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Elana Klein

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Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

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dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: A federal judge threw out ICE's claim that state inspection law didn’t apply inside its detention centers. But since it took so long to adjudicate, ICE has now written the same language into contracts for four more facilities. It doesn’t need to hold up. It just needs to take years to resolve.

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

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Mike Chen@mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was just talking with @grubreport.bsky.social about how AI has become a slur/insult for high schoolers. That's probably the biggest thing tech companies didn't anticipate. Once you lose the younger generation, you're not getting them back.

Elana Klein@elanaklein.bsky.social · 2w ago

“everybody shames people for using AI” “it continuously is dumbing down just the whole community within school in general” “i think it should stand for artificial idiot” i had the pleasure of talking about AI with some particularly thoughtful, healthily cynical kids. here's what they had to say:

Elana Klein@elanaklein.bsky.social · 2w ago

“everybody shames people for using AI” “it continuously is dumbing down just the whole community within school in general” “i think it should stand for artificial idiot” i had the pleasure of talking about AI with some particularly thoughtful, healthily cynical kids. here's what they had to say:

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for ‘artificial idiot,’” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”

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Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: Madison Square Garden's sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners recently made a major exception -- for Taylor Swift. Scoop from @noahshachtman.bsky.social. Free for everyone to read, because James Dolan doesn't want you to:

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.

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Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last mo.

Whether you agree with Bernie Sanders or not, he's been consistent for decades about one thing: concentrated wealth threatens democracy. Now he's making the same case about AI. For the @wired.com Big Interview, I sat down with Sanders -- as vociferous as ever! -- to talk about that and much more.

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

For decades, Bernie Sanders has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping poi...

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Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last mo.

That Dialog data exposure keeps getting worse. The records include personal information on a senior White House intelligence official and an active-duty special operations officer. That means date of birth, home address, mobile number, headshot photo, political leanings and more...

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

Exposed records from the private group included the personal information of a senior White House intelligence official and an active-duty special operations officer.

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Caroline Haskins@carolinehaskins.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: As resistance to data centers grows, I noticed some interesting convos happening online.... electricians are debating whether wiring data centers is morally neutral, or if it makes you a sell-out. To learn more, I spoke with electricians engaged in this debate: www.wired.com/story/data-c...

Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts

Big Tech is throwing big money into data center buildouts. As national opposition to the facilities grows, some workers are beginning to question whether it’s worth it.

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WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

Another week, another Meta PR disaster. Are we shocked? Nahhhh. Here's your Meta chaos roundup. Enjoy 💅1/

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's interactive. It's violent. It's frequently disgusting. This is Fishtank, a streaming reality show that's like Big Brother...but with zero rules and absolutely no standards. For our June cover story, @wired.com goes inside -- and on camera.

Interactive. Violent. Gross. Inside Fishtank, the Unhinged Future of Reality TV

It’s like Big Brother without any limits, or broadcast standards. WIRED goes on location—and on camera—with the cult hit.

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WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online, WIRED has confirmed, naming participants in its events and revealing sensitive personal details they were assured would stay private.

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: Meta is testing face-recognition software built by a company that primarily sells surveillance tools to police departments and the US military, as the company considers whether and how to deploy face-recognition tech in its smart glasses:

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.

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