LG Dual Inverter Air Conditioner for $339 ($40 off) It might be a strange time to buy an air conditioner in most parts of the US, but this is the lowest price ever on this #WIREDRecommends AC unit. #BlackFridaywired.trib.al/UoxPEfC
📷: LG
★ Burrow Nomad Sofa from $1,345 (15 percent off)
Burrow's #BlackFriday sale offers up to 15 percent off, with additional savings based on how much you spend. The Arch Nomad Sectional includes a chaise lounge and therefore costs a bit more. wired.trib.al/UoxPEfC
📷: Burrow
Govee Flow Pro RGB Smart Light Bars $43 ($37 off)
A matching light show for the onscreen action on your TV or monitor can add to the immersion for movies or games. #BlackFridaywired.trib.al/UoxPEfC 📷:Govee
Arlo Pro 4 Indoor/Outdoor Security Camera Bundle for $400 ($200 off) is our top pick for the Best Outdoor Security Camera. This bundle includes three cameras, respective batteries, a yard sign, and anti-theft mounts. #WIREDRecommends#BlackFridaywired.trib.al/UoxPEfC
📷: Arlo
30% off Osmo Kits and Games
Blending the digital and physical worlds, Osmo's innovative kits appear in our Best STEM Toys guide. Kids use their iPad or Fire tablet to engage in educational puzzles and games. #BlackFridaywired.trib.al/5ehHFeJ
📷: Osmo
★ Sony A7RIII Full-Frame Camera Body for $1,998 ($800 off)
This is the lowest price we've ever seen, and sure, it's not the latest model, but you're getting a lot for less than $2,000: wired.trib.al/5rhWeZX#BlackFriday
📷: Sony
Panasonic Lumix S5 Mirrorless Full-Frame Camera for $1,698 ($300 off)
This deal has been coming and going for a few months now, but this is still a great price on an excellent camera: wired.trib.al/5rhWeZX#BlackFriday
📷: Panasonic
Colgate Hum Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush for $42 ($28 off)
The Colgate Hum (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is the Best Electric Toothbrush for most people: wired.trib.al/if0GakA#BlackFriday
📷: Colgate
SmartWool Liner Gloves for $18 ($6 off)
Liner gloves add warmth to existing gloves or mittens, but these can also work on their own for chilly days: wired.trib.al/if0GakA#BlackFriday
📷: SmartWool
Moment Smartphone Camera Lenses Starting at $50 ($80 off)
We love Moment's smartphone lenses, but you'll need a Moment phone case for them to work (it sells cases for Samsung, Google, and iPhones): wired.trib.al/if0GakA#BlackFriday
📷: Moment
Lume Cube Mobile Creator Stand for $40 ($20 off)
This stand is very stable, and the ends of the clamp double as cold shoe mounts, so you can hook up a microphone and a compact video light for a full on-the-go studio: wired.trib.al/5rhWeZX#BlackFriday
📷: Lume Cube
★ GoPro Hero10 Black Camera for $350 ($150 off)
The latest GoPro (8/10, WIRED Recommends) has speedier processing, higher-resolution footage, and better image stabilization than any other action camera out there: wired.trib.al/5rhWeZX#BlackFriday
📷: GoPro
Fujifilm X-T4 Mirrorless Camera for $1,500 ($200 off)
Fujifilm's flagship mirrorless rarely goes on sale and this is the lowest price we've seen, giving you an even better deal on one of the best values in the camera market: wired.trib.al/5rhWeZX#BlackFriday
📷: Fujifilm
Fun Factory Laya II for $75 ($25 off) This is a vibrator designed specifically for those of you who like rumbly, diffuse stimulation while lying on top of a vibrator. It's also on our #WIREDRecommends best-of list. #BlackFriday#CyberMondaywired.trib.al/O2htVY7
📷: Fun Factory
Moment Smartphone Camera Lenses Starting at $50 ($80 off) We love Moment's smartphone lenses, but you'll need a Moment phone case for them to work (it sells cases for Samsung, Google, and iPhones). #WIREDRecommendswired.trib.al/mH5pEua
📷: Moment
Baloo Weighted Throw Blanket for $111 ($48 off)
This throw is perfect for when you share a bed with someone who doesn't like the feel of a weighted blanket. It fits over just you, weighs 12 pounds, and is crisp and cool. #selfcare#BlackFridaywired.trib.al/q7SPJaF
📷: Baloo
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Buds2 Bundle for $850 ($300 off) This was the first modern foldable phone we reviewed positively. Now at its lowest price ever and there's an offer to get a free pair of Galaxy Buds 2 when you buy the Z Flip3. wired.trib.al/gQtgSJx
📷: Samsung
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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…
Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering. wired.com/story/federal-…
One effect of all this, many federal employees tell WIRED, is that they are travelling long distances in order to spend all of their time in virtual meetings.
A Treasury employee says they spend most of their time at the office on video calls as well. wired.com/story/federal-…
It isn’t just traveling to work to sit on Zoom calls—it’s that there may be no place to take the call, or no working internet to connect to it.
WIRED granted employees anonymity to speak freely about their experiences. wired.com/story/federal-…
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED. wired.com/story/doge-hac…
DOGE ops have repeatedly referred to the company Palantir as a possible partner in the project, sources tell WIRED.