United States prosecutors have secured a deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requiring the long-embattled publisher to plead guilty to one count of espionage for his role in making public classified documents concerning the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The agreement, which follows more than a decade of efforts …
Read More »Chinese National Charged for Taking Drone Photos of Classified US Navy Nuclear Submarines
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines. The case is such a rarity that it appears to be the first known prosecution under a World War II–era law that bans photographing vital military …
Read More »WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States, a British court has said. Two judges at the High Court in London today said Assange can officially challenge his extradition order from the United Kingdom in the long-running dispute over the leaking and publication of military secrets. …
Read More »Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage
For years, China’s state-backed hackers have stolen huge troves of company secrets, political intelligence, and the personal information of millions of people. On Monday, officials in the United States and United Kingdom expanded the long list of hacking allegations, claiming China is responsible for breaching the UK’s elections watchdog and …
Read More »2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 18:46 April 15, 2054 (GMT‑5)Arlington National Cemetery That night in her apartment Julia Hunt ordered in sushi and watched the coverage of Slake’s botched press conference on her …
Read More »2054, Part V: From Tokyo With Love
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 18:12 April 03, 2054 (GMT‑3)São Paulo Chowdhury checked into his hotel, an anodyne Grand Hyatt booked by the staff at Neutronics due to its proximity to their clinic. …
Read More »2054, Part IV: A Nation Divided
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 03:37 March 25, 2054 (GMT‑5)Columbia Heights Metro Station Julia Hunt had finally returned to sleeping in her apartment, a drab studio on 11th Street NW that she rented …
Read More »2054, Part III: The Singularity
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 21:15 March 23, 2054 (GMT‑5)Rosslyn, Virginia B.T. had proven easy enough to find. When he went dark, Lily figured he was in one of the world’s three gambling …
Read More »2054, Part II: Next Big Thing
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 01:41 March 17, 2054 (GMT+9)Okinawa Middle of the night, alone in his lab, was just how he liked to work. News of Castro’s death was everywhere, and he’d …
Read More »2054, Part I: Death of a President
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 12:02 March 12, 2054 (GMT‑5)São Paulo to JFK He knew the land beneath him carried scars, but when observed from such a height those scars appeared to vanish. …
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