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Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab! Sep 05, 2024

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Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing Jul 31, 2024

DC went to YC to talk OS.

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Bitcoin Bros Go Wild for Donald Trump Jul 30, 2024

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear.

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Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash Jul 29, 2024

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water.

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At The Olympics, AI Is Watching You Jul 26, 2024

A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.

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Here's What Happens When You Give People Free Money (They Get Poorer) Jul 25, 2024

OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare.

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RealPage Says Rental Pricing Tech Is Misunderstood, but Landlords Aren’t So Sure Jul 24, 2024

The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced.

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Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis Jul 23, 2024

The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco.

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J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows Jul 22, 2024

The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App Jul 19, 2024

The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway?

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Paris Mayor Defies Poo Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point Jul 18, 2024

French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation.

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Tiny Texas Village Seeks Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Miner to Pave Potholes, Scare Dogs Away Jul 17, 2024

In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas.

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Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage Jul 16, 2024

A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.

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How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta Jul 15, 2024

Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.

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Apple to Allow Rivals to Access ‘Tap and Go’ Technology Jul 12, 2024

In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology.

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Epic Games Lashes Out at Apple Over App Store Rejection Jul 11, 2024

Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules.

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What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds? Jul 10, 2024

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green.

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How Labour Can Fix the UK’s Tech Industry Jul 09, 2024

The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way.

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After a 10 Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned Jul 08, 2024

Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall.

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Hurricane Beryl Isn’t a Freak Storm—It’s the Exact Nightmare Meteorologists Predicted Jul 04, 2024

A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones.

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Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs Jul 03, 2024

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds.

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Meta's Pay for Privacy Model Is Illegal, Says EU Jul 02, 2024

In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising.

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French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Election Jul 01, 2024

With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out.

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OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI Jun 28, 2024

Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable.

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Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken Seriously Enough Jun 27, 2024

Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate.

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The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over Jun 26, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.

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Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed Jun 25, 2024

The aftermath of a disaster like Covid can be divided into roughly three stages: the honeymoon, the slump, and the uptick. The aim is always to build back better—but in some cases that never happens.

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Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine Jun 24, 2024

Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism.

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Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong Jun 21, 2024

The humble potato is a miraculous vegetable, but Americans are eating less of them than ever before and have ditched fresh potatoes for frozen. Is it time to rebrand the spud?

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STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus Jun 20, 2024

Students and young workers from more than 120 universities have pledged to refuse work at Google and Amazon until the Israeli contract is dropped.

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Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing Jun 19, 2024

Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.

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AI Is Coming for Big Tech Jobs—but Not in the Way You Think Jun 18, 2024

Companies aren’t replacing workers with AI yet. But they are sacrificing thousands of jobs in the race to further innovation in the technology.

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I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste? Jun 17, 2024

Food app Too Good To Go promises to cut waste by directing hungry bargain hunters to leftover restaurant food. But the week we spent living off the app had me wondering if Too Good To Go is too good to be true.

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From the Archives: Scientists Have Finally Found the Origins of a Mysterious Asteroid Jun 14, 2024

Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago.

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Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product Jun 14, 2024

Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple’s demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.

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US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets Jun 13, 2024

Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets.

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From the Archives: The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed Jun 12, 2024

Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution.

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An AI Cartoon May Interview You For Your Next Job Jun 12, 2024

As if trying to land a new gig isn't demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills.

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The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever Jun 11, 2024

The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.

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The Case for MDMA's Approval Is Riddled With Problems Jun 10, 2024

The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug’s effectiveness isn’t clear cut.

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From the Archives: Energy Drinks Are Out of Control Jun 09, 2024

Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe?

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From the Archives: Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants Jun 08, 2024

Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring.

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From the Archives: What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds? Jun 07, 2024

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green.

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Marc Andreessen Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for His Kid Jun 07, 2024

Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams “the enemy” in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year. Today he clarified he’s in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son.

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From the Archives: A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis Jun 06, 2024

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken.

Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true.

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An American Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That Raised Money for WMDs Jun 06, 2024

Wyoming’s secretary of state has proposed ways of “preventing fraud and abuse of corporate filings by commercial registered agents” in the aftermath of the scheme’s exposure.

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AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It? Jun 05, 2024

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot are becoming part of everyday business life. But they come with privacy and security considerations you should know about.

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The Ticketmaster Data Breach May Be Just the Beginning Jun 04, 2024

Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered.

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Google's AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That's How AI Works Jun 03, 2024

Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes.

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What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement? Jun 02, 2024

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Business, Spoken.

Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.

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DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go? May 31, 2024

2022’s NASA mission proved it was possible to knock an incoming near-Earth object off course. But that creates debris—which might also be a threat.

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'Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds May 31, 2024

The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes.

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Why Some Animals Thrive in Cities May 30, 2024

Why does some wildlife thrive in the city? Figuring this out is the first step to boosting urban biodiversity. And that's good for everyone.

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From Science, Spoken: Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work May 29, 2024

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken.

A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression.

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Anduril Is Building Out the Pentagon’s Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms May 29, 2024

The US military aims to maintain its dominance by building autonomous attack drones that collaborate with humans and overwhelm defenses in swarms.

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What’s Up With These Crazy Northern Lights? May 27, 2024

Solar winds at a million miles an hour and freaky magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries.

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Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen May 24, 2024

The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual.

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What Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI Could Look Like in Court May 23, 2024

If Scarlett Johansson pursues legal action against OpenAI for giving ChatGPT a voice she calls “eerily similar to mine,” she might claim the company breached her right to publicity.

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Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare May 22, 2024

We're bringing you a special episode from our Business, Spoken show. Check it out wherever you're listening.

Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate.

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Crypto Astrologers See Price Moves in the Stars May 22, 2024

They predict the ups and downs of Bitcoin based on planetary movements, and their super-secretive clientele listens.

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The End of ‘iPhone’ May 21, 2024

Ken Segall is the reason so many Apple products start with “i.” Now he says it’s time to drop the prefix entirely.

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A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight May 19, 2024

We wanted to bring you one of our favorite stories from 2023: The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network.

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Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots May 17, 2024

The emotional mimicry of OpenAI’s new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions.

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These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid May 16, 2024

Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.

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Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2 Billion of Crypto May 15, 2024

Alexey Pertsev, cofounder of the crypto-anonymizing tool, has been sentenced to over five years behind bars.

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Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard May 14, 2024

Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT.

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Elon Musk's Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design May 13, 2024

Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure.

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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning May 10, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how rare is each condition?

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OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn May 09, 2024

OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.

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OpenAI Offers an Olive Branch to Artists Wary of Feeding AI Algorithms May 08, 2024

ChatGPT developer OpenAI says that artists and other content owners will be able to request that their work be excluded from use in AI development. Many details of the scheme remain unclear.

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No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread May 07, 2024

With little incentive for US farmers to test their cattle, and many undocumented laborers on dairy farms, the full scale of the outbreak is unclear.

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The US Government Is Asking Big Tech to Promise Better Cybersecurity May 02, 2024

The Biden administration is asking tech companies to sign a pledge, obtained by WIRED, to improve their digital security, including reduced default password use and improved vulnerability disclosures.

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The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios May 01, 2024

President Joe Biden will update the directives to protect US critical infrastructure against major threats, from cyberattacks to terrorism to climate change.

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Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet Apr 30, 2024

The FCC voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that had disappeared during the Trump administration.

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Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet Apr 29, 2024

The FCC voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that had disappeared during the Trump administration.

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Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram Apr 26, 2024

WIRED found thousands of ads running on Meta’s social platforms promoting sexually explicit “AI girlfriend” apps. Some human sex workers say the platform unfairly polices their own posts more harshly. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Noncompetes Are Dead—and Tech Workers Are Free to Roam Apr 25, 2024

A new rule from the US Federal Trade Commission invalidates most noncompete agreements, frequently used to bind tech workers. It could unlock higher wages, and more entrepreneurship and innovation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Bitcoin Miners Brace for the ‘Halving’—and Race to Cash In Apr 24, 2024

The Bitcoin halving is imminent. Crypto mining companies are reaching for every trick in the book to survive it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust Apr 23, 2024

Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived Apr 22, 2024

Smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You? Apr 19, 2024

AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it for a spin. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright Apr 18, 2024

Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government Apr 17, 2024

Google employees are staging sit-ins and protests at company offices in New York and California over “Project Nimbus,” a cloud contract with Israel's government, as the country's war with Hamas continues. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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It Takes Guts, Not College, to Fix Wind Turbines for a Living Apr 16, 2024

Want one of the fastest-growing jobs in the US? Get used to being high. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways Apr 15, 2024

H5N1 has infected cattle across the US and jumped from a mammal to a human for the first time. Experts fear it may someday evolve to spread among humans. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It Apr 12, 2024

Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt's pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Europe Rules That Insufficient Climate Change Action Is a Human Rights Violation Apr 11, 2024

In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland had not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change—blowing open the door for further cases against governments. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI Apr 10, 2024

Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers that may have a significant amount of AI-generated content. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How I Became a Python Programmer—and Fell Out of Love With the Machine Apr 09, 2024

When I started coding, I was suspicious of all the abstractions. Then I discovered the Django framework. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up? Apr 08, 2024

Zen Goziker worked at TikTok for only six months. Many of his allegations about the company and the US government are improbable. But he still may have shaped how the app is viewed in Washington. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints Apr 05, 2024

A publisher says some chatbots in OpenAI’s GPT Store were created using its copyrighted textbooks. OpenAI has taken down some of the bots but could face more complaints from rights holders. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time Apr 04, 2024

CrowdTangle helps researchers track disinformation, but Meta will close it down before the US election. The tool's cofounder, Brandon Silverman, says it's time to force companies to share data. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Citizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a Time Apr 03, 2024

The London-based social enterprise is turning regular people into at-home zookeepers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing Apr 02, 2024

Follow these tips to produce stronger writing that stands out on the web even in the age of AI and ChatGPT. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Smartphones Do or Don’t Harm Kids! So Which Is It? Apr 01, 2024

Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Earth Will Feast on Dead Cicadas Mar 29, 2024

Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. Birds, trees, and dirt are about to get the banquet of a lifetime. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier Mar 28, 2024

Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersized container ships pose a growing risk to bridges and other infrastructure when things go wrong. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Enjoy Your Favorite Wine Before Climate Change Destroys It Mar 27, 2024

Extreme heat and droughts are making it harder to grow grapes in many traditional regions. Here’s how scientists are helping the industry adapt. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims Mar 26, 2024

WIRED reporting uncovered a site that “nudifies” photos for a fee—and posts a feed appearing to show user uploads. They included photos of young girls and images seemingly taken of strangers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why You Hear Voices in Your White Noise Machine Mar 25, 2024

If you've ever heard music, voices, or other sounds while trying to sleep with a white noise machine running, you're not losing your mind. Here's what's going on.

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The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots Mar 22, 2024

Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries essential for the renewable revolution. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast Mar 21, 2024

The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good? Mar 20, 2024

Those sounds you hear when you’re alone in a Huddle aren’t canned. They’re uncanny. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge Mar 19, 2024

Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead of fighting it. Metropolises all over the world are following suit. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat Mar 18, 2024

Around 46 million Americans live in states that have introduced bills to ban cultivated meat, the latest escalation in a surprising culture war. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Regulators Need AI Expertise. They Can’t Afford It Mar 15, 2024

The European AI Office and the UK government are trying to hire experts to study and regulate the AI boom—but are offering salaries far short of industry compensation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers in the Race to Get Hired Mar 14, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been laid off since 2022. Some who don’t fit the young coder archetype say being more experienced can feel like a disadvantage. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest Mar 13, 2024

Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm Mar 12, 2024

Robotics startup Covariant is experimenting with a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm, as a way to create machines that can be more helpful in the physical world. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Apple Could Be the First Target of Europe's Tough New Tech Law Mar 11, 2024

An architect of the EU's tough new Digital Markets Acts says Apple would be a logical first candidate for investigation under the law, which aims to “break open” tech platforms. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Europe Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech Mar 08, 2024

Tech giants have to comply with a new EU law that is set to change the internet. It aims to force open the biggest platforms to encourage competition and give users more choice in their digital lives. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth Mar 07, 2024

De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has found a way to reprogram elephant cells, a technical breakthrough that could lead to the return of the long-lost mammals.

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak Mar 06, 2024

The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak "that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn't materialize—but the story may not be over yet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google’s Deal With StackOverflow Is the Latest Proof That AI Giants Will Pay for Data Mar 05, 2024

StackOverflow’s programming community will power a version of Google’s Gemini chatbot. It’s part of a new breed of AI data licensing deals with websites seeking a cut of the generative AI boom. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against a Group That Found Hate Speech on X Isn’t Going Well Mar 04, 2024

X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform. In a hearing Thursday, a federal judge sounded skeptical of those claims. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Tesla’s Charging Network is Now Open to Other EVs and Ford Is First In Line Mar 01, 2024

From today, Ford electric car drivers can plug into the Supercharger network. You can bet more makers will follow. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died Feb 29, 2024

Any tech company moving into the auto space needs a manufacturing partner. But the Apple's EV died as it lived: alone. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life Feb 28, 2024

A 1970s plan to grow underwater limestone objects has been repurposed as a way of regenerating the seabed, reestablishing corals, and stopping coastal erosion. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t Feb 27, 2024

Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial subject can control a computer mouse with their brain, but some researchers are frustrated by a lack of information about the study. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair Feb 26, 2024

Google says its new designs comply with the Digital Markets Act, which bars platforms from favoring their own tools. Yelp says tests show one tweak made people even more likely to stick with Google. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms Feb 23, 2024

People with Parkinson’s have fewer tremors when they receive rhythmic physical stimulation—so a UK startup has created a coin-sized vibrating device to help patients move more easily. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries Feb 22, 2024

Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid the sectors that need the most help—manufacturing, agriculture, and the built environment. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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AI Is Coming for the Experts. First, It Needs Their Help Feb 21, 2024

A new workforce of language experts, creative writers, and nuclear physicists are turning to data labor—and potentially making their future jobs obsolete in the process. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria Feb 20, 2024

Viruses called phages offer a promising treatment option for bacterial infections when antibiotics stop working, but they have limitations. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps Feb 19, 2024

The US Department of Energy is announcing another $63 million to supercharge domestic manufacturing of the devices—in the name of national, energy, and climate security. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit Feb 16, 2024

By switching genes on and off, cigarettes have a long-lasting effect on immunity, and appear to shape your immune system just as much as aging. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next Feb 15, 2024

The CEO of GitHub says half of all code produced by users of the Copilot programming helper is now AI-generated—but that there’s no sign the technology will replace human coders. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins Feb 14, 2024

These mannequins undergo daily torture at the hands of textile scientists, but their suffering means we humans can have future-proofed clothing capable of handling our warming world. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Developers Are in Open Revolt Over Apple’s New App Store Rules Feb 13, 2024

European app makers are seething, comparing Apple to “the Mafia” and piling pressure on lawmakers to act. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Far-Right's Favorite Web Host Has a Shadowy New Owner Feb 12, 2024

Known for doing business with far-right extremist websites, Epik has been acquired by a company that specializes in helping businesses keep their operations secret. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn’t King Feb 09, 2024

CEO Sundar Pichai tells WIRED that Google's new, more powerful Gemini chatbot is an experiment in offering users a way to find information and get things done without a search engine. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Study at the Center of the Abortion Pill Battle Was Just Retracted Feb 08, 2024

A scientific publisher found serious flaws in a paper that links the medication mifepristone to more emergency room visits.Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Mystery Company Linked to Biden Robocall Identified by New Hampshire Attorney General Feb 07, 2024

The FCC has issued a cease and desist and is working on a new proposal banning AI-generated robocalls. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash Feb 06, 2024

A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight the legal threats aimed at making reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire past disappear. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To Feb 05, 2024

All of the restaurants that once sold cultivated meat have stopped offering it, leaving the industry in a strange limbo. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Cheaper Tesla Model Is Coming in 2025 as Chinese Competition Intensifies Feb 02, 2024

A low-cost model of Tesla will launch in 2025, CEO Elon Musk told investors. It could help the EV maker compete with BYD and other surging Chinese automakers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Comcast’s Xfinity Stores Your Sensitive Data. You Can Kind of Opt Out Feb 01, 2024

One of America’s largest internet providers may collect data about your political beliefs, race, and sexual orientation to serve personalized ads. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight Jan 31, 2024

Newly disclosed breaches of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise highlight the persistent threat posed by Midnight Blizzard, a notorious Russian cyber-espionage group. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Apple Isn’t Ready to Release Its Grip on the App Store Jan 30, 2024

In response to new rules, the iPhone maker announced drastic changes for users in Europe. But criticism is mounting that Apple’s new system only recreates old problems. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs Jan 29, 2024

Two fake-audio experts say that the deepfake robocall of President Biden received by some voters was likely created with technology from Silicon Valley’s favorite voice-cloning startup. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Chatbot Screens Your Dating App Matches for You Jan 26, 2024

Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches. We tested it out. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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No, the Great Tech Layoffs of 2023 Aren’t Happening Again Jan 25, 2024

Amazon, Discord, Duolingo, and Google all started 2024 with job cuts. But the tech job market isn’t facing the same trouble it did last year. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Chinese Startup Is Winning the Open Source AI Race Jan 24, 2024

Kai-Fu Lee, an AI expert and prominent investor who helped Google and Microsoft get established in China, says his new startup 01.AI will create the first “killer apps” of generative AI. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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ChatGPT's Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution Jan 23, 2024

With AI projects booming and the physical limits of silicon looming, some startups are challenging Nvidia's dominance and say it’s time to reinvent the computer chip entirely. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths Jan 22, 2024

The world’s trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat Jan 19, 2024

A new ad campaign is targeting the cultivated meat industry on TV and online. Industry supporters criticize it as unscientific. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise Jan 18, 2024

Idaho’s capital city is seeing an influx of young people as they apply for tech jobs away from big coastal cities amid massive layoffs and a disillusion with Big Tech. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed Jan 17, 2024

Ocean exploration to prepare for deep-sea mining has been greenlit in Norway. These are the startups hoping to benefit. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data Jan 16, 2024

At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon Jan 15, 2024

Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza Jan 12, 2024

Electric vehicle charging stations are still scarce in many parts of the US. The White House announced grants totaling $623 million to top up electric cars, bikes, and scooters. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Air Pollution Is Ruining Your Skin Jan 11, 2024

Wildfire smoke and exhaust fumes are triggering spikes in eczema and other skin conditions. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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In Defense of AI Hallucinations Jan 10, 2024

Chatbots’ habit of spewing untruths is a big problem—but we should also celebrate these hallucinations as prompts for human creativity and a barrier to machines taking over. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California Jan 09, 2024

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better Jan 08, 2024

Ibogaine, a plant-based psychoactive drug, drastically reduced symptoms of depression and PTSD in veterans with traumatic brain injuries. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Plan to Put Pig Genes in Soy Beans for Tastier Fake Meat Jan 05, 2024

Molecular farming company Moolec has inserted pig genes into soy beans to generate meaty-tasting proteins that can be grown in plants. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner Jan 04, 2024

Inspired by her aunt’s battle with cancer, Canan Dağdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor that can screen women between regular checkups. She says it could save 12 million lives a year. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What Are ‘Missed Period Pills,’ and How Do They Work? Jan 03, 2024

Menstrual regulation—sometimes referred to as “missed period pills"—is a new front in women's battle for bodily autonomy. Here's how it works and what you need to know. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Your Money Is Funding Fossil Fuels Without You Knowing It Jan 01, 2024

Banks use your deposits to make loans to carbon-intensive industries. A new analysis finds that $1,000 in your account creates emissions equal to a flight from NYC to Seattle. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How to Stop Another OpenAI Meltdown Dec 25, 2023

OpenAI designed its governance structure to protect humanity—and it imploded. The company could take pointers from Mozilla and other projects combining lofty goals with for-profit ventures. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat Dec 22, 2023

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home Dec 21, 2023

Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people’s homes. But who’s really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google’s App Store Monopoly Ruled Illegal as Jury Sides With Epic Dec 20, 2023

A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musk's 'Politically Biased' Chatbot Dec 19, 2023

Some Elon Musk fans are concerned that Grok, xAI's answer to ChatGPT, is too politically liberal. The nature of the underlying AI technology will make “fixing” its outlook difficult. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered Dec 18, 2023

B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check Dec 15, 2023

The “superalignment” team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees Dec 14, 2023

Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue Dec 13, 2023

YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out Dec 12, 2023

The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested at large scale thanks to a $57 million purchase from corporations including Stripe and Alphabet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats Dec 11, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.

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Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign Dec 08, 2023

Videos featuring Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley have been edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation, according to Microsoft researchers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google Just Launched Gemini, Its Long-Awaited Answer to ChatGPT Dec 07, 2023

Google says Gemini, launching today inside the Bard chatbot, is its “most capable” AI model ever. It was trained on video, images, and audio as well as text. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Spotify Is Screwed Dec 06, 2023

Spotify is the world’s biggest music streamer, but rarely turns a profit and just cut 17 percent of its workforce. Its business model looks increasingly precarious. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman Dec 05, 2023

Documents show that OpenAI signed a letter of intent to spend $51 million on brain-inspired chips developed by startup Rain. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously made a personal investment in Rain. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Race to Find What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick Dec 04, 2023

Hundreds of dogs across multiple states have been struck down with a severe respiratory illness. Veterinarians suspect a mystery bacteria but are still grasping for clues. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Life-Extension Drug for Big Dogs Is Getting Closer to Reality Dec 01, 2023

The FDA has yet to approve any drugs for life extension. But biotech company Loyal is now a step closer to bringing one to market—for dogs. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds Nov 30, 2023

Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they’re warming. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Damning Report Claims a Major Gig Economy Union Had a Culture of Abuse and Toxicity Nov 29, 2023

An independent report obtained by WIRED claims a UK union that won a major case against Uber mistreated its staff and grappled with incidents of racism. Two of its most senior figures have now stepped down. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The US Wants Vietnam to Be Its New Tech Best Friend Nov 28, 2023

Teaming up with Vietnam may help the US lessen its dependence on China’s tech supply chain. But decoupling from a chipmaking giant like China won’t be easy. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Here’s What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship Nov 27, 2023

A second Starship test flight advanced a bit further than the first, with the rocket reaching the edge of space but blowing up soon after. Industry experts say it’s still a step forward.

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New Orleans Tried to Control Short-Term Rentals With a Lottery System. It Was a Mess Nov 22, 2023

In trying to limit the impact of short-term rentals like Airbnbs, New Orleans used an elaborate lottery system to pit neighbors against each other. A lawsuit from angry hosts has put it in limbo. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Precarious Rise of Disposable Vapes Nov 21, 2023

Disposable vapes from brands like Elf Bar and Lost Mary have taken over the ecigarette market and become a hit among young people. Governments are trying to figure out what to do. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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You Need a Heat Pump. Soon You’ll Have More American-Made Options Nov 20, 2023

The Biden administration is announcing $169 million to supercharge domestic production of a device beloved by climate and energy nerds. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators Nov 17, 2023

YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Think You Have SAD? Think Again Nov 16, 2023

Research has questioned whether seasonal depression actually exists. Maybe that doesn’t matter. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Ann McKee Is on a Quest to Save Humanity’s Brains Nov 15, 2023

The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Skiing Is Getting Riskier Nov 14, 2023

The threat of avalanches is rising with global warming, but technology can help protect skiers on and off the slopes. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Obamacare Call Center Staff Strike Over Steep Health Care Costs and Scarce Bathroom Breaks Nov 13, 2023

Staff at US federal contractor Maximus claim they only get six minutes a day to use the bathroom, are monitored by an AI system that reports them for going off-script, and can’t afford health care.

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Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK Nov 10, 2023

Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service Nov 09, 2023

The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation. But these services bring problems of their own. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice Nov 08, 2023

Greenland’s northern ice shelves—long thought to be relatively stable—have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978, new research finds. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time Nov 07, 2023

In the US, Daylight Saving Time ends and the clocks go back one hour on November 5. You know this. Google knows this. But here we all are. Again. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls Nov 06, 2023

YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month Nov 03, 2023

Meta is about to roll out ad-free subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook. But critics say privacy should not be turned into a luxury. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Second Person to Get a Pig Heart Transplant Just Died Nov 02, 2023

Lawrence Faucette died six weeks after undergoing the experimental procedure involving a genetically engineered organ. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Vampire Bat Is Moving Closer to the US. That’s a Problem Nov 01, 2023

As the climate changes, the bloodthirsty creatures are moving north from Latin America, bringing the threat of rabies with them. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD Oct 31, 2023

A device in her brain delivers jolts of electricity when it detects abnormal neural activity associated with obsessive thoughts. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird Oct 30, 2023

Less than 48 hours after Musk bought Twitter, staff was scrambling to avert a potential legal crisis. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Apple Store Workers Fear the Tech Giant Is Dodging Accountability for Shady Labor Practices Oct 27, 2023

Apple agreed to an independent audit of its US labor practices. Workers at the only unionized Apple Stores say they haven’t yet been contacted, and fear the report will be skewed. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here Oct 26, 2023

Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How to Spot Abortion-Related Misinformation Oct 25, 2023

Between pregnancy “crisis centers” and “abortion pill testing,” there's a lot of questionable info out there. Here's how to tell what's evidence-based and what's not. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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History Says the 1918 Flu Killed the Young and Healthy. These Bones Say Otherwise Oct 24, 2023

A study of bones held in a Cleveland museum reveals a new side to the pandemic’s story—and a new way to think about pandemics to come. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Vaccine Protects Against Cancer—but Not Enough Boys Are Getting It Oct 23, 2023

The HPV vaccine can effectively prevent a range of cancers if administered at the right age. But boys still can't access it in most countries. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink Oct 20, 2023

Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary reveals. The company also makes it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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AI Chatbots Can Guess Your Personal Information From What You Type Oct 19, 2023

The AI models behind chatbots like ChatGPT can accurately guess a user’s personal information from innocuous chats. Researchers say the troubling ability could be used by scammers or to target ads. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why Scientists Are Bugging the Rainforest Oct 18, 2023

Scientists use microphones and AI to automatically detect species by their chirps and croaks. This bioacoustics research could be critical for protecting ecosystems on a warming planet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How Hop Nerds Are Saving Your Favorite Beer From Climate Change Oct 17, 2023

Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants’ yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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X’s Sneaky New Ads Might Be Illegal Oct 16, 2023

Experts say a new advertising format on the platform formerly known as Twitter is misleading for users and could fall foul of FTC rules. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather Oct 13, 2023

Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies to capitalize on what they have. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What Do We Owe the Octopus? Oct 12, 2023

Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying Oct 11, 2023

Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions. The company says it’s already cutting stops for millions of drivers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Descending Into Pure Chaos Oct 10, 2023

People are listing short-term rentals on social media and lesser-known platforms, bolstering a rental black market in New York City. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Game Theory of the Auto Strikes Oct 09, 2023

As the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit’s Big Three drags on, a classic behavioral theory provides a way to figure out how long they may continue. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search Oct 06, 2023

Untruths spouted by chatbots ended up on the web—and Microsoft's Bing search engine served them up as facts. Generative AI could make search harder to trust. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Team Helping Women Fight Digital Domestic Abuse Oct 05, 2023

Location-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to leave abusive relationships, secure their devices, and stay safe. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists Oct 04, 2023

Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to be raided during a crackdown on media in India. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds? Oct 03, 2023

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year Oct 02, 2023

The “last man standing” in X’s threat intelligence team has been fired, as the company guts its election integrity response ahead of a year in which more than 50 countries go to the polls. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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An Epic Fight Over What Really Killed the Dinosaurs Sep 29, 2023

A deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Amazon’s All-Powerful ‘Buy Box’ Is at the Heart of Its New Antitrust Troubles Sep 28, 2023

The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-anticipated antitrust complaint alleging that Amazon uses its power over sellers to keep ecommerce prices artificially high. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet Sep 27, 2023

Extreme rain is getting more extreme as temperatures rise. That may seem counterintuitive, but the underlying physics is crystal clear. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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California's Governor Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks Sep 26, 2023

California lawmakers, egged on by unions, voted to require a human onboard autonomous trucks over fears about safety and job losses. Governor Gavin Newsom was having none of it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Revolut Needs to Get Its House in Order Sep 25, 2023

The fintech unicorn Revolut needs a UK banking license to sustain its growth, but it keeps tripping up. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How Elon Musk and Tesla Helped Spark the Auto Strikes Sep 22, 2023

Tesla isn't involved in the strike at Detroit’s Big Three automakers. But the EV maker and its irrepressible CEO had plenty to do with why the walkouts happened. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Mysterious 'Warming Hole' in the Middle of the US Sep 21, 2023

The world is rapidly heating. So why has the central US been weirdly cool compared to the rest of the country? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It Sep 20, 2023

Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults. The WHO wants nations to get organized to combat it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Auto Strike Threatens a Supply Chain Already Weakened by Covid Sep 19, 2023

A prolonged autoworker strike would be especially painful for smaller players inside the complex auto supply chain. It could also impact thousands more workers and push up car prices. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Autoworkers Prepare to Strike for a Place in the EV Future Sep 15, 2023

Some 150,000 US autoworkers are poised to strike this week for better pay and pledges that green jobs won’t be worse jobs. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why Some Animals Thrive in Cities Sep 14, 2023

Why does some wildlife thrive in the city? Figuring this out is the first step to boosting urban biodiversity. And that's good for everyone. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Court Will Decide Sep 13, 2023

Google’s search dominance is going on trial in the biggest US antitrust case since a crackdown on Big Tech that started in 2019. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again Sep 12, 2023

Meta says it will retire Facebook's "news" tag in the UK, France, and Germany, ahead of rules that might force it to pay for content. Users may not care, but it has left the media scrambling. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Big Batteries Are Booming. So Are Fears They'll Catch Fire Sep 11, 2023

The world needs thousands of new grid battery installations to fight climate change. They rarely catch fire—but many people are skeptical of having one next door. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Facebook Trains Its AI on Your Data. Opting Out May Be Futile Sep 08, 2023

Here's how to request that your personal information not be used to train Meta's AI model. "Request" is the operative word here. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet Sep 07, 2023

WhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Farm Emissions Might Make Things Worse Sep 06, 2023

Agriculture is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the US is getting serious about reform. But some scientists say current efforts are misguided. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Climate Change Has Finally Come For Burning Man Sep 05, 2023

Unpredictable weather and delays following Hurricane Hilary turned the festival for ultra-wealthy techno-utopians and Hedonists into a literal quagmire. Welcome to the new normal. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Meta Isn't Enforcing Its Own Political Ads Policy, While the 2024 US Election Looms Sep 04, 2023

A nonprofit watchdog group has found that the right-wing group PragerU has pushed out more than 100 political ads on Facebook and Instagram, flouting Meta’s policies. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Inventor Behind a Rush of AI Copyright Suits Is Trying to Show His Bot Is Sentient Sep 01, 2023

Stephen Thaler’s series of high-profile copyright cases has made headlines worldwide. He’s done it to demonstrate his AI is capable of independent thought. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Turtles Carry Signs of Humanity’s Nuclear History in Their Shells Aug 31, 2023

Turtles’ shells contain a chemical record of the environment—including highly enriched uranium, an indicator of nuclear weapons development. What can we learn from these accidental archivists? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Killer App for Threads Is the Web Aug 30, 2023

Threads coming to the web doesn’t mean the new social app is the ultimate Twitter killer, but it makes it infinitely more usable. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Trump's Prosecution Is America's Last Hope Aug 29, 2023

Social norms—not laws—are the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last remaining tool left to repair that which he’s torn apart. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records Aug 28, 2023

Two new studies show that AI-powered devices can help paralyzed people communicate faster and more accurately. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI Aug 25, 2023

A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Social Media and Mental Health Aug 24, 2023

Here’s what the science really says about teens and screens—and how to start the conversation with young people of any age. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement Aug 23, 2023

Stimulating the brain with electricity has been used for 30 years to treat Parkinson’s disease. Now, researchers are testing whether it could help restore hand and arm motion. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How the World’s Workers Are Donning Cooling Vests to Battle Record Heat Waves Aug 22, 2023

Garments that can be packed with ice or equipped with fans are becoming increasingly popular among workers exposed to high heat. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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In the Dreams Favela, Wi-Fi and Ecommerce Promise a Better Future Aug 21, 2023

A tech-led initiative to bring economic development to Brazil’s shantytowns starts with a radical idea: Listen to the people who live there. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Fake Meat Is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet Aug 18, 2023

Beyond Meat’s weak sales led to headlines about “peak veganism” and the end of plant-based meats. But demand in Europe shows there’s still life in alternative proteins. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect Aug 17, 2023

The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Bold Plan to Kick the World’s Coal Habit Might Actually Work Aug 16, 2023

Novel climate-financing deals are promising to shut off dirty energy plants in developing countries and retrain their staff to work in the green economy. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites Aug 15, 2023

Defense satellites used to be big, costly, and “juicy” targets for attack. Now the Pentagon is aiming for a more resilient network of nearly 1,000 mini orbiters. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7 Aug 14, 2023

Robotaxis can offer paid rides in San Francisco around the clock after Alphabet’s Waymo and GM’s Cruise got approval from California’s Public Utilities Commission.

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By Seizing @Music, Elon Musk Shows He Doesn’t Know What Made Twitter Good Aug 11, 2023

Since taking over Twitter, Musk has made mistake after mistake. His latest decision proves that he has never understood the average Twitter user—or doesn’t care to build a platform for them. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine Aug 10, 2023

Robots, computers, and algorithms are hunting for potential new therapies in ways humans can’t, by processing huge volumes of data and building previously unimagined molecules. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security Aug 09, 2023

Think US health data is automatically kept private? Think again. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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AI Can Give You an NPC That Remembers. It Could Also Get Your Favorite Artist Fired Aug 08, 2023

As game developers wrestle with the challenges and opportunities of incorporating AI tools across the industry, those same tools continue to increase in complexity. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Disinformation Is Just for You Aug 07, 2023

Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that’s targeted at groups or even individuals.

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For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic Aug 04, 2023

A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Extreme Heat Threatens the Health of Unborn Babies Aug 03, 2023

Exposure to excessive heat during pregnancy has been linked to everything from preterm labor to low birth weight, and those risks are rising as the world warms. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Big AI Won’t Stop Election Deepfakes With Watermarks Aug 02, 2023

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat Aug 01, 2023

As white-collar workers surf the web in air-conditioned comfort, delivery drivers are moving ecommerce packages through record temperatures. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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More Battlefield AI Will Make the Fog of War More Deadly Jul 31, 2023

The Pentagon’s embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology—and how to keep humans in control.

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A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug Jul 28, 2023

Five people went into viral remission after stem cell transplants from donors with HIV resistance. A sixth patient received normal cells. Is an anti-inflammatory drug behind his recovery, instead? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Israel’s Tech Companies Are Fighting Netanyahu—or Leaving the Startup Nation Jul 27, 2023

As protests rage over Israel’s controversial reforms to the supreme court, many tech companies have been moving their money and headquarters offshore. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Beware Your ChatGPT Plugins Jul 26, 2023

Third-party plugins boost ChatGPT’s capabilities. But security researchers say they add an extra layer of risk. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Why These Surfers Want to Restore a Rainforest Jul 25, 2023

In the rainy mountains along Ireland’s west coast, the nonprofit Hometree wants to bring back a temperate rainforest ecosystem that has been gone for centuries. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The New Minstrels Are Here Jul 24, 2023

AI-generated video and images are ushering in an ungovernable reality—where the remixing of stereotypes is not only accepted, but big business.

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Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity Jul 21, 2023

Robots like Sophia are impressive to look at, but don’t let their humanlike facial expressions trick you into thinking these machines are intelligent. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Want to Win a Chip War? You’re Gonna Need a Lot of Water Jul 20, 2023

The US is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure water. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Pure Oxygen Speeds Up Learning. Can It Help Stroke Survivors Recover? Jul 19, 2023

Relearning everyday tasks is difficult for people with brain trauma. Researchers want to know whether combining physical therapy with doses of oxygen will make the process easier. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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EV Sales Hit a Record in the US. Now Their Popularity May Be Waning Jul 18, 2023

US drivers are on track to buy a record 1 million electric vehicles in 2023. But stocks of unsold EVs are now growing, suggesting the rush of early adopters is fading. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Heat Wave Scorching the US Is a Self-Perpetuating Monster Jul 17, 2023

The current record highs in the US are thanks to a heat dome—and it’s expected to get worse. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom Jul 14, 2023

Microsoft says hackers somehow stole a cryptographic key, perhaps from its own network, that let them forge user identities and slip past cloud defenses.

