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Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock Them Down
You may have spotted the recent case of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation pulling Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even though the messages were set to disappear automatically, and the Signal app itself had been deleted from the phone. The trick used by law enforcement? Previews of each incoming Signal message were logged
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Move over, Elsa. The hottest entertainers at L.A. kid parties are ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
For her 6th birthday party in January, Amy Tzagournis’ daughter Hazel wanted special guests: the characters from “KPop Demon Hunters.” Six months prior, while Tzagournis was out of town, her daughter and 4-year-old son had become obsessed. “I came back and all of a sudden they knew every word to the songs,” she says with
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‘No Republican wants to run’: GOP strategist gives grim read of Trump’s impact on midterms
Republican Party candidates are hesitant to align themselves with Donald Trump and his cabinet in the run-up to the midterm elections, an analyst has claimed. Trump had previously put the Republican Party under pressure with a push to introduce the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Key provisions of the SAVE Act include ending mail-only
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UnitedHealthcare fires worker over ‘Aww, they missed?’ comment on Trump assassination attempt
UnitedHealthcare has fired a woman who expressed sadness in a TikTok video that President Donald Trump was not killed in the Saturday shooting during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. In the video, she sarcastically asked, “Aww, they missed?” “We’re cooked as a country when my first reaction to hearing the news about Trump’s attempt was, ‘It
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Your guide to free self-care: 8 L.A. wellness events you can’t miss in May
Who doesn’t love a seaside soundbath or a spa day? But wellness is expensive — and self-care shouldn’t break the bank. So we’ve curated a handful of free wellness activities for the month of May to keep you stretched, sane and grounded. But first: One of these events is blending wellness, culture, community and healing
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Panicked Trump convenes emergency meeting with oil execs amid ‘unprecedented’ disruption
President Donald Trump convened oil and gas executives Tuesday at the White House to address energy market disruptions caused by the Iran war and related issues. The unprecedented supply disruption in the Middle East is simultaneously creating opportunities and challenges for the energy industry. Axios reported that Chevron CEO Mike Wirth attended the meeting alongside
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Which Automatic Litter Box Is Best? We Tested Litter-Robot’s Lineup
In This Guide As the pet tech writer here on the Reviews team at WIRED, I have a lot of opinions about which automatic litter box you should get. I’ve tested nearly 20 models, but I still go back to one of the first models my cats ever used, the Litter-Robot 4. Among all the brands
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Politics has come to work, once an apolitical space
A colleague recently emailed me a picture of a seemingly political gesture that was roiling her office and asked me what I thought. The picture was of a 10-by-3-inch sticker, openly affixed to an employee’s desk, stating “Make America Blue Collar Again” in big red, white and blue block letters. Her company is tucked away
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What really happened after Trump slashed HIV funding
When the Trump administration began dismantling US foreign aid in January 2025, many global health experts feared that the consequences would be catastrophic, with models projecting thousands of deaths as a direct consequence of the cuts. Across nine countries, 3.4 million fewer people were tested for HIV in just the first half of 2025, according
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Sam Altman and Elon Musk Sure Dislike Each Other
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are two of the most influential people in Silicon Valley, if not the world. Between the two of them, Musk and Altman run technology companies worth many trillions of dollars that promise to reshape civilization. But this morning, both sat under fluorescent lights in a courthouse in downtown Oakland, suffering