UK to ban public sector from making ransomware payments
The UK will prohibit its public sector, such as its health service and local councils, from paying ransomware in a bid to “smash the cyber criminal business model.”
$100B Binance Futures volume backs traders’ ‘altseason’ claim
Altseason takes center stage as 71% of Binance Futures volume are altcoins.
Govt plans phase-out of protected power consumers
A power technician while fixing electric meters in Pakistan. — AFP/File
The government is working on phasing out the protected electricity consumer category, a top official informed lawmakers on Tuesday, in a move that would replace subsidised tariffs with direct cash transfers for…
Bullish momentum returns to PSX amid reform optimism, rate cut hopes
Broker is busy in trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. — PPIKSE-100 Index closed at 139,419.61, up 1,202.03 points, or 0.87%.Index touched intraday high of 139,901.77, gaining 1,684.19 points, or 1.22%.Session’s low was recorded at 138,197.81,…
Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All
“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRED.
EPA Employees Still in the Dark as Agency Dismantles Scientific Research Office
As the EPA moves to shut down the Office of Research and Development, leadership is unable to answer questions as basic as when it will close and how many will lose their jobs.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court.
OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff
Soon-to-be former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo sent a memo to OpenAI staff Monday laying out her vision for how AI will change the world.
What’s Behind Gen Z’s Sex Recession?
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, author Carter Sherman breaks down the forces shaping Gen Z’s unique relationship to sex.
How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the differences between what the US government said about a Jeffrey Epstein video it released and the story told by its metadata.