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How AI Can Make Gaming Better for All Players Jul 13, 2023

If used responsibly, artificial intelligence has the potential to both make gaming more accessible and to actively learn what individuals need. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Temu Sellers Are Cloning Amazon Storefronts Jul 12, 2023

The Chinese-owned ecommerce app faces lawsuits for copyright infringement after sellers allegedly copied products and stole photos and text from Amazon. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A One-Time Shot for Type 2 Diabetes? A Biotech Company Is On It Jul 11, 2023

Fractyl Health is developing a gene therapy alternative to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to control blood sugar and body weight without repeated injections. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How Threads Could Kill Twitter Jul 10, 2023

Meta’s microblogging app is intuitive, has already been downloaded by millions of people, and has other advantages over Twitter’s would-be rivals. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk Jul 07, 2023

Vulnerabilities in electric vehicle charging stations and a lack of broad standards threaten drivers—and the power grid. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Generative AI in Games Will Create a Copyright Crisis Jul 06, 2023

Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content. Nobody knows who owns it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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At Last, There’s Evidence of Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves Jul 04, 2023

A globe-spanning group of physicists used pulsars to measure the waves, which they believe emanated from pairs of supermassive black holes.Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated Code Jul 03, 2023

Programming can be faster when algorithms help out, but there is evidence AI coding assistants also make bugs more common. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Hurricane Season Depends on a Showdown in the Atlantic Jun 30, 2023

The Atlantic Ocean is extremely warm right now—fuel for gnarlier hurricanes. But will a burgeoning El Niño butt in and stop the storms before they start? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Elon Musk Seeks Support Against Rules on Free Speech Online Jun 29, 2023

During a tour in Europe to make a Neuralink announcement, Musk's real goal became apparent: Stop the European Commission’s proposed measures regarding online content moderation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Health Care Isn’t the Key to a Healthy Population Jun 28, 2023

Poverty, housing, and the availability of green spaces all impact a population’s well-being. Governments need to start acting like it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The US Is Exporting Anti-LGBTQ Hate Online Jun 27, 2023

Conspiracy theories and misinformation with their roots in the American right are driving global anti-LGBTQ sentiment—and offline violence. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Millionaires Are Begging Governments to Tax Them More Jun 26, 2023

A group of multimillionaires say it’s time to get serious about taxing wealth. They argue that this would promote economic stability and benefit everyone. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Russia-Based Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Millions Jun 23, 2023

The ransomware gang Clop exploited a vulnerability in a file transfer service. The flaw is now patched, but the damage is still coming into focus. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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China’s ChatGPT Opportunists, and Grifters, Are Hard at Work Jun 22, 2023

Chinese entrepreneurs are using AI to start content businesses and write self-help books. But the real money’s in selling the dream. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions Jun 21, 2023

A new theory describes how particle interactions fuel fast magnetic reconnection, the process behind solar flares and other astrophysical jets. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It Jun 20, 2023

The UK’s houses are still designed to retain heat. In an age of global warming, that needs to change. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Stack Overflow Didn’t Ask How Bad Its Gender Problem Is This Year Jun 19, 2023

The coding hub’s 2022 survey found that 92 percent of its users were men. This time around it simply dropped the question. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Good News! China and the US Are Talking About AI Dangers Jun 16, 2023

Scientists from the world’s two superpowers are concerned about the risks of AI—which may offer a bridge to developing global regulations. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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An Anti-Porn App Put a Man in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance Jun 15, 2023

A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Ocean Currents Are Slowing, With Potentially Devastating Effects Jun 14, 2023

Melting Antarctic ice is disrupting the movement of deep seawater, which could further destabilize weather patterns around the world. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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This Surveillance System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate Jun 13, 2023

Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more.

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All the Ways AI Chatbots Can Help You Land a Job Jun 12, 2023

Whether you use ChatGPT, Bard, or Bing, your favorite AI chatbots can help your application stand out from the crowd. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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To Make a Greener Building, Start With an Old One Jun 09, 2023

Corporations love to show off new constructions with fancy eco features. For truly green architecture, it’s best to build on structures already in place. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Bankrupt Crypto Companies Are Fighting Over a Dwindling Pot of Money Jun 08, 2023

FTX’s liquidator is trying to claw back $4 billion from the estate of Genesis Global Capital, another fallen crypto business. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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People Let a Startup Put a Brain Implant in Their Skulls - for 15 Minutes Jun 07, 2023

Precision Neuroscience’s brain-computer interface sits on top of the brain, not in it. That could make it easier to implant, and less likely to damage tissue.

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When Not to Treat Cancer Jun 06, 2023

Taking a rational and statistical approach to a diagnosis can lead to better choices about treatment—which in some cases might mean not treating cancer at all.

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NASA’s Year-Long Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle Jun 05, 2023

Four people will cohabitate in a small prototype Martian dwelling, mimicking the isolation and stresses of life on the Red Planet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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They Plugged GPT-4 Into Minecraft and Unearthed New Potential for AI Jun 02, 2023

The bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills, suggesting that the tech behind ChatGPT could automate many workplace tasks. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Molly White Tracks Crypto Scams. It’s Going Just Great Jun 01, 2023

The software engineer’s cautionary Web3 blog pours cold water on cryptocurrency’s dumpster fires. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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For Some Autistic People, ChatGPT Is a Lifeline May 31, 2023

The chatbot can help rehearse communication skills and for some provides a resource to turn to when life is tough. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How to Make Meetings Shorter (for Real) May 30, 2023

Time is money. Reclaim your precious minutes with these strategies for in-person and virtual meetings. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Internal Report Suggests Security Lapses at Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitfinex May 29, 2023

A security review describes how attackers exploited mistakes to steal millions of dollars worth of bitcoin. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Humanoid Robots Are Coming of Age May 26, 2023

A few years ago, humanoid robots were clumsy and awkward. Now several startups claim to have models almost ready to go to work in warehouses and factories. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars May 25, 2023

Scientists are testing ways to construct buildings on Mars and the moon without hauling materials from Earth. One possible solution: 3D printed melted regolith. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Massive Sails Power Ships Like Never Before May 24, 2023

Global trade relies on ships powered by dirty fuel. To meet climate deadlines, some are proposing a return to wind power. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Is Teetering on the Glass Cliff May 23, 2023

Elon Musk’s appointment repeats a pattern in which companies led into crisis by men suddenly appoint women leaders. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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ChatGPT Now Has an iPhone App May 22, 2023

Six months after OpenAI’s silver-tongued chatbot launched on the web and set off an AI arms race, you can put it in your pocket. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The True Cost of a Free TV May 19, 2023

Telly TV tracks you and bombards you with ads on a dedicated second screen. It could help normalize smartphone-style surveillance in your living room. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It May 18, 2023

The USPS carries out warrantless surveillance on thousands of parcels every year. Lawmakers are working to end it—right now. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Pandemic Isn't Over. Here's How to Stay Safe May 17, 2023

Even though the CDC and WHO are downgrading Covid-19, it's still killing people. Here's what you should know heading into this new phase. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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More Penguins Than Europeans Can Use Google Bard May 16, 2023

Nobody in the EU can access Google’s Bard chatbot. But the 50,000 penguins who live on a dormant volcano in the South Atlantic can sign up right now. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Should You Get Paid for Teaching a Chatbot to Do Your Job? May 15, 2023

Data from top-performing employees can create AI helpers that boost everyone’s productivity—but also create new concerns over fair pay. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Boring Future of Generative AI May 12, 2023

ChatGPT’s chaotic streak can be charming. Google’s new chat-style search shows text-generation technology is headed in a much tamer direction. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Twitter’s Purge of Old Accounts Will Be Pure Chaos May 11, 2023

Elon Musk’s plan to reclaim accounts—including those of dead celebrities or failed brands—could start a free-for-all with dangerous and upsetting consequences. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Far North Is Burning—and Turning Up the Heat on the Planet May 10, 2023

Wildfires and human meddling are transforming the Arctic and its surroundings from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter, exacerbating the climate crisis. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Your Twitter Feed Sucks Now. These Free Add-Ons Can Help May 09, 2023

A few simple tools can help filter out most Twitter Blue users (but still see the ones you like). Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Yet Another Problem With Recycling: It Spews Microplastics May 08, 2023

Recycling was already a mess. Now a study finds that one facility may emit 3 million pounds of microplastics a year. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Joe Biden Wants Hackers’ Help to Keep AI Chatbots In Check May 05, 2023

The White House will support an event at the Defcon security conference this summer that challenges experts to uncover flaws in generative AI systems. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Twitter Rival Bluesky Has a Nudes Problem May 04, 2023

In its chaotic early days, the platform’s algorithm shared naked pictures in its What’s Hot feed. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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NSA Cybersecurity Director Says ‘Buckle Up’ for Generative AI May 03, 2023

The security issues raised by ChatGPT and similar tech are just beginning to emerge, but Rob Joyce says it's time to prepare for what comes next. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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How ChatGPT and Other LLMs Work and Where They Could Go Next May 02, 2023

Large language models like AI chatbots seem to be everywhere. If you understand them better, you can use them better. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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An SEC Dissenter Says the Regulator Must Ease Off Crypto May 01, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a hard line on digital assets. One of its own commissioners says it’s going too far. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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6 Tips for Using ChatGPT to Brainstorm Better Apr 28, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a font of inspiration. Here’s how to use OpenAI’s AI chatbot the next time you’re spitballing ideas. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A Fatal Bear Attack Fuels a Fight Over Rewilding Apr 27, 2023

The death of a jogger in northern Italy has turned the reintroduction of bears into a fraught political issue. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The Internet That Tucker Carlson Built Apr 26, 2023

The former Fox News host didn’t just fuel far-right politics in the US. His rants have fed conspiracy theorists and extremists all over the world. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Hacker Group Names Are Now Absurdly Out of Control Apr 25, 2023

Pumpkin Sandstorm. Spandex Tempest. Charming Kitten. Is this really how we want to name the hackers wreaking havoc worldwide? Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The War on Passwords Enters a Chaotic New Phase Apr 24, 2023

The transition from traditional logins to cryptographic passkeys is getting messy. But don’t worry—there’s a plan. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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SpaceX’s Starship Explodes During First Orbital Test Flight Apr 21, 2023

After achieving liftoff, the Starship vehicle failed to separate from its Super Heavy booster rocket. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Some Glimpse AGI in ChatGPT. Others Call It a Mirage Apr 20, 2023

A new generation of AI algorithms can feel like they’re reaching artificial general intelligence—but it’s not clear how to measure that. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Covid Exposure Apps Are Headed for a Mass Extinction Event Apr 19, 2023

The US government will pull the plug on the servers powering the nation’s Covid notifications on May 11. States aren’t rushing to boot up replacements. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point Apr 18, 2023

The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars Apr 17, 2023

A new proposal from the EPA would make it less attractive for automakers to build big vehicles. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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What the End of HBO Max—and the Rise of ‘Max’—Means for Streaming Apr 14, 2023

After a year of promises, a confusing rollout of the streaming supergiant shows where we are today. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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A European Space Probe Sets Its Sights on the Jupiter System Apr 13, 2023

The Juice spacecraft will zoom in on the moon Ganymede, which might have a habitable ocean deep underground.

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The Race to Decarbonize America Needs More Workers Apr 12, 2023

The US already has all the technology needed to rapidly bring down carbon emissions. The trouble is finding enough people to install it all. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Lyft’s Vibe Shift Signals the End of the Gig Economy Dream Apr 11, 2023

The company's founders promised good vibes and greener cities. Now they’re stepping down, and the new CEO is focused on saving the business. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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America’s Tornadoes Are Evolving, Fast Apr 10, 2023

Scientists are hesitant to blame climate change, but varying weather conditions are causing new and troubling tornado patterns. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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AI Video Generators Are Nearing a Crucial Tipping Point Apr 07, 2023

Video memes made with algorithms are suddenly everywhere. Their sudden proliferation may herald an imminent explosion in the technology's capability. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Palantir’s Plan to Decipher the Mysteries of Long Covid Apr 06, 2023

The tech giant is helping researchers and clinicians decipher vast amounts of data generated by people with persistent symptoms.
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A Toxic Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Arctic Apr 05, 2023

Thousands of contaminated sites are sitting on permafrost that'll soon thaw, a looming disaster that could spread beyond the region. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning Apr 04, 2023

A Manhattan grand jury has issued the first-ever indictment of a former US president. Buckle up for whatever happens next. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Your Next Landlord Could Be 100 Random People Apr 03, 2023

Startups are buying properties and wooing first-time real estate investors to buy shares. The model could have real repercussions for renters. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Russia Is Waging War on Ukraine’s Hospitals Mar 31, 2023

Missiles, mines, and supply shortages are testing the resilience of Ukraine’s medical staff, but they won’t back down.

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The Trans-American Race to Build Chargers for Electric Trucks Mar 30, 2023

Startups and investors are rushing to build networks of charging stations. But it’s still unclear when—or if—battery-powered big rigs will rule the roads.

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What Time Is It on the Moon? Mar 29, 2023

Lunar astronauts will need to synchronize their watches on future missions. But on a rock that rotates much slower than Earth, time gets weird fast. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Crypto Was Afraid to Show Its Face at SXSW 2023 Mar 28, 2023

Any mention of crypto was deliberately veiled at this year’s festival. And that strategy might catch on. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Fight to Expose Corporations’ Real Impact on the Climate Mar 27, 2023

Most carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight. US and California regulators are pushing to require companies to fully disclose them. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC Mar 24, 2023

The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets—creators—were in DC to help fend off critics. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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The TikTok CEO’s Face-Off With Congress Is Doomed Mar 23, 2023

On Thursday, Shou Zi Chew will meet a rare united front in the US Congress against the Chinese-owned social media app that has lawmakers in a tizzy. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Is Crypto a Security? A US Judge Is About to Decide Mar 22, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against Ripple over the XRP token will establish a critical precedent. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe Mar 21, 2023

Type Ia supernovas are astronomers’ best tools for measuring cosmic distances. In a first, researchers recreated one on a supercomputer to learn how they form. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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In Bulgaria, Russian Trolls Are Winning the Information War Mar 20, 2023

Pro-Russia groups are gaming Facebook’s review process, and moderators are stuck in the middle. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Musicians, Machines, and the AI-Powered Future of Sound Mar 17, 2023

Fears that computers could replace composers are real. But some music-makers are finding ways to harness generative AI creatively. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Cars That Watch Their Drivers Could Reteach the World to Drive Mar 16, 2023

Automakers are adding cameras and algorithms that monitor and nudge drivers to improve safety and ensure people supervise automated driving aids. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure Deals a Blow to Europe’s Startups Mar 15, 2023

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The Case for Regulating Platform Design Mar 14, 2023

Focusing on Section 230 protection for user-generated content is detracting from the real threat: apps’ negligent design choices. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Get Ready to Meet the ChatGPT Clones Mar 13, 2023

The technology behind OpenAI’s viral chatbot is set to become widely replicated, unleashing a tidal wave of bots. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Amazon’s HQ2 Aimed to Show Tech Can Boost Cities. Now It’s on Pause Mar 10, 2023

Arlington, Virginia, won a US-wide contest to host Amazon’s second headquarters. More than half of the giant project is now indefinitely delayed. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Immersive Video Games Are Coming to a Theater Near You Mar 09, 2023

The founder of Tough Mudder’s next venture is the Interactive Gamebox, affectionately called "a theme park in a box." Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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China’s ChatGPT Black Market Is Thriving Mar 08, 2023

A booming illicit market for OpenAI’s chatbot shows the huge potential, and risks, for Chinese generative AI. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Startups Want to Cash In on the US Student Debt Crisis Mar 07, 2023

Companies like SoFi and Chipper offer to help people manage their college loans. But they’re not likely to fix the flawed economics of education. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Welcome to the Museum of the Future AI Apocalypse Mar 06, 2023

The new Misalignment Museum in San Francisco is a memorial to an imagined future in which artificial general intelligence kills most of humanity. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Help, My Therapist Is Also an Influencer! Mar 03, 2023

Counselors have moved from beside the chaise lounge and into users’ TikTok feeds, fueling debates about client privacy and the mental health profession. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Mountain Village in the Path of India’s Electric Dreams Mar 02, 2023

The country has discovered enough lithium to electrify every vehicle on its roads, but the massive deposit has tensions running high. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong Mar 01, 2023

Alonzo Sawyer’s misidentification by algorithm made him a suspect for a crime police now say was committed by someone else—feeding debate over regulation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Amazonification of Buying a New Car Feb 28, 2023

Tesla pioneered selling vehicles online. Electric cars, the pandemic, and changing consumer behavior are now causing other automakers to embrace the shift. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Original Dive Watch Gets a 3-Hour Makeover Feb 27, 2023

Rolex didn’t set the blueprint for analog dive watches, Blancpain did. To mark its 70th anniversary, the brand has dropped a new Tech model. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Batteries Are Ukraine’s Secret Weapon Against Russia Feb 24, 2023

With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraine’s power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the world—and itself. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com.

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute CityConspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City Feb 23, 2023

A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry’s ‘Tainted’ City Feb 22, 2023

In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Heat Pumps Sell Like Hotcakes on America’s Oil-Rich Frontier Feb 21, 2023

In Alaska, people are flocking to buy electric appliances instead of fuel-guzzling furnaces, as oil prices soar and temperatures plummet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger Feb 20, 2023

Researchers have spent years warning that text-generation algorithms can spew bias and falsehoods. But tech giants are rushing them into products anyway. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Bird Flu Outbreak Has Taken an Ominous Turn Feb 17, 2023

The avian flu has killed millions of chickens, decimated wild birds—and moved into mammals. Now the poultry industry needs new measures to stop its spread.

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The Ohio Train Derailment Created a Perfect TikTok Storm Feb 16, 2023

The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories.

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The More You Look for Spy Balloons, the More UFOs You’ll Find Feb 15, 2023

No, there’s not a sudden influx of unidentified objects in the skies above the US—but the government is definitely paying closer attention. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Pig Butchering Scams Are Evolving Fast Feb 14, 2023

Investment schemes are ensnaring victims with increasingly compelling narratives and believable tech. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat Feb 13, 2023

An existential fight over the US government’s ability to spy on its own citizens is brewing in Congress. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread Feb 10, 2023

Research on new repellents and the viruses these insects carry relies on lab animals and human volunteers. But what if there was a better option? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working Feb 09, 2023

Monoclonal antibodies were a key tool in the early pandemic response, but are now ineffective against new variants — putting immunocompromised patients at risk. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Microsoft Taps ChatGPT to Boost Bing—and Beat Google Feb 08, 2023

Bing, the second-ranked search engine, is getting a new chatbot interface that attempts to synthesize information from sites across the web.

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The Taliban Can’t Stop TikTok Feb 07, 2023

Despite an economic crisis, political chaos, and the regime’s ban, TikTok influencers are still thriving in Afghanistan. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Boeing’s 747 Should Have Been Retired Years Ago Feb 06, 2023

The last Boeing 747 was delivered in January, but it has been obsolete for decades. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Case for Outsourcing Morality to AI Feb 03, 2023

Human judgment, which is notoriously fallible. As AI infiltrates more aspects of society, maybe some “responsibility gaps” are a good thing. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter Feb 02, 2023

Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug-resistance. There are no new treatments yet. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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ChatGPT Is Making Universities Rethink Plagiarism Feb 01, 2023

Students and professors can’t decide whether ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, is a research tool—or a cheating engine. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Case of the Incredibly Long-Lived Mouse Cells Jan 31, 2023

Scientists kept the rodents’ immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People Jan 30, 2023

Workers from Google, Meta, and Twitter reveal the brutal ways they got dumped. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don't Panic Jan 27, 2023

The AI chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as the reboot education sorely needs. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math Jan 26, 2023

Google estimates the emissions impacts of things like flights and certain recipes. Businesses with sales at stake are pushing back. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer Jan 25, 2023

Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Easily Distracted? You Need to Think Like a Medieval Monk Jan 24, 2023

Focusing wasn’t much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Big Tech Is Playing it Safe on Iran. Workers Are Taking Charge Jan 23, 2023

Google and other giants have offered muted support for Iran compared to their Ukraine response. Employees are starting anti-censorship projects of their own. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Damning US Report Lays Bare Amazon’s Worker Injury Crisis Jan 20, 2023

Federal investigators found that conditions in three of the company’s facilities risk “serious physical harm” to workers. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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It’s Getting Too Hot to Make Snow Jan 19, 2023

Some ski resorts rely on machines to keep powder on the slopes. But snow guns guzzle water, are energy-intensive, and need cool temperatures to operate. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Big Tech’s Layoffs Highlight How the US Fails Immigrant Workers Jan 18, 2023

Decades-old visa rules mean that job cuts disadvantage workers, companies, and perhaps the whole country. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Algorithms Allegedly Penalized Black Renters. The US Government Is Watching Jan 17, 2023

The Department of Justice warned a provider of tenant-screening software that its technology must comply with fair housing law. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo Jan 16, 2023

Hidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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People Love Electric Vehicles! Now Comes the Hard Part Jan 13, 2023

EV sales are booming. But to keep the momentum going and make a dent in carbon emissions, the US will have to build a vast new charging infrastructure. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects Jan 12, 2023

SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The US Far Right Helped Stoke the Attack on Brazil’s Congress Jan 11, 2023

Right-wing networks from Brazil and the US fueled calls for violence. Experts accuse tech platforms of looking the other way. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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It’s Time to Teach AI How to Be Forgetful Jan 10, 2023

By emulating the human ability to forget some of the data, psychological AIs will transform algorithmic accuracy. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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How an Iraqi Instagram Influencer Became a People Smuggler Jan 09, 2023

When police infiltrated the EncroChat phone system in 2020, they hit an intelligence gold mine. But subsequent legal challenges have spread across Europe. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Mass Extinction Is Taking Place in the Human Gut Jan 06, 2023

To preserve humankind’s diverse bacteria, scientists are harvesting, freezing, and storing poop from around the world. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Humans Walk Weird. Scientists May Finally Know Why Jan 05, 2023

Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Drug to Treat Aging May Not Be a Pipe Dream Jan 04, 2023

New approaches to the biology of senescence can make lives longer and healthier. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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It’s Time to Break Bad Pandemic Learning Habits Dec 30, 2022

Schools adapted to remote learning, but students also got used to seeking easy answers instead of real understanding. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Everyone Is Using Google Photos Wrong Dec 29, 2022

Ever-expanding cloud storage presents more risks than you might think. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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This Was the Year That Electric Vehicles Took Off Dec 28, 2022

More EVs were sold in the first half of 2022 alone than any previous year—and there are signs the surge can continue. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Year the NFT Died and Came Back to Life Dec 23, 2022

The market for non-fungible tokens took a nosedive this year. Now, die-hard evangelists think the key to success is finding different ways to use them. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What He’s Doing Next Dec 22, 2022

He Jiankui has plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Spaceflight Companies Promised to Do Science—So How’s It Going? Dec 21, 2022

Research has taken a back seat on the industry’s initial space jaunts, but it could become significant as the trips rack up. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The UK Is Enduring an Onslaught of Scarlet Fever. Is the US Next? Dec 20, 2022

What’s causing the surge of Scarlet Fever in the UK and will it come to the US? The question drives home the need for better, faster data about how the disease moves. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Trump’s Twitter Ban Was Unfair, but Not for the Reason You Think Dec 19, 2022

If Twitter had implemented its rules uniformly, other world leaders would have been banned too. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities Dec 16, 2022

Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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There’s a New Explanation for ‘Genetic’ Trait Pairs: Your Parents Dec 15, 2022

For years, researchers thought characteristics like weight and education had shared genetic roots. But the real answer might lie in how people choose to pair up. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down Dec 14, 2022

The founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX was arrested the day before his scheduled hearing in the US Congress. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Uncertainty, Social Media, and the Radicalization of the US Dec 13, 2022

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The Holiday Travel Blob Has Begun Dec 12, 2022

Remote and hybrid work has reshaped the typical seasonal rush. Airlines and hotels see dollar signs. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Americans Are Moving Into Danger Zones Dec 09, 2022

Folks are flocking to areas plagued with wildfires and extreme heat. Climate change will only make things worse. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Everyone Is Sick Right Now Dec 08, 2022

For the past two years, social distancing kept seasonal viruses at bay. Now they’re roaring back. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Park Rangers Are Using Silent Ebikes to Catch Poachers Dec 07, 2022

A Swedish electric bike is helping Mozambique’s park rangers protect game and reducing the need for fossil fuel infrastructure in Africa’s remotest areas. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Tesla’s Berlin Hub Can’t Hire Enough People, or Keep Them Dec 06, 2022

Tesla’s staffing problems have been magnified in Germany, where it is unable to meet targets as more workers head for the exit. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The World Needs Processed Food Dec 05, 2022

The stigma against processed food is growing, but there's no way to sustainably feed 8 billion people without it. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com

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Amazon’s Creep Into Health Care Has Some Experts Spooked Dec 02, 2022

Using Amazon’s new telehealth service will mean trusting it with your private data. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Apple Won’t Let Staff Work Remotely to Escape Texas Abortion Limits Dec 01, 2022

Apple managers in Texas said employees who are fearful of the state’s abortion restrictions can’t work from home or transfer to another office. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Scientists Reexamine Why Zebra Stripes Mysteriously Repel Flies Nov 30, 2022

While biologists still aren't exactly sure how it works, a new study closes in on why the insects that pester Savannah animals zig when anything zags. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet Nov 29, 2022

Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing Nov 28, 2022

Think Washington lawmakers have what it takes to tackle the volatile world of cryptocurrencies? Neither do they. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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America’s Billion-Dollar Tree Problem Is Spreading Nov 24, 2022

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Air Quality Mirrors the Racial Segregation of US Neighborhoods Nov 23, 2022

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Twitter’s Layoffs Are a Blow to Accessibility Nov 22, 2022

The company recently took major steps to make the platform more inclusive after pressure from disabled users. Then Elon Musk gutted its accessibility team. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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There Is No Replacement for Black Twitter Nov 21, 2022

A series of missteps by Elon Musk that has called the fate of the platform’s cultural engine into question. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity Nov 18, 2022

The midterm elections showed that the far-right's manufactured narrative about trans kids doomed the GOP when they made it policy. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Want to Archive Twitter? Good Luck With That Nov 17, 2022

Twitter’s meltdown has shed light on the steep challenge of preserving social media data. But not everything is worth saving. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery Nov 16, 2022

Satellite monitors discovered two vessels with their trackers turned off in the area of the pipeline prior to the suspected sabotage in September.

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The $6 Billion Shot at Making New Antibiotics—Before the Old Ones Fail Nov 15, 2022

Antimicrobials cost as much to develop as other drugs, but don’t earn the same returns. Congress could give drugmakers a boost, but time is running out.Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Despite Big Layoffs, Tech Workers Are Still in Demand Nov 14, 2022

Tens of thousands of job cuts have rocked the industry, but unemployment among tech workers remains low—and plenty of companies are desperate for talent. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Protest Is Risky at Egypt's Climate Talks. That Won't Stop Activists Nov 11, 2022

At the international climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, long-standing restrictions on protesters and dissidents are front and center. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown Nov 10, 2022

Mastodon’s servers have been overrun by almost half a million new sign-ups, as Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has thrust it into the spotlight. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Scientists Are Uncovering Ominous Waters Under Antarctic Ice Nov 09, 2022

A super-pressurized, 290-mile-long river that’s running under the ice sheet. And that could be bad news for sea-level rise.

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Europeans Are Burning Trees to Keep Warm Nov 08, 2022

Sky-high energy prices have people turning to wood to provide a cheaper alternative—and EU laws are helping incentivize this. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The UN Climate Talks Are About to Face Maddening Uncertainties Nov 07, 2022

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The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context Nov 04, 2022

As psychedelic therapy trials get bigger and the drugs become more accessible, researchers need to start talking about their potential adverse effects. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Inside the Underground Market for Fake Amazon Reviews Nov 03, 2022

Seedy scam networks are using social media to organize campaigns that influence product ratings. They’re a headache for shoppers—and tough to crack down on. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Would You Sell Your Vacation Days for Cash? Nov 02, 2022

More startups are inviting workers to trade their unused PTO, a perk that can also benefit employers. It may also worsen US workers' vacation deficit. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The World Needs More Gigantic Sci-Fi Sea Dams Nov 01, 2022

As solar and wind proliferate, the power lurking in the world’s oceans is yet to make waves. In fact, tides could become the next essential energy source.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Be Chaos Oct 31, 2022

The entrepreneur’s laundry list of ideas includes scrapping content moderation, charging subscription fees, and even branching out beyond social media.

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Where Did Omicron Come From? Maybe Its First Host Was Mice Oct 28, 2022

The Covid virus can infect many animal species. The variant that tore through human populations last winter may have previously circulated in rodents.

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After the Flood, the Flesh-Eating Bacteria Oct 27, 2022

Hurricane Ian unleashed deadly vibrio bacteria in its wake. They’ll be a growing threat as the world gets warmer and wetter.

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Sustainable Farming Has an Unlikely Ally: Satellites Oct 26, 2022

Farmers are using images taken from space to quantify how much carbon is stored in their soil and validate the credits they’re selling. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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Worried About Nuclear War? Consider the Micromorts Oct 25, 2022

Calculating the likelihood of dying in a nuclear conflict sounds like an impossible task, but it could give us a whole new way to think about the risk. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Check back in tomorrow to hear more stories from WIRED.com.

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The Quest to Treat Binge-Eating and Addiction—With Brain Zaps Oct 24, 2022

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Ukraine Could Never Afford to Bet on Starlink Oct 21, 2022

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War Is an Ecological Disaster—but Ukraine Can Build Back Greener Oct 20, 2022

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Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It Oct 19, 2022

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If You Don’t Already Live in a Sponge City, You Will Soon Oct 18, 2022

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When Algorithms Promote Self-Harm, Who Is Held Responsible? Oct 17, 2022

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Celsius Exchange Data Dump Is a Gift to Crypto Sleuths—and Thieves Oct 16, 2022

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US Chip Sanctions ‘Kneecap’ China’s Tech Industry Oct 13, 2022

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Bam! NASA Says DART Really Clocked That Asteroid Oct 12, 2022

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Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money Oct 11, 2022

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The Fight to Cut Off the Crypto Fueling Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Oct 10, 2022

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A Swatting Spree Is Terrorizing Schools Across the US Oct 07, 2022

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The Psychological Impact of Consuming True Crime Oct 06, 2022

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The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Forming Carbonate Crystals Oct 05, 2022

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US Cities Are Recycling Trees and Poop to Make Compost Oct 04, 2022

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Hurricane Ian Is a Warning From the Future Oct 03, 2022

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How Bots Corrupted Advertising Sep 30, 2022

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When Will the Pandemic Truly Be ‘Over’? Sep 29, 2022

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The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job Sep 28, 2022

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Not All Bots Are Bad, and Twitter Knows It Sep 27, 2022

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A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It Sep 26, 2022

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US Lawmakers Push Tech Firms on Abortion Benefits for Gig Workers Sep 23, 2022

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What Happens to Everything With Queen Elizabeth II’s Image? Sep 21, 2022

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What Charles the ‘Activist King’ Means for the Climate Sep 20, 2022

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How a ‘Living Drug’ Could Treat Autoimmune Disease Sep 19, 2022

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Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. No One Knows Why Sep 16, 2022

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A GMO Purple Tomato Is Coming to Grocery Aisles. Will the US Bite? Sep 15, 2022

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The Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid Sep 13, 2022

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How Does a Variant-Specific Covid Booster Work? Sep 12, 2022

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It’s Time to Make Cities More Rural Sep 09, 2022

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The Tricky Ethics of Being a Teacher on TikTok Sep 08, 2022

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An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues Sep 07, 2022

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‘Date Me’ Google Docs and the Hyper-Optimized Quest for Love Sep 06, 2022

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Twitter Finally Gets an Edit Button Sep 02, 2022

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For Some Patients, Long Covid Symptoms Mask Something Else Sep 01, 2022

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A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply Chain Chaos Aug 31, 2022

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NASA Delays the Launch of Its Giant Moon-bound Rocket Aug 30, 2022

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Their Photos Were Posted Online. Then They Were Bombed Aug 29, 2022

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Humans Are Revisiting the Moon—and the Rules of Spacefaring Aug 26, 2022

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Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened Aug 25, 2022

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The Twitter Whistleblower Plays Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands Aug 24, 2022

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These Trees Are Spreading North in Alaska. That’s Not Good Aug 23, 2022

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Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy Aug 22, 2022

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Europe’s Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work Aug 19, 2022

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This Man Set the Record for Wearing a Brain-Computer Interface Aug 18, 2022

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Google’s New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web Aug 17, 2022

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Police Used a Baby’s DNA to Investigate Its Father for a Crime Aug 16, 2022

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Why NASA Wants to Go Back to the Moon Aug 15, 2022

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How Can Society Prepare for the Moral Norms of Tomorrow? Aug 12, 2022

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Three Possible Futures of the Monkeypox Epidemic Aug 11, 2022

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Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout? Aug 10, 2022

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The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short Aug 09, 2022

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The Fall of Roe Makes Complex Pregnancies Even Riskier Aug 08, 2022

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The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thought Aug 05, 2022

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Kids Are Back in Classrooms and Laptops Are Still Spying on Them Aug 04, 2022

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Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals More Problems in Space Aug 03, 2022

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There’s a Monkeypox Testing Bottleneck Aug 02, 2022

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The Case for Making Public Transit Free Everywhere Aug 01, 2022

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The US Throws $52 Billion at Chips—but Needs To Spend It Wisely Jul 29, 2022

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Carbon Offsets Alone Won’t Make Flying Climate-Friendly Jul 28, 2022

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Wildfire Smoke Is Terrible for You. But What Does It Do to Cows? Jul 27, 2022

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How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds Jul 26, 2022

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After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control Jul 25, 2022

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Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains Jul 22, 2022

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Embryonic Research Could Be the Next Target After Roe Jul 21, 2022

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Twitter Has Entered the Elon Musk Twilight Zone Jul 20, 2022

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The Covid Virus Keeps Evolving. Why Haven't Vaccines? Jul 19, 2022

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The Speedy Downfall of Rapid Delivery Startups Jul 18, 2022

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The ‘Shamanification’ of the Tech CEO Jul 15, 2022

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When AI Makes Art, Humans Supply the Creative Spark Jul 14, 2022

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The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up Jul 13, 2022

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The Climate Anxiety Discussion Has a Whiteness Problem Jul 12, 2022

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Could Your Old Poop Cure You of Future Diseases? Jul 11, 2022

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The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America Jul 08, 2022

The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

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Permanent Birth Control Is in Demand in the US—but Hard to Get Jul 07, 2022

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Climate Change Breaks Plant Immune Systems. Can They Be Rebooted? Jul 06, 2022

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Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security? Jul 05, 2022

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Worker-Owned Apps Are Redefining the Sharing Economy Jul 01, 2022

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China Is Tightening Its Grip on Big Tech Jun 30, 2022

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‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm Jun 29, 2022

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China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car? Jun 28, 2022

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What Polar Bear Genomes May Reveal About Life in a Low-Ice Arctic Jun 27, 2022

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How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit Jun 24, 2022

How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit

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In Russia, Western Planes Are Falling Apart Jun 23, 2022

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The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence Jun 22, 2022

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The Ghost of Internet Explorer Will Haunt the Web for Years Jun 21, 2022

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Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone Jun 20, 2022

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It’s Time to Burn Medical Consent Forms Jun 17, 2022

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It’s Hard to Do Climate Research When Your Glacier Is Melting Jun 16, 2022

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The World Has Too Much Stuff Jun 15, 2022

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Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs Jun 14, 2022

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NASA’s Plan to Get Ingenuity Through the Martian Winter Jun 13, 2022

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Apple’s ‘Pay Later’ Is the Latest Plea for Your Loyalty Jun 10, 2022

Apple’s ‘Pay Later’ Is the Latest Plea for Your Loyalty

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Apple Just Killed the Password—for Real This Time Jun 09, 2022

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Want to Understand Delusions? Listen to the People Who Have Them Jun 08, 2022

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The War in Ukraine Is a Reproductive Health Crisis for Millions Mar 17, 2022

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Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers Mar 11, 2022

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These Ukrainians Are Stuck in Antarctica as War Rages at Home Mar 08, 2022

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Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm Dec 06, 2021

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Biden outlines the US’ winter pandemic strategy, Germany introduces new restrictions, and scientists uncover a potential cause of blood clots from AstraZeneca shots — Tech in Two Dec 03, 2021

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The Escapist Fantasy of NFT Games Is Capitalism — Tech in Two Dec 02, 2021

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Online Gaming Is the New Therapist’s Office — Tech in Two Dec 01, 2021

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The WHO flags the Omicron variant, new Covid drugs could change the pandemic, and Austria’s surge is a warning — Tech in Two Nov 30, 2021

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The case *against* spoiler alerts — Tech in Two Nov 29, 2021

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It's Time to Fear the Fungi — Tech in Two Nov 24, 2021

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Netflix’s new top 10 lists feel like a grasp for relevance — Tech in Two Nov 22, 2021

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Germany tightens restrictions, Biden invests in vaccine manufacturing, and the Philippines clears Novavax’s shot — Tech in Two Nov 19, 2021

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Apple Finally Makes It Easier to Repair Your Own iPhone — Tech in Two Nov 18, 2021

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Used EVs Are in Hotter Demand Than Ever — Tech in Two Nov 17, 2021

