The Absolute Best Black Friday Deals Still Live Today
Don’t get lost in a desert of dodgy Black Friday discounts, welcome to WIRED’s oasis of delectable deals.Continue Reading
2021-11-26
Germany’s new government: what the world can expect in a post-Merkel era
Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Liberals (FDP) have reached a deal on their coalition agreement for government, paving the way for a new administration to replace that of Angela Merkel. The agreement is the product of negotiation by some 22 working groups, with around 300 participants fromContinue Reading
2021-11-26
Cyberflashing could be criminalised: here’s how a change in the law would help victims
HBRH / Shutterstock “Cyberflashing” – the unsolicited sending of photos or videos of genitals – may soon be a crime in England and Wales. Surveys have found that nearly half of young adult women have been sent unwanted, graphic images by men. Receiving so-called dick pics is especially common amongContinue Reading
2021-11-26
US abortion bans back before the Supreme Court – but globally more countries are liberalising access than restricting it. Podcast
Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Justices on the US Supreme Court are considering two challenges to abortion restrictions that could have wide-reaching implications for access to abortion across the country. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, weContinue Reading
2021-11-26
Social care cap: how the new system will work and why it’s unfair – an expert explains
With means-tested support, those who are less well-off will end up losing more of their assets to pay for their care. pikselstock | Shutterstock Boris Johnson’s proposed new cap on social care has moved a step closer to reality after a majority of MPs voted in favour of it inContinue Reading
2021-11-25
Chile: voter apathy could hand the presidency to far-right inheritor of the Pinochet legacy
Far-right politician, José Antonio Kast, has come away from the first round of the Chilean presidential elections as the candidate with the highest percentage of votes. He will face former student protest leader Gabriel Boric in a fiercely contested run-off vote on December 19. Kast obtained 27.9% of the votesContinue Reading
2021-11-25
Double bank holiday for St Patrick’s Day next year, Varadkar suggests
A double bank holiday around St Patrick’s Day is being considered by the Government. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said March 17th and 18th could both be bank holidays for a four-day weekend in 2022. The extra holiday would serve as a day of remembrance and to thank frontline workers for theirContinue Reading
2021-11-25
Conspiracy theories about the pandemic are spreading offline as well as through social media
A consistent feature of the pandemic has been the presence of a relatively small but vocal number of conspiracy theorists who resist attempts to tackle COVID-19. Their views might seem marginal and extreme but recent research suggests that we should take them seriously. Survey data shows that belief in conspiracyContinue Reading
2021-11-25
All the Good Early Black Friday Deals You Can Get Today
WIRED approved picks from Apple, Fitbit, Samsung and more are discounted ahead of this week’s Black Friday sale.Continue Reading
2021-11-24
Cuba: five years after Fidel Castro’s death, how fares the revolution?
h If recent events in Cuba are anything to go by, the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is facing significant challenges as the country marks five years since the death of its revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, on November 25 2016. At least one leading dissident, journalist Guillermo Farinas, was takenContinue Reading
2021-11-24