBackOurGirls Became an International Rallying Cry

In 2014, more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped. It hardly made global headlines—until a Twitter hashtag took off.

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Email and Slack Have Locked Us in a Productivity Paradox

From PCs to smartphones, office tech has always promised to make us more productive. But time and again, it's come with unexpected side effects.

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How Elon Musk Convinced Gwynne Shotwell to Join SpaceX

Ultimately, their management styles were similar: Don’t talk about doing things, just do things.

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While Jack Dorsey Mans the Monastery

The small but boisterous slice of Twitter that's preoccupied with politics imagines @jack, the author of our collective Twitter being, as all-powerful. He's not.

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The Best Podcasts for Your Smart, Bored Kid

These child-friendly stories will keep your little ones entertained and ease the stress of being stuck indoors.

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Valheim Is Changing How We Play Survival Games

The CEO behind the viral success discusses how it became the top-selling game on Steam—and the game's biggest weakness moving forward.

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2034, Part VI: Crossing the Red Line

“Eventually, the Americans would find them. But by then it would be too late.”

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As China Rises, the US Builds Toward a Bigger Role in AI

After decades of staying out of industrial policy, a Pentagon-appointed commission recommends more spending on research and support for US chip makers.

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Can Technology Open Spaceflight to Disabled Astronauts?

The European Space Agency wants to make sure its new astronaut class is more diverse. But it will take redesigned gear to make space accessible to everybody.

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What Did I Just Read? A Conversation With the Authors of '2034'

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis discuss their inspirations, personal experiences, and what keeps them up at night.

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Maquette Goes Big on Metaphor but Light on Real Emotion

The game follows the arc of a romance—and only when it ends can the puzzles go free.

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Instagram Live Now Hosts More People With ‘Rooms’

Instagram is finally giving creators their most requested feature—which the company hopes will make it a more dynamic destination for viewers.

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The Best Fitness Trackers and Watches for Everyone

Whether you're backcountry skiing or running around the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.

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What Life Is Like Under Myanmar's Internet Shutdown

One couple living in Yangon explain the impact of the military coup's terrifying censorship measures.

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One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - March 2021

Female journalists around the world are telling important stories, in spite of the danger of harassment or attack. This month focuses on their cases.

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Facebook's Oversight Board Must Uphold the Ban on Trump

It's not just about penalizing the former president. It's about protecting democracy—in the US and around the world.

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Sherry Turkle Talks Going Remote, Loneliness, and Her Memoir

In The Empathy Diaries, the pioneering computer researcher finally studies her own life. She tells WIRED why now was the right time.

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The Raging Evolutionary War Between Humans and Covid-19

Fighting the pandemic isn’t only about vaccines and drugs. It’s about understanding how viruses mutate and change inside us, and among us.

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Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech

AI programs that analyze language have difficulty gauging context. Words such as “black,” “white,” and “attack" can have different meanings.

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Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data

The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.

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The Best Nintendo Switch Games for Every Kind of Player

From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite video game escapes for the Switch and Switch Lite.

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