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Cases surge in Europe, governments offer kids incentives to get their shots, and the UK expands booster eligibility — Tech in Two Nov 16, 2021

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Doom’s creator goes after ‘Doomscroll’ — Tech in Two Nov 15, 2021

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US kids start getting their shots, cases and deaths rise in Europe, and Moderna’s vaccine leads to fewer breakthroughs — Tech in Two Nov 12, 2021

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The Long Search for a Computer That Speaks Your Mind — Tech in Two Nov 11, 2021

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The Hidden Dangers of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Apps — Tech in Two Nov 10, 2021

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Tourists reenter the US now that the pandemic travel ban has lifted; An appeals court pauses the vaccine mandate for large businesses; Cases surge in Germany amid a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” — Tech in Two Nov 09, 2021

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Pfizer says its Covid treatment is effective, NYC kids will reap vaccine rewards, and Vienna devises a plan for inoculating kids — Tech in Two Nov 08, 2021

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The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research Just Dropped — Tech in Two Nov 05, 2021

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The CDC signs off on shots for kids, the WHO approves another vaccine, and the Netherlands reintroduces masks — Tech in Two Nov 04, 2021

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These Companies Are Already Living in Zuckerberg’s Metaverse — Tech in Two Nov 03, 2021

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Merck’s antiviral shows promise, the global death toll hits a grim milestone, and researchers look at universal coronavirus vaccines— Tech in Two Nov 02, 2021

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Iowa passes a mandate exemption bill, an antidepressant shows promise for treating Covid-19, and Tonga records its first case — Tech in Two Nov 01, 2021

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Facebook Is Going Meta — Tech in Two Oct 29, 2021

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An FDA panel signs off on kids’ vaccines, Merck will share its Covid pill formula, and the CDC says some people can get four shots — Tech in Two Oct 28, 2021

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Huge Indoor Ocean Created in Groundbreaking Simulator — Tech in Two Oct 27, 2021

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Moderna says its shot is safe for kids, China reimposes restrictions, and EU regulators look at Merck’s oral drug — Tech in Two Oct 26, 2021

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More boosters are approved, kids’ shots prove effective, and more countries open up — Tech in Two Oct 25, 2021

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Facebook Can't Hide Its Problems Behind a New Name — Tech in Two Oct 22, 2021

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The CDC considers more boosters, Biden plans for kids’ shots, and New York City unveils an employee vaccine mandate — Tech in Two Oct 21, 2021

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Apple Finally Remembered What Makes Laptops Great — Tech in Two Oct 20, 2021

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A Chicago judge weighs in on the vaccine mandate for police, cases in Japan drop, and Colin Powell dies of Covid — Tech in Two Oct 19, 2021

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The FDA backs additional doses, international travel restrictions end, and vaccine mandate rules progress — Tech in Two Oct 18, 2021

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Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's — Tech in Two Oct 15, 2021

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Regulators weigh boosters, the US plans to reopen land borders, and airlines uphold vaccine mandates — Tech in Two Oct 14, 2021

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A new Covid pill seeks FDA approval, Sydney emerges from lockdown, and unvaccinated patients risk moving down transplant waitlists — Tech in Two Oct 12, 2021

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Shots for kids near approval, more vaccine mandates go into effect, and US pandemic strategy evolves — Tech in Two Oct 11, 2021

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School laptops are surveilling students — Tech in Two Oct 08, 2021

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Biden expands testing, religious vaccine exemptions create confusion, and one hospital requires shots for organ donation — Tech in Two Oct 07, 2021

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Religious Exemptions for Vaccine Mandates Shouldn't Exist — Tech in Two Oct 06, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson plans for boosters, California will mandate shots in schools, and New Zealand adopts a new pandemic strategy — Tech in Two Oct 05, 2021

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A shot for kids moves forward, vaccine mandates go into effect, and new treatments show promise — Tech in Two Oct 04, 2021

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How Google geofence warrants helped catch Capitol rioters— Tech in Two Oct 01, 2021

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A shot for kids moves toward approval, unexpected animals aid Covid research, and YouTube cracks down on vaccine misinformation — Tech in Two Sep 30, 2021

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Humans Can't Be the Sole Keepers of Scientific Knowledge — Tech in Two Sep 29, 2021

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Vaccinating kids remains a top priority, New York hits a vaccine mandate deadline, and Novavax seeks WHO approval — Tech in Two Sep 28, 2021

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CDC director endorses boosters, New York hospitals prep for mandates, and African leaders condemn vaccine inequity — Tech in Two Sep 27, 2021

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The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees — Tech in Two Sep 24, 2021

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J&J says boosters enhance protection, the US donates more shots, and Germany introduces rules to encourage vaccination — Tech in Two Sep 23, 2021

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Why Does Asthma Get Worse at Night? — Tech in Two Sep 22, 2021

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Pfizer and BioNTech say their vaccine works in kids, the US relaxes travel restrictions, and American Samoa has its first case — Tech in Two Sep 21, 2021

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The FDA mulls boosters, states dispute vaccine mandates, and the US reaches yet another grim milestone — Tech in Two Sep 20, 2021

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An Outdated Grid Has Created a Solar Power Economic Divide — Tech in Two Sep 17, 2021

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America hits a grim milestone, Biden reassesses antibody treatment distribution, and French workers hit a vaccine deadline — Tech in Two Sep 16, 2021

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Psychologists Are Learning What Religion Has Known for Years — Tech in Two Sep 15, 2021

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Some scientists push back on boosters, NYC schools fully reopen, and a flawed pandemic origin story gathers steam — Tech in Two Sep 14, 2021

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Biden announces additional mandates, researchers probe new shots and treatments, and global vaccine distribution falters — Tech in Two Sep 13, 2021

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The Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site Still Can't Find a Host — Tech in Two Sep 10, 2021

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Studies investigate new drugs for mild cases, Idaho hospitals ration beds, and South Korea grapples with high case counts — Tech in Two Sep 09, 2021

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Why Tesla Is Designing Chips to Train Its Self-Driving Tech — Tech in Two Sep 08, 2021

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Reddit users protest misinformation, pediatric cases trend upward, and countries change travel advisories — Tech in Two Sep 06, 2021

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Twitch and Reddit protests may be only the beginning — Tech in Two Sep 03, 2021

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Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission — Tech in Two Sep 02, 2021

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What If Aliens’ Quantum Computers Explain Dark Energy? — Tech in Two Sep 01, 2021

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Delta puts kids at risk, the EU restricts US travel, and India’s vaccine supply grows — Tech in Two Aug 31, 2021

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The US decides on vaccine approvals and boosters, more institutions add mandates, and drugmakers navigate international distribution — Tech in Two Aug 30, 2021

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OnlyFans' porn ban reversal doesn't reassure creators — Tech in Two Aug 27, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson boosters, an inconclusive report on the virus’s origins, and an expanded state of emergency in Japan — Tech in Two Aug 26, 2021

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Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite — Tech in Two Aug 25, 2021

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The FDA fully approves Pfizer and BioNTech’s shot, experts question boosters, and the FDA warns against using Ivermectin — Tech in Two Aug 24, 2021

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Biden announces boosters for all Americans, more schools mandate masks and shots, and the US keeps its land borders closed — Tech in Two Aug 23, 2021

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How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook — Tech in Two Aug 20, 2021

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The Biden Administration announces booster shots, Texas prepares for more deaths, and New Zealand locks down — Tech in Two Aug 19, 2021

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Handhelds Still Aren't Designed for Disabled Gamers — Tech in Two Aug 18, 2021

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Extra doses are approved for some, LA and Chicago schools require teacher vaccinations, and Texas’ Supreme Court upholds the ban on mask mandates — Tech in Two Aug 17, 2021

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Cases rise among kids, new mask and vaccine mandates go into effect, and the FDA authorizes booster shots for some — Tech in Two Aug 16, 2021

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A mammoth tusk reveals a woolly (and unprecedented) tale — Tech in Two Aug 13, 2021

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More children are being hospitalized with Covid, judges say Texas leaders can require masks, and Iran battles another surge — Tech in Two Aug 12, 2021

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Inside the NYPD's secret fund for surveillance tool — Tech in Two Aug 11, 2021

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The US surpasses 100,000 cases, schools navigate reopening amid outbreaks, and France extends use of its health pass — Tech in Two Aug 10, 2021

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Even small volcanic eruptions could create global chaos — Tech in Two Aug 09, 2021

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Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem — Tech in Two Aug 06, 2021

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Watch a hacker hijack a hotel's lights, fans, and beds — Tech in Two Aug 05, 2021

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Why Even the Fastest Human Can’t Outrun Your House Cat — Tech in Two Aug 04, 2021

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How to make the air in your home more breathable — Tech in Two Aug 03, 2021

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The privacy battle Apple isn’t fighting — Tech in Two Aug 02, 2021

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The Dam Is Breaking on Vaccine Mandates — Tech in Two Jul 30, 2021

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Extreme heat could also mean power and water shortages — Tech in Two Jul 29, 2021

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Hundreds of ways to get s#!+ done, and we still don’t — Tech in Two Jul 28, 2021

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NYC will require vaccines or tests for city workers, France mandates health passes, and Covid numbers rise in Florida — Tech in Two Jul 27, 2021

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The pandemic Olympics, vaccine misinformation, and reinstated Covid-19 passes — Tech in Two Jul 26, 2021

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The FTC votes unanimously to enforce right to repair — Tech in Two Jul 23, 2021

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NYC mandates vaccinations or testing for hospital workers, cases rise in Tokyo, and the White House reports breakthrough infections — Tech in Two Jul 22, 2021

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Jeff Bezos goes to space — Tech in Two Jul 21, 2021

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New outbreaks in Missouri and Arkansas, England’s reopening, and cases among Olympians — Tech in Two Jul 20, 2021

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Vaccinating children spurs controversy, the Delta variant fuels a global surge, and drugmakers and countries consider boosters — Tech in Two Jul 19, 2021

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As Travel Rebounds, Airlines Are Figuring It Out on the Fly — Tech in Two Jul 16, 2021

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Tennessee fires its top vaccine official, the WHO opposes booster shots, and 92 are killed in a Covid ward fire in Iraq — Tech in Two Jul 15, 2021

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A son is rescued at sea. But what happened to his mother? — Tech in Two Jul 14, 2021

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England plans to end its lockdown, Israel offers booster shots, and Malta bars unvaccinated visitors — Tech in Two Jul 13, 2021

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The Olympics bars spectators, the Delta variant continues to spread, and Pfizer plans for boosters and third doses — Tech in Two Jul 12, 2021

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Inmates, doctors, and the battle over trans medical care — Tech in Two Jul 09, 2021

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Other viruses return as Covid protections wane, a Covid-19 response team heads to Missouri, and experts look at the pandemic’s impact on sleep — Tech in Two Jul 08, 2021

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The pandemic changed sleep habits. Maybe that's a good thing — Tech in Two Jul 07, 2021

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How fringe stem cell treatments won allies on the far right — Tech in Two Jul 02, 2021

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Los Angeles recommends masks for everyone, seven Australian cities lock down, and Kim Jong Un speaks of a “grave incident” in North Korea— Tech in Two Jul 01, 2021

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The antitrust case against Facebook is very much alive — Tech in Two Jun 30, 2021

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Australia battles a new outbreak, research suggests mRNA vaccines work well over time, and Bangladesh prepares for its return to lockdown — Tech in Two Jun 29, 2021

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Vaccination rates slow in the US, new variants gain traction, and travel picks up among Americans — Tech in Two Jun 28, 2021

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A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable — Tech in Two Jun 25, 2021

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America misses Biden’s vaccine goal, new startups cater to remote workers, and Fauci warns about the threat of the Delta variant — Tech in Two Jun 24, 2021

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He Thought He Could Outfox the Gig Economy — Tech in Two Jun 23, 2021

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The Tokyo Olympics will allow fans, the US sends vaccines to Taiwan, and cases rise in Indonesia — Tech in Two Jun 22, 2021

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The Cl0p bust shows exactly why ransomware isn't going away — Tech in Two Jun 21, 2021

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The lithium mine versus the wildflower — Tech in Two Jun 18, 2021

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US deaths top 600,000, the immunosuppressed navigate vaccine challenges, and the EU prepares to allow American travelers — Tech in Two Jun 17, 2021

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Apple Says It's Time to Digitize Your ID, Ready or Not — Tech in Two Jun 16, 2021

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Novavax says its vaccine is safe and effective, England puts off fully reopening, and a federal judge weighs in on workplace vaccine mandates — Tech in Two Jun 15, 2021

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The FDA tells J&J to toss 60 million doses, Moderna requests authorization for younger teens, and two passengers aboard a cruise test positive for Covid-19 — Tech in Two Jun 14, 2021

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How 'Roblox' became a playground for virtual fascists — Tech in Two Jun 11, 2021

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Mastercard Foundation steps in to aid African vaccine distribution, US traffic patterns shift post-lockdown, and the Delta variant gains traction in the US — Tech in Two Jun 10, 2021

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What really happened when Google ousted Timnit Gebru — Tech in Two Jun 09, 2021

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India’s government steps up vaccination efforts, Covid brings automation to the workplace, and vaccination rates fall in the US — Tech in Two Jun 08, 2021

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New incentives boost vaccinations, the US starts sending out surplus doses, and the EU begins using Covid travel certificates — Tech in Two Jun 07, 2021

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They rage-quit the school system and they're not going back — Tech in Two Jun 04, 2021

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The UK plans a pandemic radar system, the US says it will send shots to Latin America, and the Covid lab leak theory weaponizes uncertainty — Tech in Two Jun 03, 2021

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Inside Silicon Valley's mayo marketing madness — Tech in Two Jun 02, 2021

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Sleep evolved before brains. Hydras are living proof — Tech in Two Jun 01, 2021

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The US hits a new vaccination milestone, Pfizer-BioNTech offers shots to India, and Japan extends its state of emergency — Tech in Two May 31, 2021

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One Man’s Amazing Journey to the Center of the Bowling Ball — Tech in Two May 28, 2021

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Pressure mounts for vaccine passports, Moderna says its vaccine is effective in young teens, and a CDC report finds breakthrough infections are rare — Tech in Two May 27, 2021

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The uncertain future of Revel's zippy mopeds — Tech in Two May 26, 2021

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Large therapeutics trials resume, Pfizer launches a new booster study, and NYC eliminates remote learning for next school year — Tech in Two May 25, 2021

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Drugmakers strike new vaccine deals, the EU expands travel policies, and Japan fights a new surge — Tech in Two May 24, 2021

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The full story of the stunning RSA hack can finally be told — Tech in Two May 21, 2021

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India’s death toll breaks global records, the EU approves some travelers, and cases rise in parts of Asia — Tech in Two May 20, 2021

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The Arecibo Observatory was like family. I couldn't save it — Tech in Two May 19, 2021

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India’s surge impacts Covax distribution, US manufacturers adapt to increasing imports, and Japan expands its state of emergency — Tech in Two May 18, 2021

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The CDC issues new guidance for people who are vaccinated, young teens start getting shots, and the pandemic rages in South Asia — Tech In Two May 17, 2021

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The teeny, tiny scientific screwup that helped Covid kill — Tech in Two May 14, 2021

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A CDC panel meets to approve vaccinating young teens, the WHO reclassifies a variant spreading in India, and ride-share apps will help Americans get vaccinated — Tech in Two May 13, 2021

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DarkSide ransomware hit Colonial Pipeline and created an unholy mess — Tech in Two May 12, 2021

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Prime Minister Modi faces lockdown pressure, the EU says it won’t renew its AstraZeneca contract, and the UK continues its reopening — Tech in Two May 11, 2021

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Pfizer seeks full FDA approval, the US supports waiving IP protections for vaccines, and people in India struggle to get the aid they need — Tech in Two May 10, 2021

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Why Section 230, the web's most sacred law, is a false idol — Tech in Two May 07, 2021

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Vaccines for young teens, new pandemic prevention plans, and positive cases at a G7 meeting — Tech in Two May 06, 2021

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They told their therapists everything. Hackers leaked it all — Tech in Two May 05, 2021

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India holds elections amid its devastating outbreak, the COVAX initiative receives more shots, and Hong Kong plans mandatory vaccinations for workers — Tech in Two May 04, 2021

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The US readies itself for post-vaccine life, case counts in India reach new highs, and vaccine negotiations continue around the world — Tech in Two May 03, 2021

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At Pixar, artists use hyper-color to hack your brain — Tech in Two Apr 30, 2021

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The CDC releases new guidelines for vaccinated people, the EU makes a deal with Pfizer, and West Virginia offers new vaccine incentives — Tech in Two Apr 29, 2021

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On social media, American-style free speech is dead — Tech in Two Apr 28, 2021

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Covid lockdowns prevented other infections, the EU plans to allow vaccinated travelers, and the US offers help to India — Tech in Two Apr 27, 2021

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The CDC reviews Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, India’s case count reaches record highs, and the US expands its Do Not Travel list — Tech in Two Apr 26, 2021

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Palestinian hackers tricked victims into installing iOS spyware — Tech in Two Apr 23, 2021

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J&J resumes its EU rollout, an FDA inspection finds issues at a Baltimore plant, and the situation in India continues to worsen — Tech in Two Apr 22, 2021

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They hacked McDonald’s ice cream machines and started a cold war — Tech in Two Apr 21, 2021

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The US reaches a new vaccination milestone, Delhi goes into lockdown, and researchers examine PPE litter — Tech in Two Apr 20, 2021

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The pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine continues, the CEO of Pfizer talks boosters, and variants fuel Covid-19 surges — Tech in Two Apr 19, 2021

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Google Earth now shows you our planet’s slow deterioration — Tech in Two Apr 16, 2021

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Who let the Doge out? The cryptocurrency is as nutty as ever — Tech in Two Apr 15, 2021

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New vulnerabilities expose 100 million IoT devices worldwide — Tech in Two Apr 14, 2021

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A Chinese official admits low vaccine efficacy, new Covid-19 misinformation spreads on Facebook in Arabic, and massive crowds gather in India despite rising cases — Tech in Two Apr 13, 2021

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Researchers trace new variants in Africa, cases surge in India, and US vaccine rollout progresses even with snags — Tech in Two Apr 12, 2021

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My dream of the great unbundling — Tech in Two Apr 09, 2021

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Biden moves up the vaccine eligibility deadline, the UK maps its path to reopening, and California aims to ease restrictions by mid-June — Tech in Two Apr 08, 2021

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I called off my wedding, but the internet will never forget — Tech in Two Apr 07, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson takes over its contractor plant, cases soar in India, and trials begin for a low-cost vaccine — Tech in Two Apr 06, 2021

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The efficacy of vaccines in the real world, updated travel guidelines for the inoculated, and yet another rise in cases worldwide — Tech in Two Apr 05, 2021

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When the boss of all dating apps met the pandemic — Tech in Two Apr 02, 2021

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Pfizer says its vaccine protects younger teens, WHO head expresses concern about report on the origins of Covid-19, and case counts rise among younger people — Tech in Two Apr 01, 2021

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Blood, poop, and violence: YouTube has a creepy 'Minecraft' problem — Tech in Two Mar 31, 2021

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The White House calls on the private sector for vaccine passports, the CDC extends the national eviction ban, and the WHO report dismisses lab leak hypothesis — Tech in Two Mar 30, 2021

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President Biden sets a new vaccination goal, Europe curbs its vaccine exports, and experts caution against a hasty return to “normal.” — Tech in Two Mar 29, 2021

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A boy, his brain, and a decades-long medical controversy — Tech in Two Mar 26, 2021

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Officials say AstraZeneca released outdated data, the European Commission curbs vaccine exports, and a federal survey highlights inequity in pandemic schooling — Tech in Two Mar 25, 2021

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How audio pros 'upmix' vintage tracks and give them new life — Tech in Two Mar 24, 2021

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AstraZeneca releases preliminary US data, Miami Beach responds to pandemic spring breakers, and experts call for surveilling virus spillback — Tech in Two Mar 23, 2021

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Biden meets his vaccination target, the CDC says students can be 3 feet apart, and cases surge in Europe — Tech in Two Mar 22, 2021

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The out-of-control rise of Clubhouse — Tech in Two Mar 19, 2021

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Mississippi offers vaccines to all adults, Moderna studies shot efficacy in children, and some states work to vaccinate incarcerated people — Tech in Two Mar 18, 2021

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Wikipedia is finally asking Big Tech to pay up — Tech in Two Mar 17, 2021

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Case counts rise in Europe, Facebook plans new vaccine initiatives, and air travel is on the rise — Tech in Two Mar 16, 2021

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The pandemic has raged for a year, vaccine trials contend with approved shots, and Biden signs a $1.9 trillion relief bill — Tech in Two Mar 15, 2021

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A scared mom's quest to overcome a genetic curse and 'fix' embryos” — Tech in Two Mar 12, 2021

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Biden seeks a deal for 100 million more Johnson & Johnson doses, wealthy nations hoard shots, and travel groups advocate for Covid-19 “passports.” — Tech in Two Mar 11, 2021

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Sci-fi writer or prophet? The hyperreal life of Chen Quifan Inbox — Tech in Two Mar 10, 2021

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CDC says vaccinated people can gather, NYC plans to reopen high schools, and the Senate passes the Covid-19 relief bill — Tech in Two Mar 09, 2021

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The first Johnson & Johnson shots are administered, some states begin opening prematurely, and new variants demand vigilance — Tech in Two Mar 08, 2021

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Adoption moved to Facebook and a war began — Tech in Two Mar 05, 2021

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Biden projects US vaccine supply increase, states roll back restrictions, and more — Tech in Two Mar 04, 2021

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A fancy new imaging technique sees through old booby-trapped letters — Tech in Two Mar 03, 2021

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J&J shot is approved, House passes Covid aid bill, and more — Tech in Two Mar 02, 2021

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Vaccine deliveries to speed up in the US, experts look at the full scope of vaccine protection, and international Covax shipments begin — Tech in Two Mar 01, 2021

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Sex tapes, hush money, and Hollywood's secret economy — Tech in Two Feb 26, 2021

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FDA says J&J's shot prevents serious cases of Covid-19, Ghana receives vaccines through the WHO’s Covax program, and more stories — Tech in Two Feb 25, 2021

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How to remember a disaster without being shattered by it — Tech in Two Feb 24, 2021

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US deaths surpass 500k, Israeli report suggests Pfizer vaccine is reducing infections, and more — Tech in Two Feb 23, 2021

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Vaccinations continue across the country amid weather complications, the US expands genome sequencing, and vaccine distribution takes shape worldwide — Tech in Two Feb 22, 2021

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Birders' tweets are creating a stir online — Tech in Two Feb 19, 2021

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Biden administration ups vaccine shipments, WHO researchers return from China, and more — Tech in Two Feb 18, 2021

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Scientists accidentally discover strange creatures under a half mile of ice — Tech in Two Feb 17, 2021

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Billionaires see VR as a way to avoid radical social change — Tech in Two Feb 16, 2021

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America makes deals for more vaccines, the CDC refines mask guidance, and school districts begin reopening — Tech in Two Feb 15, 2021

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Premature babies and the lonely terror of a pandemic ICU — Tech in Two Feb 12, 2021

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CDC releases new mask guidance, vaccine scams spread, and more — Tech in Two Feb 11, 2021

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A hacker tried to poison a Florida city's water supply — Tech in Two Feb 10, 2021

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South Africa halts AstraZeneca rollout, UK variant spreads rapidly across the US, and more – Tech in Two Feb 09, 2021

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Oxford releases new data on vaccine efficacy against UK strain, Johnson & Johnson seeks FDA approval, and the US Senate passes a key resolution for coronavirus aid — Tech in Two Feb 08, 2021

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Inside the world of young Black 'Sims' content creators — Tech in Two Feb 05, 2021

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The race to make vaccines variant-proof, new AstraZeneca research, and more —Tech in Two Feb 04, 2021

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The no-good very nasty remastering of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Tech in Two Feb 03, 2021

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Biden and GOP discuss aid, China cracks down on counterfeit vaccines, and more — Tech in Two Feb 02, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson releases its vaccine efficacy data, the pandemic hits unhoused people especially hard, and vaccine trials for teens begin — Tech in Two Feb 01, 2021

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Experts explore new variants, mass vaccination clinics, and more — Tech in Two Jan 28, 2021

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Is it time for an emergency rollout of carbon-eating machines? — Tech in Two Jan 27, 2021

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Biden restricts travel, Google bolsters vaccine efforts, and more — Tech in Two Jan 26, 2021

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Biden gets to work on the pandemic, the CDC adjusts vaccine guidelines, and death tolls rise worldwide — Tech in Two Jan 25, 2021

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The US is back in the Paris climate accord. Will it matter? — Tech in Two Jan 22, 2021

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Biden’s Covid plan will define his presidency — Tech in Two Jan 21, 2021

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Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19 — Tech in Two Jan 20, 2021

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I am not a soldier, but I have been trained to kill — Tech in Two Jan 19, 2021

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Officials try to speed up vaccinations, scientists discover more mutations, and researchers chart the pandemic’s future — Tech in Two Jan 18, 2021

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The 15 best devices from CES that you can buy now — Tech in Two Jan 15, 2021

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HHS Authorizes the use of all available doses, the head of Operation Warp Speed resigns, and Sinovac’s vaccine goes into use despite dubious data —Tech in Two Jan 14, 2021

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How We Should Think About AI and War—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 13, 2021

What should be our framework for how we think about AI and war? I heard a brilliant framework for this from Ash Carter, the former SecDef, in a conversation at Wired HQ at CES today.

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An absurdly basic bug let anyone grab all of Parler's data — Tech in Two Jan 13, 2021

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Experts warn of Covid spread during the Capitol attack, New York loosens vaccination guidelines, and China authorizes a visit from WHO experts — Tech in Two Jan 12, 2021

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US numbers continue to worsen, vaccine efforts accelerate worldwide, and researchers examine a new virus variant — Tech in Two Jan 11, 2021

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Twitter Bans Trump—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 08, 2021

Twitter finally banned Trump. It is a sad day when a speech platform bans the president of the US. But with the horror at the Capitol, Trump finally crossed the final line.

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Mark Zuckerberg has finally had enough of Trump — Tech in Two Jan 08, 2021

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A Social Media-Fueled Riot at the Capitol—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 07, 2021

A riot in the Capitol, inspired in part by social media. Should all the footage of people committing crimes be taken down? Or stored for law enforcement?.

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Governors work to speed up vaccinations, England reaches a concerning milestone, and the EU approves the Moderna vaccine — Tech in Two Jan 07, 2021

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A 25-year-old bet comes due: has tech destroyed society? — Tech in Two Jan 06, 2021

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A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 05, 2021

A famous 25-year-old bet, about whether technology would lead to prosperity or collapse comes due. Here’s how it was decided: https://www.wired.com/story/a-25-year-old-bet-comes-due-has-tech-destroyed-society/.

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The UK denies Julian Assange's extradition, citing suicide risk — Tech in Two Jan 05, 2021

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20 things that made the world a better place in 2020 – Tech in Two Jan 04, 2021

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The best WIRED Science stories of 2020 — Tech in Two Dec 30, 2020

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What to do with all those gift cards you just got — Tech in Two Dec 29, 2020

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The suburban maximalists making viral Christmas displays — Tech in Two Dec 28, 2020

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The race for a Covid vaccine was more about luck than tech — Tech in Two Dec 24, 2020

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The oldest crewed deep sea submarine just got a big makeover – Tech in Two Dec 23, 2020

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Pet prosthetics get a boost from 3D printing — Tech in Two Dec 22, 2020

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The first Americans are being vaccinated. Now, the hard part — Tech in Two Dec 21, 2020

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Texas accuses Google and Facebook of an illegal conspiracy — Tech in Two Dec 18, 2020

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Cops Get a Tool For Family Tree Sleuthing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 17, 2020

A new way of gathering DNA samples may make it easier to trace the ancestry of potential criminals, and it may crack open cold cases. But it’s making privacy advocates very uneasy. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/cops-are-getting-a-new-tool-for-family-tree-sleuthing/.

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State officials tackle vaccine logistics, the FDA authorizes an over-the-counter test, and Congress nears a stimulus bill agreement — Tech in Two Dec 17, 2020

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All the stuff humans make now outweighs Earth's organisms — Tech in Two Dec 16, 2020

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Russia's Devastating Hacking Rampage—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 15, 2020

A devastating Russian attack on US companies and government agencies, through an intermediary called SolarWinds, should teach us a lot about network security. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-solarwinds-supply-chain-hack-commerce-treasury/.

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Vaccine rollout begins in the US, a bipartisan group of legislators plans to release coronavirus relief package, and Germany announces holiday restrictions – Tech In Two Dec 15, 2020

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AI Slims Down—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 14, 2020

A breakthrough in AI that might make image recognition algorithms much less energy intensive, and much more widely available. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-algorithms-slimming-fit-fridge/.

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An FDA advisory panel authorizes the first vaccine, the US hits grim milestones, and cases rise worldwide — Tech in Two Dec 14, 2020

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The hustle and heartbreak of an online shopping empire – Tech in Two Dec 11, 2020

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The Smoking Gun in the Facebook Antitrust Case—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 10, 2020

My colleague Gilad Edelman has found what he calls the smoking gun in the anti-trust case against Facebook. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-ftc-antitrust-case-smoking-gun/.

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The UK issues a vaccine allergy warning, Biden lays out his pandemic plan, and confusion remains about which interventions work best — Tech in Two Dec 10, 2020

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The Antitrust Case Against Facebook—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 09, 2020

There are two big anti-trust lawsuits against Facebook. And the news couldn’t really be much worse for the social media company. Here are a few thoughts about what happens now.

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A revolutionary ion cell that could change EVs – Tech in Twor Dec 09, 2020

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Uber Gives Up On the Self-Driving Dream—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 08, 2020

Uber is giving up on, or at least stepping away, from its dreams of a fully autonomous self-driving fleet. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/uber-gives-up-self-driving-dream/.

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Biden announces top public health nominees, South Korea implements new measures, and the pandemic offers pathways to change — Tech in Two Dec 08, 2020

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Rep Rashida Tlaib Takes on Cryptocurrency—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 07, 2020

Last year Facebook came up with the idea of making a stable cryptocoin. Now, Rep Rashida Tlaib of "The Squad" fame has cosponsored a bill saying that a bank should regulate it, not a private company like Facebook. On the one hand, this makes sense. On the other, do you really trust your banks to be as innovative as a tech company? Plus: I took a new job, as CEO of The Atlantic.

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Trust in vaccines grows slightly, distribution faces challenges, and legislators plan for the next stage — Tech in Two Dec 07, 2020

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Hackers are targeting the Covid-19 vaccine 'cold chain' — Tech in Two Dec 04, 2020

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The UK approves its first coronavirus vaccine, lawmakers announce a $908 billion stimulus plan, and two teams search for the virus’s origin — Tech in Two Dec 03, 2020

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The free market approach to the pandemic isn't working — Tech in Two Dec 02, 2020

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Samsung Discontinues the Galaxy Note—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 01, 2020

Samsung is discontinuing its Galaxy Note line, in a sign that high-end phones are in decline during the pandemic. Here are a few reasons why that might be.

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[Air:2020.12.01] Moderna applies for emergency authorization, England sees its lockdown pay off, and millions of Americans fly for Thanksgiving – Tech in Two Dec 01, 2020

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AI Helps Decipher How Proteins Fold—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 30, 2020

A major advance, using AI, in understanding how proteins fold. Ideally, this will help prevent the next pandemic from being as painful as this one.

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The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine data isn't up to snuff – Tech in Two Nov 30, 2020

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What's Wrong with AstraZeneca's Trial Results—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 25, 2020

Earlier this week, AstraZeneca and Oxford released early vaccine trial results. At first they looked good! But it's become clear they're a long way off from proving their vaccine is ready to go. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-data-isnt-up-to-snuff/.

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How to make multiple smart speakers work together – Tech in Two Nov 25, 2020

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Battles Over Facebook's News Feed Algorithm—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 24, 2020

Facebook, it seems, has figured out algorithmic changes that could reduce misinformation and disinformation and make democracy work better. But will they implement them? There are complicated tradeoffs and an internal battle at the company.

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AstraZeneca announces its vaccine is effective, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies work on “ultra-cold” distribution solutions, and Ad Council begins a campaign to boost vaccine trust — Tech in Two Nov 24, 2020

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GM Starts Selling Car Insurance—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 23, 2020

General Motors is now offering its own car insurance, based on data from your cars. I like this! I want a more efficient car-insurance market, and it shows, yet again, that, in the future, car companies won’t just be selling you vehicles—they’ll also be trying to figure out smart things about the data of everyone who uses them.

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Pfizer seeks FDA approval for its vaccine, the CDC urges Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel, and the federal pandemic response draws renewed concern – Tech in Two Nov 23, 2020

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Robots Come to Construction—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 20, 2020

Robotics and innovation are coming to construction, an industry that has been disrupted by tech much less than I had thought. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/robots-invade-construction-site/.

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A cancer patient's search for the DNA data that could save his life — Tech in Two Nov 20, 2020

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Pfizer releases more promising news, the FDA approves the first at-home test, and Larry Brilliant offers his pandemic forecast — Tech in Two Nov 19, 2020

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Facial Recognition Comes to Campus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 18, 2020

Should facial recognition technology be banned on college campuses? If it’s going to get abused, as it appears to have been at the University of Miami, then it deserves to be. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/did-university-use-facial-recognition-id-student-protesters/.

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Apple's new MacBook Air is a huge leap forward — Tech in Two Nov 18, 2020

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Huawei's 5G dominance may be thanks to its mastery of silence – Tech in Two Nov 17, 2020

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The Story of Polar Codes—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 16, 2020

The story of Polar Codes and how an obscure Turkish mathematician solved an esoteric problem—and in the process changed the way the world’s networks are built. Read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-5g-polar-codes-data-breakthrough/.

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The Telegram Hack That Rocked Brazil—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 16, 2020

The wild, rolling tale of the Telegram hack that turned Brazil’s politics upside down. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/brazil-hacker-bolsonaro-car-wash-leaks/.

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Inside the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App – Tech in Two Nov 16, 2020

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A year-long quest to get off the grid and go solar – Tech in Two Nov 13, 2020

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Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine could break scientific ground, CDC releases new mask guidelines, and an interactive map illustrates the risk of holiday gatherings – Tech in Two Nov 12, 2020

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Google Photos Starts Charging—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 11, 2020

Google Photos will soon start charging. This makes sense! But it also shows the dangerous power of the giant tech companies. Only a company like Google could have built something like this, charged nothing for it, and locked us in. And now that we are locked in, they can start to raise the prices. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/google-photos-free-unlimited-storage-ends/.

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Everything Apple announced, from new Macs to new chips – Tech in Two Nov 11, 2020

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Pfizer releases promising vaccine news, president-elect Biden announces his coronavirus task force, and a new mutation develops on Danish mink farms – Tech in Two Nov 10, 2020

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Pfizer's Promising Vaccine—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 09, 2020

Very promising vaccine data from Pfizer! But there is a still a lot to learn, and a lot of science to do.

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Cases rise as election results come in, vaccines and treatments advance, and the reach of screening and tracing technology grow — Tech in Two Nov 09, 2020

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Facebook and Twitter's Free Speech Fight—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 06, 2020

The impossible conflict over free speech, and safety, on Facebook and Twitter reaches a climax—and perhaps a new, much easier, stage. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/social-medias-dance-with-donald-trump-is-getting-clumsier/.

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Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health – Tech in Two Nov 06, 2020

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US cases rise on Election Day, UK contact-tracing app fails thousands, and Covid-19 screening brings facial recognition into schools – Tech in Two Nov 05, 2020

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Tech's Take on Election Night—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 04, 2020

It was, all in all, a pretty good night for the tech industry. * No misinformation shitshow. * False Trump claims all fall within their plans * Preferred candidate likely to win. * But divided government mean less anti-trust and shorter odds of legislation to break up big tech. Who knows what will happen next, but the folks who run Silicon Valley are probably pretty pleased right now.

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A nameless hiker and the case the internet can't crack – Tech in Two Nov 04, 2020

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The Senate race that could be pivotal for America and Wikipedia – Tech in Two Nov 03, 2020

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The Tale of "Mostly Harmless"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 02, 2020

A man who worked in tech headed off on the Appalachian Trail in 2017, without a phone and without an ID. He walked from NY to Florida, but then was found dead in a tent in the summer of 2018. Since then Internet sleuths have dug deep into the mystery of who he was. And now a company that does genealogical DNA is trying to build out a family tree. But still no one knows his name. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/nameless-hiker-mostly-harmless-internet-mystery/.

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Coronavirus cases rise dramatically, drugmakers prepare for distribution, and the pandemic collides with the upcoming election- Tech in Two Nov 02, 2020

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The Future of Work is Hybrid—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 30, 2020

The future of work is going to be hybrid offices. The tech industry is pioneering this, but I think it’s going to spread and it’s going to make teams and people more productive. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/hybrid-workforce-tech-companies-future/.

