Wired

A new bipartisan effort in Congress to rein in automated license plate readers takes a page from the national drinking age: Comply, or risk losing federal highway funding.

Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. Her new novel, Exit Party, imagines two possible American futures—totalitarian state and post-civil-war chaos.

The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200.

The System76 Pangolin Pro Linux Laptop wraps a speedy processor, plenty of ports, and a great operating system in a svelte, 16-inch package.

The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.

The latest iPhone update is chock-full of smart upgrades, with a big focus on improvements to Siri.

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.

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An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.

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