Enlarge (credit: Swedish Coast Guard/Getty Images) The first gas leaks on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea were detected in the early hours of September 26, pouring up to 400,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere. Officials immediately suspected sabotage of the international pipeline. New analysis seen by WIRED shows that two...
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Investors Who Put $2 Billion Into FTX Face Scrutiny, Too
Venture capital firms and investment funds showered the failed crypto exchange and its founder with money. There were few strings attached.
FTX Files for Bankruptcy as CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Resigns
The announcement capped a stunning week that has shocked the crypto industry.
Twitter Users Create Havoc by Impersonating Brands
The social media service, which is undergoing changes from its new owner Elon Musk, has descended into a messy swirl of spoof messages and parody accounts.
Inside Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter
Mr. Musk ordered immediate layoffs, fired executives by email and laid down product deadlines, transforming the company.
LockBit ransomware suspect nabbed in Canada, faces charges in the US
Enlarge (credit: manley099) Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a dual Russian and Canadian national for his alleged participation in a global campaign to spread ransomware known as LockBit. Mikhail Vasiliev, 33, of Bradford, Ontario, Canada, was taken into custody in late October by authorities in Ontario, officials at Interpol said. He is now in custody...
A Verified Mess: Turmoil From Twitter to FTX
Plus: Is the latest round of tech layoffs a sign of impending doom, or a much-needed structural correction?
DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp
Enlarge / DreamUp AI image generator artwork proved by DeviantArt. (credit: DeviantArt) On Friday, the online art community DeviantArt announced DreamUp, an AI-powered text-to-image generator service powered by Stable Diffusion. Simultaneously, DeviantArt launched an initiative that ostensibly lets artists opt out of AI image training but also made everyone’s art opt in by default, which...
Musk Paints Bleak Picture for Twitter as Executives Depart
In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more executives resigned.
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Is Trying to Raise More Money
Sam Bankman-Fried told employees that he wanted to reinforce his company’s finances after a collapse that is drawing scrutiny from regulators.