The Opportunities—and Obstacles—for Women at NSA and Cyber Command

WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence committee about the progress of recent years and the work that remains.

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Signal Adds a Payments Feature—With Cryptocurrency

The encrypted messaging app is integrating support for MobileCoin in a bid to keep up with the features offered by its more mainstream rivals.

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Watch Out—That 'Call of Duty: Warzone' Cheat Might Be Malware

Players looking for a leg up are being duped into giving criminals a backdoor into their devices.

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These Are Our Favorite Smart Displays Right Now

Ever wish you could smash a tablet and smart speaker together? These devices try to offer the best of both worlds.

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Lenovo's ThinkPad and Chrome OS Are a Seriously Great Pair

The best of ThinkPads come to this Chromebook, along with some speedy new AMD processors.

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Reforestation Is Great! But We're Running Out of Seeds

Planting trees is a popular solution to carbon emissions. But where will all those seedlings come from?

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I Use Motion Smoothing on My TV—and Maybe You Should Too

There, I said it! But there are some good reasons to use it, depending on your display.

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Let's Just Agree That Stadia Is Actually Fine

So Google's cloud-based gaming service isn't perfect. But for plenty of players, it's enough.

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The Healing Power of Javascript

For some of us—isolates, happy in the dark—code is therapy, an escape and a path to hope in a troubled world.

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Falcons, Lokis, Nerd Canons, and Why You Don’t Have to Care

It’s possible to keep up with all of Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, and even DC, if you want. The good news is, you don’t gotta.

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How to Make a CDC-Approved Face Mask For Double Masking

A fabric face covering can be worn over your disposable medical mask to help prevent you from spreading Covid-19. Here's how to make one of your own.

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I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

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Polarization Isn't America's Biggest Problem—or Facebook's

A debate is raging over the social media giant's role in dividing the country. But it's the US's deeply-rooted inequities that tech should focus on.

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Encryption Has Never Been More Essential—or Threatened

As we communicate more digitally, governments encroach more on our privacy. End-to-end encryption cannot be taken for granted.

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Android Is Wasted on This Lenovo Tablet

The Tab P11 Pro is a great midrange slate—which would be more exciting if the poorly optimized operating system wasn’t such a lost cause.

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Independent Video Game Stores Are Here to Stay

Despite rising digital sales and the pandemic, retro gaming and tight-knit clienteles are keeping smaller shops alive while other retailers falter.

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7 Emergency Preparedness Apps to Keep on Your Phone

Don’t wait till the storm is coming or the earthquake starts to grab these from the app store.

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Silicon Valley Revs Up for a ‘Hot Startup’ Summer

“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders.

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Sneaky New Bacteria on the ISS Could Build a Future on Mars

NASA tracks the microbes that live on the space station, and sometimes it discovers new ones. Those hardy bugs may offer clues about surviving long missions.

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The Best Electric Toothbrushes for Your Pearly Whites

Yes, you'll have to recharge your toothbrush, but these electric models put better oral hygiene within easy reach.

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