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The Future of Work is Hybrid—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 30, 2020

The future of work is going to be hybrid offices. The tech industry is pioneering this, but I think it’s going to spread and it’s going to make teams and people more productive. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/hybrid-workforce-tech-companies-future/.

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What should you do about holiday gatherings and Covid-19? – Tech in Two Oct 30, 2020

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Texts and Emails Carry Election Misinformation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 29, 2020

The new frontier in election misinformation and lies? It’s texts and emails as we head into the final days. In part because the platforms have gotten reasonably good at policing content, the purveyors of misinformation are starting to go direct. So be careful, don’t trust every text, and don’t forget to vote.

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US hospitals struggle, the stock market takes a hit, and more – Tech in Two Oct 29, 2020

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The Disappointing Section 230 Hearing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 28, 2020

We had hearings today in the Senate on section 230 and … it was a complete missed opportunity. I would love a smart conversation about the law and how to improve it. Instead, we got rants about specific tweets and a bunch of nonsense. Let’s hope the Senate can do better next time, when an election isn’t so close. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/section-230-hearing-wasnt-about-section-230/.

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What comes after the International Space Station? – Tech in Two Oct 28, 2020

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White House chief of staff downplays virus response, AstraZeneca says its vaccine is effective, and pandemic quiet helps scientists understand endangered animals – Tech in Two Oct 27, 2020

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How Social Media Changes Our Politics—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 26, 2020

New research shows that Facebook polarizes politics. The more time conservatives spend on the platform, the more conservative they get. On Reddit, it’s the opposite. And, fundamentally, I suspect, the reason is the different structures and algorithms underlying those platforms.

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Cases surge, treatments and vaccines progress, and more – Tech in Two Oct 26, 2020

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Here's what you didn't hear about at last night's debate – Tech in Two Oct 23, 2020

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WHO and Wikipedia Team Up—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 22, 2020

The World Health Organization has a new partnership with Wikipedia to get out truthful, trusted information about the pandemic. This is an extraordinary milestone for a wonderful website that used to be full of lies and nonsense… including the entry for Nicholas Thompson, which used to say I was a martian.

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Covid-19 mortality rates decrease, a UK company announces a controversial human challenge trial, and the virus’s spread continues to accelerate across the US – Tech in Two Oct 22, 2020

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The Collapse of Quibi—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 21, 2020

Quibi has collapsed! It was a promising service; it had terrific tech. But its failure has some important lessons for the industry.

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It's time to talk about Covid-19 and surfaces again – Tech in Two Oct 21, 2020

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The DOJ's Antitrust Case Against Google—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 20, 2020

The DOJ finally unveils its anti-trust case against Google. Here are the details. Here's more on the case: https://www.wired.com/story/what-google-does-illegally-according-doj/. And here's the official complaint: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-monopolist-google-violating-antitrust-laws.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is about to touch an asteroid- Tech in Two Oct 20, 2020

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Why It's a Good Thing That Joe Biden is Very Offline—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 19, 2020

Joe Biden just doesn’t inspire an online fanbase. He doesn’t have passionate supporters, unlike so many other successful politicians. And that says something actually positive about the future of American democracy. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/biden-social-media/.

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Treatment and vaccine trials are halted, the US forges ahead with its decentralized response, and new revelations about American society and institutions underscore the deadly toll of the virus- Tech in Two Oct 19, 2020

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The Rise of Digital Doping—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 16, 2020

Digital doping—the sneaky use of AI, or bots, to make us appear more powerful digitally than we really are. It may be starting in cycling, but it’s going to spread. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/what-digital-doping-means-esports-everything-else/.

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Prime Day may be over, but there are still deals to take advantage of – Tech in Two Oct 16, 2020

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Facebook and Twitter Both Take Pointed Aim at Misinformation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 15, 2020

Twitter and Facebook both took action when a news story that seemed potentially like a misinformation campaign started to go viral. This got them both in a lot of trouble! And it probably drove more people to the original story. But honestly, though Twitter’s response was a mess, I felt like Facebook handled it all pretty well.

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The iPhone 12 ships without a charger. Will it really help curb e-waste?- Tech in Two Oct 15, 2020

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Coronavirus Accelerates Digital Authoritarianism—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 14, 2020

Sadly, it seems that the coronavirus has accelerated the decline in freedom online in many places around the world---and led to ever more digital authoritarianism. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/internet-freedom-covid-19-2020/.

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New York tries targeted lockdowns, India tops seven million cases, and monoclonal antibodies may be a boon for science and yet a challenge for public health- Tech in Two Oct 14, 2020

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Apple Announces the iPhone 12—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 13, 2020

Apple has new phones. And the big launch event/infomercial was an important milestone in the development of 5G, AR, and, ideally, phones that are shatter-proof enough that we don’t have to encase their beautiful narrow borders in massive ugly rubber cases. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/everything-apple-announced-october-2020/.

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Trump’s ‘miracle cure’ for Covid Is a logistical nightmare- Tech in Two Oct 13, 2020

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Hackers Could Stop a Tesla In Its Tracks—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 12, 2020

New research shows a dark but clever way to hack autonomous cars, or at least make them stop on highways. There are important lessons to be learned from this—but I dearly hope these kinds of hacks don’t slow this industry down. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-model-x-autopilot-phantom-images/.

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AI Listens In to Sales Calls—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 09, 2020

New software that uses AI to determine how efficient sales people are, and how they can do better. It’s slightly creepy—and very useful. And it’s a reminder that the coronavirus is pushing technological innovation forward, even as it creates chaos in so many other ways. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/sales-calls-virtual-ai-listening/.

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Early Amazon Prime Day deals and tips- Tech in Two Oct 09, 2020

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Facebook's Plan to Suspend Political Ads—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 08, 2020

Facebook is going to ban political ads after the election. Why? The reasons are more complicated and interesting than you might think. It’s not about money, at least not in a direct way since political ads are a miniscule portion of FB’s business. Ultimately, I think it’s a good decision, but a small one. Because political ads are such a tiny part of Facebook.

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President Trump halts stimulus talks, the FDA releases vaccine approval guidelines, and doctors investigate the link between Covid-19 and diabetes- Tech in Two Oct 08, 2020

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The Brutal New Antitrust Report—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 07, 2020

The House has released a brutal new report on anti-trust. It takes the big tech companies to task and lays out, with damning new documents and brutal evidence, the dangers to American capitalism of having so much market power accumulate in so few companies. And one of the biggest ideas in there: consumer harm shouldn’t be measured just by how much we pay for things. But also whether monopolies force us to give up other things of value, like our privacy, in return for using their products.

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A dangerous year in America enters its most dangerous month- Tech in Two Oct 07, 2020

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Facebook Bans QAnon—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 06, 2020

Facebook has just banned Qanon. This is an escalation in the company’s efforts to combat the spread of the conspiracy theory. But it won’t be easy to carry out because Qanon means so many different things.

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Tracing Covid's path to the president presents challenges, infection rates rise across the US, and an Excel glitch in England causes massive underreporting - Tech in Two Oct 06, 2020

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Uncle Sam Turns to Twitch—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 05, 2020

The US military’s recruiting on Twitch has become deeply controversial. But honestly, I’m totally fine with it: unless we’re going to abolish the military, or change from a volunteer force, it makes sense to let there be recruitment where young, smart, engaged people are. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/military-gamer-recruitment-twitch/.

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Coronavirus Update: President Trump tests positive, new contact tracing developments -Tech in Two Oct 05, 2020

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How Hospitals and AI Can Work Together—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 02, 2020

Sometimes the most important thing in AI isn’t how well a technology system works—it’s how well it is integrated with existing systems and how easy it is to understand. Here’s a fascinating story about that phenomenon, a hospital, and a program to determine who might be going into sepsis: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-help-patients-doctors-understand/.

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Anthony Fauci has some very good reasons to be optimistic – Tech in Two Oct 02, 2020

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Big Vaccine Questions—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 01, 2020

I have a series of questions about the potential coronavirus vaccine. First, which vaccine candidate will come first, and what will the consequences of that particular vaccine be? Second, how will having an effective vaccine on the market change the way the science of how we study covid. And third, who should get the vaccine first? I’ve long thought it should be medical professionals.

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A new aid package moves forward in the House, Europe approves a 15-minute Covid-19 test, and researchers propose applying the US HIV/AIDS strategy to Covid-19 -Tech in Two Oct 01, 2020

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Facebook Merges Messenger and Instagram DMs—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 30, 2020

Messaging is merging on Instagram and Facebook itself. This is probably good for users. But I don’t think the company’s motivations are entirely about that. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-merges-instagram-messenger-direct-messages/.

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Fire-Mapping Drones Get an AI Upgrade - Tech in Two Sep 30, 2020

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Coinbase Claims Political Neutrality—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 29, 2020

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, has written a long essay arguing that his company is not political. That the most value it can bring to the world is by fulfilling its mission and building out markets for crypto. Many people in Silicon Valley agree and have applauded. Others are questioning how, in 2020, any company as big as Coinbase can claim neutrality—and that trying to do so is a political stand itself.

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The election threats that keep US intelligence up at night –– Tech in Two Sep 29, 2020

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Voter ‘Deterrence’ By 2016 Trump campaign — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 28, 2020

New revelations show that the Trump campaign relied heavily on deterring Black voters from supporting Hillary in 2016. This may show us the future of political campaigns: using the power of social media targeting not to swing voters to your side, but to get your opponent’s voters to stay home.

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More vaccines enter Phase III trials, researchers are learning more about the long-term impact of Covid-19, and risk calculation becomes increasingly difficult as the country reopens – Tech in Two. Sep 28, 2020

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Amazon Launches a Drone for the Home—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 25, 2020

Amazon has a new surveillance drone for inside your home. It is impressive tech, and I understand why some people might want one. But the idea of a video feed inside my home, which could link up to my Amazon account, gives me the creeps. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ring-always-home-cam/.

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Here's what happened at Tesla's "Battery Day"- Tech in Two Sep 25, 2020

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Inside This Summer's Twitter Hack—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 24, 2020

The inside story of the devastating hack at Twitter on July 15th, and all the things the company has done since then to try to prepare so that another catastrophe doesn’t hit before the coming election. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-twitter-hack-election-plan/

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The FDA is expected to tighten vaccine guidelines, a vaccine from Johnson & Johnson enters Phase III trials, and Covid patients and researchers turn to support groups- Tech in Two Sep 24, 2020

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The Decentralization of Journalism—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 23, 2020

A whole bunch of journalists are going independent and striking out on their own through Substack. Today, my friend Casey Newton of the Verge said he’s going to try. Why is this happening? Well, there’s unlimited upside and it’s part of a long trend of decentralization in media and elsewhere.

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Covid-19 support groups are a potential research goldmine- Tech in Two Sep 23, 2020

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How AI Could Help Clean Up the Internet—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 22, 2020

Can AI be used to filter toxic comments before they’re even posted? A new study suggests it’s possible and maybe opens up a path for cleaning up the toxicity online. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/comments-section-clean-up-let-ai-tell-users-words-trash/

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A century-old TB shot could protect against Covid-19, Russia sells its vaccine to more than 10 countries, and the common cold strains testing and supplies- Tech in Two Sep 22, 2020

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A Battle for Privacy in California—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 21, 2020

Only in California could you have a referendum on a potential massive change to Internet privacy law that has set the funder, and drafter, of California’s recent massive privacy law at odds with each other. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/california-prop-24-fight-over-privacy-future/

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Reports show HHS changed CDC testing guidance while ignoring objections, scientists research animal-to-human diseases, and cases rise in Europe- Tech in Two Sep 21, 2020

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The Dangers of the WeChat Ban—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 18, 2020

The Commerce Department is cracking down on TikTok and WeChat. The former is getting more attention, but the latter might be more serious—and it will cut off one of the main lines of communication between the two most powerful countries on earth.

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Moderna releases vaccine plan, South Africa experiences a low death rate relative to its high infection rate, and an HHS communications official goes on leave- Tech in Two Sep 18, 2020

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Facebook's New Headset and the Maturation of VR—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 17, 2020

A different kind of story about Facebook. Today the big news isn’t a misinformation scandal or an employee crisis. It’s that they have a new virtual reality headset, the Quest 2, and by our reviewer’s accounts, it’s really quite good. And that could be a huge step in the maturation of VR.

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Health officials prepare to deliver a vaccine, the science community clashes with Trump, and a patent battle hurts the contact-tracing effort- Tech in Two Sep 17, 2020

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A Texas County Clerk Is Changing How We Vote—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 16, 2020

A county clerk in Texas is working to use homomorphic encryption to keep our elections safe. Or at least safer. This is very smart! And it shows a way that election officials and cryptologists can come together for the good of democracy. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/dana-debeauvoir-texas-county-clerk-voting-tech-revolution/

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A bipartisan stimulus bill, breathalyzer tests for Covid-19, and criticism from Bill Gates- Tech in Two Sep 16, 2020

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New Announcements from Apple—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 15, 2020

New announcements from Apple! I explain all that they’ve launched, none of which is revolutionary but some of which is pretty cool. And some of which was a little bland. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-watch-series-6-and-se/.

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WHO reports record increase in new infections, a refugee camp is razed to protest pandemic conditions, and cases rise in 11 US states- Tech in Two Sep 15, 2020

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Facebook's Voting Problem—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 14, 2020

A blistering internal memo by a Facebook employee shows that the company has a real problem, that they are not dealing with sufficiently, with election manipulation around the world. Facebook needs to solve this fast.

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Fauci issues a warning for the fall, convalescent plasma remains in high demand, and the latest coronavirus aid bill fails to pass- Tech in Two Sep 14, 2020

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Esports Are Like Other Pro Sports, Except Someone Owns the Game—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 11, 2020

Esports are booming, and players are making it their lives. It’s a whole lot like professional sports, with young stars, huge revenues from events, and passionate fans. Except there’s one big difference: in sports, no one owns the actual game. And that ends up changing a lot about how esports works. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/esports-pros-labor-game-publishers-power/

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Global deaths top 900,000, LA adopts Citizen’s contact-tracing app, and schools’ 44-square-foot rule comes into question- Tech in Two Sep 11, 2020

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New Drone Brings More AI to Warfare—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 10, 2020

A new surveillance drone from Palmer Luckey and Anduril should make us think about the future of AI in warfare. To what degree are we willing to let machines be involved in military conflict? There are ethical reasons to go closely and to be carefuly—and other reasons why a military has to go fast. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-new-drone-inject-ai-warfare/

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AstraZeneca halts Phase III trials, UK bans gatherings of more than six, and Chinese internet users archive the pandemic on GitHub- Tech in Two Sep 10, 2020

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GOP Senators Take Aim at Section 230—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 09, 2020

GOP senators are proposing to modify section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the foundational law that protects tech platforms from liability for content posted on them and that also allows them to moderate content. I’m all in favor of updating old laws governing new companies and new tech! But this seems like a manifestly bad way to fix a problem that doesn’t exist---and that may make a real and existing problem worse.

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Coronavirus stimulus bill vote may happen this week, contact tracing apps fall short in the US, and drug developers commit to making a vaccine safely- Tech in Two Sep 09, 2020

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Your Phone Can Tell Whether You're Drunk—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 08, 2020

Our phones can now determine whether we’re intoxicate or not. There are many reasons why this could be a very good thing! But as so also is true in tech these days, there reasons to worry it could be a creepy thing too. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/your-smartphone-can-tell-if-youre-drunk-walking/

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US vaccine development leader tries to assuage concerns over politicization, Russia publishes data from its vaccine trial, and America braces for the impact of Labor Day weekend- Tech in Two Sep 07, 2020

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Facebook Attempts to Protect Elections—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 04, 2020

Facebook is making a whole series of changes to help keep the election safe. I applaud them all. But I fear they won’t be enough and that they are coming too late---ten years too late in fact.

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The CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine distribution, countries sign on to WHO's vaccine allocation program, and startups provide workers with remote perks- Tech in Two Sep 04, 2020

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The US Government Plows Ahead With Google Antitrust Investigation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 03, 2020

A new report suggests that AG William Barr is rushing the DOJ to formally bring forward its anti-trust case against Google before the end of September. The career lawyers working there think this is a terrible idea. And if it’s politically motivated, I do too. I have long worried the US government would make a hash of an anti-trust investigation against Google. And this only deepens this fear.

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Apple and Google Try Again At Contact—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 03, 2020

Digital contact tracing has been a mess in the United States! And that explains a small part of why our response to the coronavirus, and particularly the second wave, has been such a calamity. Now Apple and Google are taking things (a bit) more into their own hands. This is a good thing, though, as you’ll see when I try to activate it on my iPhone, all is not entirely clear yet.

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The CDC bans evictions, the US prepares for flu season, and analysis bolsters the promise of steroids as an effective treatment- Tech in Two Sep 03, 2020

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The US tops 6 million cases, another vaccine enters Phase III trials, and New York City delays the start of school- Tech in Two Sep 02, 2020

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Elon Musk Next Project: The Brain—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 01, 2020

Elon Musk shows off a little implant to put in your skull to read electrical signals. Because it’s Musk, and he talked about downloading your memories, the demonstration has been slightly sidetracked. But there are still real medical advances that can come from brain implants as we learn how to make them work.

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The head of the FDA says he would fast-track a vaccine, India reports record numbers of new cases, and CDC guidelines for Covid-19 testing remain unclear- Tech in Two Sep 01, 2020

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How Tesla Almost Got Hacked—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 31, 2020

A terrifying attempted hack at Tesla should teach us a new framework for cyber security. Your chief worry shouldn’t just be making it hard for intruders to get into your system. Assume they will; and then build a defense so that they can be easily tracked and the damage can be contained.

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China censors conversations, a Nevada man gets reinfected, and new data reveals the risk for older males- Tech in Two Aug 31, 2020

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Madness at TikTok—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 28, 2020

What the heck is happening at Tiktok? The CEO just resigned and today we have news that Walmart may be joining forces with Microsoft to buy it in what looks like a highly confusing transaction. I want the platform to thrive because I want more competition in social media in every way. But today was quite confusing for the company.

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The CDC walks back new guidelines, a study finds blood thinners may reduce deaths, and the FDA warns of hand sanitizer in tricky packaging- Tech in Two Aug 28, 2020

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The Trump Administration Invests in AI—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 27, 2020

Kudos to the Trump Administration, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, for launching 12 new research centers in AI and quantum computing. This is exactly the sort of thing the federal government should do.

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Cases in children are increasing, a new C-D-C guideline troubles experts, and the first reinfection case isn't all bad- Tech in Two Aug 27, 2020

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AI System Beats Fighter Pilot—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 26, 2020

An AI system just defeated an F16 fighter pilot in a simulated dogfight. The future of warfare is coming a lot faster than most of us think.

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AstraZeneca ramps up vaccine production, false positives cause concern, and Germany experiments with concerts- Tech in Two Aug 26, 2020

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Law Enforcement Taps Into Smart Speakers—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 25, 2020

Smart home speakers are being used nearly as ubiquitously by law enforcement as cell phones. They’ve got data about location, about who’s in a home when, and maybe even snippets of audio from when crimes were committed. And they can be useful in proving alibis too. We’re constantly creating streams of data through these devices---which can be used against us, or for us too.

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The FDA approves convalescent plasma, a Hong Kong man is reinfected, and researchers highlight the importance of collecting data from minority groups- Tech in Two Aug 25, 2020

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Uber's Former CSO Takes the Blame For 2016 Hack—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 24, 2020

Federal officials are holding the CSO of Uber personally responsible for violating the law and failing to disclose a 2016 hack. The company has already been fined. Adding personal liability for a top official is a pretty big deal—and a huge disincentive for future CSOs to do the same. But is it actually fair?

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Convalescent plasma remains unproven, the WHO tempers vaccine expectations, and the pandemic reshapes election season- Tech in Two Aug 24, 2020

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Modified Mosquitoes on the Loose—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 21, 2020

Florida is releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild. In the best case, it keeps a lot of people safe from Zika and Dengue fever. In the worst, it sets off some kind of environmental catastrophe.

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Disasters collide in California, a study evaluates the safety of planes, and Airbnb institutes a global party ban- Tech in Two Aug 21, 2020

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Watch Out for Dark Patterns—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 20, 2020

Dark patterns! It’s a kind of website user interface designed to trick you into doing things that are against your interest, or preventing you from doing things that are. We’re running a series at Wired to help you identify and avoid them. It’ll change the way you think about the web. You can find the series here: https://www.wired.com/tag/dark-patterns/

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A mystery illness is affecting kids, a study unveils the danger of dust, and experts warn it could be years before schools return to normal- Tech in Two Aug 20, 2020

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How Toronto Became the Next Silicon Valley—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 19, 2020

The most interesting thing in tech: How did Toronto become such a tech hub? There are factors pulling people there, but also factors---like America’s hostile immigration policy---pushing entrepreneurs out of the US. Whoever the next president is, they should look at the data and think about how this country can reverse the current exodus of talent. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/immigrant-tech-workers-american-dream-canada/

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Americans debate whether to take a future vaccine, Quest Diagnostics cuts its testing turnaround time, and depression doubles in Britain- Tech in Two Aug 19, 2020

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How Criminals May Use AI—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 18, 2020

What are the actual biggest risks in how criminals might use AI? This new paper caught my eye and terrified me a bit too.

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The FDA approves a saliva-based test, New Zealand delays its election, and LA announces a testing program for schools- Tech in Two Aug 18, 2020

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Epic and Apple Face Off—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 17, 2020

Apple and Epic go to war over the (I think) outrageous 30% cut that the App Store takes on all in-game sales. Who should win? If the question is a practical one—what is better for innovation and users—then I definitely side with Epic. If it’s a legal one, it gets more complicated.

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Congress leaves without a stimulus package, California tops 600,000 cases, and experts worry about a vaccine for kids- Tech in Two Aug 17, 2020

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A Spreadsheet Hero Takes on Voter Purging—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 13, 2020

The story of a spreadsheet hero, analyzing voter databases on nights and weekends, trying to make sure people aren’t purged unfairly. It’s the story about one person using Microsoft Excel to try to make American democracy work better.

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A low-cost device tests mask efficacy, Covid deaths in the US remain high, and a Florida sheriff bans masks- Tech in Two Aug 13, 2020

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Kamala Harris's Digital Operation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 12, 2020

One reason Kamala Harris might have had an edge? Her very strong digital operation heading into the last months of a campaign that’s going to be entirely digital

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A new survey links vaping to Covid, the world reaches 20 million cases, and researchers questions the efficacy of neck gaiters- Tech in Two Aug 12, 2020

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Airbnb Goes Public—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 11, 2020

Airbnb is filing to go public soon. This is a fascinating story about a turnaround at a company where, three months ago, things looked very very bleak.

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New Zealand hits an important milestone, nearly 100,000 children test positive, and drug research is in trouble- Tech in 2 Aug 11, 2020

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What Becomes of WeChat—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 10, 2020

We’re just beginning to understand the scope and consequences of Trump’s executive order banning WeChat. We still don’t know exactly how far it will extend, but right now we are very much headed to a world with a splinternet---where, in some countries, you can use Chinese tech to access Chinese apps, and in other countries you use Western tech and Western apps. This is not an outcome I’ve wanted, but here we are.

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Bill Gates sounds off on testing, the digital divide in education widens, and Facebook extends its work-from-home policy- Tech in Two Aug 10, 2020

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The US falls behind in testing, a study confirms asymptomatic transmission, and Los Angeles threatens to shut off water and power to house parties- Tech in Two Aug 07, 2020

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Florida tops half a million cases, Novavax delivers promising results, and Clorox wipes may be out until 2021- Tech in Two Aug 06, 2020

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Covid surges in the midwest, jails spread disease to surrounding communities, and a sleepaway camp leaves more than 250 people infected- Tech in Two Aug 05, 2020

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The UK rolls out new rapid coronavirus tests, the CDC predicts 11,000 deaths per week, and WIRED shares some tips for staying in touch with loved ones- Tech in Two Aug 04, 2020

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President Trump Takes Action Against TikTok—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 03, 2020

Bloomberg reports that the president is going to force the divestment of TikTok. I do not like this decision! Nor do I think it’s justified.

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Hong Kong delays elections, the US spends billions on a vaccine deal, and experts look at the impacts of air-conditioning- Tech in Two Aug 03, 2020

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America's Covid-19 Data Problem—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 31, 2020

Two weeks ago, HHS stripped the CDC of control of national Covid-19 data. It's the latest in the string of problems with how the country is collecting health data that experts are calling it an "information catastrophe."

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Herman Cain loses his battle with Covid, Dr. Fauci promotes eye protection, and two states hit record highs for deaths- Tech in Two Jul 31, 2020

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How Big Is Too Big?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 30, 2020

The big anti-trust hearings were today! A lot happened. But my ultimate conclusions:
1) These companies are too big. They distort markets and are predatory in different ways.
2) The US government, as currently comprised, would totally make a hash of it if it tried to break them up.

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The EU prepares for a possible second wave, social media giants take down a fake video, and four vaccine candidates pull away from the pack- Tech in Two Jul 29, 2020

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Tomorrow's Antitrust Hearings—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 28, 2020

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Moderna’s vaccine candidate heads into final trials, studies show Covid’s effect on the heart, and reopened countries provide guidance on schools- Tech in Two Jul 28, 2020

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Google Employees Will WFH Until Summer 2021—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 27, 2020

Google has told all their employees they can work from home until the summer of 2021. This is a good way to reduce uncertainty for staff—and it’s also an indicator that people with a lot of data believe we’re in this for the long haul.

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Experts urge the US to shut down, new guidelines push for reopening schools, and rehab centers face an uncertain future- Tech in Two Jul 27, 2020

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Wisconsin experiments with a new test, a study reveals how to get people to wear masks, and an expert says you shouldn't bank on a vaccine- Tech in Two Jul 24, 2020

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Engagement v. Reach v. Clicks on Facebook—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 23, 2020

A fight has broken out over whether Facebook’s news feed is spreading hyper partisan news content. If you look at he metric of engagement, it does! If you look at reach, that’s less so. So what’s the right thing to measure?

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The US records over 1,000 deaths in a day, Fauci warns Covid may never be eradicated, and Pfizer gets a giant vaccine contract- Tech in Two Jul 23, 2020

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A Self-Driving Car Bound for Mars—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 22, 2020

We’re sending another rover up to Mars soon. It’s an immensely complicated engineering challenge: from protecting the processors from radiation to making a self-driving system that doesn’t depend on lidar. Here’s how it works.

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The US charges alleged hackers, the EU delivers a novel stimulus package, and an expert calls for more transparency on vaccine side effects- Tech in Two Jul 22, 2020

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Scalefactor's AI Had People Behind It—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 21, 2020

Scalefactor crashes and burns after raising $100m. It turns out they didn’t have a brilliant AI system for optimizing your back office needs. They had just hired a lot of human accountants to imitate being an AI.

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A vaccine trial gives hope, Florida continues to break records, and Trump's briefings return- Tech in Two Jul 21, 2020

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Will Trump Ban TikTok?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 20, 2020

Will Trump van TikTok? I hope not! And when you look on national security grounds alone, it’s hard to make the case that he should. But if you think about crass political calculations, maybe he will. After all:
1) being tough on China is the rare issue where he polls better than Biden
2) TikTok users get some of the blame for the debacle of his rally in Tulsa
3) Banning TikTok would be a huge boost to Facebook and their TikTok competitor within Instagram. And Facebook has been the platform kindest to Trump.

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Introducing: Get WIRED Jul 20, 2020

Get WIRED is a new podcast about how the future is realized. Each week, we burrow down new rabbit holes to investigate the ways technology is changing our lives—from culture to business, science to design. Through hard-hitting reporting, intimate storytelling, and audio you won’t hear anywhere else, Get WIRED is the must-listen-to tech podcast that sets the agenda for the week. Hosted by WIRED Senior Writer Lauren Goode. Listen and subscribe to Get WIRED at https://link.chtbl.com/gw-gl-trailer

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Twitter's Massive Hack—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 17, 2020

A terrible hack at Twitter exposes security weaknesses at that company. And it also reminds of one of the fundamental issue for tech: most platforms were built idealistically, with the assumption that most humans are good most of the time. And that’s partly why manipulative people can do so much harm.

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Russia goes after vaccine research, CDC data disappears, and experts spot possible cases of reinfection- Tech in 2 Jul 17, 2020

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America's Farming Gets A Software Update—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 16, 2020

How well can modern technology and AI improve America’s farming? I dug into a new partnership between Microsoft and Land O’Lakes to try to find out.

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The White House bypasses the CDC, Walmart requires masks, and llamas join the fight against Covid-19- Tech in Two Jul 16, 2020

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Rocky Times for Tesla—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 15, 2020

What on earth is going on with Tesla? The stock skyrocketed, and then plummeted. And it still ended the day worth more than Toyota, Ford, and GM combined. This is partly because they make great cars, with great batteries, and could have a dominant position as the world transitions to electric automobiles. It’s partly because Elon Musk has been on better behavior recently---at least when not denying the effects of coronavirus. And it’s partly, well … just a crazy market with a lot of people betting in all directions.

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Florida is breaking records, states are spiking faster, and mounting evidence points to the importance of masks- Tech in Two Jul 15, 2020

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The International Baccalaureate's Mysterious Algorithm—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 14, 2020

A story of algorithmic insanity. In lieu of in-person testing, the International Baccalaureate program used an opaque formula to determine students’ scores. Among other factors it depended on past results from students at the same school. This is not the way to run a crucial test that determines whether kids get into college.

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New case records, a step backward for Hong Kong, and a growing lawsuit- Tech in Two Jul 14, 2020

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A New Way to Unsubscribe from Spam and Get Paid—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 13, 2020

A new, very clever app, tries to unsubscribe you from spammy email while also getting you paid via class action lawsuits. And unlike other similar services, it isn’t based on privacy invasion.

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Record death tolls, new treatment data, and a different way to understand immunity- Tech in Two Jul 13, 2020

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How Subscribers Could Change Twitter—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 10, 2020

Rumor has it Twitter is launching a subscription service. This may well not be true, but if it is, it could fundamentally change how social networks operate, perhaps for the better.

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Disproportionate dangers for men, a looming second shutdown, and the testing blame game- Tech in Two Jul 10, 2020

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How Will Big Tech Handle New Laws in Hong Kong?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 09, 2020

China’s new national security law in Hong Kong has put the big tech companies in a bind. Do they comply with it, and violate their principles of free speech? Do they resist, and face retaliation? Do they leave Hong Kong and lose a lot of business?

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A new record for cases, evidence of airborne transmission, and a massive airline layoff on the horizon- Tech in Two Jul 09, 2020

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VCs and Tech Media Fight on Twitter—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 08, 2020

There's a huge fight going on right now between VCs and tech media on Twitter. It's too complicated to go into in depth here right now. But I want to talk about one relevant and interesting sub-question: the assumption by many people in tech that editors and managers in media hire people with high Twitter follower counts. That's mostly false, in my opinion, but for complicated and interesting reasons that probably apply to other industries too.

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Brazil's president tests positive, the average age of patients plummets, and contact tracing falters- Tech in Two Jul 08, 2020

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The Growth of Prison TikTok—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 07, 2020

The growth of a subgenre known as prison TikTok, which shows life for incarcerated men and women. Phones are mostly banned in prisons! But looking at prison TikTok might make one reconsider whether that's the right policy choice.

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A study dispels herd immunity hopes, an antibody cocktail enters late-stage trials, and WIRED explains the evolution of the face mask- Tech in Two Jul 07, 2020

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Tech Policy Meets Nationalism—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 06, 2020

Technology policy is getting ever-more-tied up in nationalistic skirmishes. It happened in India yesterday and the US today. It's not the direction I want the world to head in, but it's also not surprising.

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Social Media Cracks Down on Trump—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 03, 2020

The social media companies continue their crackdown on Trump. Why? There are lots of factors in play! But one interesting one is his recent drop in the polls. And if the companies judge his odds of reelection as dropping, they will judge the potential effect of his retaliation as dropping too.

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The US sets a new daily record, a government project runs out of face masks, and Florida's governor refuses to pause reopening- Tech in Two. Jul 03, 2020

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Fauci warns of a rise in cases, a memo exposes Amazon, and schools struggle with cybersecurity- Tech in Two Jul 02, 2020

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The EU bans most American travelers, the WHO chief says the worst is yet to come, and the FBI warns of antibody test scams- Tech in Two Jul 01, 2020

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Fake mask exemptions circulate, worldwide deaths pass 500,000, and Singapore rolls out a contact-tracing device for seniors- Tech in Two Jun 30, 2020

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Credit Cards for Influencers—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 26, 2020

A new company called Karat is offering a high-limit credit card to social media influencers. This may sound crazy! Would you trust an Instagram star to pay you back? But I actually think it’s a good idea for someone who builds a really good model for understanding the math of how social media works.

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The US sets a new record, an investigation reveals government flaws, and WIRED writers give mask recommendations- Tech in Two Jun 26, 2020

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Wrongful Arrest Via Algorithm—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 25, 2020

We have the first case of a man arrested because of an erroneous face recognition algorithm. And it’s a haunting, profoundly unjust story.

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The governor of Texas changes course, NYC faces major layoffs, and the Trump team considers a CDC investigation- Tech in Two Jun 25, 2020

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Trump Halts H-1B Visas—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 24, 2020

Trump bans immigrants coming here on H-1B visas. This is a bad policy that will surely backfire. It will cost America jobs not save them. And it will make this country a less welcoming place for immigrants who have long been powerful drivers of innovation.

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President Trump suspends visas, a study reveals undetected cases, and a virus-proofing industry emerges- Tech in Two Jun 24, 2020

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Apple Will Make Its Own Chips—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 23, 2020

It’s WWDC and Apple has announced that it’s now going to make its own chips for its laptops. This is a big, consequential shift.

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Cases grow at a record pace, protest data gives experts hope, and young people see a spike in infections- Tech in Two Jun 23, 2020

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The Problem with Seasonality—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 19, 2020

I’ve always thought it would be an unambiguous good if it turns out Covid-19 is seasonal and declines in the summer months. That would buy us time and help us do all the things we need to do. But what if it is seasonal, we don’t keep developing the systems we need---like digital contract tracing and norms around masks? Then it’s just going to come back with a vengeance.

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A seasonality warning, post-Covid world predictions, and out-of-control hotspots- Tech in Two Jun 19, 2020

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Covid trials struggle with diversity, China tries to contain a second wave, and experts ask for a pandemic response report- Tech in Two Jun 18, 2020

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Insanity at eBay—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 17, 2020

An absolutely bonkers, cruel, crazy story about executives at eBay who decided to go after critics by, among other things, tailing them and sending them live spiders. Oh, and they took out subscriptions to barely legal porn publications in their critics names and sent them to their neighbors.

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The first drug to improve survival arrives, prison deaths skyrocket, and officials struggle to get residents on board with contact tracing- Tech in Two Jun 17, 2020

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Deepfake Detection is Still a Work in Progress—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 16, 2020

Facebook completes a contest to see who could write the best software for detecting deepfakes. That’s good! I just wish the winner had a higher success rate.

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US hot spots worsen, disease experts warn about herd immunity, and doctors shift to Zoom for end-of-life care- Tech in Two Jun 16, 2020

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How to Eavesdrop With a Lightbulb—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 15, 2020

Researchers in Israel have figured out how to decipher what someone is saying by looking at vibrations in a lightbulb from hundreds of feet away. It seems like magic, but it’s also a little bit terrifying.

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A leading vaccine enters the final testing stage, an "antibody cocktail" heads into human trials, and a model predicts more deaths in the fall- Tech in Two Jun 12, 2020

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IBM Opts Out of Facial Recognition—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 11, 2020

IBM declares that they are opting out of developing face recognition technology. I can see why they have taken this stand! But I also see quite a few caveats, and the arguments on the other side.

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Fauci issues a warning, Georgia flubs its election, and Arizona's Covid spread worries experts- Tech in Two Jun 11, 2020

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Zynn Built A New Social Network With Stolen Content—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 10, 2020

Zynn built a social network that quickly boomed, defying all the rules that explain why building a new social network is so hard. How did they do it? Partly, they came up with a smart idea. And partly they cheated.

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WHO walks back comments, 22 states see increased cases, and Amazon gets involved in clinical trials- Tech in Two Jun 10, 2020

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New Zealand declares victory, US cases surge, and the digital divide grows- Tech in Two Jun 09, 2020

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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Feud—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 08, 2020

There’s a strange fight brewing between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. And it involves social media, shitposting, the coronavirus, and the huge debate we’re having in this country about the power of the tech monopolies. And it may also go back to space exploration too.

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An Ocean's Worth of Data—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 05, 2020

How do we collect, share, and interpret data about the health of our oceans? It’s a massive problem, but a crucial one for the health of our planet.

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Cases surge, hydroxychloroquine shows no effect, and health workers share their experiences- Tech in Two Jun 05, 2020

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Zoom Makes Customers Pay for Encryption—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 04, 2020

Zoom doesn’t offer end-to-end encryption for its free customers. That’s terrible! Or, wait, maybe it’s not.

