If you’re always on the go or completely off the grid, staying connected is essential. These are our favorite portable chargers for all your devices. If you buy something using our links, WIRED may earn a commission. wired.trib.al/Exozvkx 1/9
Nimble's Champ strikes the best balance between power, weight, and price. At 6.4 ounces, it's one of the lightest on the market, and you'll hardly notice it in your backpack, plus it’s environmentally friendly. wired.trib.al/snDFBc8 2/9
Want to cut the cord? The Sherpa 100 from Goal Zero offers wireless charging of any Qi-compatible phone or device, and it comes with some nice features like a battery status readout. 📸: Goal Zero wired.trib.al/pXtWnhK 3/9
Got devices that don't charge via USB? This Panasonic charger can recharge any combination of AA and AAA batteries in less than three hours, and it includes four AA Eneloop rechargeable batteries.
📸: Amazon wired.trib.al/hwOu8cZ 4/9
If you want to power more than a few devices for more than a couple of days, you need a portable generator. The Jackery Explorer 1000 is a solid place to start. It strikes a good balance between ease of use, power, and capacity.. 📸: Jackery wired.trib.al/w7qE9Ut 5/9
The Anker PowerCore Slim is tiny, lightweight, and charges most phones very quickly. It can power up an iPhone three times, and a Fire HD 8 tablet twice. This device is able to charge your phone as quickly as it can handle. 📸: Anker wired.trib.al/QOg4tMe 6/9
If you’re going off the grid for a while but still need power, you're going to want a solar panel. The Lightsaver Max is a compact, durable, rollable solar panel and battery, all in one unit. The solar panels are even waterproof. 📸: Powerfilm wired.trib.al/fbXoNSV 7/9
The Nimble Champ Pro charger is the perfect option if you have several devices to keep charged. You can charge two devices at the same time, or one while you're recharging the battery pack itself. 📸: Nimble wired.trib.al/Exozvkx 8/9
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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.”
The audit covers DOGE’s handling of data at several Cabinet-level agencies, including:
–the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services
–the Treasury
–the Social Security Administration
–the US DOGE Service (USDS) itself wired.com/story/gao-audi…
It's being carried out after congressional leaders’ requests and is centered on DOGE’s adherence to privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
A Congressional aide said the requests followed media reports on DOGE’s incursions into federal systems. wired.com/story/gao-audi…