Aarian Marshall

The Latest Repair Battlefield Is the Iowa Farmlands—Again A new bill that would give farmers in Iowa the right to repair is a big threat to tractor manufacturer John Deere.

A new bill that would give farmers in Iowa the right to repair is a big threat to tractor manufacturer John Deere. www.wired.com/story/latest...

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Just learned that @wired.com got nominated for four (!!) National Magazine Awards, including for our "How to Win a Fight" package, with a specific callout for this excellent piece by @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

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A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

A White House staffer is running an anonymous pro-MAGA X account with nearly 300,000 followers.

The account, JohnnyMAGA, has never disclosed formal ties, blurring the lines of official WH messaging and organic digital support.
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so you wanted a car that was just like a smartphone, how did that work out?

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.

I spent many months wondering why every other Uber I got was a Fisker Ocean. @aarianmarshall.bsky.social answered that question and MUCH MORE in this fantastic story about what happens when your car's company goes bust...

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.

"This was about more than an electric car, or a hobby, or even a community. It was about taking back control of an economy run by rent-seeking tech companies that will jack up prices until the day they drop you."
Incredible @wired.com tale by @aarianmarshall.bsky.social
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The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.

On the plight of Fisker Ocean owners, who discovered when the EV manufacturer that made their software-stuffed cars went bankrupt that they maybe never owned them at all

Now a group of very dedicated owners are fighting to take their EVs back

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WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

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Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs Pose your questions to a panel of WIRED experts about the future of the electric vehicle industry.

SOON: Come ask us questions about EVs

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An X post from Reuters journalist David Shepardson shows a new logo for the US Secretary of Transporation

tfw the Eagles of Manwë rescue you from Mount Doom

Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters Self-driving vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.

I am, per usual, obsessed with the people behind the robots, and we got more info on robotaxis' safety-critical remote assistance/operations this week:

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How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz).

They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:

Join Our Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs Pose your questions to a panel of WIRED experts about the future of the electric vehicle industry.

For @wired.com subscribers (!!): We're hanging out on the internet next week to answer your questions about the future of EVs. Come throw some tough ones our way:

www.wired.com/story/livest...

OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.

OpenAI removed GPT-4o from its app today despite opposition from the version's most loyal fans. Many of them see their 4o chatbot as romantic companions, and they are grieving the loss and publicly revolting against the company. I talked to a group in China on how they are faring and fighting.

Habeas petitions have skyrocketed in the past few months as more people are in detention than ever and detainees arent being given bond hearings. At the MN-USAO, it’s made caseloads explode: www.wired.com/story/ice-cr...

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.

That Super Bowl halftime show was beyond incredible, and fun. Here’s the story of how it came together, complete with beautiful photos from @d-jacks.bsky.social.

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The Shoes and Brooms Transforming Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets.

Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets. www.wired.com/story/the-sh...

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

Here's our 25-min video news-documentary version of the story of Red Bull, the whistleblower who leaked me the secrets of a crypto scam compound while trapped as a forced laborer inside it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcN...

Hope you'll watch and consider the immense scale of this global crisis.

Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.

NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.

“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”

www.wired.com/story/google...

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.

Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.

🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

Alex Pretti remembered by health care workers at a Minneapolis vigil as a ‘stand-up guy’ Health care workers brought flowers and wreaths, lit candles, and draped stethoscopes over a wooden cross as a makeshift memorial to nurse Alex Pretti.

A hard but important read from @mmolteni.bsky.social about Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.

More here:
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Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos Humanoid robots, space travel, the science of aging—Musk was willing to weigh in on all of it at this week's World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they will.

I regret to inform you that Elon Musk has once again said a bunch of stuff that won't happen. from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social

What Happens When a Chinese Battery Factory Comes to Town Chinese firms are building battery plants from Europe to North America, promising jobs while prompting local concerns about the environment, politics, and who really benefits.

Chinese firms are building battery plants from Europe to North America, promising jobs while prompting local concerns about the environment, politics, and who really benefits. www.wired.com/story/chines...

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

Beyond excited to have @wired.com's new magazine entirely dedicated to one of the biggest issues in our lives: how to understand China's rise and rise and rise.

Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.

RFK's face transposed onto a slab of meat. It's scary, I promise

Today in beautiful nightmares published on wired.com

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Arizona is now investigating X over the creation and distribution of "potentially illegal and harmful content, including child sexual abuse imagery"

The AG's announcement links to WIRED's reporting about Grok Imagine videos, by me and @regret.bsky.social

WIRED story: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...