Tag: The Big Story

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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

ten years ago, WIRED published a news story about how two little-known, slightly ramshackle encryption apps called RedPhone and TextSecure were merging to form something called Signal. Since that July in 2014, Signal has transformed from a cypherpunk curiosity—created by ...

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The Big Interview Gets Even Bigger

WIRED: Hey. Katie: Hey … ? WIRED: It’s us. The collective consciousness of the WIRED editorial staff, here to help you talk about The Big Interview series. Katie: Is this AI? WIRED: Katie, what’s a Big Interview? Katie: Is it ...

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The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

Moqadi Mokoena had been feeling uneasy all day. When he’d left his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, for his job as a security guard, he’d had to turn around twice, having forgotten first his watch and then ...