The New Surveillance State Is YouPLUS: The Worst Hacks of 2025, and more. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences12.29.25 SECURITY The New Surveillance State Is YouBY ANDREW COUTS | 4-MINUTE READ Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them. SECURITY The Worst Hacks of 2025BY LILY HAY NEWMAN | 3-MINUTE READ From university breaches to cyberattacks that shut down whole supply chains, these were the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year. SCIENCE The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping PointBY JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM | 3-MINUTE READ Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning.ADVERTISEMENT POLITICS Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: ‘Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist’BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER | 2-MINUTE READ George Foote, who served as the outside general counsel to the US Institute of Peace, said at WIRED’s Big Interview event that DOGE operatives arrived like a “strike team.” THE BIG STORY Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social InternetBY KATE KNIBBS | 11-MINUTE READ All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online. ADVERTISEMENT 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.
