Day 2 of RE:WIRED kicks off at 9:30AM EST with a riveting panel about a topic that has dominated our lives over the last two years: MRNA vaccines. Join us live, and follow this thread for updates on the day: wired.trib.al/nQxYNxE#REWIRED2021
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"We somehow think the humanity of those who haven't received the vaccine is somehow less than ours," says Dr. Nahid Bhadelia. "There are still some parts of the world where only 5% of people are vaccinated."
"Moderna had 800 people and had never made a product before the pandemic," says CEO Stephane Bancel. Bancel says manufacturing was the biggest challenge, as the production need was 10,000 times what was normal.
"You can have a silver bullet, but if you can't get it to the rest of the world you're not going to change our destiny when it comes to ending these pandemics." -Dr. Nahid Bhadelia
When it comes to misinformation, "I don't think Moderna alone can fix this issue," says Bancel. "We are all fighting the same enemy, it's the virus. We have to work together."
Beeple explains digital art as "almost a subscription to art," in that it is ever-changing. "They are buying continual access to me updating this piece."
Beeple reminds that many mediums of art—photography, graffiti, etc—weren't considered art to begin with. He believes NFTs are in that space now. wired.trib.al/wmPpnQJ#REWIRED2021
"We have to do things differently. The statusquo is unacceptable," says @CISAJen, talking about the effort to include hackers in government cybersecurity. "I'm hoping to ignite that hacker community. Partner with us, and bring it on."
"The most important infrastructure is our cognitive infrastructure," says @CISAJen. "Building that resilience to misinformation and disinformation is so important."
Neal Stephenson describes the efforts to fix climate change as a "tourniquet for a grievously wounded limb," and says things may get worse before they get better.
Strap in for another #REWIRED2021 session coming at 4PM EST as John Cho and André Nemec speak with our own @cecianasta to take a behind the scenes look at Netflix's 'Cowboy Bebop' live-action rendition: wired.trib.al/QOF7lIj
.@JohnTheCho says the toughest part of trying to encapsulate this anime character for #CowboyBebop was the actual physicality and the martial arts. One of the tougher scenes he filmed was one where he was practicing on a dummy.
"I think that we would take ham sandwiches to outer space with us," says André Nemec, while detailing how even a futuristic world would likely carry parts of our old world with it.
NEWS: A software update from cybersecurity company Crowdstrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted Microsoft IT systems globally. wired.trib.al/cvUpRaS
Banks, airports, TV stations, hotels, and countless other businesses are all facing widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displayed errors worldwide. wired.com/story/microsof…
In the early hours of Friday, companies in Australia running Microsoft’s Windows operating system started reporting devices showing Blue Screens of Death (BSODs). wired.com/story/microsof…
NEW: J.D. Vance, a Republican US senator and Trump’s running mate left his Venmo account public, exposing his list of “friends,” from fellow Yale Law grads to tech executives—precisely the elites he rallies against. wired.com/story/jd-vance…
WIRED found that more than 200 people appear on Vance’s Venmo “friends” list. This includes Amalia Halikias, a director at the Heritage Foundation—the force behind Project 2025.
Vance’s Venmo friend’s list also includes media personalities like Bari Weiss and Tucker Carlson, as well as tech executives from Anthropic and AOL. wired.com/story/jd-vance…
SCOOP: Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.
But when a club for Muslim workers revealed plans to spend $200 in company funds to serve nine dozen cupcakes in watermelon colors at the event, Meta management called the offering disruptive.
Bellingcat is the world’s biggest citizen-run intelligence agency, investigating everything from the 2014 shoot-down of MH17 to the various plots to kill Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. The person behind it all? Eliot Higgins. wired.com/story/how-to-l…
Bellingcat’s trajectory tells a scathing story about the nature of truth in the 21st century. Hard facts have been devalued. Online, everyone can present, and believe in, their own narratives, even if they’re mere tissues of lies. wired.com/story/how-to-l…
The year ahead may be the biggest of @bellingcat's life. In addition to tracking conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, its analysts will also be flooded with falsified artifacts from elections in the US, the UK, India, and dozens of other countries. wired.com/story/how-to-l…
Even before Sam Bankman-Fried, Faruk Fatih Özer had built a crypto empire. Now, the 27-year-old is facing a prison sentence of 11,196 years.
Did he almost get away with the biggest heist in Turkey’s history, or was it a misunderstanding? WIRED deep dive: wired.trib.al/wMvxpYp
Following decades of political turmoil in Turkey, at 23, Özer founded a crypto exchange called Thodex by investing just 40,000 lira ($11,100 US). He advertised his company as a way to prevent economic volatility, using a playbook from Silicon Valley. wired.com/story/faruk-oz…
In a few years, thousands of people bought in. Thodex expanded, reaching the upper echelons of society and government. By March 2021, Turkey became one of the top five nations for crypto use and Özer’s company was booming. wired.com/story/faruk-oz…