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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a renowned privacy hawk who has served on the Senate intelligence committee since just after 9/11, has referred to the new provision as “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.”Declassifying the new types of businesses that can actually be considered an ECSP is an essential step in bringing about clarity to an otherwise nebulous change in federal surveillance practices, according to the ACLU and the other organizations joined in its effort. “Without such basic transparency, the law will likely continue to permit sweeping NSA surveillance on domestic soil…

For years, Ukrainian officials have hinted that they are working on Starlink alternatives. But the truth is, there aren’t many options on the table.The one most discussed is OneWeb, a satellite communications network owned by Eutelsat, a satellite operator in France. Like Starlink, this network relies on small, ground-based terminals, and its total constellation includes around 630 low-Earth-orbit satellites, which offer very high-speed connectivity and lower latency than satellites that orbit at higher altitudes.Joanna Darlington, a spokeswoman for Eutelsat, says that OneWeb offers Europe-wide coverage and that the technology is already deployed in Ukraine to some extent, though she declined…

Nvidia’s 50 Series releases are chugging right along, even though things haven’t exactly been smooth. The top end of the series has shown impressive 4K performance, but finding one in stock for close to MSRP requires active effort or plenty of patience.At just $549, the RTX 5070 is currently the least expensive graphics card in the 50 Series to be officially announced. It can handle 1080p gaming just fine, but it struggles to keep up at 1440p, and especially with high-refresh-rate monitors becoming more common. It’s a nice size, but I’d recommend saving up for the more expensive GPUs, or…

Over the past year, Karla Reyes and her team at Anima Interactive have visited the US-Mexico border twice to interview migrants and humanitarians. Once a month, Reyes interviews migrants remotely via video calls. She’s spoken to dozens. They come from Latin America, but also South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, each with a shared goal: to cross into the US in search of safety.In January, hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of migrants suddenly received notice that their appointments with US Customs and Border Protection—the agency that would help them gain asylum—had been canceled. The administration shut down…

AI tools are changing the way we search for information, write content, and get answers to questions. Among them, Perplexity AI and ChatGPT are two popular choices, each with its own strengths. ChatGPT is a versatile AI that can help with writing, problem-solving, and more, while Perplexity AI is designed to provide accurate, research-based answers. Since both tools serve different purposes, it’s important to understand their differences and how they compare. In this article, we’ll break down Perplexity AI vs ChatGPT and highlight their pros and cons to help you decide which one is right for you. Overview of Perplexity…

Level up your gaming experience with the Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED gaming monitor. It delivers immersive visuals, ultra-fast performance, and precision color accuracy. –Quantum Dot OLED Brilliance: Enjoy true blacks, infinite contrast, and vibrant colors. The peak luminance and color gamut are an improvement over WOLED.–Stutter-Free Speed: Enjoy ultra-low latency, HDR support, and tear-free gaming. Your games have never been this smooth to play!–Sleek & Functional Design: Sleek 1800R curved QD-OLED panel is on the new Legend 2.0 ID. You also get AlienFX RGB lighting, 360° ventilation, and a height-adjustable stand.–Precision for Creators: Creator Mode lets you toggle between DCI-P3 and…

In a policy paper published Wednesday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks said that the U.S. should not pursue a Manhattan Project-style push to develop AI systems with “superhuman” intelligence, also known as AGI. The paper, titled “Superintelligence Strategy,” asserts that an aggressive bid by the U.S. to exclusively control superintelligent AI systems could prompt fierce retaliation from China, potentially in the form of a cyberattack, which could destabilize international relations. “[A] Manhattan Project [for AGI] assumes that rivals will acquiesce to an enduring imbalance or omnicide rather…

On Tuesday, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a list of more than 400 federal buildings and properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. Hours later, 123 buildings, including high-profile sites like the J. Edgar Hoover Building and Veterans Administration buildings in Washington, DC, were removed from the list. By Wednesday, the entire list had disappeared from the GSA website.WIRED has created a map and a searchable table of the government properties that were for sale and briefly listed, which also includes corresponding…

Last week, leading experts from academia, industry, and regulatory backgrounds gathered to discuss the legal and commercial implications of AI explainability, with a particular focus on its impact in retail. Hosted by Professor Shlomit Yaniski Ravid of Yale Law and Fordham Law, the panel brought together thought leaders to address the growing need for transparency in AI-driven decision-making, emphasising the importance of ensuring AI operates in ethical and legal parameters and the need to ‘open the black box’ of AI decision-making. Regulatory challenges and the new AI standard ISO 42001 Tony Porter, former Surveillance Camera Commissioner for the UK Home…

Katie Drummond: Right. Move fast and break things as we’ve been saying a lot at WIRED in the last few months. We’re going to take a short break, when we come back, what you need to read on WIRED today.Welcome back to Uncanny Valley. I’m Katie Drummond, WIRED’s global editorial director. I’m joined by WIRED’s director of business and industry, Zoë Schiffer. Now Zoë, before I let you go, tell our listeners what they absolutely must read, must read on WIRED.com today, other than the stories we talked about in this episode.Zoë Schiffer: OK. I wish I had a nice,…