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Fauci makes a vaccine prediction, anti-protest weapons cause coronavirus concerns, and a top Swedish expert admits fault in their strategy- Tech in Two Jun 04, 2020

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The Protests in Minneapolis—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 03, 2020

The story of Minneapolis, where some citizens are protesting with every form of digital technology out in the open. And others are working to keep their city, and their businesses, safe through the most analog of forms.

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Facebook Employees Speak Up to Zuckerberg—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 02, 2020

Internal dissent at Facebook! Employees are protesting the company's policies on Trump's posts. But really they're protesting what they think is their company's complicity in the mayhem that America finds itself in right now.

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An Italian doctor sends good news, poorer countries spike with infections, and scientists analyze the enzyme at the center of Covid-19- Tech in Two Jun 02, 2020

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Trump's Twitter Battle Continues—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jun 01, 2020

The MiTT: the fight between the president and Twitter has gotten even stranger and even more consequential. And it doesn’t look like it’s heading to a good end.

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The Fate of Section 230—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 29, 2020

The president wants to overhaul section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, one of the foundational laws of the modern Internet. Why? Well, it seems just because he is mad at Twitter right now. He probably doesn’t have the legal authority to succeed, but, if he does, he’ll be opening Pandora’s Box.

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A race to understand outdoor transmission, a new set of guidelines for reopening offices, and difficult decisions for IVF patients- Tech in Two May 29, 2020

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Twitter Fact-Checks Trump—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 28, 2020

Twitter's fact checkers just cracked down on Donald Trump. But they did it for interesting reasons and in an imperfect way. They're going to get a lot of blowback, even if trying to limit false statements about elections is an important thing to do.

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Contact tracing faces security issues, infection rates are rising, and Google is rolling out new features to help- Tech in Two May 28, 2020

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Japan ends its state of emergency, New Zealand floats a four-day workweek, and the US approaches 100,000 deaths- Tech in Two May 27, 2020

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How Facebook Allowed Mass Partisanship—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 26, 2020

New reporting from the WSJ about an internal effort at the company to limit the ways the platform pushes people into filter bubbles and enables partisanship. And, unfortunately, details about how the platform mostly quashed the proposed changes. You can read the story here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499

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Business is Booming in the Cloud—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 23, 2020

Companies that make infrastructure for the cloud are booming. Nvidia is now worth more than Disney. But can this growth last through a real split with China? And if it does, will there be a backlash against on the wealth in tech six months down the road?

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The CDC changes its transmission guidelines, experts worry about polio, and bots take over the coronavirus conversation- Tech in Two May 23, 2020

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Joe Rogan Signs with Spotify—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 21, 2020

Spotify is paying $100m or so to have exclusive access to the Joe Rogan podcast. Which raises the question: how come Apple, which had such an early lead in podcasting, lost it all here?

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The virus shows signs of change, states ease restrictions, and your pillows are no longer safe- Tech in Two May 21, 2020

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A positive sign for recovered patients, a new estimate of Covid-19's deadliness, and a boost for faux meat- Tech in Two May 20, 2020

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Will AI Help Us Find a Coronavirus Vaccine?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 19, 2020

Ray Kurzweil, always a tech optimist, believes that vaccine development can be massively improved with advances in AI (to identify drug candidates) and biotechnology (to allow us to run virtual human trials.) Is he right? I certainly wouldn’t dismiss it, and we’re certainly headed that way.

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A vaccine trial shows promise, China faces new lockdown measures, and employers consider tracking technology- Tech in Two May 19, 2020

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The Building Antitrust Case Against Google—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 18, 2020

A potential anti-trust case against Google is building. Here’s what we know about how an argument that they have monopolized the ad market could go.

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What Next for VR?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 15, 2020

Apple just purchased virtual reality streamer NextVR. Historically, Apple hasn't done much in VR. And it's a medium no one has really figured out the broad use for yet. But maybe that's about to change.

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The WHO issues a warning, scientists examine the impact on seniors, and a top government virologist testifies- Tech in Two May 15, 2020

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The Future of Tech Work—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 14, 2020

Every city is going to change as people realize that they can work from home just as easily as in the office. But Silicon Valley might change the most: tech workers largely have flexible jobs, and tech companies have been very open to employees working remotely. Combine that with the crazy rents in Silicon Valley and you have the recipe for major change, even when we’re all able to come back from quarantine.

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An inside look at the first vaccine trials, a new stimulus package in the works, and an update for Twitter employees Tech in Two May 14, 2020

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What Happened to Marcus Hutchins—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 13, 2020

Marcus Hutchins saved the Internet and then the FBI arrested him. Here’s his riveting life story, with lessons for all of us and a big moral question. Can good deeds in the present absolve us from the sins of the past?

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Health officials testify, South Korea confronts reinfection, and scientists face some hard questions- Tech in Two May 13, 2020

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Should Facebook Be Paying for News?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 12, 2020

Many of my peers, and some legislators, are now arguing that the tech platforms should pay publishers directly. that’s an argument that i understand, but that also makes me uneasy.

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White House officials isolate, Germany's infection rate rises, and California becomes a vote-by-mail state- Tech in Two May 12, 2020

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Human Vaccine Trials Begin—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 11, 2020

Moderna has moved into phase II clinical trials. This is fast! We’re making genuine progress toward a vaccine for Covid-19, which means it’s a good to step back and look at all the different efforts now underway.

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Who's Staying Productive At Home?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 08, 2020

Companies are using more and more surveillance software to monitor what their employees do on their machines. You can see why! With everyone working from home, it’s harder to tell who’s being productive. But it’s also creepy and could easily be misused.

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Outbreaks in meatpacking plants, another rise in unemployment, and good news for a vaccine candidate- Tech in Two May 08, 2020

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Facebook's New Oversight Board—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 07, 2020

Facebook announces the members of its new oversight board. It's an impressive group! The key questions, to me at least, are how far the purview of the group eventually stretches and how much their decisions really matter. After all, whether content stays up or goes down, is a fairly small matter with Facebook. The bigger question is what the algorithm shows to a huge number of people and what it shows to very few.

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Researchers warn of mutation, nonwhite communities are suffering disproportionately, and the US infection rate rises in reopened states- Tech in Two May 07, 2020

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The FDA cracks down on tests, the White House predicts a new death toll, and Google and Apple reveal details for contact tracing- Tech in Two May 06, 2020

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Neuroscience Technology Gets Closer to Reading Your Mind—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 05, 2020

The neuroscience company Kernal is claiming a breakthrough in technology designed to read our brainwaves. They claim that they can, after a bit of calibration, identify the music you’re listening too. That’s impressive, and indicates progress in what has been a fraught and slow-moving field.

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The FDA approves an antibody test, coronavirus hits the meat industry, and a new study outlines the cost of reopening- Tech in Two May 05, 2020

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Hydroxychloroquine Info Wars—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 04, 2020

Is hydroxychloroquine a wonder drug? Is it snake oil? No one knows! We haven’t been able to do the science on it, in large part because it has become such a political topic. And that’s a great shame. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-info-war-over-chloroquine-has-slowed-covid-19-science/.

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Bitcoin Bounces Back—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 01, 2020

Yes, the energy and excitement around blockchain and crypto investing has dropped in the past two years. But Andreessen Horowitz is still putting $500m into a new fund investing in new crypto technologies and companies. That’s a pretty good sign that people are still using blockchain to make things that are real, not just speculating on coins.

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The Future of Robot Work—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 01, 2020

As we start to think about new ways of going back to work, and new ways of opening factories back up, companies are starting to think about new ways to integrate robots into the workforce. Maybe there are new ways that machines that didn’t make economic sense before make economic sense now. Maybe they can help clean; or help humans spread out. Maybe instead of replacing jobs, the robots of the future will be the ones who actually let us do our old jobs. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/workers-spread-halt-virus-robots-fill-gaps/.

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A potential treatment draws optimism, unemployment crosses 30 million, and L-A county implements testing for all- Tech in Two May 01, 2020

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Frontline workers are striking, the airline industry is shriveling, and the US reaches 1 million cases- Tech in Two Apr 30, 2020

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Domestic Violence and Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 29, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has led to an increase in domestic violence. But tech can help and we’ve published a guide in Wired to services that can be used by people at risk: https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-coronavirus-domestic-violence/.

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New Zealand claims victory, an experimental vaccine shows promise, and top scientists predict an annual return- Tech in Two Apr 29, 2020

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The Rise of Thermal Cameras—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 28, 2020

Thermal cameras are now becoming ever-more prevalent in the US: in grocery stores and in buildings. They work in interesting ways and they will make us safer. But they are still taking data coming from inside us, which feels intimate, even if it’s entirely rational. Will we regret this once the moment of crisis has passed?

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The race to collect Covid-19 antibodies is on, the White House changes its messaging, and Dr. Deborah Birx issues a warning- Tech in Two Apr 28, 2020

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Why We Might Need to Change How We Test New Drugs—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 27, 2020

The way we test vaccines and evaluate treatments is changing rapidly because of COVID-19. There are kinds of smart reasons for speeding up testing that we are trying now. And one big question: will what we are doing now change the way this science happens in the future? Here’s a really good article explaining how this is working: https://www.wired.com/story/want-a-new-covid-19-drug-fast-bring-on-the-battle-royale/

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Drones Swoop in to Help Ghana Tackle Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 24, 2020

Can drones really help with the coronavirus crisis in Ghana? I think they can, and I think testing them is a good opportunity to learn what they are capable of.

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Human trials begin in Europe, hacking ramps up, and joblessness continues to soar- Tech in Two Apr 24, 2020

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The UK underestimates its death toll, a study pokes holes in a potential treatment, and the CDC predicts a second wave in the winter- Tech in Two Apr 23, 2020

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Hacking Amidst Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 22, 2020

There’s been an uptick in state-sponsored hacking. Why? Well, everyone is distracted right now, and also newly vulnerable as we work from home and rely on new ad-hoc networks. Stay safe, patch your software, and do what your trusted cyber security teams tell you to do.

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The WHO dispels coronavirus conspiracies, a new study on the the pandemic is getting a lot of attention, and lockdown is slowing emissions. Apr 22, 2020

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Syndrome Surveillance—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 21, 2020

There are all kinds of data sets that public health officials will be able to use to help us return life to normal. One of them is going to be websites where people self report symptoms, like covidnearyou, whether they are healthy or ill. Ideally it will help us identify outbreaks and then slow them.

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The US reaches 40,000 deaths, data shows coronavirus can survive high temperatures, and Lady Gaga raises millions for Covid-19 relief- Tech in Two Apr 21, 2020

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How AI May Help Us Treat Covid-19—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 20, 2020

There has long been the promise that AI can help accelerate the process of drug development and maybe we are seeing that now with the first clinical tests of an arthritis drug with potential to treat coronavirus patients. Maybe it will work, and maybe it won’t. But we may be getting the first hints of how medicine will work in the future.

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Facebook Alerts Users to Misinformation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 17, 2020

Facebook is now alerting people who have interacted with false information or hoaxes about COVID-19. This is a good move! But it's complicated because: A) No one knows exactly what is true in a situation like this. Both the CDC and WHO have made mistakes. B) When you tell people something is a hoax it can just harden their belief in it. So Facebook has a slightly weird solution that may just confuse people.

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The president of Taiwan shares advice, Facebook springs into action, and unemployment soars again- Tech in Two Apr 17, 2020

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Can Wearables Diagnose Covid-19?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 16, 2020

Researchers are working to see if wearables can help diagnose coronavirus. I’m skeptical. But the work is important and, at the least, I think that wearables will help accelerate the revolution in telemedicine.

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The president cuts WHO funding, new studies project years of social distancing, and China withholds critical information- Tech in Two Apr 16, 2020

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Facebook Meets Westworld—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 15, 2020

Facebook has built a simulated world, with bots representing humans, where they can try to model out how we interact and where they can test new features. It may sound creepy, but, tbh, I think it’s pretty cool.

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Trump claims "total" authority, point-of-care testing machines are on the way, and new financial projections look grim- Tech in Two Apr 15, 2020

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Trump fuels uncertainty around his coronavirus response team, Apple and Google announce a plan for contact tracing, and new studies show how long coronavirus lives on shoes- Tech in Two Apr 14, 2020

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Apple and Google Team Up to Take On Contact Tracing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 13, 2020

A lot of people are saying that there’s no point to digital contact tracing and to the system that Apple and Google are collaborating to build. If only a small percentage of the population opts-in, what’s the point? That may be true for now! But there are ways it could become a social norm. Or we might decide as a society to accept the tradeoffs necessary if use of the app were to become mandatory, or were to be incentivized in other ways. And at least the technology will exist if and when that happens.

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Amazon Workers Speak Out—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 10, 2020

My colleague Louise Matsakis interviewed 9 Amazon employees, mostly working in warehouses. It's a fascinating portrait of how they think about the essential moral purpose of their jobs in this crazy moment—and also, in certain ways, how Amazon is falling short in its efforts to protect them and keep warehouses safe. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-workers-pandemic-risks-own-words/

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Unemployment claims broke records yet again, coronavirus is reactivating in cured patients, and new research shows the benefit of lockdowns-Tech in Two Apr 10, 2020

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AI Chatbots Step in For College Visits—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 09, 2020

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Scientists are looking into the role of genes, evidence of heart damage is emerging, and New York City's transit system is struggling. Tech in Two. Apr 09, 2020

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Securing Contact Tracing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 08, 2020

Smart experts in security and privacy are figuring out ways to allow apps to determine if you’ve been near someone positive for COVID-19—without creating a privacy dystopia.

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Plasma trials have begun, New Zealand is crushing the curve, and helpful tips to avoid straining your relationships during quarantine. Tech in Two from Wired. Apr 08, 2020

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Bill Gates Accelerates Vaccine Testing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 07, 2020

Bill Gates announces that his foundation will put billions of dollars into building factories to manufacture potential coronavirus vaccines, even before they are approved and ready. This is a brilliant way to accelerate the process of getting a vaccine out to the public. And this is clearly one of the most urgent races of our time.

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Covid-19 returns to Asia, Bill Gates steps into the vaccine race, and Japan tests a new possible treatment. Tech in Two from "Wired". Apr 07, 2020

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How Will We Preserve Our Privacy and Trace the Virus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 03, 2020

Germany says that they will soon launch an app that will use bluetooth to keep track of all the people you are near and to automatically alert you if you have come in close contact with someone who tests positive for Covid-19. And importantly, they say this can be done while protecting your privacy. If that’s truly so: great. I’m skeptical that privacy really can be protected but eager for a system like this. Making it work is going to be one of the challenges of our time for security experts.

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The U-S hits record unemployment, the federal government is delivering broken ventilators, and China seems to be on the mend. Tech in Two from Wired. Apr 03, 2020

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The Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is On—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 02, 2020

How can we possibly make a vaccine come more quickly? Would it be ethical to run challenge trials, where volunteers submit to getting the virus as part of a test? A new paper has proposed just that.

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Florida Shelters In Place, France is protecting abuse victims and big tobacco enters the vaccine race. Tech in Two from Wired. Apr 02, 2020

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What Inventions Will Solve Climate Change—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Apr 01, 2020

A few months ago, while we were talking about climate change, one of my children asked: “”If there’s one thing that I could invent that would help, what would it be?” We decided to devote an issue of Wired to this question, and it’s just out now—with essays on battery technology, rice farms, urban design, wind power, and much, much more. The key message: with the right science and tech, we can solve this problem.”

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A CNN anchor tests positive, Trump pulls a bait-and-switch, and hospitals face heartbreaking decisions. Tech in Two from Wired. Apr 01, 2020

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Zoom Backlash—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 31, 2020

Zoom is facing a backlash—over their privacy policies and encryption. It’s now negative story after negative story. It’s clearly a company that cut a few corners while racing to grow fast. Now it’s time for it to slow down and to review its whole tech stack and privacy policies. The world depends on it now, and we all need to completely trust it too.

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Why the US is confronting a mask shortage, Johnson & Johnson is preparing a vaccine and how the U-S can learn from Italy’s mistakes. Tech in Two from Wired. Mar 31, 2020

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Amazon and Instacart Hire Hundreds of Thousands—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 30, 2020

Amazon and Instacart are hiring hundreds of thousands of people. Will those jobs still exist when all this over? Or, put another way, we’re all learning to order everything and get everything delivered now. Will we keep these habits when we’re allowed to go back into stores?

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Unemployment is soaring, New York E-M-S systems are reaching their limits, and more news. Tech in Two from "Wired". Mar 27, 2020

Unemployment is soaring and outdated software at state offices is compounding the problem. New York E-M-S systems are reaching their limits with COVID-19 calls. New Orleans is facing a virus nightmare and Mardi Gras may be to blame. Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt".

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DIY Face Masks to the Rescue—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 26, 2020

The inspiring story of three engineers who designed a DIY face shield that’s now being mass produced by Ford. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/tinkerers-created-face-shield-being-used-hospitals/

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Coronavirus Update: The Postal Service's Role in Surviving Doomsday, Why Germany's Death Rate is So Low and More News- Tech in Two Mar 26, 2020

The USPS has an important role should a mass vaccine for COVID-19 become available, Germany's success limiting coronavirus deaths and what to do with all your spare time at home. Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt"

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Sister Cities Exchange Masks—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 25, 2020

The story of Wuxi in China and Toyokawa in Japan, its sister city. In February, Toyokawa sent masks to help fight coronavirus in Wuxi. Now Wuxi is returning the favor. This is the way it’s supposed to work: with resources going to the place of greatest need. And it helps us understand something about how the global economy might eventually recover.

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Coronavirus Update: Kids getting sick, Trump changing his tune, and more - Tech in Two Mar 25, 2020

A new study looks promising, Trump delivers a dangerous pledge, and 1.3 billion enter lockdown in India. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Blood Serums Provide New Hope for Coronavirus Inoculation and Treatment—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 24, 2020

We’re learning more about the possibility of using blood from people who have recovered from coronavirus to help protect who haven’t gotten it yet—and possibly to even help patients. There’s a ton of work to do, and many more tests to come. But the research is promising and moving ahead. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/an-old-source-for-potential-new-covid-19-drugs-blood-serum/

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The Coronavirus Update: State shutdowns, stimulus package trouble, and more news - Tech in Two Mar 24, 2020

More states are issuing shelter in place orders, the stimulus bill is becoming more contentious, and the Tokyo Olympics are in trouble. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Why Robot Jobs Might Not Be So Bad—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 23, 2020

The pandemic is making clear that there are actually very few jobs that can entirely be done by robots and software. Humans are still necessary for almost everything, which is why the pandemic is grinding economies to a halt. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/robot-jobs-coronavirus/

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How Will Bandwidth Hold Up While We're All Quarantined—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 20, 2020

"Everyone is starting to worry about bandwidth as the whole world moves to videoconferencing. It's a live issue in Europe, though not yet here. If it becomes one, it could once again open the Pandora's box of net neutrality."

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The Coronavirus Update: Youth in danger, how to clean your stuff, and more - Tech in Two Mar 20, 2020

Young people aren't as invincible as they might think, the White House is considering phone tracking, and China hit a major (positive) milestone. Sign up for our daily newsletter here: Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Could Chloroquine Be the Answer to Treating Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 19, 2020

There's a lot of excitement in Silicon Valley about chloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus. But the paper that's circulating has been overhyped and is a little bit bogus. Still: that doesn't mean we shouldn't experiment and test. And ideally, there will be real data soon. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/an-old-malaria-drug-may-fight-covid-19-and-silicon-valleys-into-it/

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The Coronavirus Update: What to buy, your hospital's preparedness, and more - Tech in Two Mar 19, 2020

Scientists are scrambling to identify possible treatments, family units are facing lots of alone time, and one man showed the internet how to throw a proper socially distanced party. Sign up for our daily newsletter here: Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Location Data Amidst Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 18, 2020

The debate over cell phone surveillance and corona comes to the US. And there are some big questions: like how much privacy we’ll give up and how well this will work—given that it’s hard to map people’s movements inside, which is where most transmission occurs.

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The Coronavirus Update: Heartbreak in Italy, FDA approved tests, and more - Tech in Two Mar 18, 2020

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Social Media Takes on Coronavirus Misinformation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 17, 2020

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Introducing the Coronavirus Update: How to stay safe in a changing world - Tech in Two Mar 17, 2020

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Government Responses to Coronavirus in the US and Israel—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 16, 2020

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The High Stakes of Remote Work—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 13, 2020

The most interesting thing in tech: the work-from-home revolution is possible because of a couple of smart advances in tech in recent years, namely 2FA and smart networks that limit access once you are inside. That’s why i’m now in my attic! But WFH doesn’t work if you are in critical infrastructure, or government security, and have even tougher access protocols. And that creates a risk as the coronavirus spreads. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/high-stakes-security-set-ups-making-remote-work-impossible/

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How Singapore, and Other Countries, Have Curbed a Coronavirus Outbreak—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 12, 2020

We're learning lessons from the countries that have contained the coronavirus. And one thing the success stories—like Singapore—have done is massive testing and tracking all the data. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/singapore-was-ready-for-covid-19-other-countries-take-note/

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The Official Coronavirus Pandemic, Trump's Border Wall, and More News – Tech in Two Mar 12, 2020

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How Coronavirus is Affecting the Gig Economy—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 11, 2020

The coronavirus is changing the gig economy, just as the gig economy is changing the way people respond to coronavirus. In theory, having a flexible workforce can help build resilience in moments of crisis. But the crisis is also laying bare some of the inequities in the gig economy—and for some workers, like Uber drivers in Seattle, their business is crashing. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-exposes-workers-risks-gig-economy/.

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The Problem with Our Medical Devices—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 10, 2020

A shocking 83% of medical devices are running on operating systems that are no longer supported. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/most-medical-imaging-devices-run-outdated-operating-systems/

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Why Kids Don't Seem to Be Getting Covid-19—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 09, 2020

Children don't seem to be getting hit hard with the coronavirus. Here's what the data shows, why this might be happening, and what it might mean. On the one hand it's very good news! On the other hand, it means families with grandparents and grandchildren in the same home need to be extremely careful. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/kids-can-get-covid-19-they-just-dont-get-that-sick/

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Congress's EARN IT Act and Silicon Valley's Preparations for Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 06, 2020

A new bill in Congress called the EARN IT Act takes aim at child exploitation online, which sounds good! But it could also mean the end of end-to-end encryption. And in Silicon Valley, tech companies are responding quickly and vigorously to coronavirus. Why is that? Well, when you make viral software, you know how viruses spread. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/earn-it-act-sneak-attack-on-encryption/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_campaign=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired

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The Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, Cloned Car Keys, and More News - Tech in Two Mar 06, 2020

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Tips for Disinfecting Your Phone, Vanishing Tweets, and More News - Tech in Two Mar 05, 2020

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Twitter Tests Out Disappearing "Fleets"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 04, 2020

Twitter now allows you, at least if you're part of a test in Brazil, to post ephemeral messages. I can see why they're doing this. But does this solve any problem that Twitter needs to solve? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-testing-disappearing-tweets-fleets/

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Money for iPhone Users, Cell Service From Space, and More News - Tech in Two Mar 04, 2020

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Apple's Massive Payout—Most Interesting Thing in Tech Mar 03, 2020

Apple has a $500 million payout for throttling your iPhones. Go get your checks, people! More here: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-iphone-class-action-settlement/

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The Nicest Social Media Bots, Flash Droughts, and More News - Tech in Two Mar 03, 2020

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How Covid-19's Path Traces the Silk Road — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 28, 2020

The path of Covid-19 seems to very much be following the path of the old Black Death on China's Silk Road. In the long run, will this change the world's economic integration with China? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-is-traveling-along-the-new-silk-road/.

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Glowing Amphibians, Extreme Weather Satellites, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 28, 2020

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How AI is Helping Hospitals Combat Coronavirus — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 27, 2020

A Chinese hospital at the epicenter of the coronavirus is using AI for diagnosis. This is important and good! And it’s an indication of how important fast-moving technology can be in countering fast-moving pandemics. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hospitals-deploy-ai-help-diagnose-covid-19/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=earned

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US Coronavirus Prep, a Fatal Tesla Crash Ruling, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 27, 2020

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Clearview AI Was Hacked, and This Might Not Be So Bad — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 26, 2020

Clearview AI has been hacked! This sounds very bad!!!! Actually, though, it’s not. Because it’s just the client list, and, in certain ways, that information should be in the public domain to begin with. More here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-company-that-works-with-law-enforcement-says-entire-client-list-was-stolen?source=twitter&via=desktop

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Covid-19 and Surging Face Mask Prices, GIF vs. JIF, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 26, 2020

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Why is Amazon Trying to Curb Mask Price Gouging — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 25, 2020

Amazon is combatting sellers who raise the price of face masks too high. This might be the first time I've ever thought Amazon was not being capitalist enough. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-amazon-curb-face-mask-price-gouging/

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Katherine Johnson Dies, Russia Sows Election Chaos, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 25, 2020

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Bushfires Far Beyond Modelers' Wildest Thoughts — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 24, 2020

None of the best climate change models predicted that the devastating Australian fire could happen during this century. This tells us a lot about modeling, a lot about climate change, and should make us want to act with even more urgency. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/australias-bushfires/

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AI Antibiotics — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 21, 2020

MIT researchers used artificial intelligence to find a new antibiotic that can kill 35 powerful bacteria. The discovery is a sign of the promises of AI. More here: https://www.ft.com/content/e5bb4e4e-5332-11ea-8841-482eed0038b1

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Bezos' $10B Climate Fund, Bluetooth Bugs, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 21, 2020

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The Democratic Debate, a New Plan for Student Debt, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 20, 2020

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Judges v. Algorithms — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 19, 2020

Is it actually fairer to have judges run the bail system or algorithms? And if it's the former, shouldn't the solution just be to figure out better, fairer algorithms? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-supposed-fix-bail-system-they-havent/

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New Uber Rules, Bomber-Inspired Jet Design, and More News - Tech In Two Feb 19, 2020

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Jeff Bezos' $10 Pledge — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 18, 2020

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change. This is great, but it's not the most important thing on this issue he could do.

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Bloomberg’s Influencer Campaign, a Hackable Voting App, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 14, 2020

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The Age of Political Sponcon is Officially Upon Us — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 13, 2020

The weird, discombobulating world of political social media sponcon that will soon be ascendant. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/election-2020-influncers/.

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Zuck's Lost Notebook, Marsupial Trouble, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 13, 2020

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Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Secret Notebook — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 12, 2020

New long-lost diaries provide a glimpse into the mind of Mark Zuckerberg: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-lost-notebook/.

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New Samsung Phones, Record Heat in Antarctica, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 12, 2020

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New FTC Regulations and New Revelations About Advertising on Partisan Websites — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 11, 2020

The FTC takes a bold step toward figuring out whether the big tech companies have been crushing their nascent rivals. Also: why do advertisers pay more to reach conservatives than liberals?

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Oscars Woes for Netflix, Money for Yahoo Users, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 11, 2020

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The Mystery of the Equifax Hackers — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 10, 2020

We now know who hacked Equifax. It was four people working for the Chinese government. The good news: this explains why your data hasn't been sold on the dark web. The bad news: there could be lots of retaliation ahead.

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How the DHS is Using Data from Cell Phone Apps — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 07, 2020

The federal government is using aggregate location data from cell phone apps to track illegal border crossings. Depending on your perspective, this is either brilliant and efficient—or surveillance dystopia.

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A Promising Crispr Trial, Happy-ish Tesla Investors, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 07, 2020

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Hackable Cisco Phones, a Locust Invasion, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 06, 2020

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The Iowa Caucus Meltdown, a Coronavirus Mask Shortage, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 05, 2020

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Iowa's App Fiasco — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 04, 2020

The Iowa App Fiasco. There's a lot to learn from the disaster in Des Moines.

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YouTube's Disinformation Crackdown, Coronavirus Wild Cards, and More News - Tech in Two Feb 04, 2020

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Google's Fourth Quarter Earnings – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Feb 03, 2020

Google finally breaks out its YouTube and cloud revenue in its earnings. Thank you! But the more interesting story is what we've learned from the artist walking around Berlin with a little wagon full of phones, creating fake Google Maps traffic jams and teaching us a lesson in how software works.

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The Coronavirus Global Health Emergency, an Amazon Rival, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 31, 2020

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To Survive, Byte Needs to Win Over Creators Where Vine Failed – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 30, 2020

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A Spinning Rocket Slinger, a Bionic Jellyfish, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 30, 2020

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Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Criminalize Disinformation Online — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 29, 2020

Lots of people online are saying that Elizabeth Warren wants to criminalize all disinformation online. That would be scary for anyone who cares about free speech! But it's not true. Her plan is pretty detailed. It actually says she won't spread disinformation herself, wants more from the tech platforms on this issue, and will criminalize disinformation specifically if it is designed to suppress the vote.

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Space Force's Rough Launch, Oversight for Facebook, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 29, 2020

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Facebook's New Content Advisory Board — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 28, 2020

Facebook has released the rules for its new content advisory board—effectively its new Supreme Court. This is probably a good idea. But why are they limiting its domain just to content? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-oversight-board-bylaws/

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Spying Antivirus Software — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 28, 2020

It turns out your antivirus software might be spying on you too. The more we learn about privacy, the less it seems we have. Here's the story about Avast and its subsidiary, Jumpshot: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation.

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An AI Virus Warning System, Mac Malware, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 28, 2020

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Deep Sea Mining for a Green Economy — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 24, 2020

Should we mine the deep seas? There are precious metals that could help transitioning to a green economy. But we know so little of the science of life down there and the risks are huge. I hadn't studied the issue deeply before this week; but now I'm in favor of a moratorium.

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Advances in Drone Delivery – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 23, 2020

There is fascinating innovation in drones that deliver medicine and humanitarian supply. But it’s a new and emerging technology and it’s very important that we get the rules and regulations right from the start. It’s an industry that would be easy to overregulate and mess up—but also one where you do need smart rules to keep people safe and to protect their privacy.

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Jeff Bezos’ Hacked Phone, Coronavirus Hits the US, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 23, 2020

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Apple's iCloud Encryption and the FBI – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 22, 2020

Apple has not been encrypting icloud backups. This is a surprise to me! It's particularly a surprise given all of Apple's statements in recent years about the paramount importance of privacy and encryption.

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A Handy Chrome Feature, a Sonos Update Warning, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 22, 2020

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Microsoft's Carbon Pledge – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 17, 2020

Microsoft pledges that their carbon emissions will be net zero by 2030, and that, by 2050, they will have pulled as much carbon out of the air as they have emitted since their founding. This is hugely ambitious! And good! And other companies should follow their lead.

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A Smart Contact Lens, Trouble for Water Bears, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 17, 2020

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A Feral Cat Infestation, Swarms of Snake Emoji, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 16, 2020

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An Alarming Windows Bug, a Triumph for Tesla, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 15, 2020

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Big Tech and the Government – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 14, 2020

Yesterday: Apple and the FBI go to war again. Today: Microsoft and the NSA break bread.

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A Virus Outbreak, Netflix's Oscar Nod Dominance, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 14, 2020

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Amazon Takes a Swipe at PayPal's $4 Billion Acquisition – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 11, 2020

Why is Amazon messing with the coupon extension Honey? Is it because Honey is a real security risk? Or is it more that Amazon doesn't want PayPal to get data on shopping behavior? Or perhaps that Amazon doesn't like how easy Honey makes it to get coupons?

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An Iranian Hacking Campaign, Social Media Surveillance, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 10, 2020

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How Tweets Could Prevent War, an App Store Dilemma, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 09, 2020

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Pingpong with a Robot at CES – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 08, 2020

What I learned at #CES2020 by getting crushed in pingpong by a robot.

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Iran’s Nuclear Capability, Australia’s Smoke Clouds, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 08, 2020

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Ivanka Trump's Future of Work Isn't for Workers – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 07, 2020

Ivanka Trump is at CES. A lot of people are mad about this, but I'm not. But I also don't think the government is living up to the ideals she laid out. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ivanka-trump-ces-future-of-work/

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Neat CES Gadgets, a Deadly Cobra's Genome, and More News - Tech in Two Jan 07, 2020

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How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 03, 2020

How will Iran's cyber warfare operatives respond to the killing of Qassem Soleimani?

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An Interesting Day for Google – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 02, 2020

Two interesting stories about Google published today — one they like, and one they surely don't.

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An Interesting Day for Google – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jan 02, 2020

Two interesting stories about Google published today — one they like, and one they surely don't.

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Billionaire Techies and the Demoratic Primary – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 20, 2019

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Terrible Cats, Testing Your Biological Age, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 20, 2019

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Star Wars and Fortnite Team up – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 19, 2019

Star Wars made a brilliant marketing move and posted a clip in Fortnite. Is this the future of Hollywood advertising, or just a clever one-off?

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How to Not Get Sick While Traveling, 5G's Health Effects, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 19, 2019

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The Future of Deepfakes – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 18, 2019

A reporter made a pretty convincing deepfake without a lot of time or money. This is an important reminder that as technology improves, deepfakes will only get easier to make and harder to detect.

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The Rise of the Instagram Face – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 18, 2019

People are getting crazy cosmetic surgery to have a more ideal “Instagram face.” This is what happens when filters and face-tuning software are reinforced by likes and comments. And it's profoundly disturbing.

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Earth's Largest Scientific Structure, a WhatsApp Flaw, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 18, 2019

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An Early Flu Season, a Flight Simulator Revival, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 17, 2019

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The Possibility of an Open, Decentralized Twitter – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 16, 2019

In a tweetstorm, Jack Dorsey said he’s creating a small team at Twitter to look into open, decentralized social networks. It if it happens, it could be good for competition, online discourse, and our democracy. But I’m skeptical that it will. #MostInterestingThinginTech

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Apple's Location Tracking Controversey – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 13, 2019

Another controversy about location tracking — this time, involving Apple. A researcher noticed his iPhone 11 was tracking him even when he turned location services off. That’s creepy, but also possibly justified.

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China’s AI Unicorns, Kung Fu Physics, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 13, 2019

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New York City Tries, and Fails, to Regulate AI – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 12, 2019

New York City’s AI task force finally released its report, and it’s terrible! This isn’t surprising — government regulation of AI will be incredibly difficult. But it’s important that we do it, and that we do it right.

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The Science of New Zealand's Eruption, Toy Store Surveillance, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 12, 2019

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Voltage Hacking, Big Tech's 'Green' Data Score Card, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 11, 2019

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Bernie Sanders' Sweeping Broadband Proposal - Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders offered up a sweeping plan on broadband. If you’re a free market capitalist who wants Internet competition, you may think it’s a regulator morass. But should you actually #feelthebern?

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Disparity in Tech Jobs, Green Monday Deals, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 10, 2019

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Amazon Sues Over a Pentagon Contract – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 09, 2019

Amazon is suing over the JEDI contract. The $10 billion process was rigged, they argue, which means we're heading toward a messy fight.

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Uber's Alarming Crime Report, T-Mobile's 5G Test, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 09, 2019

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How Airports Are Protecting Themselves Against Rising Seas – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 06, 2019

It's time to renovate our airports to prepare for rising seas and the climate crisis. But even more important, it's time for engineers, designers, and all of us to start thinking about how we adapt to this changing world. More her: https://www.wired.com/story/how-airports-protecting-rising-seas/

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A SpaceX Beer Supply Run, Sketchy Baby Yoda Merch, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 06, 2019

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A Once-a-Month Birth Control Pill, an Arctic Warning, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 05, 2019

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Amazon's AI Will Transcribe Our Conversations with Doctors – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 04, 2019

A new tool from Amazon will record conversations between patients and doctors and then add the transcriptions directly to our medical records. This will freak people out. But it also could really improve our healthcare.

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Elon Musk’s Slander Trial, Offensive Ornaments on Amazon, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 04, 2019

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I Ditched Google for DuckDuckGo. Here's Why You Should Too – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 03, 2019

Is it time to switch your search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo? Here's why one writer did: https://www.wired.com/story/i-ditched-google-for-duckduckgo-heres-why-you-should-too/

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The Best Cyber Monday Deals, How to Sleep Better, and More News - Tech in Two Dec 03, 2019

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks out again on political ads - Most Interesting Thing in Tech Dec 02, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg speaks out again on political ads. I think he's getting the first amendment upside down.

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The Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes, Black Friday Advice, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 28, 2019

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Trump's Ukraine Delusion, Tesla's Ford Showdown, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 27, 2019

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Putting the Ukrainian Server Theory to Rest – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 26, 2019

The president keep talking about a Ukrainian server. There is no server—and to the extent there is one, it's not Ukrainian. This theory really needs to be put to rest. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/trump-ukraine-server-delusion-spreading/

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UN Secretary-General: US-China Tech Divide Could Cause More Havoc Than the Cold War – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 25, 2019

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has put the geopolitics of the Internet front of mind and on top of his agenda. This is most definitely a good thing.

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Is Tesla's Cybertruck Pickup for Real? – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 22, 2019

Tesla has a new space-age truck. The reasons why it might work are pretty interesting.

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Is Tesla's Cybertruck Pickup for Real? – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 22, 2019

Tesla has a new space-age truck. The reasons why it might work are pretty interesting.

