WIRED
• Vittoria Elliott
Federal immigration enforcement agents usually won't talk to the media—but they will talk to independent journalist Karl Loftus.
Defector
• Patrick Redford
Defector
• Ray Ratto
WP Tavern
• Nathan Wrigley
In this episode of WP Tavern Jukebox podcast, Nathan Wrigley chats with Simon Pollard about the changing landscape of WordPress Meetups and community events. Simon reflects on the vibrant pre-pandemic community, its sudden decline during COVID-19, and the ongoing struggle to rebuild momentum. The conversation explores how evolving priorities, scattered social media, and the rise of AI have made networking and sharing knowledge more challenging. They also consider creative ways to make Meetups relevant again, like blending talks with music or arts, and wrestle with what’s needed to keep the WordPress community thriving in a shifting digital world.
Really cool set of upcoming Micro.blog plug-ins from @rscottjones for putting different kinds of travel maps on your blog. I bet this’ll work great for my attempt to visit all Texas state parks.
WIRED
• Andy Greenberg
A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.
McSweeney’s
• Annabelle Gurwitch
McSweeney’s
• BD Barone
Jamelle Bouie says the SAVE Act will take us back to Jim Crow South: “a one-party state, backed by the threat of violence, where the law ensures that most people cannot hope for meaningful political representation.”
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
This week we talk about the disappearing (and reappearing) DOGE depositions; how AI is African Intelligence; and what AI job loss reports are missing.
WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu
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The final project from famed designer Niels Diffrient, the Diffrient Lounge is made for work and play in high-budget homes.
WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage
In a world of plasticky water filter pitchers, I tested two of the new generation of stainless-steel filter systems.
WIRED
• Ryan Waniata
The latest Galaxy Buds Pro get as close to the AirPods Pro as I’ve seen, in all the best ways.
WIRED
• Simon Hill
You will never need that weird charger from 2012. These tips to tidy up your tech will help you sort out your cable collection, organize your gadgets, and get rid of aging ones.
A trained secret police is still the secret police.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Motiejus Jakštys
At Chronosphere, we saved 74% of our storage costs by moving petabytes of time-series data from ext4 to Btrfs, the
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