The worst data breaches in historyPLUS: Inside the contentious world of Luigi Mangione supporters. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences10.03.25 ► WATCH The Worst Data Breaches in HistoryBY ANDREW COUTS | 13-MINUTE EPISODEOn this episode of Incognito Mode, join WIRED Senior Editor Andrew Couts for a deep dive into the six worst data breaches of the past 10 years. POLITICS Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for ShutdownBY LEAH FEIGER AND VITTORIA ELLIOTT | 2-MINUTE READ Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED. POLITICS At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the StarBY DAVID GILBERT | 6-MINUTE READ The increasingly tight links between far-right groups in the US and Europe were on full display at the Rebels Across the Pond conference in Ireland. The star of the show? Charlie Kirk. CULTURE Inside the Contentious World of Luigi Mangione SupportersBY MELKORKA LICEA | 7-MINUTE READ As Luigi Mangione is being tried legally and in the court of public opinion, tensions are growing between his supporters pushing health care reform and those who believe he is innocent. PAID POST New From the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of The Overstory “Prepare to be awed” (The Washington Post), Playground is a sweeping novel of the last wild place humanity has left to colonize: the world’s largest ocean. BUSINESS China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1BsBY LOUISE MATSAKIS | 4-MINUTE READ The Chinese government unveiled a program to woo foreign talent just as the US cracked down on H-1Bs with a $100,000 fee. The move immediately provoked xenophobic backlash. SCIENCE Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic WatersBY MOLLY TAFT | 4-MINUTE READ Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them. SCIENCE A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’s Cross’ Reveals the Existence of a Giant Dark Matter HaloBY SHIGEYUKI HANDO | 2-MINUTE READ The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. GEAR Gemini Arrives in Google Home With New Nest Cameras and a Smart SpeakerBY JULIAN CHOKKATTU AND SIMON HILL | 8-MINUTE READ Gemini replaces Assistant in your smart home, as Google redesigns the Home app and launches a new generation of Nest devices.❖ Deal of the day: Our favorite all-in-one printer and scanner is $50 off Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us. Copyright © Condé Nast 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.