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Trump’s Notes Exposed, a Disney+ ‘Hack,’ and More News - Tech in Two Nov 21, 2019

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A Twitter #Fartgate, a Google Dream Dies, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 20, 2019

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Ford's Electric Mustang, A Gadget-Stealing Hack, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 19, 2019

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How Iran's Government Shut Off the Internet – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 18, 2019

Iran shut off the internet, which is a lot harder technologically than you might think. Let's hope this drives more people into the streets and that it scares fewer into staying in their homes. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/iran-internet-shutoff/

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146 New Android Bugs, an Audio Porn Streaming Site, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 18, 2019

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Apple Bans Vaping Apps – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 15, 2019

Apple's recent vaping ban tells you something about the vaping backlash and Apple—and it makes me wonder if the rest of the tech industry will act too.

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Vape Detectors in Schools, Mental Health on Pinterest, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 15, 2019

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Pinterest's New Plan to Address Self-Harm – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 14, 2019

Pinterest has launched a fascinating new strategy to help people when they're thinking of self-harm.

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A MacBook Keyboard Fix, Best Buy's Smart Home Mess, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 14, 2019

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Nike Moves Off of Amazon – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 13, 2019

Nike announced it will move off of Amazon. Will other brands—particularly fashion brands—follow?

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Disney+ Is Here, Google Has Your Health Data, and More News Nov 13, 2019

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Disney+ Is Here – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Nov 12, 2019

Disney+ launched today. Yes, there are a million streaming services. But I think this one's going to work. https://www.wired.com/story/disney-plus-power-launch/

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A Baby Fish Crisis, the Terrible Microsoft Surface Pro X, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 12, 2019

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A ‘Safe’ Smoking Gadget, Vodka Made From Air, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 08, 2019

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A Mind-Boggling Uber Oversight, a Firefox Scam, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 07, 2019

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Google's Ultra-Secure Chip, a Facebook Face-Lift, and More - Tech in Two Nov 06, 2019

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Trump Begins Paris Accord Exit, Devices Hacked With Lasers, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 05, 2019

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Google Buys Fitbit, Rats Drive Little Cars, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 04, 2019

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Your Brain Cleans Itself, This Jet Lands Itself, and More News - Tech in Two Nov 01, 2019

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Alphabet Might Acquire FitBit – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 31, 2019

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, may be acquiring Fitbit. Why? Fitbit has extraordinary data and, in some interesting ways, both it and Google are becoming medical companies.

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Ford Screens Go Big, a WhatsApp Hacking Case, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 31, 2019

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The Pentagon's Jedi Clous Contract – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 30, 2019

The Pentagon awarded its $10b Jedi cloud contract to Microsoft. If this was done on the merits, great! If it was done because of politics, that’s a tragedy.

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Prepping Bees for Mars, New Google Shortcuts, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 30, 2019

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Apple's New AirPods, Tesla's New Solar Roof, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 29, 2019

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Uber Tipping Behavior Revealed, Apple App Store Malware, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 28, 2019

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Tesla Profits, Health Care Algorithm Bias, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 25, 2019

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A Republican Raid, NASA's Venus Plans, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 24, 2019

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A Face-Scanning Algorithm for Job Candidates – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 23, 2019

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NASA's Biggest Telescope Yet, Facebook's 2020 Plan, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 23, 2019

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New DNA Editing for Diseases, Dining Surveillance, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 22, 2019

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Facebook Discovers New Disinformation Campaigns – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 21, 2019

Facebook rolled out of whole bunch of changes having to do with election interference. My unpopular opinion of the day? It's absolutely fine for them run political ads and they shouldn't shut them down.

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Juul Pulls Pods, Roll-Royce Builds a Flying Lab, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 21, 2019

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DNC Hackers Resurface, Zuckerberg Talks Free Speech, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 18, 2019

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Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Free Speech—the Facebook Way – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 17, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg gave a big talk on free speech. Good for him! But it didn't do exactly what I wanted. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/zuckerberg-doubles-down-free-speech-facebook-way/

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An App to Help Jet Lag, the World’s Oldest Tupperware, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 17, 2019

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New Google Devices, Mouse Mind Reading, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 16, 2019

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Robot Rocket Printers, Fornite Disappears, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 15, 2019

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Apple's Involvement in Hong Kong Police App Is the Latest Tripwire for Tech Firms in China – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 14, 2019

The most interesting thing in tech: Why exactly did Apple remove an app that let Hong Kong citizens know where police are? It doesn’t totally square. https://www.wired.com/story/hong-kong-tripwire-tech-firms-china/

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Twitter Puts Profit Ahead of User Privacy – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 14, 2019

Twitter has harvested the phone numbers people gave them to set up two-factor authentication and used them for targeted advertising. This is madness! And it’s a reminder that we should use authenticator apps or USB keys for more secure 2FA. https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-two-factor-advertising/

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Elon Musk's Tweets Land Him in Outsized Trouble Once Again – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 12, 2019

Documents are coming out from the Elon Musk “pedo guy” lawsuit. Among other things, they tell us that Musk's mind works much better when focused on his companies, rather than on insulting people on Twitter. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-mouth-tweets-trouble-again/

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The ‘Forever Chemicals’ You Eat, a $200 Spy Setup, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 11, 2019

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A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 10, 2019

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of an Equitable Internet — Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 09, 2019

Even if you’re blind, you should be able to order a pizza on Domino’s website—so says the Supreme Court, who just ruled in favor of ADA compliance online. This seems eminently reasonable, fair, and equitable. Will it change the internet for the better?

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PlayStation 5 Is Coming, Elon’s in Trouble Again, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 09, 2019

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Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 08, 2019

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PayPal Ditches Facebook's Cryptocurrency, Libra – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 07, 2019

Why did PayPal drop off of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency project, Libra? https://www.wired.com/story/paypal-unfriends-facebooks-libra-cryptocurrency/

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A US Election Phishing Attack, Quitting Vaping, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 07, 2019

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Microsoft's New Dual-Screen Devices – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Oct 06, 2019

Microsoft has a new phone/tablet/foldable thing. It actually looks pretty interesting. And maybe most important of all: Microsoft says it doesn’t care about the operating system layer. It’s going to use Android and focus its efforts on Microsoft apps. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-surface-duo-neo-phone/

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Instagram’s New App, Whistle-Blower Protocol, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 04, 2019

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Microsoft’s New Devices, Tesla’s ‘Smart Summon,’ and More News - Tech in Two Oct 03, 2019

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The First Drone Airline, a Critical Device Vulnerability, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 02, 2019

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A Wildfire Vaccine, Elon's New Starship, and More News - Tech in Two Oct 01, 2019

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NASA's Nuclear Idea, an Unfixable Apple Flaw, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 30, 2019

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Congress Grills the Spy Chief, Google’s Quantum 'Victory,' and More News - Tech in Two Sep 27, 2019

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Uber Adds a Suite of New Safety Features – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 26, 2019

Uber is adding new safety features into the app. This is good for customers! And some of the features—like identifying phones and cars with high-frequency sounds—are super cool. But it’s also important for Uber. They disrupted the norms and culture of transportation, and lots of bad things happened along the way. They need to fix that, and of course they are still trying to rebrand from the crazy days when the company was run like a pirate ship.

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New Amazon Devices, Trump’s CrowdStrike Ask, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 26, 2019

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A Ruling on the Right to be Forgotten – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 25, 2019

The right to be forgotten doesn't have to be remembered across the world. This is a victory for free speech and the free press, but a loss for privacy advocates.

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A Robot Dog for Rent, Apple’s Secret AR Glasses, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 25, 2019

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Tesla's Million-Mile Battery – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 24, 2019

Tesla has apparently designed a battery that can last a million miles. The science is interesting and the consequences are too. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-may-soon-have-a-battery-that-can-last-a-million-miles/

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Tesla's Million-Mile Battery, Greta Thunberg's UN Speech, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 24, 2019

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A Global Climate Strike, a Dangerous Huawei Move, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 23, 2019

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An Apple iOS 13 Review, Spying Streaming Devices, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 20, 2019

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An Area 51 Warning, Trump Takes on California, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 19, 2019

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New Clues Show Russia's Grid Hackers Aimed for More - Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 18, 2019

A startling, dangerous new theory and insights into why Russia hacked Ukraine's election grid in 2016. Here's the full story: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-cyberattack-power-grid-blackout-destruction/

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A Massive GM Strike, a LastPass Vulnerability, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 18, 2019

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A Buzz-Kill Physics Discovery, a Deadly Miracle Drug, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 17, 2019

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A Super-Powered iPhone Chip, a Potential HIV Treatment, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 13, 2019

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A New Water Vapor Discovery in Space, SFO Delays, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 12, 2019

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Apple Event Breakdown, a Honkin’-Huge Car Screen, and More News - Tech in Two Sep 11, 2019

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Apple's Big Hardware Conference – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 10, 2019

New specs, new prices, and a mysterious chip—and I want you to help me understand what it's for. Read more about the event here: https://www.wired.com/story/everything-apple-announced-sept-2019/

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The Myth of Processed Foods, an Amazon Walkout, and More News - Tech In Two Sep 10, 2019

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Fireworks Between Apple and Google – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 09, 2019

Fireworks between Apple and Google! And also, OMG what did China just do? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ios-hacks-apple-response/

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A Moon Landing Goes Awry and More News Sep 09, 2019

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Identifying Deepfakes – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 06, 2019

Facebook, Microsoft, and The Partnership on AI have launched a contest to write software that can identify deepfakes. This is crucial work if we want to live in a world of trust: where we can believe that what we’re seeing or hearing is actually real. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-microsoft-contest-better-detect-deepfakes/

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Facebook's Dating App Arrives and More News Sep 06, 2019

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Hurricane Dorian Science, a Vaping Mouse Experiment, and More News Sep 05, 2019

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A New Kind of Business Fraud – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Sep 04, 2019

A new kind of business fraud is on the rise. If your boss calls you, be wary.

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Android 10's Best Features and More News Sep 04, 2019

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An Unprecedented iPhone Hack and More News - Tech in Two Sep 02, 2019

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A Crazy New iPhone Hack – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 30, 2019

A crazy new iPhone hack has been revealed. And based on the clues we've got, it looks like a government trying to spy on its citizens. Be careful out there! https://www.wired.com/story/ios-attack-watering-hole-project-zero/

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A New Kind of Wi-Fi and More News Aug 30, 2019

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The Debate Over Ring – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 29, 2019

Ring has created something like a social network for video surveillance, and police departments are making use of it. This debate is going to get heated.

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Capitalism Burns the Amazon and More News - Tech in Two Aug 29, 2019

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The Lawsuit Against Anthony Levandowski – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 28, 2019

Anthony Levandowski is the self-driving vehicle pioneer accused of stealing Google trade secrets. His arc is, in my mind, very much the story of Silicon Valley's Icarusev. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/ex-uber-engineer-levandowski-charged-trade-secret-theft/

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A Hack to Steal a Tesla More News - Tech in Two Aug 28, 2019

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A Development in Language Generation – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 27, 2019

Open AI built a tool for language generation, but they decided it was risky so they locked it up. But now two graduate students have come and replicated it. They just took the idea and did the same thing. And, in their success, lies a really interesting lesson about how technology works today.

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China Trade Spillover and More News - Tech in Two Aug 27, 2019

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Why the Amazon’s On Fire and More News - Tech in Two Aug 26, 2019

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Carriers and the States Take Action Against Robocalls – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 23, 2019

The carriers finally take bold action against Robocalls, spurred on by the states. This is good! But it’s also nuts that it took them this long. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/attorneys-general-robocalls-telecoms/

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A New Strategy for Combatting Hate Online – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 23, 2019

A new strategy for combatting online extremism on social media platforms. Would it be better to randomly knock off bad actors, instead of banning large groups en masse—for fear they might regroup?

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A Tugboat in Space and More News - Tech In Two Aug 23, 2019

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A Potent Cancer Therapy More News - Tech In Two Aug 22, 2019

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The Irony of Alibaba's Listing in Hong Kong – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 21, 2019

Alibaba has called off its listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Yes, it’s partly because of the instability. But it’s also just a way to please Beijing. And there’s a deep irony: HK could have had the original listing in 2014 if, like the US, it was OK with dual-class stock systems that centralize power with executives.

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The Dangers of Vaping and More News - Tech in Two Aug 21, 2019

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A New Chapter for Facebook and the Press – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 20, 2019

Facebook is launching a new News Tab, starting a new chapter in the vexed, complicated, messy relationship between the platform and the press. And actually, I think it’s off to a pretty good start. Read more about Facebook's troubled relationship with publishers here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-15-months-of-fresh-hell/

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Bananas in Crisis and More News - Tech in Two Aug 20, 2019

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A New Approach to Privacy – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 19, 2019

Google shuts down a service that helps cell carriers find gaps in coverage. It's a pretty interesting example of the new privacy-centered world we live in, and why sometimes that means we lose things that are good.

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WeWork's Red Flags – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 19, 2019

We now have the S1 of WeWork and boy does it raise a lot of red flags: about the finances, about management, about the future. It feels like one of those insane Silicon Valley startups that appears in a bubble.

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A Heroic Plane Landing and More News - Tech In Two Aug 19, 2019

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A Rocket-Catchin' Copter and More News - Tech in Two Aug 17, 2019

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India Shut Down the Internet in Kashmir – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 15, 2019

The government in India has shut down the internet in Kashmir for 11 days. It’s a reminder that—as much as we talk about social media fueling chaos—governments primarily shut down the Internet as a technique of control and oppression.

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Arctic Plastic Pollution and More News: Tech In Two Aug 15, 2019

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Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 14, 2019

The employee revolt at Google has shaken the company over the past three years. Read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-google-three-years-misery-happiest-company-tech/

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Google's Hellish 3 Years, and More News - Tech in Two 8/14/10 Aug 14, 2019

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WordPress Acquires Tumblr – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 13, 2019

WordPress has acquired Tumblr for next to nothing. It’s a reminder about the perils of network effects: the same forces that can make a social network suddenly boom can make everything drop rapidly away

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Huawei Debuts Its Own OS – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 09, 2019

Huawei has a new operating system, Harmony OS. That was fast! But there are a couple of important things that have to happen before it can be a legitimate Android replacement. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-harmonyos-no-android-replacement/

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The Black Hat Security Conference – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 08, 2019

We’re learning this week about all kinds of digital vulnerabilities this week—in our airplanes and in our phones. What can we do? Update our software for one, and hope to the high heavens that the companies we rely on protect their mission critical software in every way.

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A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 07, 2019

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Are Apple Contractors Listening to You? – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 02, 2019

Apple now wants to make it harder for contractors to hear you talking to your doctor or having sex. Read more about their policies here: https://www.wired.com/story/hey-apple-opt-out-is-useless/

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The FTC Is Looking at Facebook's Acquisitions – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Aug 01, 2019

The FTC is looking into Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Is it time to unwind them?

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AI Might Be Able to Predict Kidney Disease – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 31, 2019

AI algorithms are showing promise in identifying kidney damage before it occurs. This isn't just one success. If this truly comes about, it shows a new way forward for medicine. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabets-ai-predict-kidney-disease/

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/30/19 Jul 30, 2019

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The West Has China's Social Credit System All Wrong – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 29, 2019

China's social credit system — it's real, it's important, but it's not nearly as dystopian or pervasive as you probably think. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-score-system/

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DoorDash Changes its Tipping Policy – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 24, 2019

DoorDash changes its controversial tipping policy. Before today, your tips didn’t go directly to your delivery person. Now they will.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/23/19 Jul 23, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/22/19 Jul 22, 2019

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Netflix's Falling Subscription Numbers – Most Interesting Thing in Tech Jul 18, 2019

Netflix numbers are going down for the first time in a decade. What the heck just happened? Here are four theories.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/17/19 Jul 17, 2019

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Inside the Bulletproof Coffee Guy’s New Body-Hacking Gym Jul 17, 2019

The Beverly Hilton feels pretty peak Los Angeles. Under a bright blue sky, valets park luxury cars with views of palm trees. In the lobby, chandeliers twinkle for the guests who will soon be heading out to a pool cabana. Or perhaps they’re here to visit Upgrade Labs, a startup that bills itself as the world’s first biohacking health and fitness facility.

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7/17 What Stranger Things' High Viewership Numbers Actually Mean Jul 16, 2019

Hey, guess what? Some 40 million household accounts have been streaming Stranger Things's third season! It's true, Netflix says so. They also say, via tweet, that 18.2 million of those accounts have already finished the new season. Pretty cool, right? It certainly sounds impressive. But is it? Like justice for Barb, the answer to that question may be forever elusive. TVNetflix Could Never Make Its Own OfficeLong-running shows with 20-episode-plus seasons are not a specialty of streaming services.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/15/19 Jul 15, 2019

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Can't Set Off Fireworks? Try These Science-Backed Alternatives Jul 08, 2019

The Fourth of July, Independence Day, America’s birthday—whatever you want to call it, this holiday is a time for celebration. As it evokes the rich history of a proud, tumultuous country, the Fourth of July reminds us of all that we have in common, of the single, shared yearning that resides deep in the heart of every human being: the desire to blow things up. July Fourth is a holiday designed to terrify dogs and assert America’s dominance through firepower.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/3/19 Jul 03, 2019

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Knowing What You Really Want Is Your Tidying Superpower Jul 03, 2019

This story is part of a series on how we clean—from taming your trove of photos to washing your tuchus. Gawd, just look at your kitchen drawers. Junk drawers, every single one of them. Your shelves are groaning with enough books to last you for a dozen desert islands. Your closets contain torrents of T-shirts, boxes full of papers, and piles of dust-bunnied shoes. Your desk is a forest of stress-beavered ballpoint pens. You need to tidy the fuck up. WIRED Series PrintA Tour of How We clean stuff.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 7/2/19 Jul 03, 2019

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Isn’t the Next Pokémon Go. Good Jun 27, 2019

When developer Niantic launched Pokémon Go in the summer of 2016, it did so at maximum velocity. The game’s blend of simple mechanics and next-level augmented reality sparked a months-long stretch of virality, followed by years of low-key dominance. The studio’s follow-up, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, debuted Thursday on iOS and Android.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/24/19 Jun 24, 2019

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Review: Brim 8-Cup Pour-Over Coffee Maker Jun 24, 2019

Recently, in the pursuit of a better cup of Joe, I've developed what my officemates have called an odd ritual with the coffee machine. The old automatic is a teal-colored Mr. Coffee, the 900-watt JWX36T, and left to its own devices it splatters water in a straight line across the circle of grounds in the filter basket, pretty much missing anything that’s not directly in its path. This is bad.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/20/19 Jun 20, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/19/19 Jun 19, 2019

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Snow Peak’s Fire Pit Makes Me Like Camping Again Jun 18, 2019

I first saw Snow Peak’s pack-and-carry fire pit at Snow Peak Way, the cult outdoor brand's yearly camping retreat. A few fire pits were set up in the field, deep in the wooded recesses of the Columbia River Gorge. Kids of all ages gathered around them, helping themselves to marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, while their parents warmed their toes beside them. My husband handed glow sticks to our two kids and they ran around like happy, sticky fireflies in the dimming twilight.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/17/19 Jun 17, 2019

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Here's Everything Nintendo Did—and Didn't—Announce at E3 Jun 17, 2019

Greetings, and welcome back to WIRED's ongoing E3 coverage! What have you missed since yesterday? A lot, actually. The bulk of the news came from Nintendo's presentation, so we'll start there, but there's plenty more to get through. Here are the big stories—and the big absences—from the last 24 hours at gaming's biggest confab.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/14/19 Jun 14, 2019

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Keanu Reeves Showed Up at E3 to Say He's in Cyberpunk 2077 Jun 13, 2019

Happy Monday, and welcome once again to The Monitor, WIRED's collection of all the world's biggest pop culture news. What's up this fine Monday? For one, Dark Phoenix bombed pretty badly, and for another, HBO cancelled Vice News Tonight. But let's get to the real reason you clicked on this story: KEANU. Keanu Reeves Surprised E3—in a Very Big Way Here's some news (probably) no one expected: Neo himself, Keanu Reeves, showed up at E3 yesterday.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/12/19 Jun 12, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/11/19 Jun 11, 2019

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Destiny 2's Future Looks Pretty Swell Jun 11, 2019

Happy Friday! It's time, once again, for Replay, WIRED's look at the biggest news in the world of gaming. This week, a Fornite player gets banned from Twitch for being too young, and Destiny 2 might have a bright new future ahead. Let's get started. A Pro Fortnite Player Just Got Banned From Twitch—for Being 12 Esports and streaming are both young careers, but, uh, they're usually not this young.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/10/19 Jun 10, 2019

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Netflix Is Making a Magic: The Gathering Animated Series Jun 10, 2019

Hello, and welcome once again to The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of all the biggest and best pop culture news. Up this week: Netflix is working on an animated version of Magic: The Gathering, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot might have a new home soon, and Robert Downey Jr. wants to save the planet. Let's get started.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/7/19 Jun 07, 2019

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Plant Silhouettes Foreshadow the Effects of Climate Change Jun 06, 2019

Science can tell us a lot about climate change, like the fact that temperatures are rising, oceans are warming, and polar bears are dying. But it isn't the greatest at helping us process that information and the feelings it can provoke—from sadness to guilt to golly gee willikers we're toast. For that, former field biologist Deanna Whitman turns to art.

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James Holzhauer Finally Lost Jeopardy!—and Changed the Game for Good Jun 05, 2019

It’s over. Thirty-three games, more than 1,100 correct responses, and $2,464,216 dollars after first taking the Jeopardy! contestant podium, James Holzhauer lost. While his run failed to match Ken Jennings’ for either longevity or earnings—he fell just $56,484 short—Holzhauer has left as indelible a mark on the game. How did he do it? By not treating Jeopardy! like a game at all.

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Depth of Field: At the French Open, Serena Williams Is a Study in Motion Jun 05, 2019

Serena Williams descended upon the clay courts of the French Open in Paris this week, where, the year prior, she had become a lodestar of ridiculous controversy. In one early bout, Williams' decision to wear a black catsuit resulted in a violation; the form of dress has since been banned by the French Tennis Federation. "The combination of Serena this year, for example, it will no longer be accepted," FTF President Bernard Giudicelli told Tennis magazine.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 6/4/19 Jun 04, 2019

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The YouTuber on a Mission to Save the Classic RPG Jun 04, 2019

English professor Matt Barton grew up loving computer role-playing games like Pool of Radiance and Baldur’s Gate, and was discouraged when that style of thoughtful, analytical gameplay almost disappeared. “For a long time the very words ‘turn-based’ were enough to make everybody laugh at you,” Barton says in Episode 363 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “It was like, ‘Who wants that? It’s boring.

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Is Your Wobbly, Illegible Touchscreen Signature Still You? Jun 03, 2019

Technology changes us as much as we change technology. It trains us to behave in certain ways, to modify how we speak or move to better accommodate its utility. In some cases, technology can transform the very things that define us. Perhaps the most literal example is our handwritten signature, a core talisman of identity. Developed in response to the ancient technology of paper and ink, it’s lately been confronted with the primacy of keyboards and screens.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/31/19 May 31, 2019

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Cannondale's New Fitness Bike Can Track All Your Rides May 30, 2019

The bicycle manufacturer Cannondale is well known for its high-performance bikes—pricey chariots that are ridden by some of the world's top pros in the elite trail- and road-cycling ranks. But things were not always so. The company's first cycling-related product, released way back in the early 1970s, was a bike trailer called the Bugger. You'd mount the accessory two-wheeler to your bicycle's rear triangle and use it to haul groceries, bags of potting soil, or your toddler.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/29/19 May 29, 2019

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Grilling Over Charcoal Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Gas May 29, 2019

It’s a beautiful day. The family’s in attendance, side dishes and beer in tow. Your sister-in-law brought a trunk full of Super Soakers. It’s BBQ time. Time to kick back in the yard and fire up the … stove? Hmm, that doesn’t sound terribly exciting, does it? But that’s basically what you’re doing when you cook out on a gas grill, which is powered by the same largely flavorless fuel as your kitchen stove.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/28/19 May 28, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/24/19 May 24, 2019

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Grilling Over Gas Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Charcoal May 24, 2019

Grilling on a holiday, when you've got the day off, is easy. You can take your time; pull out your artisanal hardwood charcoal; light it in your chimney starter; build a perfect two-level fire; and lovingly tend your rib-eye, or your chicken breasts, or your pork ribs. Holiday grilling is hobby grilling.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/22/19 May 22, 2019

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Facing the Ubiquity of Fortnite in Our Kids' Lives May 21, 2019

Amos and I were walking out of the gym after basketball practice last weekend when he saw a friend inside the lobby. He bolted to the window, rapped on the glass, and began performing a very particular dance. He put one hand—fingers in the shape of an L—to his forehead; his legs jutted back and forth like a dancing bear on a pendulum. Puzzled, I watched. Then I pulled out my phone. “Siri, show me a dance with an L.

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Help! I'm Drowning in Emails from Square Vendors May 21, 2019

The sandwich was unremarkable—lukewarm and not quite melted, like a college freshman’s late-night microwave snack rather than a true grilled cheese. But I have thought about the sandwich every week since I ordered it, because the food truck that made it won’t stop emailing me. First came the receipt. Then the expressions of gratitude, offers of deals. “Thanks for your visit!” one email screamed. “Get FREE FRIES!!” another offered.

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How Twitter Became My Sacred Space May 20, 2019

I woke up one day, at age 38, and realized I was the worst kind of bored housewife. My kids were old enough to no longer need me, my amusing(ish) satirical novels were largely being unread, and my life had become a dull hum of paint colors and upholstery. I live on New York’s Upper East Side, where everyone shares the same small, incredibly specific concerns—private schools, vacations, and getting our husbands to notice us. I was drowning in provincialism.

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Nike Wants Your Sneakers to Fit Better, So It's Using AR May 17, 2019

Sometime last fall, a man walked into the Nike store in Pasadena, California. He was a runner, it was a running-centric store, and he was there to buy a pair of running shoes just like the ones he had worn in the past. The clerk asked him if he'd be willing to have his feet measured a new way. "I'm a 9," the runner said. "I've always been a 9. Just give me a 9." Still, he relented. The runner walked out with a size 10. What size shoe do you wear? Wait, let's make that more specific.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/15/19 May 15, 2019

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The Society Is a Smart Show With Too Many Dumb Teens May 14, 2019

In an early episode of The Society, Netflix's new YA drama about power and privilege in a socialist adultless future, a group of teens gather to play a game of Fugitive. They split into two teams, each with a specific but precise role: The enforcers are tasked with catching the fugitives, and fugitives must do whatever they can to elude detainment. Many of the town's rich kids promptly elect themselves as enforcers, with almost all of the less fortunate townies regarded as targets of capture.

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James Cameron Doesn't Seem to Mind Taunts From Avengers Fans May 13, 2019

Happy Thursday, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of all the best pop culture news. What's up this week? A lot of news about Avatar movies, surprisingly. Also, a victim of the Red Wedding might be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Batwoman is officially to the CW. Let's get started.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/10/19 May 10, 2019

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The Game of Thrones Starbucks Cup: What's Inside? May 09, 2019

In case you missed in last night's episode—or haven't been on #GoT Twitter today—someone seems to have left a Starbucks cup sitting on a table in that revelry scene on Sunday's Game of Thrones. People. Are. Freaking. Out. And investigation has been called for. People want oral histories. Fans are already calling it the best thing that happened in Season 8, Episode 4.

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Kickstarter Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Your Crazy Ideas May 08, 2019

In December 2009, a mysterious letter appeared at the home of one Mr. Johnson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Inside was a message printed on cream-colored paper: "All of the items in your refrigerator are swapped with all of the items in Ben Affleck's refrigerator. Try a bit of everything." A similar letter reached the reverend of the local church, and the architect William Hopkins.

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Avengers: Endgame Is Gunning for Avatar's Box Office Record May 08, 2019

Hello, and welcome to another Monday edition of The Monitor, WIRED's entertainment news roundup. Today, much like last week, we're talking about Avengers: Endgame, which is still ruling the box office. What else? Spider-Man: Far From Home has a new trailer and the British Royal Family has a new baby. Let's get going! Avengers: Endgame Might Break Avatar’s Box Office Record In less than two weeks, Avengers: Endgame has brought in more than $2 billion dollars globally at the box office.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/7/19 May 07, 2019

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How to Land a Plane in 'Non-Normal' Situations May 07, 2019

As a professional pilot, I spend four or five days a year in multimillion-dollar flight simulators being examined by specialized training pilots. Since professional pilots already know how to fly, much of the testing focuses on what are called “non-normal situations.” Let’s imagine you find yourself on an airplane, in the sky, without a pilot. You are in a non-normal situation.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/6/19 May 06, 2019

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Why the Apple Card Is the Gleaming Future of Money May 06, 2019

This story is part of a collection of pieces on how we spend money today. Will you sign up for the Apple Card? You probably will, frankly. Apple’s latest innovation, which arrives this summer, is a credit card that comes with all kinds of conveniences: No late fees! No long strings of numbers! No wait to qualify! No card, either, if you’re using it the way Apple intends.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 5/3/19 May 03, 2019

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The Case Against Watching the Rest of Game of Thrones May 02, 2019

First, a fair warning: This piece has Game of Thrones spoilers. If you didn't watch last night and don't want to know what happens, close this tab. Now that they are gone, and it's just us, the shell-shocked, left to consider last night's 1.

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Waze Wants to Help All of Us Win at Carpooling May 02, 2019

Recently I downloaded an app that was supposed to help me find people to carpool with. I'm not someone who relishes the idea of coordinating with strangers for my commute but, still, I wanted to give it a shot. For two weeks, I asked drivers—many of whom, the app indicated, had signed up but never actually accepted any carpool requests—for rides between my home in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood and my office South of Market.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Will Get a Stricter Twitter Babysitter May 01, 2019

It takes far more than 280 characters to describe Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disputes with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Late Friday, Musk and the SEC reached a settlement in their latest clash over his tweets. The dispute stems from February, when the agency asked a federal judge to hold Musk in contempt of court for violating a September agreement that a Tesla lawyer would pre-approve all of his written communications—including tweets.

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How to Avoid Avengers: Endgame Spoilers Online Apr 29, 2019

The reviews for Avengers: Endgame—the final installment in a decade-long run of Marvel films—have already landed. The movie itself hits thousands of theaters Thursday night. All of which means that the internet is about to become a very treacherous place for anyone who doesn't want to know the ending before they've seen it for themselves. Fortunately, ridding the internet of spoilers is a snap.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/26/19 Apr 26, 2019

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Tesla's Robotaxi Pledge, a Browser That Pays You, and More News Apr 26, 2019

You can finally make money surfing the web, and Elon Musk says you could be picked up by a self-driving Tesla taxi as soon as next year. What a time to be alive! Here's the news you need to know in two minutes or less. Elon Musk delivers more promises ahead of earnings report Tesla CEO Elon Musk has predicted there will be 1 million self-driving Tesla "robotaxis" on the road by next year, a number that seemed pretty stunning to most experts.

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Review: Gozney Roccbox Outdoor Pizza Oven Apr 25, 2019

No one ever wants to know about the secret lives of tax preparers, or bank branch managers. But since the journeys of Anthony Bourdain, everyone wants to learn the secrets, and wield the tools, of commercial cookery. Who wouldn’t want to be a swaggering night pirate that can also bake a perfect pie? The $599 Gozney Roccbox is one of those tools that looks great on paper. I’ve met pizza chefs who use the Roccbox for commercial purposes, and they love it.

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'Computer, Enhance': Inside Samsung's Smart New 8K TV Apr 24, 2019

Sure, you might have brought home a 4K television just last week. But there's no stopping the march of progress, and Samsung is at the vanguard with this set. It's an 8K panel—roughly 8,000 pixels wide and packing four times as many points of light as a 4K TV. Anyone with cash to burn can plop this 125-pound beast onto a stout pedestal and be engulfed by the 85-inch display.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/23/19 Apr 23, 2019

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Everlane's New Sneaker Treads Lightly on the Environment Apr 23, 2019

Since the clothing brand Everlane was founded in 2010, it has achieved great success selling basics for sophisticates: wide-leg pants, cashmere sweaters, silk shirts, and the like. But the label's ambitions don't end at defining a fresh silhouette—it has also put substantial effort into a company-wide sustainability initiative. Everlane has created puffer jackets from recycled water bottles, and it's made its own denim that's manufactured without polluting dyes.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/19/19 Apr 19, 2019

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Foldable Phones Are Here, Microsoft Emails Got Hacked, and More News Apr 19, 2019

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: The first foldable phone is here OK, so it might look like twin beds in a hotel room, but Samsung has actually come out with a phone that fully bends: the aptly-named Galaxy Fold. It goes on sale April 26, and while it's not the first foldable phone concept, you can actually get your hands on this one. Get ready to blow your friends' minds—if you have $1,980 to spend.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/18/19 Apr 18, 2019

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Fortnite Now Has Reboot Vans to Respawn Your Dead Teammates Apr 18, 2019

Greetings, and welcome to another installment of Replay, WIRED's look at everything happening in the world of videogames. This week we've got news about Fortnite, PlayStation IDs, and the coolest fighting game moment ever. Let's get going! You Can Finally Change Your PlayStation Network ID, But You May Not Want To PlayStation has finally, after much ado, launched a feature allowing players to change their online ID in the PlayStation Network service.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/17/19 Apr 17, 2019

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Review: Somnox Apr 17, 2019

Let’s get this out of the way: I am sleeping with a robot. (No, not like that, you sicko.) I hold it in my arms each night and feel its chest rise and fall against mine. Without arms to hold me back, it is forever my little spoon. Without a voice to bid me sweet dreams, it simply sits there, purring against me. The robot with which I sleep is called the Somnox.

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Game of Thrones Returns, a New Star Wars Trailer, and More Apr 16, 2019

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Winter is coming It's true: The final season of Game of Thrones begins this Sunday. We collected the biggest GoT fans in the office to chat about their hopes and dreams for the future of Westeros. Haven't caught up on the show? We recommend binge-watching it backward. Disney+ is ready to take over the world Disney's long-discussed streaming service, Disney+, will launch November 12. What's the deal, you ask? It will be $6.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/12/19 Apr 12, 2019

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The Perplexing Physics of Imaging a Black Hole Apr 12, 2019

It's a big day for astronomy (and all humans, really). The first image of a black hole has been released. It was created using the Event Horizon Telescope—a collaboration of radio telescopes around the world. This image shows the material around a super massive blackhole in the center of a galaxy some 55 million light-years away. Yes, there is a ton of cool physics here, involving the crazy gravitational things that happen in extreme cases like a black hole.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/11/19 Apr 11, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/9/19 Apr 09, 2019

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Prince Harry Hates Fortnite, How Hackers Use Facebook, And More News Apr 09, 2019

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Prince Harry is decidedly not here for Fortnite Like any soon-to-be-parent, Prince Harry is developing thoughts on parenting. And he's got some extreme ones when it comes to Fortnite. The prince said that the iconic video game is "more addictive than drugs or alcohol" and that not only should parents ban their kids from playing it, but it should be banned from the entire UK.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/8/19 Apr 08, 2019

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So Long, Inbox! Try These Email Apps Instead Apr 08, 2019

In 2014, Google radically rethought how email should work. The ideas it introduced through its then new Inbox app—reminders! snoozing! bundles!—have since been absorbed into Gmail prime. At the time, though, bringing those features to the most popular email service on the planet served a surprisingly important purpose: helping people outside the power-user set expect more. Now Inbox is dead. You’ve had plenty of time to prepare yourself for this moment.

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UPS Drones Are Now Moving Blood Samples Over North Carolina Apr 05, 2019

If you’re inclined to puns, you might say medical samples are the lifeblood of hospital systems. But if you actually work with them, you know they’re more of a headache. Because the same road traffic that keeps you from getting home keeps the couriers charged with moving these tissue and blood samples, collected by the millions daily and often in urgent need of analysis, from completing their missions.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/3/19 Apr 03, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/2/19 Apr 02, 2019

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Apple's AirPower Gets the Ax, Rickshaws Get a Boost, and More News Apr 02, 2019

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Pour one out for Apple's AirPower project Apple's AirPower, the company's infamous promise of a wireless charging option, is officially dead. Apple unveiled the project in 2017 to much applause, but balked when it came to giving an actual release date. Finally they've killed the project after concluding that it would "not achieve our high standards." Guess this one didn't "Just Work.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/1/19 Apr 01, 2019

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We Need More Videogame Folklorists Apr 01, 2019

Wes Locher recently published the book Braving Britannia, about the seminal MMO Ultima Online, which he played obsessively for five years. Unlike most videogame books, which focus on game design or gameplay strategies, Braving Britannia is an oral history, collecting fond reminiscences from dozens of players.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/28/19 Mar 28, 2019

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The War to Remotely Control Self-Driving Car Heats Up Mar 28, 2019

Even in the middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between slumber (rush-hour slogs) and frenzy (passing-happy speeding). It’s enough to make one eager for the day when robots rule the roads. And it’s more than enough to make me envy Evan Livingston, who doesn’t have to show up in person this meeting, held in a Lincoln MKZ sedan roaming downtown San Jose.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/27/19 Mar 27, 2019

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Us Broke a Lot of Box Office Records Mar 27, 2019

Look, we get it. If you saw the news at all over the weekend, you probably saw something about Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally turning over the findings of his 675-day Russia investigation. Entertainment news likely fell by the wayside. But that's why The Monitor is here: To fulfill your pop culture cravings. So, what'd you miss? Well, writer-director Jordan Peele's Us did very well for itself. Also, one of the Jonas Brothers knows how Game of Thrones ends.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/26/19 Mar 26, 2019

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Safety-Obsessed Volvo Goes After Distracted, Speedy Drivers Mar 26, 2019

Volvo has had it up to här with drivers. The Swedish carmaker has spent decades building a reputation based on safety (and low-key luxury), but humanity’s taste for speeding, distraction, and impaired driving remains a threat no airbag, semi-autonomous system or moose-detection system can neutralize.

