{"id":15388,"date":"2019-05-24T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/news-9137\/"},"modified":"2019-05-24T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:45:17","slug":"news-9137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/news-9137\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danger in Assange\u2019s Charges, a Memory Experiment, and More News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/5ce7268d3c2fcca8cd070e29\/master\/pass\/Tech-In-Two-Assange-1140475469.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 23:32:53 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lede\">New charges against <\/span>Julian Assange threaten all of the press, scientists have figured out how to alter emotional memories, and Memorial Day is coming. Here&#x27;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/tech-in-two\/\">the news you need to know<\/a>, in two minutes or less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Julian Assange&#x27;s charges put all of the press at risk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">New charges unveiled by the Justice Department against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange paint a troublesome picture for him\u2014and for all journalists. The charges claim Assange was in violation of the Espionage Act when he published classified information, but that charge has never been successfully applied to a leak before. No matter how you feel about Assange, it&#x27;s important to note: If the DOJ can bring that charge against him, it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/julian-assange-espionage-act-threaten-press-freedom\/\">bring it against anyone.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Scientists have found a volume knob for emotional memories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Through extensive testing on mice, scientists believe they have figured out the makeup of emotional memories. This discovery could lead to the capability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/scientists-find-a-volume-knob-for-emotional-memories\/\">manipulating memories in humans<\/a>: Anything from enhancing your memory of eating your favorite food, to suppressing the trauma of an event from your past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Space ventures have been about politics and power since before humans ever set foot in the great beyond. But a new US Department of Defense agency, the Space Development Agency, will now define what the next steps will be for our military presence there. The question is: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-pentagon-launched-another-space-agency-do-we-need-it\/\">Do we really need a separate department for that?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, but your &quot;cozy&quot; place ain&#x27;t gettin&#x27; any bigger. That&#x27;s why we rounded up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/07\/grilling-gear-for-tiny-apartments\/\">the best grilling stuff you can get<\/a> to impress your friends this holiday weekend no matter what space you have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Volkswagen&#x27;s &quot;Dieselgate&quot; settlement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/vws-dieselgate-settlement-isnt-buying-many-electric-vehicles\/\">isn&#x27;t buying many electric vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>COMING SOON: This daily roundup will soon be available via newsletter. You can sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/newsletter\/?name=tech-in-two&amp;sourceCode=ArticleLinkBottom\">right here<\/a> to make sure you get the very first one when it&#x27;s available!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-cne-video-component__dek\">Neuroscientist and public science communicator Anil Seth uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about neuroscience. How does memory work? Can we delete memories? Do blind people dream? Anil answers all these questions and more! Featuring Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, UK Twitter: @anilkseth Website: www.anilseth.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/julian-assange-wikileaks-charges-press-freedom-memory-manipulation\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/www.wired.com\/category\/security\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/5ce7268d3c2fcca8cd070e29\/master\/pass\/Tech-In-Two-Assange-1140475469.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 23:32:53 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10378,10607],"tags":[714,21465],"class_list":["post-15388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-wired","tag-security","tag-security-national-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}