In the last few weeks, Bethenny Frankel has been talking a lot about Dior bags on TikTok. The subject itself isn’t unusual: As a reality TV star and entrepreneur, she frequently posts about fashion topics to her 2.4 million followers, including in a feature Ms. Frankel calls “Handbag University,” where she offers reviews and tutorials. […]
When mysterious drones began appearing over oil rigs and wind farms off Norway’s coast about three years ago, officials were not certain where they came from. But “we knew what they were doing,” Stale Ulriksen, a researcher at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, said in a recent interview. “Some of it was espionage, where they […]
Russia’s systems were “not very mobile, not very distributed,” Clark tells WIRED. Their relatively small number of big systems, Clark says, “weren’t really relevant in the fight.” Moscow’s strategy assumed there would be a relatively static battlespace. Along the front, they would deploy the Infaunaa heavily armored vehicle that targets radio communications. Further out, around […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily banned drones over some of New York’s “critical infrastructure sites.” “This action is purely precautionary; there are no threats to these sites,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said in a statement on Thursday. The ban will last through Jan. 18. “While we have not detected any public…
Inevitably, more of these situations will pop up under the Trump administration, and I’m curious to see if any of Musk’s supporters end up jumping ship. Drop-shippers The act of drop-shipping—third-party sellers filling retail orders—exploded in popularity in the late 2010s, becoming a quintessential part of online hustle culture. With the introduction of the TikTok […]
A recent influx of videos supposedly showing “drones” or other spooky unidentified aerial phenomena flying over darkened US skylines appears to be the result, in part, of AI-trickery. Since late November, residents in New Jersey and at least five other states have reported spotting bright objects flying overhead. The sightings have stirred speculation, amplified by […]
For almost a month now, mystery drones have been spotted dotting the skies of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. That’s been disconcerting to residents who would like to know who is behind the unmanned aerial vehicles, and on Tuesday, several federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, released a joint statement saying that […]
The reports of mystery drones above New Jersey began on November 18th. It didn’t take long for other residents across multiple states to claim seeing similar events. The Department of Homeland Security, FBI, FAA and the Department of Defense have since received more than 5,000 drone sighting reports over the last few weeks alone. But […]
In the memo obtained by WIRED, DHS displays less confidence in its ability to detect menacing drones. The document, which authorities were instructed not to make public, states that “tactics and technology to evade counter-UAS capabilities are circulated and sold online with little to no regulation.” In reality, the ability of police to track errant […]
President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Yesterday in Landover, Maryland, President-elect Donald Trump attended the Army-Navy football game. Among his guests – Pete Hegseth, his pick to lead the Department of Defense, […]
