WIRED Roundup: Satellites Data Leak, Cybertrucks, Politicized Federal Workers
Update: 2025-10-17
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In today’s episode, Zoë is joined by WIRED’s Jake Lahut to run through five stories that you need to know about this week — from how satellites are leaking sensitive data to what Zoë learned after interviewing cybertruck owners. Then, Zoë and Jake dive into how federal workers ended up in the middle of a political fight that they didn’t sign themselves up for.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data | WIRED
A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved | WIRED
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone | WIRED
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck | WIRED
Federal Workers Are Being Used as Pawns in the Shutdown | WIRED
Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian's newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.
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