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Can AI avoid the trap of obfuscation?

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✨ Explore this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Business,Business / Tech Culture,Backchannel ✅ Main takeaway: I recently went on vacation In Italy. As one does these days, I ran my itinerary past GPT-5 to get sightseeing suggestions and restaurant recommendations. The robot reported that the best option for dinner near our hotel in Rome was a short walk down Via Margutta. It turned out to be one of the best meals I can remember. When I got home, I asked the model how she chose this restaurant, which I hesitate to reveal here in case I want to…

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$100 off some of our favorite noise-canceling headphones if you act fast

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🚀 Discover this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Products,Gear / Deals,Gear / Products / Headphones,Deal of the Day 📌 Key idea: Boss is fine Known for their noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds, the QuietComfort Ultra (9/10, WIRED recommends) is currently marked down to just $329 on Amazon, with the same discount at Best Buy. You'll have to move quickly, as both sites feature countdown timers with less than 24 hours to go as I write this.Photography: Ryan WanyataThe QuietComfort Ultra headphones sit near the top of our list of the best noise-cancelling headphones, and for good reason.…

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Best Indoor Garden Systems: Tested All Year Round (2025)

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✨ Read this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Home,Buying Guide 💡 Main takeaway: “Like a coffee capsule machine, but for plants,” says Click & Grow's marketing copy. Sure enough, Click & Grow Smart Garden seed pods come in a plastic three-pack that evokes Nespresso with a removable lid. (Pods are $3 to $5 each.) Place the nutrient-filled “Smart Soil” seed pod into one of the Click & Grow cups with a suction bottom, fill the reservoir, and that's it. In the simpler watering system I've tried, the wick at the bottom…

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The Biggest Fall Deals at Home Depot (2025)

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✨ Explore this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Deals,Deals 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Autumn is for Nesting – And to cover your nest with whatever will keep you sane through the winter. That's why a number of retailers, including The Home Depot, are slashing prices on home goods with big fall deals.Home Depot's 2025 fall savings event is unusually broad, because The Home Depot itself is unusually broad — the store that first brought the big-box home improvement store nationwide. This fall, The Home Depot is offering discounts ranging from 15 to 50 percent on…

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Gear News of the Week: Honor launches a weird robotic phone, and Kohler launches a toilet sensor

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Gear / Products / Phones,Gear / Products / Health and Fitness,Gear / Products / Watches,Gear / Products / Cameras,Gear / Products / Televisions,Gear Roundup ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Prices start at $325 for the portable version, $375 for the select size, $395 for the larger version, or $995 for the entire family set. I plan to use the portable version this weekend, and it pairs easily with my iPhone. In all other respects it's a standard bag, it has a standard polycarbonate shell…

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Dox hackers ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI officials

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✨ Discover this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Security,Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks,Security / National Security,Security / Privacy,Security / Security News,Security Roundup 📌 Main takeaway: Its amazing In a new study, researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland revealed this week that satellites are leaking a wealth of sensitive, completely unencrypted data, from calls and texts on T-Mobile to in-flight Wi-Fi browsing sessions, and even military and police communications. And they did it with just $800 worth of off-the-shelf equipment.Facial recognition systems seem to be everywhere. But what happens when surveillance and identification technology doesn't…

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15 Best Heat Protection Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2025)

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Beauty,Buying Guide 📌 Main takeaway: Compare our top picksHonorable mentionsPhoto: Kat MerckSutra Heat Guard Blowout Cream for $24: I love the Sutra IR2 straightener, so I had high hopes. This thick, almost fragrance-free cream is meant to protect up to 450°F and reduce drying time, but my hair felt dry after use.Beauty Smooth With It Blowout Mist for $13: This Target-exclusive spray is infused with Argan Oil and Tsubaki Oil (from the camellia fruit), a popular ingredient in many K-beauty products. It's…

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The 18 Best Golf Gifts for Every Type of Golfer (2025)

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🚀 Discover this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Gaming,Hole in One 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Why us Golf? We may never master it, and even when we pass our self-imposed peak of competence, we face almost countless new challenges and a good chance of dreaded regression. However, once you catch the bug, driven by the euphoria of the perfect shot and the sobriety of overpowering your emotions, you'll be hooked for life.The good news is that there is a wealth of ever-evolving gear and tools that offer new ways to…

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Spyware maker NSO Group has been banned from WhatsApp

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💥 Explore this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Apps,Security 💡 Main takeaway: A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp's request for a permanent injunction barring Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO Group from targeting users of the messaging app. At the same time, the judge significantly reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta. Earlier this year, a jury decided that the cyber intelligence company would have to pay Meta more than $167 million after a 2019 campaign that targeted more than 1,400 WhatsApp users, including human rights activists and journalists. However, US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton…

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This top VC has bet nearly 20% of its money on teens — here’s why

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💥 Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Startups,TC,Venture 📌 Main takeaway: Kevin Hartz tends to be the first one in the door. In 2001, he co-founded Xoom, when sending money across borders meant standing in line at Western Union. In 2013, it went public, and in 2015, PayPal paid $1.1 billion for it. Four years after launching Xoom, he co-founded Eventbrite, which went public in 2018 and turned buying event tickets into something you can do without wanting to throw your laptop into the ocean. After a stint at Founders Fund, Hartz co-founded his own investment…

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