After a series of setbacks, the notorious Black Basta ransomware gang went underground. Researchers are bracing for its probable return in a new form.https://www.wired.com/story/black-basta-ransomware-gang/
Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.https://www.wired.com/story/brass-typhoon-china-cyberspies/
Despite their hacktivist front, CyberAv3ngers is a rare state-sponsored hacker group bent on putting industrial infrastructure at risk—and has already caused global disruption.https://www.wired.com/story/cyberav3ngers-iran-hacking-water-and-gas-industrial-systems/
Millions of scam text messages are sent every month. The Chinese cybercriminals behind many of them are expanding their operations—and quickly innovating.https://www.wired.com/story/smishing-triad-scam-group/
During The Last of Us’ second-season premiere, Ellie gets called a homophobic slur. Craig Mazin tells WIRED it highlights what happens when humanity stops moving forward.https://www.wired.com/story/last-of-us-season-2-premiere/
The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long way to go to prove its case.https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ftc-trial-begins-instagram-whatsapp/
Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of these corpses were buried at seahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-long-strange-trip-of-the-titanic-victims-whose-remains-surfaced-hundreds-of-miles-away-weeks-after-the-ship-sank-180986386/
From towering pines and fish-filled lakes to iconic wilderness areas, Minnesota’s parks and forests have it allhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/discover-unique-adventures-at-these-five-minnesota-state-parks-180986271/
China’s Xi Jinping is visiting Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia — countries President Donald Trump hit with tariffs — and presenting himself as a reliable partner.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/14/china-vietnam-trade-war-xi-jinping/
With more than half of Chinese adults now classified as overweight, health authorities are stepping up measures to get people to literally tighten their belts.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/14/china-obesity-weight-loss-campaign/
Sixty-three weapons seized from militants in Pakistan were provided by the U.S. government to Afghan forces during America’s 20-year war, a Post investigation found.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/14/afghanistan-war-weapons-pakistan-taliban-militants/
There’s a well-established “feedback loop” between Argentine President Javier Milei and President Donald Trump. But the solidarity obscures glaring differences in the context and history between their countries.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/14/javier-milei-argentina-trump-bromance-musk-hemisphere-history/
He helped lead the Latin American “boom” of literary fiction in the 1960s, a burst of creativity and stylistic experimentation that produced some of the era’s most-acclaimed novels.https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/13/mario-vargas-llosa-author-boom-peruvian-dead/
European natural-gas prices rose in early trade but remained below 35 euros a megawatt hour amid a series of bearish signals that could ease pressure on the region’s depleted inventories.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/european-gas-prices-rise-but-bearish-signals-weigh-on-market-7ffe24e4
The imposition of new tariffs on nearly every country has added to concerns in Europe and Asia about relying on America.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-china-tariffs-trade-war-87e3dfab
Alexander Dugin, a longtime fixture of Russian far-right politics, has become one of the hottest guests on MAGA podcasts.https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/alexander-dugin-russia-putin-trump-voters-1740f271
Daniel Noboa wins despite failing to stop the country’s transformation into one of Latin America’s most violent places.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/ecuador-re-elects-leader-fighting-war-on-gangs-smuggling-cocaine-to-u-s-21e7dc0a
His Customs office announced tariff-rate exceptions on electronics on Friday that he renounced on Sunday.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-exceptional-tariff-weekend-13d8f144
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Presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are scheduled to meet Monday at the White House.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=120778912