WIRED Roundup: Fandom in Politics, Zuckerberg’s Illegal School, and Nepal’s Discord Revolution
In this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we run through the top stories of the week and examine how some of the victories in the US November elections show the power of online fandom.
Dance Dance Revolution hits the high school gym classarstechnica.com
How Adobe subscribed to a new school of success… and a new class of competitorszdnet.com
Hearings on politics and climate science: politics wins, science lost in the shufflearstechnica.com
Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta’s AI apptheverge.com
Mark Zuckerberg announces his AI ‘superintelligence’ super-grouptheverge.com
The 12 best laptops for high school and college studentstheverge.com
Elon Musk, CPAC, and a fragile MAGA-tech coalitiontheverge.com
The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaultheverge.com
Louis Vuitton caught the iPod nostalgia bug.theverge.com
Illegally fired FTC commissioners on fighting for their jobs backtheverge.com
BBSes are back, bbs.theverge.com
œHe did the right thing.â€theverge.com
Up to 30 percent of some Microsoft code is now written by AI.theverge.com
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAItheverge.com
˜Honestly, the more botched they look, the better.’theverge.com
X has a new head of product.theverge.com
What does iBooks mean for the eBook/eTextbook industry?zdnet.com
Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo modetheverge.com
Temu users face a ‘high risk’ of finding illegal products, EU saystheverge.com
Skype hype: Cordless and WiFi Skype phone rounduparstechnica.com