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Starting off with iOS 15 FaceTime updates:
✅Now has Spatial Audio and Portrait Mode
✅Ability to send FaceTime invite links
✅A new feature called SharePlay that allows you to watch movies and listen to music together
With iOS 15, Apple unveils a new feature called Share With You—a list of content that friends have recently sent to you so you can catch up on it later.
Apple is bringing identity cards to Apple Wallet. Now your driver's license can be encrypted and stored in your phone. Apple says TSA is preparing to be able to use this feature to get through security checks. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
The next iteration of Apple Maps is significantly more detailed—outlining things like overpasses, tourist attractions, and cross walks in 3D animation. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
As users pivot toward privacy, Apple is making things like emails and Safari browsing even harder to track. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
A new feature called Legacy Contacts will allow trusted loved ones to access your iCloud data if you pass away. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
Apple will now measure your "Walking Steadiness", a feature that tracks how stable you are, and how likely you may be to fall. It also comes with movement exercises to help your strength and balance. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
Your iPhone will soon let you share your health data with your doctor securely. No more making up how much you exercise. wired.trib.al/Cs8Hcep#WWDC21
Apple is bringing a new design to Safari—with tab groups, a redesigned sidebar, seamless integration with your other Apple device, and swipeable tabs and web extensions for your iPhone.
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding. wired.com/story/ice-dete…
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On March 16, a woman identifying herself as a detainee at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, called 911. Communication was strained: The dispatcher spoke no Spanish.
NEW: The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.” wired.com/story/shooting…
UPDATE: In a 2023 sermon reviewed by WIRED and delivered by the alleged shooter in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he preached against abortion and called for different Christian churches to become “one.” wired.com/story/shooting…
In another sermon in Matadi that year, Boelter railed against the LGBTQ community. “They're confused,” he said. “The enemy has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.”
SCOOP: Edward Coristine (“Big Balls”), Luke Farritor, and Ethan Shaotran were part of the original DOGE crew. They were brought in under short-term “special government employee” status. Supposed to be temporary. Spoiler: it’s not. wired.com/story/big-ball…
As of May 31 (Coristine & Farritor) and April 10 (Shaotran), the trio officially became full-time federal employees. Their roles at the General Services Administration (GSA) are now permanent.
According to documentation viewed by WIRED, they each maintain their “senior advisor” titles.
Their pay? GS-15 for Coristine & Farritor, one of the highest government salary grades. Shaotran’s at GS-14—just one step below. wired.com/story/big-ball…
In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.” wired.com/story/doge-elo…
Members of Musk’s early DOGE team, including Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger, have met with a number of departments and agencies in recent days, seemingly continuing business as usual, WIRED has learned.
Over the last week, federal workers have been asked to urgently review contracts across the government, and sources say the pressure to slash contracts has drastically increased in recent weeks. wired.com/story/doge-elo…
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal. wired.com/story/tulsi-ga…
The password associated includes the word “shraddha,” which appears to have personal significance to Gabbard: This year, WSJ reported that she had been initiated into the Science of Identity Foundation, which ex-members have accused of being a cult. wired.com/story/tulsi-ga…
Security experts advise people to never use the same password on different accounts precisely because people often do so. As director of national intelligence, Gabbard oversees the 18 organizations comprising the US intelligence community.
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope. wired.com/story/doge-col…
The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations. wired.com/story/doge-col…
“They are trying to amass a huge amount of data,” a senior DHS official tells WIRED. “It has nothing to do with finding fraud or wasteful spending … They are already cross-referencing immigration with SSA and IRS as well as voter data.” wired.com/story/doge-col…