Andrew Couts

it continues to shock me that people with all the money spend their days posting

Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

NEW: When asked if top aide Corey Lewandowski has “a role in approving contracts,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem replied, “No.”

But internal DHS records contradict her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

By @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

NEW: Researchers at Google and @iverify.bsky.social discovered a set of iPhone-hacking techniques that has the characteristics of hacking tools made for the US gov't. Apple patched the 23 vulnerabilities in its latest version of iOS. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/coruna...

All the Ways Big Tech Fuels ICE and CBP A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.

NEW (altho I'm dumb and forgot to post this morning): @carolinehaskins.bsky.social took a deep dive into US government procurement records to uncover who ICE and CBP use Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google products: www.wired.com/story/how-bi...

Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

NEW: More than 1,000 ships have been impacted by GPS jamming and spoofing attacks since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/gps-at...

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Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli Strikes As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

NEW: Iranians received a message saying "help is on the way" and promising amnesty if they surrender via a hacked prayer-timer app called "BadeSaba Calendar." Reporting by @wired.com Middle East: www.wired.com/story/hacked...

Multiple Gulf Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation Iran confirms targeting US bases across the Middle East.

Iran confirms targeting US bases across the Middle East.

US and Israel Launch Strikes Against Iran US president Donald Trump said a “major combat operation” against Iran had begun as he called for the country’s government to be overthrown.

Here’s the latest on the US/Israeli strikes on Iran. @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/us-ira...

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btw Congress could settle this by better defining “lawful uses” of AI in a military context any time it wants.

Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk' Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

NEW: The DoD vs Anthropic drama launches a million takes, lawsuits, interpersonal spats, and unintended consequences. Maxwell Zeff, @willknight.bsky.social, @laurengoode.bsky.social & @peard33.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Year to date Staples stock price, which roughly coincides with the publish date of the first viral video by @blvixx on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xDcc7f/

can someone smarter than me calculate how much the Staples Baddie should be worth

Pax!

black kitten sits on the shoulder of a bearded white guy wearing glasses in an orange beanie, gray hoodie, and green shirt

officially have a shoulder cat

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We were also nominated for our coverage of DOGE ransacking the US government, which is exactly as it should be IMHO! This recognition of the adversarial journalism that we do at WIRED is so appreciated. Thank you to everyone who read, shared, and subscribed to @wired.com over the past year+.

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Just learned that @wired.com got nominated for four (!!) National Magazine Awards, including for our "How to Win a Fight" package, with a specific callout for this excellent piece by @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

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This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.

NEW: A new open source project, IronCurtion, is an AI agent that's designed from the ground up to NOT be a compete security nightmare. @lhn.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ironcu...

I won’t be satisfied until I’ve read 70,000 words on the subject

Can someone with the knowledge and sources please start writing the definitive book about the Trump administration’s obsession with Minnesota right now? I want to read that book yesterday.

I’m currently reviewing whether the last brownie was improperly eaten in a father-related scarfing, as has been alleged.

Everyone Speaks Incel Now After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now impossible to avoid.

Ewwwww @milesklee.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/everyo...

SCOOP: A White House staffer appears to be operating the anonymous pro-Trump X account JohnnyMAGA with nearly 300,000 followers.

More here:
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