WIRED MAGAZINE (October 31, 2023) – The latest issue features understanding Tik Tok and talent manager Ursus Magana; How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War; Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths, and more…
Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era
BRENDAN I. KOERNER
The creator economy is fragmented and chaotic. Talent manager Ursus Magana can (almost) make sense of it, with a frenetic formula for gaming the algorithms.
How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War
Hamas posted gruesome images and videos that were designed to go viral. Sources argue that Telegram’s lax moderation ensured they were seen around the world.
At around 8 am local time the morning of October 7, Haaretz’s cyber and disinformation reporter, Omer Benjakob, was woken by his wife at their home in the historic port city of Jaffa. Something was happening in southern Israel, she said, but Benjakob shrugged it off, presuming “another round of the same shit.” Flare-ups between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and militants in southern Israel are not uncommon. “No, no,” Benjakob’s wife insisted. “It’s more serious.”
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Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths
Yes, charging your phone overnight is bad for its battery. And no, you don’t need to turn off your device to give the battery a break. Here’s why.
For an object that barely ever leaves our palms, the smartphone can sometimes feel like an arcane piece of wizardry. And nowhere is this more pronounced than when it comes to the fickle battery, which will drop 20 percent charge quicker than you can toggle Bluetooth off, and give up the ghost entirely after a couple of years of charging.