Aug 13, 2009 8:02 PM

Will Users Donate a Penny Per Email to Fight Spam, Yahoo Wonders

Yahoo researchers think spam filters could trust an Honest Abe e-mail, while charities could get penny-rich in the experimental CentMail program. Yahoo’s researchers want you to voluntarily slap a one-cent stamp on your outgoing e-mails, with proceeds going to charity, in a bid to cut down on spam. Can doing good really do away with […]

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Stewart Rhodes Relaunched the Oath Keepers. Even Old Oath Keepers Don’t Care

Militia leader Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted for his role in the January 6 attack, is asking potential new members and supporters to send money. Former allies are unconvinced.

All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them

For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.

Donald Trump’s Truth Social Is Launching a Polymarket Competitor

As crypto-based prediction services attract a flood of attention and capital, the US president’s social media platform has announced plans to muscle in.

‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out

Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction.

Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser

In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.

A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire

An ideological war over how tech giants can account for AI data center emissions has bled into the international arena.

The EPA Is in Chaos

“We learn who is furloughed when we send an email to someone and get the out-of-office message,” one employee tells WIRED.

The Andrew Cuomo Campaign Is All in on MAGA Influencers

With the NYC mayoral race coming to a close, Andrew Cuomo is courting right-wing creators.

Gear News of the Week: There’s Yet Another New AI Browser, and Fujifilm Debuts the X-T30 III

Plus: Aura’s new digital photo frame goes wireless, a mood-morphing watch, Wyze and TP-Link unveil solar-powered outdoor security cameras, and Intel will open “AI Experience Stores” in five cities.

Trump’s CZ Pardon Has the Crypto World Bracing for Impact

The Trump administration has recast Binance founder CZ as a martyr—and his pardon may have unintended consequences for the US crypto industry.

It’s Been a Year Since Trump Was Elected. Democrats Still Don’t Get the Internet

“I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells WIRED.