Put the gift card down. There's a new kid on the block to solve your gift-giving woes: enter the subscription box. Here are some of our favorite options for gifting. If you buy something using our links, WIRED may earn a commission.wired.trib.al/Bek9vZj 1/8
For the plant Mom in your friend group, we recommend the Horti Plant Subscription. Each box comes with one plant, a puck of potting soil, and tips and advice for caring for them. 📸: Horti wired.trib.al/oUiVHjT 2/8
Add a dash of hocus pocus to the festive season with a Goddess Provisions box. It includes five to seven products, like crystals and other ritual tools. Your witchy (vegan, cruelty-free) loving friends will be spellbound. 📸: Goddess Provisions wired.trib.al/v3HeUFc 3/8
The way to someone's heart is always through their stomach; this year score points with the Universal Yums Snack Box. It includes food from a different country each month and a booklet with trivia and games. 📸: Universal Yums wired.trib.al/i99lVfE 4/8
Give me coffee, or give me death! Possibly a touch extreme, but if you’re buying for an ardent caffeine consumer, then look no further than a Mistobox Coffee Subscription.📸: Mistobox wired.trib.al/Gzu0PBT 5/8
For the logophile in your life, sign them up for a Book of the month subscription. Each month there are five new books to choose from. The base subscription cost covers one book, but you can add additional books. 📸: Book of the month wired.trib.al/ArF7yn3 6/8
The holidays are for everyone, including your pets. So, why not treat your favorite member of the household (don’t lie) to a special something. We recommend the Barkbox for canine companions. 📸: Barkbox wired.trib.al/C6UQkeR 7/8
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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…
🧵 For 13 years, Del Harvey ran Twitter’s trust and safety team–if there was an issue with content people would say “DM Del.” Now, Harvey pulls back the curtain on Twitter’s decisions to mute, ban and block posts in the pre-Elon era 1/
But Del Harvey isn’t even her real name, although that’s what everyone knows her as. In 2003, Harvey worked for a nonprofit called Perverted Justice that investigated online predators. That led to Harvey working in TV with the NBC series “To Catch a Predator.” 2/10
Five years later, when a friend reached out and suggested Harvey take a job at a fledgling tech company, it seemed like a walk in the park compared to catching pedophiles. 3/10
🧵The Far North is thawing, unleashing clouds of planet-heating gas. Scientists rely on an arsenal of tech to understand permafrost environments better and sniff out just how nasty the problem really is. wired.trib.al/TwLiZ8G
As Arctic temperatures rise thawing permafrost releases methane, a gas that’s 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the planet. Those clouds of methane raise global temperatures, which thaws more permafrost, which releases more methane. It’s a problem. 2/7
To reckon with how big of a problem we’re facing a group of self-described “methane detectives” use various instruments to determine how much organic matter exists within permafrost sites which will give them some idea of how much methane that site will release as it warms. 3/7
Shake off the pollen and the cabin fever by shopping for some great Gear. These deals are no joke. Save money and support our journalism by shopping from these links. wired.com/story/weekend-…
The Ride1Up Cafe Cruiser Electric Bike for $1,395 ($200 off) is currently our top utility bike, and it ships directly to you, no dealer required. We like the Shimano shifters and hydraulic brakes. 📸: Ride1Up 2/6 wired.trib.al/P11SAE9
If you need to upgrade your helmet this spring, we recommend the Nutcase Vio Helmet for $75 ($75 off). It has LED lights built in around the entire helmet and a front light with 200 lumens for better visibility. 📸: Nutcase 3/6 wired.trib.al/X4pKmkN
The digital age is here, but you know what they say: Eeverything old is new again. One of WIRED’s first ever senior writers, Charles Platt, explores the truth of that as he dives into the possibilities of resurrecting the analog wired.trib.al/qF1vs1F… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Engineers began using the word analog in the 1940s to refer to computers that simulated real-world conditions. But let’s face it: These devices were difficult to program, expensive to maintain, and limited in accuracy. So what do we have to gain from them now? 2/5
As Platt explores the history of analog computers, he uncovers that maybe bringing analog computers back isn’t quite the answer. Instead, we might need to adapt analog processes to new computing needs—AI especially. 3/5