Greg Williams

Yup, definitely ignore the 'clever people' responsible for a global programme that successfully eradicated smallpox. Damn their expertise. twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/s…

The interceptor maths is really tough. Iran's Shahed drone: $35K. Cost to intercept it: $500K–$4M. That's a 14:1 to 100:1 cost exchange ratio — in the attacker's favour. Bloomberg says US/Israel stocks could be depleted in days. This isn't just a military problem. It's an industrial one. An exponential gap. I built a simulator to help me understand the various points at which the interceptor crunch might happen. drone-zone.replit.app

For the last six months I've been investigating the #constitutionalsheriffs movement and the threat it poses to next months election. Here's what I found: 1/11 wired.com/story/constitu…

After over 30 minutes, Musk appears to have finally deleted the post No acknowledgement yet This was my last screen-grab, which records just under 2 million views:

ATTENTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISTS! Are you interested in writing for the Observer? I am looking for new writers and ideas for the Science & Technology pages of the Observer New Review. For an idea of the types of pieces we publish, please take a look at this thread…

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

Candidates in the UK general election would be well-served by reading this thoughtful piece by ⁦@azeem⁩ exponentialview.co/p/seven-expone…

“I went undercover as a secret #OnlyFans chat specialist.” @brendankoerner joined a rotating cast of low-wage workers pretending to be online influencer girlfriends. wired.com/story/i-went-u…

It’s a challenge those of us working at the intersection of technology and journalism must rise to, which is why at @WIRED we’re doubling down on our politics coverage.

As the writer Moises Naim puts it, we're living in a post-truth, populist, and polarised era. My real fear is that the information ecosystem has become so polluted that people give up caring about the truth.

Really enjoyed the discussion at #WebSummitRio with @VeraMBergen from @TIME and @renataloprete from @GloboNews on the challenges facing the media during the 2024 election cycle.

Gosh, this sounds terrible. Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight……. 🤔 Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth? Let’s dig in! 🧵 1/12

Loved the cover feature by @PeterGuest in the latest edition of the UK @WIRED magazine.

SCOOP: A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “pedophile island.” 🔗 wired.trib.al/bGQDdDY // 📷 Getty Images

This is a national disgrace. It’s pretty clear that water companies could not care less, as they have no incentive to do so. When will government and regulators get hold of this? theguardian.com/environment/20…

@WanderingGaia @SadiqKhan @PeterGuest Thanks!

@GregWilliams718 @SadiqKhan @PeterGuest strong cover!

Cover drop! Ahead of a general election, online conspiracy theories and radicalization driven by algorithms, have warped political discourse in the UK. @SadiqKhan has become the target of culture warriors, using a toxic mix of populism, extremism and technology by @PeterGuest

"They don't see a difference between the real and the virtual world", @CathyHackl says speaking with Franciscus van Meel and @GregWilliams718 – in regard to GenZ and the coming Gen Alpha. "It's just the world." #DLD24

One of the discussed targets at COP28 is tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030. @EmberClimate looks at the feasibility. If we continued installing at 2023 rates, capacity would double by 2030. But with sustained growth, tripling is do-able. ember-climate.org/insights/resea…