Literally everyone would be better off if we collectively cared more about Appalachia and its surrounding regions. Big props to Kevin for finding a way in.
Helene is so severe that some internet providers in western North Carolina are literally underwater. Some towns have zero broadband, and hundreds of cell towers are down. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
In some counties, fewer than 10% of all cellphone service sites are fully functioning.
My partner lost his job today. We knew it was coming, but itâs still going to be tough. I need to hustle extra hard until he finds a new job. If youâre an editor and have ever wanted to commission me to write something, now is a GREAT time to get in touch! kimkellywrites@gmail
How Meta, YouTube, Twitter, and Microsoft wouldn't let TikTok into their exclusive club. How Meta, YT, and MSFT wouldn't banish X from the group. + much more about the heralded but little-examined GIFCT in our investigation based on internal docs and 26 sources: www.wired.com/story/gifct-...
X has left the board of GIFCT, an anti-terrorism organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It's the latest in a series of episodes driving ten...
So far, most AI licensing deals have been between platforms/publishers and AI startups. But a startup is trying to convince YouTubers to band together and strike their own agreements: www.wired.com/story/licens...
While big platforms like Reddit have signed deals with the AI giants, YouTube leaves licensing in the hands of individual creators. The âLicense to Scrapeâ program aims to give those streaming stars p...
Pig butchering scam operations, which often rely on human trafficking + forced labor, have broken out of SE Asia (Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos) and emerged in other regions including the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America and West Africa. w/ @mattburgess1.bsky.socialwww.wired.com/story/pig-bu...
âPig butcheringâ scam operations that once originated in Southeast Asia are now proliferating around the world, likely raking in billions of dollars in the process.
A modern-day Pompeii in North Carolina. Unimaginable loss. Gift link: wapo.st/3XOffyS
Scenes of destruction and suffering lay almost everywhere in Swannanoa, N.C. â cars in tree limbs, mangled homes, mud-choked roads and people desperate for water and food.
JUST OUT â September was a wild month for scholars of modern covert influence operations. No longer do we have to rely on a campaign's digital footprints alone. My first analysis of ~3K leaked internal files and fresh FBI evidence on "Doppelganger." www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/lies-...
The countryâs propagandists target the Westâbut mislead the kremlin, too.
NEW: Pig butchering scam operations have spread from Southeast Asia to an increasing number of countries. In addition to stealing billions of dollars, these scammers often enslave "workers" under brutal conditions. @lhn.bsky.social@mattburgess1.bsky.socialwww.wired.com/story/pig-bu...
âPig butcheringâ scam operations that once originated in Southeast Asia are now proliferating around the world, likely raking in billions of dollars in the process.
Hereâs a list of ways to help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene:
Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.
I figured it out: Threads is made for the type of people who want to live under an HOA.