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The Internet Loves Pete Bootyjig, Buddajudge—Buttigieg! Mar 26, 2019

The trick to pronouncing presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg's last name is to keep your lips almost totally puckered through all three syllables. At least, that's the only way I'm able to do it. If I can get my lips halfway between a pout and a whistle, and say it in one quick exhale, I can get it. Bood-eh-jedge, bood-eh-jedge, bood-eh-jedge. I learned this a few days ago from watching video after YouTube video of Buttigieg saying his own name.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/25/19 Mar 25, 2019

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How Investigators Pull Data off a Boeing 737’s Black Boxes Mar 25, 2019

In the five days since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed a few minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard, regulators around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8. That’s a reaction to the fact that the circumstances of this disaster match those of Lion Air Flight 610, another 737 MAX 8, which crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing all 189 occupants.

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Zodiac Ascending: Astrology Startups Reach for the Stars Mar 22, 2019

The day was young and full of promise, electrified by the moon in Sagittarius. An astrologer named Aliza texted me that I was on the cusp of a new cycle. It was time to tantalize my “Venusian sensibilities.” Power emoji: ðŸ’† I had found Aliza while beta-testing a new app, called Sanctuary. The app, designed to be the “Talkspace for astrology,” offers free daily horoscopes and, with a $20 monthly subscription, astrological readings on demand.

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Review: Ooni Koda Pizza Oven Mar 21, 2019

I live in Portland, Oregon, a city in which notifying your host of your eating restrictions is just good manners. Maybe you too have friends who are vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free. Or lactose-intolerant, paleo, or perhaps adhering to my toddler’s diet, which is best described as “pepperoni.” In this fraught environment, pizza has saved our social life. Pizzas are customizable and dough is cheap to make.

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Corporations Are Co-Opting Right-to-Repair Mar 20, 2019

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." As an advocate, organizer, and campaigner for preschool access, tax fairness, plastic pollution and other causes for the last 14 years, I’ve heard this saying many times. You tell it to your volunteers when it looks like your movement has hit a wall or when it looks like your opposition has the upper hand, and you want to show your teammates that many people have faced obstacles before, and overcome them.

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Here's An Idea: Replace Trials with Virtual Reality Duels Mar 19, 2019

Ben Bova is the author of over a hundred science fiction books, and also served as editor for the legendary magazines Analog and Omni. In his short story “Bloodless Victory,” which appears in his recent collection New Frontiers, he depicts a future in which dueling makes a comeback thanks to sophisticated virtual reality technology.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/12/19 Mar 12, 2019

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Scooter Startups Are Ditching Gig Workers for Real Employees Mar 11, 2019

In the earliest days of the new scooter sharing wave, when a new, Uber veteran-run company called Bird showed in southern California, working in the industry felt a bit like stumbling into the O.K. Corral. High school students scrapped for their chance to charge or fix scooters for between $10 and $20 a pop. “Mechanics” broke handlebars and wheels en masse, so they would be paid to patch them up.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/8/19 Mar 10, 2019

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Captain Marvel Is About Female Power—Not Empowerment Mar 08, 2019

If there's one line, one quote, that will endure from Captain Marvel, it'll likely be this one from Carol Danvers herself: "What happens when I'm finally set free?" It's rhetorical. Danvers says this as she's coming to realize the true awesomeness of her powers. For years, she's had her past hidden from her, been gaslighted into believing she needed to rein in her powers to be a better warrior for the Kree. This was not true.

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Kick the Keyboard: Other Ways to Get Text Onto Your Screen Mar 08, 2019

A wise man once said, “Words are trains / for moving past what really has no name.” Many of us spend our days working on these railroads, hammering away on keyboards mechanical and otherwise. But do you have to? Not really; a number of products promise to free you from the tyranny of the keyboard, allowing you to lay words down by speaking, writing with a pen, or using gestures. Some of us, me included, find keyboards frustrating as we get older.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/7/19 Mar 07, 2019

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Devil May Cry 5 Is a Bitchin' Throwback to a Goofier Time Mar 07, 2019

If I had to describe Devil May Cry 5—and I do, it's my job—I'd call it a guitar riff. You know the type. The big, cheesy run that's trying, so hard, so very earnestly, to be cool. But it has something, some bit of inspiration and wit, that even though trying to be cool is the least cool thing in the world, you still really dig it. You start dancing, a little. Yeah, you say. Yeah, this is cool. This rocks.

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Guild Wars Developer Layoffs Hit as Fortnite Launches Season 8 Mar 06, 2019

Just days after the massive layoffs at Activision Blizzard, the developer of Guild Wars announced this week that it would be letting go dozens of members of its staff. But that doesn't mean all the news in the world of videogames is bad. Fortnite's new season is here, y'all. Also, Pokémon! What else do you need to know? Read on.

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Want a Foldable Phone? Hold Out for Real Glass Mar 05, 2019

Foldable phones like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huwaei’s Mate X are coming, whether you’re ready or not. In fact, they’re coming whether they’re ready or not. The software remains untested or nonexistent. The prices are either astronomical or unannounced. But those potential issues can be fixed on the fly. The real thing you should hold out for? Glass. Yes, glass.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/4/19 Mar 04, 2019

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The Perfect Pair of Pants Is Just a 3D Body Scan Away Mar 04, 2019

Like so many women, Meghan Litchfield dreaded shopping for jeans. There were the garden variety complaints: inconsistent sizing between brands, the way back pockets stretched or sagged, the humiliation of walking into a dressing room with half a dozen options only to walk out empty-handed. Even the best candidates were ill-fitting. Most of the time, she’d buy jeans one size up to fit her hips, then ask a tailor take them in at the waist.

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LG's OLED TVs Are Cheaper Than We've Ever Seen Them Mar 01, 2019

I'm an unabashed fan of LG's OLED TV lineup. I have the fortune of getting to try some of the most lovely televisions in the world, and my favorite is still the OLED. Unfortunately, LG's TVs usually hover between $1,500 and $2,000, with the occasional dip in price during major sale events like the Super Bowl and Black Friday. Today, the price is lower than both of those events, and the lowest I can recall seeing by more than $300. The 55" LG B8 costs $1,100 from Amazon and Walmart right now.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/28/19 Feb 28, 2019

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Thor Is Going to Be Playing the Hulk Feb 27, 2019

It's Thursday, which means it's time once again for The Monitor, WIRED's look at all the news coming out of the world of pop culture. What's hot today? Well, Chris Hemsworth is set to play Hulk Hogan, The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix, and Idris Elba is set to host Saturday Night Live. Pretty steamy, amirite? Thor Will Be Playing Hulk (Hogan) In a casting move that seems almost too perfect, Chris Hemsworth (a.k.a.

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Game Design Is Not for the Faint of Heart Feb 26, 2019

Lori Ann Cole and her husband Corey Cole are the creators of the Quest for Glory series of computer games, which were published by Sierra from 1989 to 1998. In 2012 the Coles launched a Kickstarter for Hero U, a spiritual successor to Quest for Glory. Hero U was finally released last year, following a grueling six-year development process. Unfortunately, when it comes to game design, those sorts of delays are unrelentingly common.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/25/19 Feb 25, 2019

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New Hydrogen-Powered Hyundai: a Gas to Drive, a Pain to Fuel Feb 25, 2019

Watching the Hyundai pull into the parking spot, I cringe a bit with the stress that strikes when I feel like I’m holding other people up. The car is wiggling backward and forward, backward and forward, trying to fit into the dead center of the spot, and another driver is stuck, waiting to get by in the tight garage. Once the Hyundai is finally parked, the waiting driver pulls up and stops, window down and eyes wide open. And she’s not annoyed.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/22/19 Feb 22, 2019

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Why the Aeron Is Still the Most Coveted Seat in the Office Feb 22, 2019

When product designer Bill Stumpf was asked by Herman Miller to develop ergonomic seating for the 1990s workplace, he began by watching people at work. What he saw was pandemonium. Personal computers had freed employees to assume any position. They’d lean forward, squinting at the screen, or kick back, keyboards in their laps. With materials expert Don Chadwick, Stumpf built a chair as flexible as the restless startup worker.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/21/19 Feb 21, 2019

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Cool Gear for Turning Your Office Into a Calming Oasis Feb 20, 2019

When you need a moment of zen, reach for these items to turn the break room, or anywhere you can find some free space, into an escape pod. 1. Mavogel Cotton Sleep Eye Mask Need a nap? Block out the midday sun or harsh fluorescents with a sleep mask. This one uses stiffer material between the eyes that forms to the shape of your nose for maximum light-stifling, and the breathable cotton gives you sweat-free shut-eye. $14 2.

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Review: Fossil Sport Smartwatch Feb 19, 2019

I bought my Fossil Sport Smartwatch over Black Friday weekend, when it was improbably on sale just after it launched. This admittedly has no bearing on how good a smartwatch it is, or whether you should consider buying one of your own. But it might help to know from the start that I’ve worn this watch nearly every day for the past three months. And that I plan to keep on wearing it.

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Forget People, Elroy's Self-Flying Drone Hauls Heavy Cargo Feb 18, 2019

If your vision of the flying future involves whooshing about in an air taxi while chuckling at the car-bound suckers below, Elroy Air is not here to help. But if you dream of a world of smooth logistics, where emergency supplies, firefighting chemicals, and all the crap you order online moves through the world faster and cheaper than ever, then 2019 might be your year. “We’re developing a big cargo drone,” says Elroy CEO Dave Merrill.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/15/19 Feb 15, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/13/19 Feb 13, 2019

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Will We Ever Get Another Season of Dimension 404? Feb 13, 2019

Dimension 404 on Hulu is a science fiction anthology show in the tradition of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. TV writer Andrea Kail loved the fifth episode, “Bob,” about a (literal) giant brain who works for the National Security Agency. “I thought this was one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time,” Kail says in Episode 347 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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Review: Tivoli Go Fonico Feb 12, 2019

Boston-based Tivoli Audio products are known for great sound, but they're also known for their eye-catching looks. Design-oriented speakers are nothing unusual, but Tivoli's vintage-style radios and speakers are particularly irresistible. If you have an Eames Hang-It-All or Emeco chairs, you kinda need a Tivoli Model One sitting on a shelf nearby. Last year, Tivoli attempted to translate its signature style to portable products with a new line called Tivoli Go.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/11/19 Feb 11, 2019

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Disney Won't Stop Deadpool From Dropping F-Bombs Feb 08, 2019

Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED's look at all that's new and news in the world of pop culture, from casting news to TV show renewals. What’s on the docket today? The Walking Dead is getting (another) new season, Anya Taylor-Joy and Edgar Wright are teaming up, and Disney is going to keep the Deadpool movies R-rated. Deadpool Will Stay R-Rated As you may have heard, the Walt Disney Company is in the process of acquiring 21st Century Fox.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/7/19 Feb 08, 2019

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YouTube and Instagram Tots Are the New Child Stars Feb 07, 2019

"Do you like Instagram?" Bee Fisher asks her son, Tegan Fisher, a 3-year-old Instagram sensation who specializes in posing next to his family's enormous Newfoundlands. He doesn't seem to understand the question. "Is this yogurt cooled down?" Tegan replies. "Do you like Instagram? Do you like taking pictures?" Bee asks again. Once again, the temperature of yogurt prevails. "He means, 'Has the yogurt thawed?' Our fridge froze them," Bee explains.

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The Phone Number Ashton Kutcher Tweeted Comes From a Startup Feb 06, 2019

First, I saw the tweet. “I miss having a real connection w/ real people. My Community. From now on you can just text me. I won't be able to respond to everyone but at least we can be real w/ each other & I can share the unedited latest & greatest in my world,” wrote Ashton Kutcher, the celebrity and tech world adjacentist, on Tuesday afternoon. And then he posted his phone number: 10 digits that held the promise of so much more. I threw the link into Slack and then did it.

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The Batman Will Hit Theaters in 2021—Minus Ben Affleck Feb 05, 2019

Once again, it's time for The Monitor, WIRED's look at all that's new and news in the world of pop culture, from casting rumors to the current recipients of Netflix's largesse. This week: Batman gets a release date, Oscar Isaac might be going to Dune, Universal has a new plan for its monster mashup, and Zack Snyder is going back to making zombie flicks. Tune in. The Batman Is Coming in Two Years—Without Ben Affleck The Batman is coming. Yesterday, Warner Bros.

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In Pursuit of the Perfect Snooze, Casper Shifts to Gadgets Feb 05, 2019

Several hours into my tour of Casper Labs, I start to feel sleepy. Casper, the company famous for its internet-sold mattresses, set up this facility in San Francisco to test its products. There are levers that press down to measure the springiness of the mattresses' foam, wire coils that take the temperature beneath the wool-blend duvets, and many nice, pillowy things. Walls are padded with fabrics, each of them soft and inviting. A collection of jars contain down feathers, foam, curly wool.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/4/19 Feb 04, 2019

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NYC Now Knows More Than Ever About Your Uber and Lyft Trips Feb 04, 2019

In 2007, New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, in a belated embrace of the 21st century, required that every taxi plying the streets of the five boroughs start taking credit card payments. For cash-weary New Yorkers, the new readers made life easier.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 2/1/19 Feb 01, 2019

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Mercedes’ EQC SUV Makes Everyday Electric Elite Feb 01, 2019

Even though I've spent a lot of time driving electric cars, the acceleration that comes with silent, instant torque can still raise my heart rate and elicit a nervous laugh. But this time, add in the fact that the driver of the new Mercedes EQC SUV looked like he was rocketing on a collision path with one of my colleagues, and my pulse spiked a little higher than normal. https://twitter.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/31/19 Jan 31, 2019

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/30/19 Jan 30, 2019

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Building a DIY Robot Lab? These Are the Tools You Need Jan 30, 2019

Whether you’re hacking a Roomba into a home-security droid or assembling your own robocreation, outfit your workbench with these essentials. 1. Carbide3D Shapeoko 3 When an off-the-shelf part won’t do the trick, carve your own. This CNC router subtracts material from a block of wood, plastic, or aluminum with its quarter-inch carbide cutter to precisely shape any widget you design on your PC. The spacious 16 x 16-inch cutting area lets you think big. $1,099 2.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/29/19 Jan 29, 2019

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Review: JLab Air True Wireless Jan 29, 2019

In the past few years, wirefree earbuds have sprung up in lush profusion, like baby frogs after a spring rain. I have to admit, though, it took me awhile to come around to them. Wirefree earbuds don't always fit securely and they're usually more expensive than many of the best earbuds. I'm constantly knocking earbuds out of my ears while walking, working, or adjusting my hood, and I can't afford to be that precious about them.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/28/19 Jan 28, 2019

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Sonos Soundbars and Subs Are up to $200 Off Right Now Jan 28, 2019

There's a Sonos sale going on right now. We're big fans of Sonos speakers here on the WIRED Gear team. The speakers often have best-in-class audio, and they're designed entirely around the idea of building a network of speakers in different rooms of your home. Sonos has been making connected audio equipment for more than a decade now, and the company supports its products for long stretches of time; someone who bought a Sonos amp in 2005 can probably play Spotify on the thing today without hassle.

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Angry Nerd: Smart Replies Make Us All Dumber Jan 25, 2019

There’s a ghostwriter in my machine. And it’s no Lee Israel—she’d balk at all the fast-flying verbal inanities. I speak of Smart Reply, Google’s answer, in the form of a triad of autogenerated responses, to the problem of email. Just the other day, it saw fit to butt-reply to a frenemy of mine, “I’ll be there!” This in response to an invitation I had planned to ignore.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/24/19 Jan 24, 2019

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Review: Eufy SpaceView Baby Monitor Jan 24, 2019

If you’re a new parent, you’ve probably spent an inordinate amount of time Googling baby monitors. It's tempting to invest in a high-tech smart monitor that will track each breath and heartbeat and teach them to sleep through the night. But I must warn you, new parents: You’ll need a monitor for much longer than the first year.

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How to Tame Slack for a More Productive Workday Jan 24, 2019

You've KonMaried your closet. You've made strides toward Inbox Zero. You've unburdened yourself of your old tweets, and now you feel free as a bird. The one thing left to do: find harmony in your digital work-life by tidying up your Slack. If you’re one of the 8 million people who uses Slack as an intraoffice communication platform, then you're likely well aware of how slovenly the app can be. Slack is a time-saver, and Slack is a time-suck.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/23/19 Jan 23, 2019

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How to Shoot the Best Aerial Footage With Your Drone Jan 23, 2019

From swooping landscapes to the most dramatic selfie vids ever, a drone can capture it all. These tips will help make your footage extra fly. Get That Film Look The first setting to adjust is frame rate: 30 frames per second looks like reality TV, while 24 fps looks like a Hollywood feature—set it to 24. You typically want to shoot in 4K, which will capture the tiniest details and give you flexibility to crop the frame while editing.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/22/19 Jan 22, 2019

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Being a Hollywood Science Consultant Isn't Exactly Glamorous Jan 22, 2019

Physicist Sean Carroll has served as a science consultant on major studio films such as Tron: Legacy and Thor. And while Hollywood movies may have massive budgets and audiences, the job requirements for a science consultant aren’t exactly stringent. “The two main things are be a scientist and live in Los Angeles,” Carroll says in Episode 344 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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Review: Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo Jan 21, 2019

When Breville first sent me the Smart Oven Pizzaiolo to review, the company anxiously inquired if I planned to consult my professional pizzaiolo friend. I understood their hesitation. Wood-fired pizza seems like a simple dish, but it’s challenging to get right. If I hadn’t been making wood-fired pizzas for months, it’s easy to imagine all the different ways I could have messed things up.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/18/19 Jan 19, 2019

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There's a New Ghostbusters Movie Coming in 2020 Jan 18, 2019

Another Thursday, another installment of The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of the latest in the world of culture. But this Thursday is much busier than most. Why? Well, there's a new Ghostbusters movie in the works from Jason Reitman (son of the original's director), Apple is adding some big names to its initiative to make original content, and Steve Carell is working on a Netflix show about Space Force.

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Hitting the Slopes? Here's Our Favorite Snow Gear Jan 17, 2019

That fluffy white stuff is falling from the sky again, but you can’t go out in there all naked and expect not to die. Here's some of our favorite new gear to maximize your fun in the snow. Franco Snowshapes Custom Snowboard I've demoed a fair number of snowboards from top brands over the last decade, but ridding a board that was custom made for you is incomparable.

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VW's EV Chargers Make Paying for Power Easier Than Ever Jan 16, 2019

Drivers of gasoline-powered cars have it easy. Gas stations are everywhere. Fill-ups take just a few minutes. Drivers of electric vehicles, not so much. Public charging stations are far from ubiquitous, and boosting a battery means spending at least half an hour plugged in. So anything that makes an EV easier to use and own helps, and a newly announced goodie aims to make topping off a depleted battery easier than ever.

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Why Seattle Built—Then Buried—a Key Part of Its New Tunnel Jan 15, 2019

Friday nights are usually a time for celebration—the end of the work week and the start of something far better. In Seattle though, this Friday marked the transition into a terrible time, one city officials are calling the period of maximum constraint. At 10 pm, the SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct—damaged in a 2001 earthquake and temporarily reinforced—officially closed, for good. Over the next three weeks, traffic-fearing Seattleites will stay home, flee town, or at least carpool.

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A Third of Americans Use Ride-Hail. Uber and Lyft Need More Jan 14, 2019

Have you been inside an Uber? How about a Lyft, or another ride-hailing service? If the answer is duh, rethink your sense of superiority. Because you’re in the minority. According to a new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, just 36 percent of American adults say they have used ride-hailing services. Sixty-one percent say they have heard of the services but hadn’t taken a ride. The remaining 3 percent said they hadn’t heard of them at all.

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It’s Easier Than Ever to Log Your Kid’s Data—But Should You? Jan 11, 2019

The minute I walked onto the showroom floor at CES, one of the world’s largest consumer trade technology shows, a spokesperson for Philips’ Pregnancy+ app accosted me. “Would you like to experience what it’s like to be a pregnant woman?” he asked. “I already have,” I told him, but it was too late. Before I knew it, I was standing on a platform with a pair of headphones guided over my ears.

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After Trump's Speech, Twitter Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers Jan 10, 2019

If President Trump's tenure in office has any lasting impact on the jobs market, it might just be his ability to keep fact-checkers gainfully employed. Going back to the election debates in 2016, diligent researchers at nearly every major news outlet have made it their business to find the truth (and fiction) in the claims Trump makes. (It's truly hard to keep up, he just says so many things.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/9/19 Jan 09, 2019

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The Tricky Business of Making Ride-Hail Work for Kids Jan 09, 2019

It’s a few minutes shy of six on a Friday, and Gabriel strolls into the misty San Francisco evening. Seeing his ride, he walks past his ninth-grade classmates loitering around their prep school’s entrance, waiting for a parent or babysitter to shuttle them home. He approaches the van parked at the curb with the bright pink kangaroo pasted on its side, slides open the door, and jumps into the back seat. As Gabriel buckles in, Ariana Garcia begins her last ride of the day.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 1/8/19 Jan 08, 2019

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Sci-Fi Writers Are Grappling With a Post-Trump Reality Jan 08, 2019

At the 2018 Worldcon, fantasy author N.K. Jemisin became the first person to ever win three consecutive Hugo awards for Best Novel. Given that level of success, science fiction editor John Joseph Adams felt she’d be the perfect guest editor for the latest edition of his anthology series The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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The Samsung Space Monitor Liberates Your Desk Jan 07, 2019

Attempts to reinvent the humble monitor have in recent years seen mixed results. Some are curved, some are huge, some are huge and curved, and, well, you get the idea. But Samsung’s latest design suggests an alternative: A monitor that dazzles by demanding less of your space rather than more. That’s not because the aptly named Space Monitor is tiny. It comes in 27-inch and 32-inch sizes, the latter of which offers full 4K resolution and costs $500.

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Tesla's $7,500 Tax Credit Goes Poof, But Buyers May Benefit Jan 04, 2019

Tesla has built its business on being a pioneer. It was the first automaker to produce electric cars that were fast, fun, and desirable, with battery ranges measured in hundreds instead of dozens of miles. Now, it’s pushing into another new, less welcoming, frontier. Elon Musk's company just became the first automaker to lose access to the full $7,500 federal tax credit designed to spur the adoption of electric cars. As of January 1, its customers only qualify for a $3,750 credit.

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How the Surprise New Interactive Black Mirror Came Together Jan 03, 2019

By nearly any measure, Netflix has had a ridiculous year. When all is said and done, the company will have spent upwards of $10 billion (and perhaps as much as $13 billion) to produce more than 550 new movies and shows. Those new movies and shows, in turn, have helped to attract some of the more than 27 million new subscribers that Netflix signed up in 2018—adding to a customer base that was already close to 120 million strong worldwide. (And picking up 23 Emmys in the process.

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Quality Time, Brought to You by Big Tech Jan 02, 2019

In early February, the technologist Tristan Harris stood in front of a crowd at a tech conference and held up his iPhone like Martin Luther presenting his Ninety-five Theses. He was there to warn of the plain and common dangers of our phones, which he has compared to slot machines and to cults, while announcing a coalition called the Center for Humane Technology to liberate us.

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Going Dumb: My Year With a Flip Phone Jan 01, 2019

For eight months this year, I used a flip phone. For most of those eight months, I hated myself and everyone else. Frankly, I’m embarrassed to write about this semifailed experiment. Disconnection has become the most congratulated, least convincing narrative gimmick of recent times, a widely excusable hypocrisy.

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Farewell, Chevy Volt: An Oral History of the Plug-In Hybrid Dec 31, 2018

The death of the Chevrolet Volt was a quiet one. It came in early December amid news that General Motors was cutting 14,000 jobs, closing three assembly plants, and also ending production of the Chevy Cruze and Impala, the Buick LaCrosse, and the Cadillac CT6. It made sense: Sales have been slowing, Americans aren’t buying compact cars or sedans anymore, and GM is repositioning itself for a future that includes both bigger vehicles and many more electrics.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/28/18 Dec 29, 2018

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Rotating Detonation Engines Could Propel Hypersonic Flight Dec 28, 2018

Yesterday, Vladimir Putin presented his country with a belated Christmas present: the Avangard hypersonic missile. According to Russian media, it's capable of reaching Mach 20. And if its ability to conduct evasive maneuvers at high velocity is as good as the Russian president boasted back in March, it would render missile defense systems effectively useless. Cold War recidivists aren't the only ones hoping hypersonic technology will deliver a futuristic throwback.

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The Future of Work: The Farm, by Charlie Jane Anders Dec 27, 2018

“It seems like journalists are used to being in charge of editorial processes.” —“Algorithms for Journalism: The Future of News Work,” The Journal of Media Innovations (2017) News breaks like a rain cloud, or a daydream. Roy arrives at his desk just in time to claim the story: Rival militias started a gunfight at a federal water pipeline that they both wanted to steal from. Nine people dead, another 17 injured.

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City Driving Is Silly Fun in Arcimoto's Electric 3-Wheeler Dec 26, 2018

“It’s fully electric!” Mark Frohnmayer yells to the guy in the pickup truck idling next to us. It’s a sunny Friday afternoon on San Francisco’s Embarcadero, and Frohnmayer and I are the center of attention at this red light. Now there’s another guy in another pickup truck, on the other side of the first one, who also has questions about the vehicle we’re sitting in.

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This Book Will Make Einstein Relevant to Kids Today Dec 25, 2018

The new children’s book Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment, written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, aims to introduce small children to the work of Albert Einstein. It’s a challenge that Patterson initially found a bit daunting.

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The Future of Work: Compulsory, by Martha Wells Dec 24, 2018

“Human enhancement with in-the-body technologies introduces new potential for both individual opportunity and individual exploitation.” —“Cyborgs, Robots and Society,” Technologies (2018) It’s not like I haven’t thought about killing the humans since I hacked my governor module.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/21/18 Dec 21, 2018

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The Future of Work: The Branch, by Eugine Lim Dec 21, 2018

“A library of the future might also be, at its best, a sanctuary where we are encouraged to spend entire hours looking at just one thing.” —Michael Agresta, “What Will Become of the Library?” Slate (2014) The library of the future is more or less the same. That is, the branch is an actual and metaphoric Faraday cage. You enter, a node and a target, streamed at and pushed and yanked, penetrated by and extruding information, sloppy with it.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/20/18 Dec 20, 2018

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With the E-tron, Audi Shows What an Electric SUV Can Be Dec 20, 2018

Masdar City, a squeaky-clean planned city under development outside Abu Dhabi, grew from the sand with a single vision: help the United Arab Emirates wean itself off its own vast oil reserves. The 10-year-old micro-metropolis serves as an incubator for clean-technology companies. It incorporates the latest design and construction strategies to minimize its energy consumption. It runs solely on renewable energy.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/18/18 Dec 18, 2018

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The Future of Work: Placebo, by Charles Yu Dec 18, 2018

“Roughly half of Americans would feel better about the concept of a robot caregiver if there was a human operator who could remotely monitor its actions at all times.” —“Automation in Everyday Life,” Pew Research Center (2017) The thing is beeping at Brad. > Begin EOL protocol. OK? > Beep. > OK to begin? All he needs to do is accept. Click it and the action cascade will download to his tablet, setting into motion the procedure. End of Life. > Beep.

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How to Save Money Just By Going Into Your Phone’s Settings Dec 17, 2018

Online shoppers, media consumers, and app lovers are increasingly sucked into the world of recurring payments. On the bright side, subscription services offer convenience. They also establish a relationship between the company making a product and the person buying it; if you’re on the buying side, it means paying only as long as something is valuable to you. Plus, subscriptions often come bundled with perks. (Like, for example, this publication.

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Postmates' Quest to Build the Delivery Robot of the Future Dec 14, 2018

Hanging on the wall of Postmates' stealth R&D laboratory, there's a framed photo of an iconic scene from Star Wars, Luke Skywalker bent down beside R2D2. Except someone has used Photoshop to replace Luke's face with Ali Kashani, Postmates' VP of Robotics. Nevermind that Kashani has never seen Star Wars (he considers this a point of pride). Kashani recognizes the symbolism of his face in a world where robots roll around next to people, where bots act almost like friends.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/13/18 Dec 13, 2018

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How Robo-Cars Handle the Frustratingly Human Act of Merging Dec 13, 2018

No, self-driving cars aren’t here yet. But they are roaming a few select sections of American road. Waymo just launched a limited service in metro Phoenix (albeit with a safety driver behind the wheel); General Motors’ Cruise is testing in San Francisco; Ford is noodling around Florida; Aurora and Argo (which is closely aligned with Ford) swing through the hills of Pittsburgh.

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Wired's Most Interesting Thing in Tech 12/12/18 Dec 12, 2018

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Burger King’s 1¢ Whopper Gives a Taste of the Robo-Car Future Dec 12, 2018

At first bite, it seems no more than a clever way to boost sales at the expense of a competitor. When a hungry customer walks into a McDonald’s (or within 600 feet of one), they can use the Burger King app to order a Whopper for a single cent. The app will then provide directions to the nearest BK, where the now certainly famished customer can pick it up. The promotion, good until December 12, is called the Whopper Detour. Is it trollish? Sure. Has it worked? Apparently.

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Cake's Electric Motorcycle Makes Dirt Biking a Silent Joy Dec 12, 2018

I’d ridden the motorcycle part of the way up a small dirt hill, and was trying to simply reverse my way back down when I fell off the machine. As I went down, I tightened my grip, inadvertently pinning the throttle. I soon found myself underneath a pirouetting motorcycle. It was my first experience with the so-called whiskey throttle—and indeed my first experience of any kind on a motorcycle.

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How to Use Siri to Automate Every Step of Your Daily Grind Dec 11, 2018

For the productivity-obsessed, a more joyful and efficient life starts with good habits. Our sensible routines prepare us for success: plan your day, wash your face, early to bed, early to rise, etc. If you have an iPhone and you've updated to iOS 12, you can streamline those routines on your phone across apps, and maybe even create new habits. Shortcuts (née Workflow) was introduced to iPhones and iPads in this fall's software update.

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The Empress of Facebook: My Befuddling Dinner With Sheryl Sandberg Dec 11, 2018

To recap: Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook as chief operating officer in 2008, promising to make the popular but weird social network profitable. She went hard into advertising, marketing, and data-mining—and, by 2010, Facebook was going great guns. It’s been well in the black ever since. During these explosive years, the company enabled Russian troll farms.

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This Robo-Truck’s Cameras See Twice as Far as Any Lidar Dec 10, 2018

We’re heading southeast on Interstate 10, headed into Tucson, Arizona, when we pass the group of men in orange jumpsuits and hard hats working on the side of the highway. “Inmates Working,” the sign on the back of the truck parked on the shoulder says. It’s the sort of sight that can generate a swirl of curiosity, pity, and distaste in a person, but the robot doesn’t register anything about who these men are.

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Review: Lenovo Yoga Book C930 Dec 10, 2018

If you could get rid of the keyboard on your laptop and replace it with a second tablet-like display, would you do it? In other words, would you prefer to work with two screens, Nintendo DS-style, instead of just one, like the MacBook-toting plebes of the world? Before you answer either way, you should spend some time with Yoga Book C930, a triumphantly pointless piece of technology that stands before the world with its fists on its hips and proudly proclaims, "We did it because we can.

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Microsoft Retools Edge, But Internet Explorer Is Forever Dec 07, 2018

In 2015, Microsoft introduced Edge, a homegrown browser it pitched as a modernized successor to Internet Explorer, and capable competitor to Google Chrome. Just three years later, Microsoft has raised a white flag, opting to rebuild Edge on Chromium, the same open-source rendering engine used by Chrome. As for Internet Explorer? Two years after its stopped getting feature updates, it's still more popular than Edge ever was.

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The MoviePass Reboot Is Here. But Will Moviegoers Want It? Dec 07, 2018

The year has not been kind to MoviePass, and MoviePass, in turn, has been unkind to its subscribers. Its increasingly precarious financial position—parent company Helios and Matheson, lost $137.2 million last quarter alone—has prompted increasingly onerous restrictions on its service, from draconian anti-fraud measures, to surge pricing, to restricting available movies and showtimes so severely that finding a good one can feel like hunting Bigfoot.

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Review: BedJet V2 Dec 06, 2018

According to absolutely legitimate research I read about in the Daily Mail, 55 percent of couples say they argue about the temperature at which their home is maintained. While the whole house is clearly a battleground, certainly it’s the bedroom that is ground zero for such squabbles. Stereotypically, women like things hot, men like them colder.

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This New Liquid Ski Wax Gives You a Lifetime Speed Boost Dec 06, 2018

Skiers and snowboarders love to go fast. They seek the thrill that comes from strapping on a pair of freshly waxed planks (or just one) and gliding down a mountain trail with controlled speed through carved turns. To get that speed, competitive racers spend hours crafting the perfect combination of chemical waxes to reduce friction over changing snow conditions and achieve the slipperiest surface between snow and ski.

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Waymo's So-Called Robo-Taxi Launch Reveals a Brutal Truth Dec 05, 2018

Waymo, the frontrunner in the self-driving car industry, today announces the moment everyone has been waiting for: It is officially “launching” a robo-taxi service in Chandler, Arizona, wherein riders will use an app to hail the vehicles to take them anywhere in an 80 to 100 square mile area, for a price. “Today, we're taking the next step in our journey with the introduction of our commercial self-driving service, Waymo One,” Waymo CEO John Krafcik wrote in a blog post.

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Porsche Wants You to Use Maps for Exploration—Not Navigation Dec 05, 2018

Wherever the future of driving leads us, Porsche is sure of one thing: We’re going to need some excellent maps. And not just for navigation, either. That’s why Porsche is announcing today a collaboration with open source mapping platform Mapbox. Designers from the two companies are working together to explore new ways of using in-car maps, making them more than tools for getting from one place to another as efficiently as possible.

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GM's Job Cuts Are Another Sign of a Future With Fewer Cars Dec 04, 2018

If America’s biggest automaker’s crystal ball is working, the future of cars has way fewer cars. That’s the thinking driving General Motors’ major internal restructuring announcement, which came Monday. The company plans to stop producing many compact or sedan models, including the Chevrolet Cruze, Volt, and Impala, the Buick LaCrosse, and the Cadillac CT6. It will close at least three assembly plants that build those cars, in Youngstown, Ohio, Oshawa, Ontario, and Detroit.

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I Embraced the PopSocket and It Changed My Damn Life Dec 04, 2018

The first PopSockets gripper I plastered to my phone's rear-end was a freebie gift thing I received from some company’s swag bag. Amidst the magnets, notebooks, business cards, and other marketing ephemera, there it was: the circular doodad that has leapfrogged selfie-sticks as the must-have mobile accessory for our smartphone-saturated society. When I fished it out of the tote, I felt secretly delighted. Then I felt sort of dopey.

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Apple Music Lands on Amazon Echo, as Apple Branches Out Dec 03, 2018

In news that might help you make some sense of your fragmented, frustrating device set up, Amazon announced today that its Echo devices will support Apple Music starting December 17. It’s a small breakthrough in the streaming wars, one that should help bring some sense to your streaming strategy. And you’ve got Apple’s increasing need to branch out beyond hardware to thank.

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Putting Airbags Outside the Car Could Make Crashes Way Safer Dec 03, 2018

Crash a new car today, and you might be surprised by how many airbags spring to your defense. Passenger cars coming off the assembly line nowadays can have 20 or more safety sacks lying in wait. They’re tucked into the steering wheel and dashboard, of course, but they also pop out of seat belts, doors, rear seats, and the ceiling. And now, they might be headed for the outside of the car. That’s the idea behind the “external side airbag,” the work of auto industry supplier ZF.

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Instagram Now Lets You Share Pics With Just 'Close Friends' Nov 30, 2018

There was a time when social media was just for sharing things with your friends. Then you started looking up your old flames from high school, and you added them to keep tabs on who got engaged or had a baby. Your parents got on social media, so you had to add them too.

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The iPhone Taps Into Google Fi (With a Catch) Nov 30, 2018

Since it launched in 2015, Google's Project Fi has quietly been one of the best deals in tech. An alternative to mainstream carriers, it offers simplified data plans, easy international use, and a slew of other perks. The catch: Only Google's Nexus and Pixel phones—and, more recently, a smattering of third-party Android options—have worked on it.

