New York's Airbnb ban is descending into pure chaos

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  10.09.23 CHAIN REACTION | 7-MINUTE READ Inside FTX's All-Night Race to Stop a $1 Billion Crypto Heist BY ANDY GREENBERG The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the company's "very crazy night" trying to stop them. SIGNALS AND NOISE | 5-MINUTE READ Israel's Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance BY MATT BURGESS AND LILY HAY NEWMAN Hundreds dead, thousands wounded—Hamas' surprise attack on Israel shows the limits of even the most advanced and invasive surveillance dragnets as full-scale war erupts. PRIME DAY | 12-MINUTE READ 23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews BY MEDEA GIORDANO At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data. NO VACANCY | 4-MINUTE READ New York's Airbnb Ban Is Descending Into Pure Chaos BY AMANDA HOOVER People are listing short-term rentals on social media and lesser-known platforms, bolstering a rental black market in New York City. SPONSORED CONTENT Michael Lewis Had Unparalleled Access to the Rise … and the Fall From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. "The rise of FTX, and Sam Bankman-Fried, was a great story. Its implosion is even better." ―New York Times GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. PUBLIC HEALTH | 6-MINUTE READ California Nixes a Bill to Decriminalize Plant-Based Psychedelics BY CELIA FORD Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 58, which would have allowed adults to possess small amounts of mescaline, DMT, and psilocybin, the hallucinogen in magic mushrooms PRODUCT REVIEW | 10-MINUTE READ Meta Quest 3 Review: Huge Hardware Bump, But Who's It For? BY MATT KAMEN Adding mixed reality to virtual reality makes for a dramatically improved headset, but Meta's virtual worlds are still ghost towns. CLIMATE CHANGE | 5-MINUTE READ Heat Waves in the Ground Are Getting More Extreme—and Perilous BY MATT SIMON The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences. WHERE WAS IT? | 3-MINUTE READ How to Use Google Bard to Find Your Stuff in Gmail and Docs BY REECE ROGERS The new extensions released for Google's chatbot are clunky, but they might be helpful with a hefty dose of patience. Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on jobs.wired.com DevOps Engineer, Junior Booz Allen Hamilton Location: Chantilly, VA, USA APPLY NOW Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Liberty Mutual Location: Boston, MA, USA APPLY NOW Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.