Stephen Hawking was wrong

PLUS: Security News This Week: A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions, and more. [View in browser]( | [Your newsletter preferences]( [WIRED Daily] 09.15.24 [SUBSCRIBE TO WIRED]( [FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THESE STORIES](   [A glowing blue head that appears to be exploding as 0s and 1s drip down around it](   [Security News This Week: A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions]( BY LILY HAY NEWMAN | 4-MINUTE READ Plus: New evidence emerges about who may have helped 9/11 hijackers, UK police arrest a teen in connection with an attack on London’s transit system, and Poland’s spyware scandal enters a new phase.   [Photo collage with images of an EV, a car on fire, and a fire extinguisher.](   [The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires]( BY AARIAN MARSHALL | 6-MINUTE READ EVs can burn for days, firefighters have little or no training to deal with them, and conventional equipment isn't effective. But new technology is being developed that should make all the difference.   [Image may contain: Architecture, Building, Countryside, Hut, Nature, Outdoors, Rural, and Shelter](   [South Sudan May See the First Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change]( BY JACOB LEVI AND LIZ STEPHENS | 3-MINUTE READ Protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable.   [Image may contain: Light, Person, Sink, Sink Faucet, and Treasure](   [Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible]( BY STEVE NADIS | 5-MINUTE READ For decades, a black hole that has as much spin or charge as it can given it mass was considered mathematically impossible. A new proof reveals otherwise. ADVERTISEMENT Deals of the Week [Shop WIRED's Amazon Storefront]( [Shop Our Favorite Deals, Directly on Amazon]( Browse our favorite Samsung deals, Apple watches, mesh Wi-Fi routers, and more. [SHOP NOW ➔](     [A human hand and robot hand reaching their pointer fingers toward each other](   [Amazon’s Audiobook Narrators Can Now Make Their Own AI Voice Clones]( BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 4-MINUTE READ Plus: Meta’s AI scrapes the UK, Google digitizes your passport, Chrome syncs your tabs everywhere, and (have you heard?) Apple announces some new iPhones.   [Person leaning on a countertop, smiling and wearing a white earbud while engaging in conversation with other people](   [Apple’s AirPods Pro Could Soon Disrupt the Hearing Aid Industry]( BY CHRISTOPHER NULL | 2-MINUTE READ AirPods revolutionized the wireless earbuds category and are poised to do the same for over-the-counter hearing aids.   [A hand with turquoise painted fingernails holding an oblong turquoise sex toy against a dark orange background](   [The Best Sex Toys for Every Body]( BY AMANDA CHATEL AND JAINA GREY | 17-MINUTE READ These are our favorite gender-inclusive vibrators, wand massagers, and sleeves to give you and your partner(s) a helping hand.     [How to View the ‘Comet of the Century’ C/2023 A3]( BY JORGE GARAY | 2-MINUTE READ September will see the appearance of C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, which has traveled for tens of thousands of years through the solar system.   [A still of Morfydd Clark as Galadriel from Lord of the Rings (LOTR): Rings of Power.](   [The 26 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now]( BY MATT KAMEN AND WIRED STAFF | 13-MINUTE READ The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys, and Fallout are just a few of the things you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. ADVERTISEMENT   Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Plus, [browse more newsletters]( from WIRED. [Facebook]( [X]( [Instagram]( [TikTok]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Podcast](   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](mailto:hello@wired.com?subject=Daily newsletter feedback). Need help? [Contact us](. Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.