Greg Williams

Executive Editor Exponential View.
Former Deputy Global Editorial Director, WIRED.

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

Yup, definitely ignore the 'clever people' responsible for a global programme that successfully eradicated smallpox. Damn their expertise. https://t.co/k3Dv0eMmqG

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

The World Health Organisation is just another club of ‘clever people’ who want to bully and tell us what to do. Ignore. https://t.co/UM6IwirmY0

[Azeem Azhar @azeem]

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.

https://t.co/ZUGckb0oMj

[David Gilbert @daithaigilbert]

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:

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https://t.co/d6gW6pRRKD

[Josh Self @Josh_Self_]

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:

[Ian Tucker @tuckerian]

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…

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

Candidates in the UK general election would be well-served by reading this thoughtful piece by ⁦@azeem⁩ https://t.co/EopGgFwpH9

[WIRED Business @WIREDBusiness]

“I went undercover as a secret #OnlyFans chat specialist.”

@brendankoerner joined a rotating cast of low-wage workers pretending to be online influencer girlfriends. https://t.co/2SeRAasO6j

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

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.

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

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.

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

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.

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

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!

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[Rob Reddick @redique]

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

[WIRED @WIRED]

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.”

🔗 https://t.co/veVcy6TKsR // 📷 Getty Images

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

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?

https://t.co/ETg6RYlyxr

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

@WanderingGaia @SadiqKhan @PeterGuest Thanks!

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

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

[DLD Conference @DLDConference]

"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

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

https://t.co/pr6PboLYPH

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

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.

https://t.co/0az5LYng02