A thread of the best WIRED approved deals for Prime Day 2021:
★ @InstantPot Duo Plus 6 Quart for $55 ($45 off)
This is the Instant Pot that members of the Gear team use every week: wired.trib.al/w9SNn1t
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★ iRobot Roomba 692 for $200 ($100 off)
Senior associate editor @adriennemso tests new robot vacuums every month, but Roomba vacuums seem to always make their way to the top of her lists: wired.trib.al/A1nRiLX 2/
★ Stasher 1/2-Gallon Reusable Storage Bags for $15
($7 off)
We love Stasher bags. They're better for the environment than single-use Ziploc bags, and they're dishwasher-friendly: wired.trib.al/pInib86
📷: Amazon 3/
★ LifeStraw 2-Pack for $20 ($20 off)
If you don't already have one or several, a Lifestraw is a good thing to stow away in your emergency supplies kit: wired.trib.al/EFcq3PC
📷: Amazon 4/
★ Fire TV Stick 4K for $25 ($25 off)
It's not as great as Roku or Android TV, but Fire TV is still a solid ecosystem, and for $25 this is a great way to upgrade from your TV's built-in interface: wired.trib.al/da4Vi7h
📷: Amazon 4/
★ Nintendo Switch Lite + MicroSD Card for $200 ($25 off)
This bundle isn't a huge discount, but it does give you a free 128-GB MicroSD card, which is an essential accessory for Switch: wired.trib.al/qGWti2w
📷: Nintendo 5/
More #AmazonPrimeDay deals!
★ @wacaco_ltd Portable Coffee Maker for $40 ($7 off)
This is the best portable coffee maker for the task. It's a vacuum-pressure brewer. Learn more: wired.trib.al/0NyWR0y
📷: Wacaco 6/
★ @OXO Brew 8 Cup Coffee Maker for $145 ($26 off)
This countertop brewer (9/10, WIRED Recommends) can make up to eight cups of coffee: wired.trib.al/0NyWR0y
📷: Oxo 7/
More WIRED approved deals for Prime Day 2021
★ SodaStream Fizzi for $50 ($36 off)
Stop throwing La Croix cans in the recycling and make your own sparkling water. The Fizzi doesn't even need electricity, so you can even use it when camping: wired.trib.al/JHLVkA5 8/
★ @SimpliSafe 5 Piece Wireless Home Security System for $106 ($74 off)
We recently reviewed SimpliSafe's security system and really like it. It truly is as the name suggests: simple and safe: wired.trib.al/JHLVkA5
📷: SimpliSafe 9/
★ @Coway_Global Airmega 200M Air Purifier for $149 ($50 off) at Walmart
This is our favorite air purifier for small rooms: wired.trib.al/JHLVkA5
📷: Coway 9/
★ @roborockglobal S4 Max Robot Vacuum for $310 ($120 off)
Of all the robot vacuums that @adriennemso has tested, Roborock has emerged as the front-runner: wired.trib.al/JHLVkA5
📷: Roborock 10/
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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…
American police are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.
Massive Blue calls its product Overwatch, which it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.”
404 Media obtained a presentation showing some of these AI characters. These include a “radicalized AI” “protest persona,” which poses as a 36-year-old divorced woman who is lonely, has no children, is interested in baking, activism, and “body positivity.”