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Byeeeee, Logan Paul: Brands Prefer 'Micro Influencers' Now Nov 29, 2018

Brand-influencer relationships used to be as simple as a YouTuber standing next to a man dressed as a giant tongue. At the very first Vidcon, in 2010, the tongue-scraper company Orabrush sent a bumpy pink mascot to the convention center to strike up quasi-impromptu interactions with early influencers like iJustine.

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Locals Kill One of Elon Musk's Plans for a Tunnel Under LA Nov 29, 2018

Lawsuits, man. Elon Musk’s Boring Company has abandoned its plans to dig a tunnel under the west side of Los Angeles after it and the city settled a lawsuit brought by two area neighborhood groups who opposed the scheme. The project, announced last spring, had entailed building a 2.7-mile test tunnel under Sepulveda Boulevard, adjacent to the crowded 405 freeway, under public property.

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Spotify's Year-End Ads Highlight the Weird and Wonderful Nov 28, 2018

For many, the year 2018 has held precious few highlights. There’s Gritty, sure, but what else? Climate change rages. Politics divides. It’s bleak. Into that breach steps Spotify, which on Tuesday continued its now annual tradition of finding some levity among its users’ listening habits. The Spotify Wrapped campaign, in which ubiquitous billboards highlight unusual or unexpected stats from the company's user base, enters its third year with a few adjustments.

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Stop Worrying About Buying Carbon Offsets for Your Flights Nov 28, 2018

You recycle. You keep your showers short. Maybe you even drive an electric car, powered by the solar panels on your roof. In other words, you do what you can to reduce your carbon footprint and protect the environment for everyone. But you’re hopping a flight this week to chow down in Turkey Town, and your math says that one action could undo all your other good deeds.

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Creepy or Not, Face Scans Are Speeding up Airport Security Nov 27, 2018

What many people call airports, you like know as that one huge queue. From curb to gate, zig zagging between retractable barriers, from one pinch point to the next—in industry parlance, this is your travel ribbon, flowing, or jamming, through the terminal. Check in, bag drop, security, the coffee shop, the lounge, the boarding gate, the halting march down the aisle.

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Nearsighted Neoliberalism Helped Mobilize Today's Far Right Nov 27, 2018

I recently took a trip to Berlin that sharpened my view of America. It turned out that the blandly named conference I'd been invited to—something about digital markets—was actually a giant collective hand-wringing about the state of German politics.

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I'll Never Apologize for My Air Fryer Nov 26, 2018

The air fryer, like some of the more superfluous appliances in my house, was a Black Friday purchase. It arrived on our doorstep on a chilly December evening, part of the parade of questionable decisions that my roommates and I had made on the internet: an egg boiler shaped like a hen, t-shirts I didn’t need.

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Drop the Batteries—Diamonds and Lasers Could Power Your Drone Nov 26, 2018

Drones have arrived in US airspace, and now they are multiplying. By 2022, 700,000 of the little unmanned aircraft could be exploring American skies, according to the FAA, delivering packages, monitoring traffic, inspecting bridges, and filling other yet to be discovered niches. To do that work, every last one will need electricity to spin its rotors and run its sensors. Most will get it from batteries they take with them to work. Some might pull from the grid directly, using tethers.

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How Trump's Immigration Policy Ended Up in Peter Jackson's New Movie Nov 23, 2018

Early on in Mortal Engines, the forthcoming movie based on Philip Reeve's book, a small Bavarian population gets consumed by the moving metropolis of "London." (The movie, like the book, is set in a future where roving "predator cities" ingest smaller towns for their resources.) As its citizens are forced to resettle in their new home, voices on loudspeakers tell them where to go and what to do.

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Star Wars Holiday Special Is Coming to a (Literally, One) Theater Near You Nov 23, 2018

It’s time once again to turn on The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of the latest in the world of culture, from casting to big streaming deals to box-office news.

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The Future of Fashion in One Word: Plastics Nov 22, 2018

For a man who works in fashion, Michael Preysman thinks an awful lot about the world's oceans. He thinks about the stuff that runs off and pollutes the coastlines, the plastics that slide down the drains and choke fish. When he founded Everlane, the minimalist clothing brand that promises "radical transparency," Preysman didn't just want to make cashmere sweaters and wide-leg pants that would constitute the a certain kind of Silicon Valley uniform.

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You Won't Win the Thanksgiving Fight. But You Can Survive Nov 22, 2018

For many Americans, regardless of politics, race, gender, or creed, the Thanksgiving dinner table is an emotional minefield hiding underneath a kitschy tablecloth. As turkey time draws nearer, expectations and worries about relatives’ behavior begin to mount, while the media drum toll doles out advice about how to manage tensions. In truth, the holidays are one of the few times when an assortment of people with different political beliefs are apt to meet in real life.

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Review: Brilliant Two Switch Panel Nov 21, 2018

Earlier this year, I asked a friend to dog-sit for us while my family was on vacation. I lured her in with the promise of access to our fully-equipped smart house. She could peruse the full extent of my Apple Music subscription on our Sonos, or watch Netflix on our Apple TV. She could fiddle with the Hue lights. She could even start the robot vacuum, if she wanted! No pressure or anything. That afternoon, I got a call.

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How to Check How Much Time You Spend on Facebook and Instagram Nov 21, 2018

There are some harsh truths you'd rather not face, like what you really look like eating a turkey drumstick, or how you sound while you sleep. Similarly, how many hours you spend on Facebook and Instagram is a potentially shame-inducing data point that for years you’ve had no real way to assess. But today, Facebook has been widely—and quietly—rolling out a tool that lets you measure how much time you spend using both the Facebook and Instagram apps.

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RIP Stan Lee, the Man Who Made Comics Cool Nov 20, 2018

Stan Lee, the avuncular, controversial longtime writer and publisher of Marvel Comics, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 95 years old. Popping a big character death on people like that was just the kind of thing Lee liked.

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The Pie of the Future Is Baked With Freeze-Dried Ingredients Nov 20, 2018

High-end chefs spend a lot of time figuring out how to get foods to taste their best. Are they seasoned correctly? Is there a balance between fat and acidity that makes you want more? Is there a way they could pull off the ultimate feat of making a food taste more like itself? Using the trick I've just learned from rising-star chef Eric Rivera, you can up your holiday game rather easily and I'm willing to share it: using powdered freeze-dried foods to amp up the flavors in your favorite recipes.

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Land Rover Bets a Vomit-y Teacups Ride Could Cure Car Sickness Nov 19, 2018

Consider how Spencer Salter spent the last two years, and the auto industry seems like a terrific business. The Jaguar Land Rover researcher rode on boats, trains, and planes. He hooked himself up for zip lines, braved roller coasters, flew in helicopters, and climbed into rally cars, all on company time and the company dime. But, “I made myself sick a lot of times,” Salter says. The resulting vomit was not an unfortunate side effect of Ferris Beuller-esque adventures.

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Facebook Moves to Limit Toxic Content as Scandal Swirls Nov 16, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg would like you to know that despite a scathing report in The New York Times, which depicts Facebook as a ruthless, self-concerned corporate behemoth, things are getting better---at least, the way he sees it.

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Review: Microsoft Surface Headphones Nov 16, 2018

I always feel a bond with people who tell me they owned a Zune back in the day. Microsoft’s also-ran MP3 player never became a hit, but it was a fabulous little music machine and its influence can still be felt in the company's hardware and software a decade later. Its Surface devices have put a focus on high-quality design since they debuted in 2012, and now Microsoft is using the brand to re-enter the audio market with the Surface Headphones.

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Construction Workers Toil Away in San Francisco's Toxic Air Nov 15, 2018

From where Trina Hill is stationed at the corner of 16th and Illinois streets, she can see the future of San Francisco rising all around her. This is the Mission Bay neighborhood, the new hotbed for science, tech, and medicine. Warriors Stadium is right across 16th. Behind her stands the building she and her coworkers are finishing, future research laboratories for the University of California at San Francisco—one of the leading medical research institutions in the world.

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How to Land a ‘Completely Uncontrollable’ Passenger Jet Nov 15, 2018

The trouble started almost immediately. A few minutes after taking off from Lisbon on Sunday, the pilots of an Air Astana Embraer 190 jet called Mayday. “We have flight control problems,” he told air traffic control, asking for a path to the sea for an emergency landing. “We have six people on board,” one pilot said a few minutes later, according to an audio recording available via LiveATC.net. “Airplane is completely uncontrollable.

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Review: OnePlus 6T Nov 14, 2018

OnePlus phones have always had one core selling point: they’re as powerful as the latest flagship Android phones, yet cost hundreds of dollars less. That winning combination made the OnePlus 6 and 5T two of our top recommended phones of the past year. The new OnePlus 6T mostly continues that trend, but this time it’s bringing some cutting-edge innovation with it.

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12 Things You Learn Over Two Decades of Lunches With Stan Lee Nov 14, 2018

For nearly two decades, I met Stan Lee for lunch about once every month or two. In the 1990s and into the 2000s I was writing for Wizard magazine, which at the time was kind of a catch-all, 800-pound gorilla in the comics business. And Stan, as we all learned from his many MCU cameos, knew the value of publicity. He liked seeing his name in print, which meant he was happy to sit down with a reporter—especially if I picked up the tab. So in 1999, we started meeting regularly for mid-day meals.

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Booming Model 3 Sales Are Moving Tesla Beyond its Niche Nov 13, 2018

Look at the latest data on US car sales, and you won't find much in the way of surprises. Ford's F-Series pickups reign supreme. SUVs and other pickups dominate the 20 most popular models in the country, along with cheaper sedans like the Toyota Camry and Honda Civic. Let your eyes fall to the bottom of the list, though, and you'll spot a newcomer: Elon Musk's Tesla Model 3.

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How Board Game Designer Rob Daviau Built His Creepiest Game Yet Nov 13, 2018

Board game designer Rob Daviau is shuffling through a deck of 3” x 3” cardboard tiles, each displaying a somber, aerial-view illustration of a room. He spies one, raises his eyebrows, and plucks it out of the pile. “This is the creepiest,” he says with a sly grin, turning the card’s face toward me. “There’s two things in here: The room is empty except for a crib and a teddy bear that’s been dismembered.” He studies the card a moment.

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We Should Take Hollywood Disaster Movies More Seriously Nov 12, 2018

Former intelligence official Richard A. Clarke says that Earth is virtually defenseless against incoming asteroids, and that an asteroid large enough to level a city could strike with almost no warning. “We do not have a plan for dealing with that,” Clarke says in Episode 334 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “We don’t have a rocket or a missile we can fire up right now, certainly not on 48 hours alert, but not even on six months alert.

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The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line Gets New Trimmings for 2018 Nov 12, 2018

In November 1981, Butterball introduced a toll-free hotline with a simple mission: to help Thanksgiving chefs turn out top-notch turkeys. And while the phone call remains the beating heart of the Turkey Talk-Line industrial complex, it has in recent years branched out. In 2008, Butterball took its first tips to social media. In 2016, it added texting to its toolkit. This year, it’s adding an Alexa skill.

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The Illusion Fueling the Post-Midterms Conservative News Machine Nov 09, 2018

As gray clouds cleared Wednesday morning, the feed that broadcast out of Trumpland beamed a bright, bloody red. Unsurprisingly, the ostensible victory—a continued firm hold on the Senate and critical, if slim, gubernatorial wins—emboldened many Republican acolytes whose loyalties lie with the president’s camp. Amongst Trump supporters, news moves at a dizzying, disorienting pace.

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Virgin Hyperloop One’s New CEO Could Make a Wooshy Future Real Nov 09, 2018

Wouldn’t it be really, really nice to get places really, really fast? That’s the promise of the hyperloop, a transportation idea popularized in the 21st century by none other than its Chief Engineer/Magician/Dreamer, Elon Musk. Five years after Musk wrote a white paper on the concept of a maglev train inside a frictionless, air-free tube, hyperloop has become a sort of legitimate business. Four companies with more than $300 million in funding are competing to build the first real one.

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Glamour Duck and the Internet's Rabid Love of Wild Animals Nov 08, 2018

Earlier this month, people in Central Park noticed the presence of a majestic Mandarin duck. As quickly as he was there, he was gone. But he’s back. With his bright pink beak, mohawk of blue and gold, and proud chest feathers of royal purple, the mysterious visitor has returned—and quickly captured our collective heart.

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A Carbon Tax Is Pretty Much Inevitable, Even if Voters Said No Nov 08, 2018

The first statewide carbon tax in the United States almost certainly isn't going to happen. Washington votes by mail, so it ain’t over yet, but the No side of Initiative 1631 has just over 56 percent, with more than two thirds of the votes counted. It doesn’t look good. LEARN MORE The WIRED Guide to Climate Change That’s a disappointing end for a bill that some environmentalists and journalists had held out as a bellwether.

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How to Derail a Runaway Train (and Save Australia) Nov 07, 2018

Most things don’t happen the way they do in the movies. Changes are less sudden, incidents less surprising, humans less attractive. But when a runaway train tore through the Australian outback, the action sequence that followed seems to have come right out of a Tony Scott flick. The whole mess started when the engineer stopped the 268-car, four-locomotive train and hopped out to inspect one of the cars, according to the Australian Transport Safety Board.

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Review: iPad Pro (2018) Nov 07, 2018

Like a college graduate ready to head off into the workforce and start a career, Apple has graduated the iPad from tablet school. As he prepared to lift the curtain on the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro last week, CEO Tim Cook explained that Apple sees the iPad as a personal computer now. Apple says that new designation makes iPad the top-selling line of PCs in the world. It’s a fair comparison. After using a new iPad Pro 12.

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Want to Make an All-Star Electric Truck? Drop the Driver Nov 06, 2018

Look at just about any rendering or essayistic sketch of the world’s transportation future, and you’ll notice two things about the cars, trucks, vans, and whatever elses tootling around the roads: They drive themselves and they run on electricity. The funny thing about that pairing is that there’s no inherent relationship between a vehicle’s ability to drive itself and what it uses to move its wheels.

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Sam Esmail's Homecoming Is Nothing Like Mr. Robot Nov 06, 2018

Homecoming, the latest series with prestige TV bona fides to come to Amazon, is about as subtle and mysterious as a thriller can get. Based on the podcast of same name, it is, on the surface, about a group of soldiers returned from combat and the facility—called Homecoming—that seeks to treat their PTSD. However, as seen in flash-forwards and tiny cracks in the veneer of each person's story, none of that is what it seems, and everyone's motives and actions are suspect.

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Tesla's Autopilot Now Changes Lanes—And You're Gonna Help It Out Nov 05, 2018

If you’ve been driving your Tesla in the past week, you’re likely enjoying the major upgrade Elon Musk’s automaker just issued with a free, over-the-air software update. And if you believe the blog post trumpeting the advance, you’ve taken a major step towards chillaxing on the highway while the car handles the traffic for you.

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Review: Coral One Nov 05, 2018

To keep dog hair and toddler mess at bay, I use three separate vacuums: a heavy corded one for deep cleaning; a robot vac that I run daily for light maintenance cleaning; and a cordless handheld for quickly picking up small messes. However, it is possible to go overboard. You don't want your descendants to find you buried, a skeletal arm sticking out from under piles of dusty, decaying vacuuming devices. That's where the Coral One comes in.

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Learn to Fly Sikorsky's New Helicopter in Just 45 Minutes Nov 02, 2018

With the possible exception of Tom Cruise, learning to fly a helicopter demands months of classroom, simulator, and in-air training. The controls feature all the logic of Bop It: twist one hand, move the other to the left. Push one foot, then the other. Watch the instruments, but don’t forget to look at the horizon. I once spent a full day working with Airbus' top instructors, and by the end couldn't even keep the chopper in level flight.

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Uber Just Made it Easier to Chow Down on Your Company’s Dime Nov 02, 2018

Maybe you like business trips. The chance to go somewhere new, eat out for every meal, dry off with a fresh towel each morning, and be away from the daily life of the office (and the home) for a while. You do not, however, like filing your expenses when you get home. Uber thinks it can help. Today, it announced that it’s expanding Uber for Business to incorporate its Eats food delivery service, aiming to make it easier for companies to help their employees get grub as well as get around.

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The Mac Mini Gets an Update After Four Long Years Nov 01, 2018

On October 16 of 2014, Apple announced a modest upgrade to the Mac Mini, the puckish computer that plays caboose in Cupertino's desktop train. And then... nothing. For four years, despite remaining for sale, the Mac Mini languished without any updates at all. But now, it's back with a vengeance. "There’s another small but mighty Mac our users have been waiting for,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook at an Apple hardware event in New York.

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How to Get iOS 12.1 on Your iPhone Nov 01, 2018

Last month’s iOS 12 update gave us screen time tools, security updates, and a whole heap of new features that make your iPhone feel new again. Now, with iOS 12.1, you get even more ways to express yourself on your iPhone and iPad. With Group FaceTime, you can chat with up to 32 friends and family. You can also spice up your messaging life with 70 new emoji—including a freezing-cold smiley, a mooncake, and a long-awaited redhead.

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All the New Hardware Apple Announced Today in New York Oct 31, 2018

The theme of Apple's second fall hardware show: throwbacks. The event, at Howard Gilman Opera House in New York City, featured a revival of the MacBook Air, a dusted-off Mac Mini, new iPads, and, for some reason, Lana del Rey. Did you miss the show? You can watch the whole thing here, catch up on the analysis from our liveblog, or simply read on for our TL;DR recap.

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The Best Halloween Shows and Movies for Little Kids You Can Stream Right Now Oct 31, 2018

The people most excited about Halloween are little kids. For humans aged between 2.5 and 10 years old, there’s really nothing better. They get to dress up and go out—at night!—and strangers give them candy. There are leaf piles to jump in and fake skeletons to scream at. But it can also be a nightmare, if they get too scared. Halloween works best for young kids when it's a mixture of spooky and sweet, one that's light on the spooky and heavy on the sweet.

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Halloween Tips and Tricks for Safer Trick-Or-Treating Oct 30, 2018

On Halloween night, 41.1 million children in the US will roam the streets, decked out as ghosts, ghouls, and the year’s best memes. It’s trick-or-treating time, folks. The one fright you don't want to have as a parent is worrying about your kid on Halloween night. “You want to empower your kids to be a little more independent as they get older,” says Leticia Barr, founder of the Tech Savvy Mama blog.

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There’s a Stupid Simple Wonderful New Way to Make Google Docs Oct 30, 2018

Look, we won’t waste your time here. There are more important things going on in the world. But if you use any of Google’s G Suite products, you’ll be glad you read this.

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Author Richard K. Morgan Wants to Destroy Your Mars Fantasies Oct 29, 2018

Richard K. Morgan has spent most of the past decade working on his fantasy trilogy A Land Fit For Heroes. The books were popular with readers, but Morgan has received a steady stream of emails urging him to write more science fiction in the vein of his 2002 debut Altered Carbon. His new novel Thin Air definitely fits the bill, delivering more of Morgan’s signature blend of mystery, sci-fi, sex, and violence.

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Meme It Up With 11 Sure-Fire Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Oct 29, 2018

According to Google's "Frightgeist" map of trending costumes, there's no way around it: it's gonna be a very Fortnite Halloween. From Miami up to Boston and Anchorage down to LA, the Epic Games title is dominating people's searches for holiday getups. (At least, mostly; New England seems to be really into unicorns and fairies, and Glendive, Montana inexplicably is into "The ’50s" as a costume idea.) You, though, are a free thinker.

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Snapchat Dysmorphia and the Real Dangers of Perceived Flaws Oct 26, 2018

Snapchat Dysmorphia n. A fixation on perceived flaws in one’s appearance, caused by seeing too many filtered photos. People used to show up in plastic surgeons’ offices with photos of movie stars, asking for Angelina’s lips or Jon Hamm’s chin. Today they come with selfies, asking to look like themselves. Not the human selves that mock us all in fitting-room mirrors, of course, but the sparkling, digitally embellished versions that increasingly populate our social feeds.

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Ed Catmull's Pixar Retirement Is an Opportunity, Not a Loss Oct 26, 2018

It's hard to imagine anyone has had a career like Ed Catmull's. He was hired by George Lucas to run Lucasfilm's computer division in 1979; seven years later, after Steve Jobs bought that division from Lucas, he co-founded Pixar with Jobs and then-Disney-ex-pat John Lasseter. There, he helped develop RenderMan, the studio's revolutionary computer animation software, which it still uses today.

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Review: Fitbit Charge 3 Oct 25, 2018

Do you need a fitness wearable? Obviously, yes. Even if you're not interested in counting every step, every day, you can now use a fitness wearable to check your texts, listen to music, or effortlessly pay for a macchiato. The increasingly porous boundary between fitness trackers, sport watches, and smartwatches has resulted in a tough year or two for Fitbit.

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How to Check the $1.6B Mega Millions Results in Real Time Oct 25, 2018

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has reached an absurd $1.6 billion, which translates to about 1.4 percent of a Bezos. The odds of winning are a comically low 1 in 302,575,350. Still, you almost certainly won. To make sure, here's how to follow along with Tuesday night's historic drawing as it happens. The drawing takes place at 11 pm EDT, out of ABC affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. The good news is, you've got options if you want to watch.

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Regulatory Hackers Aren't Fixing Society. They're Getting Rich Oct 24, 2018

Recently I was invited to join a panel to discuss Regulatory Hacking: A Playbook for Startups, a new book by venture capitalist Evan Burfield. The book is sort of a guide for new companies looking for a win-win—doing good by doing well—in highly regulated sectors like health and education. It argues that startups have the opportunity to make trillions of dollars solving global challenges that, in the past, would have been addressed by governments or nonprofits.

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To Find New Fans (and Their Money), Patreon Partners With Reddit Oct 24, 2018

The promise of Patreon, the membership platform for independent artists and creators, has always been simple: If your fans like your work, they will pay you for it. No need to slough off cash from advertisers, or make shady deals with brands. It's just you, your fans, and the stuff you make for them. Patreon has slowly introduced new ways for creators to milk the most out of these fan relationships.

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It's Time You Fell in Love With a Small, Cheap, Electric Car Oct 23, 2018

The thoroughbreds weren't running that morning. I was in the parking lot of the Santa Anita Park horse track, to the east of Los Angeles, for a different sort of race. The orange cones demarcate an autocross course that a solid driver in a high-performing car should be able to complete in about a minute. Ready? Yep. I slam my foot down, and the Bolt launches forward.

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How to Stream the 2018 World Series Oct 23, 2018

If you were a baseball fan in 1921, you might have huddled around a radio to listen to the World Series. And when, in Game 8, you heard that George “High Pockets” Kelly of the New York Giants hit the title-winning grounder, you might have cheered—or if you were a Yankees fan, thrown your newsboy cap to the ground and uttered some old-timey obscenity. Today, our ardor for the national pastime hasn’t changed much, but we certainly have more devices to yell at.

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Skip Scooters Get a Latch So They Don’t Junk up the Sidewalks Oct 22, 2018

A scooter nightmare for cities might look something like this: Thousands of unused, rickety twists of metal and tire, sprawled across sidewalks. No walking, no wheeling: Just private companies’ private property, littered across public space. Of course, no American city really looks like that, even though the scooter-share craze has reached well over two dozen major urban places.

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Netflix Is So Big It's Finally Canceling Shows. Good Oct 22, 2018

Orange Is the New Black’s sentence is up. Netflix announced this week that the show’s seventh season, hitting the streaming service next year, would be its last. After that, it’s dunzo. For many viewers, this is sad news—the inmates of Litchfield have been a part of the conversation for a long time now. But for everyone else, and for the future of TV broadly, it’s a move that’s long overdue.

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Lime's New Scooter Is Hardier, Heavier, and Built for Life on the Streets Oct 19, 2018

There are two things you need to know about my visit to Lime’s San Francisco office to see their new scooter, a thick, rugged white and green thing they’re calling Gen 3. The first is that I showed up almost 20 minutes late after getting caught in the city’s underground metro tunnel for half an hour. The second is that I walked-ran into the office building and onto its elevator, where I found Lime CEO and cofounder Toby Sun.

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Drivers Wildly Overestimate What 'Semi-Autonomous' Cars Can Do Oct 19, 2018

Cars are getting smarter and more capable. They're even starting to drive themselves, a little. And they're becoming a cause of concern for European and American safety agencies and groups. They're all for putting better tech on the road, but automakers are selling systems like Tesla’s Autopilot, or Nissan’s Pro Pilot Assist, with the implied promise that they’ll make driving easier and safer, and a new study is the latest to say that may not always be the case.

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Review: Roku Premiere Plus (and Premiere) Oct 18, 2018

A few years ago, I gave my parents-in-law a Chromecast for Christmas. They needed an easy way to watch Netflix and Chromecast was the hip, hot new thing. This will be perfect, I thought. I was wrong. The problems added up quickly. Their Wi-Fi was spotty, so the Casting icon didn't always show up on their phones, which was tough since casting video from their phones was a strange new concept to begin with. They also couldn’t stream Amazon Videos; Google doesn't support Amazon's app.

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The Temperature-Regulating Mug Learns a New Trick Oct 18, 2018

Do you remember Ember? Maybe not by name, but perhaps you recall the company’s defining concept: a mug that keeps your drink at your preferred temperature, and not a degree cooler, for hours at a time. On Wednesday, it got just a little bit better. Please know up front that the latest news from the Ember Ceramic Mug and Travel Mug is about as iterative as it gets. In fact, it’s barely about the mugs themselves at all.

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Netflix May Not Win Best Picture, but We’ll Win Better Movies Oct 17, 2018

In early 2015, Netflix made one of the most dramatic deals in the company’s career, announcing it had paid close to $12 million for Beasts of No Nation, a grim war tale starring Idris Elba. By then, the streaming service had already found Emmy success with original series like House of Cards, and had even earned a couple of Academy Award nominations for its documentaries.

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Jack Dorsey Has Problems With Twitter, Too Oct 17, 2018

It contributes to filter bubbles, he said. It risks silencing people, he said. And when it’s not silencing them, it might be incentivizing them to behave badly, or basely, he said. His biggest criticism of the social media site he runs was that it could be nudging its users in the wrong directions. “What does the service currently incentivize?” asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on stage at the WIRED25 summit today.

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The New Kindle Isn't Innovative at All. That's a Good Thing Oct 16, 2018

Amazon has a new Kindle with an old name. It’s an updated version of the Kindle Paperwhite, which is Amazon’s best-selling Kindle e-reader—likely by a large margin, though we’ll never know because Amazon doesn’t share Kindle sales numbers. The Paperwhite is a good Kindle. This new one, which you can now preorder for $130, is a little bit better. It has the same six-inch, high-resolution display as the last Kindle Paperwhite.

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Google Wants Its New Home Hub to Live in Every Room of Your House Oct 16, 2018

Smart displays are the new smart speakers. A day after Facebook revealed Portal, a WiFi-connected video-chatting device for your home, Google has announced Home Hub, a new 7-inch smart screen that acts as a voice-controlled conduit for the Google Assistant. It's Google's first smart home gadget that's comprised largely of a touchscreen display, after having launched three different display-free smart speakers over the past couple years.

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Movie Commentary Tracks Are Back—and They're a Trivia Goldmine Oct 15, 2018

Like most people, you’ve probably watched Get Out at least once. Maybe twice. But the best way to see Get Out is with Jordan Peele sitting right next to you. Last spring, long before Get Out's eventual Oscar win, the movie was released on home video with a commentary track from its writer-director. A decade ago, in the pre-streaming era, this wouldn’t have been news: Back then, seemingly every movie got a commentary track, even Good Luck Chuck.

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Free Speech in the Age of Algorithmic Megaphones Oct 15, 2018

Yesterday Facebook took down 559 domestic political pages and 251 accounts for violating its terms of service on coordinated inauthentic behavior—“networks of accounts or Pages working to mislead others about who they are, and what they are doing.” While Facebook has been frequently critiqued for hosting and inadvertently aiding foreign disinformation campaigns, this is the first time a collection of domestic political pages have raised flags.

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Why Diving Down Internet Rabbit Holes Won't Teach You Anything Oct 12, 2018

You want the real windows into someone's soul? Look at their Reddit subscriptions. It's all there: their passions, their hobbies, their ideological leanings, their love of terrible haircuts and sublime anonymized cringe. And if they're anything like me, those subscriptions also tell the tale of a life spent diving down rabbit holes. Origami. Board games. Trail running. Pens. Cycling. Mechanical keyboards. Scrabble. (I know. God, I know. There are jokes to be made here.

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Soyuz Rocket Failure Jeopardizes Future ISS Missions Oct 12, 2018

A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut were forced to make a dramatic landing after their ride to space, a Russian Soyuz rocket, failed minutes after takeoff. The incident caused the crew to initiate emergency abort procedures, landing a few hundred miles away from the launch site. Both Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin are safe. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:40 am ET and was scheduled to dock at the ISS six hours later.

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A Drone-Flinging Cannon Proves UAVs Can Mangle Passenger Planes Oct 11, 2018

The man flying the drone didn’t know he was violating a temporary restriction on flights around New York City (the president was in town for the 2017 United Nations General Assembly). He didn’t know he had just two minutes to land before he violated the prohibition on nighttime flights. And he didn’t know his DJI Phantom 4—300 feet up, 2.5 miles away from him, and well beyond his line of sight—was flying dangerously close to an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

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Why Hurricane Michael's Storm Surge Is So High Oct 11, 2018

After gathering strength from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico overnight, Hurricane Michael blasted across the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon, pummeling the area with winds up to 155 miles per hour. That makes the Category 4 hurricane one of the all-time strongest landfalls in US history.

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Hankook's New Tire Uses Tree Resin to Keep Electric Cars Rolling Oct 10, 2018

An electric car is a demanding thing. Sure, it doesn’t need gasoline or oil or nearly as much maintenance as a machine propelled by explosions, but dumping the internal combustion engine in favor of a battery and motors brings up a slew of fresh issues. Key among them, of course, is efficiency—the more miles you can squeeze from each kilowatt-hour, the better.

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How We Learn: A WIRED Investigation Oct 10, 2018

That Johannes Gutenberg guy was on to something. He may not have been the first person to print texts on paper using movable type—systems in China and Korea predated his—but his printing press made it faster, and cheaper, to create a record of a thought. One by one, those thoughts spread across Europe, philosophy and science and poetry. They might have been a cause of the Renaissance, or simply a symptom, but ideas grew legs they'd never had before.

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What Are Shorts and Why Does Elon Hate Them? Oct 09, 2018

It was a rough week for Tesla’s share price. After bouncing back from a major dip it took when the Securities and Exchange Commission threatened to sue CEO Elon Musk, and him then agreeing to settle, it’s been on a new downward slide. And it seems to be because of Musk’s tweets, as usual. This time he appears to attack the SEC (calling it the Shortseller Enrichment Commision), and reserves his real ire for short sellers of Telsa stock themselves, as usual. https://twitter.

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These Magical Sunglasses Block All the Screens Around You Oct 09, 2018

Early last year, Scott Blew was standing in line at a food truck in Los Angeles when he caught the glare of Fox News on a television out of the corner of his eye. This is ridiculous, he thought. He couldn’t even escape the deluge of the news, or the ubiquity of screens, on a jaunt outdoors to get lunch. You could consciously choose to put your phone away, to step away from your laptop, but then some other screen would pop up elsewhere, whether you liked it or not.

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Want to Drive Like a Pro Racer? Hope You Like Numbers Oct 08, 2018

Approaching an 85-mph corner at 150 mph, I’m glad my stomach is calm and my bladder is empty. The Audi R8 GT4 race car has a surprising number of nooks and crannies to hold and hide any substances that may escape my body, and my brain has enough to think about already without working a hefty cleaning bill into my finances. I need all the mental bandwidth I can get because I’m tearing around the 24 turns of Southern California’s Thermal Club circuit.

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Uber Writes an Equation to Help Cities Measure—and Manage—the Curb Oct 08, 2018

Not sure what your curb has done for you lately? Not to worry. Your answer is arriving now, in the form of an equation devised by Uber and meant to help cities evaluate how efficiently they’re using this increasingly contested space. After years of neglect and scorn, this strip of urban infrastructure, long the sole domain of the meter maid, has gotten incredibly crowded. Bike- and scooter-share companies would love to park their wares there.

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The DOT Says ‘Drivers’ Don’t Have to Be Human Oct 05, 2018

The Department of Transportation is getting a little more creative about how it defines “driver,” Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday. In the third version of the department’s official stance on self-driving, the department said it would “adapt the definitions of ‘driver’ and ‘operator’ to recognize that such terms to not refer exclusively to a human, but may in fact include an automated system.

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We Need to Change How We Talk About Game Studios Closing Oct 05, 2018

We need to change the way we talk about videogame studios. But even more than that, we need to change the way we talk about them when they close. In the past year, according to PC Gamer, 10 major game studios have closed, each employing anywhere from a dozen employees to hundreds. From Capcom Vancouver, the developers of the Dead Rising series, to Visceral, an EA subsidiary responsible for the Dead Space games and working on a highly anticipated Star Wars open-world game, studios keep shuttering.

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California Says ‘Nope’ to the EPA’s Car Emissions Rules Oct 04, 2018

The slow motion legal showdown between the feds, the state of California, and its climate-minded allies is on. While President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency works to roll back clean car regulations, California’s Air Resources Board convened late last week to pass a series of measures that confirm its determination to reduce vehicle emissions in the state, and its willingness to lead the fight—no matter what the federal government says.

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Honda's Helping GM on Its Quest to Deliver Self-Driving Cars Oct 04, 2018

Cruise, the self-driving car arm of General Motors, has an unexpected new ally in its bid to keep its corporate master at the forefront of an industry enduring its greatest period of change in generations: Honda. In a deal announced today, the Japanese automaker will help San Francisco-based Cruise and its Detroit owner develop and mass produce a new sort vehicle for a world in which human drivers are no longer needed.

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How to Use Snapchat: Critical Tips for New Users Oct 03, 2018

When Snapchat launched in 2011, the app seemed like a flash-in-the-pan teen messaging fad. Its signature function—sending photo and video messages that would self-destruct after viewed—echoed the fugitive thrill of passing notes. Correspondences vanish before meddling grown-ups have time to intervene. That's changed in the past few years.

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Say Goodbye to @sweden, the Last Good Thing on Twitter Oct 03, 2018

When @sweden began its grand experiment in 2011, Twitter had never seemed more full of possibilities. In New York, Twitter served as a digital bulletin board to organize protesters at Occupy Wall Street. In the Middle East, tweets served as the roots of the Arab Spring. Companies signed on to engage with customers; celebrities made accounts to grow their fanbases.

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Hank Green Explores the Dark Side of Internet Fame, With Robots Oct 02, 2018

The first novel by YouTube star Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, is about a young woman named April who becomes an internet celebrity after posting video of a mysterious alien robot. She quickly discovers that being famous has a lot of downsides—something Green and his friends have learned the hard way.

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Channel Your Inner Fred Flintstone in This Peddle-Powered Car Oct 02, 2018

There aren’t many ways to make traffic jams productive. You can make phone calls, listen to audio books, or practice your calming breathing exercises. But none of them help you escape the reality of being trapped in a metal box, surrounded by thousands of other metal boxes, all performing a dance forwards, slowly, foot by foot, across the asphalt. A Saudi Arabian inventor, Nasser Al Shawaf, decided he wanted the ability to do something useful with his hours in the car every day: exercise.

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Elon Musk's SEC Settlement Could Have Gone So Much Worse Oct 01, 2018

In early August, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a fateful tweet: “Am considering taking Tesla public at $420. Funding secured.” On Saturday, two days after the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for “false and misleading” statements made on Twitter, Musk, Tesla, and the feds reached a compromise—a settlement.

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Elon Musk Has Finally Picked a Fight He Can't Win Oct 01, 2018

The irony of Elon Musk’s latest legal drama is grim. He wanted to take the car maker Tesla private, because he hates the bureaucracy, red tape, and regulation that comes with being a company owned by shareholders, traded on the stock market.

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Do Standalone Episodes Hurt or Help Their Shows? Sep 28, 2018

When Amazon’s Forever debuted earlier this month, it announced itself with a kernel of discord hidden within. Viewers reaching the show’s sixth episode found it stripped of its main characters—June (Maya Rudolph) and Oscar (Fred Armisen), a married couple trapped in unchanging circumstances—and instead angling its view in a different direction.

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Lyft Will Pay You to Ditch Your Car. Will It Work? Sep 28, 2018

What would it take for you to give up your car? An all-access pass to a bicycle, maybe, plus some safe lanes to ride it in? A smartphone, stocked with apps for cheap ride-hail services? A competent public transit system? A chauffeur, willing to drive you around instead? Lyft, the ride-hail company that has always said that its goal is to get more Americans out of their personal cars, would like to find out.

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A Better Motor Is the First Step Towards Electric Planes Sep 27, 2018

In a white and grey laboratory, where neat runs of orange cables on the walls provide a relief of color, a three-bladed propeller spins on the front of a Cessna “Iron Bird” test frame. It’s eerily quiet, free of the buzz you expect from a propeller-propelled aircraft. Just the whoosh of air, like a ceiling fan spinning at full speed.

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The Latest Company to Try a Subscription Streamer? College Humor Sep 27, 2018

In the early ’00s, few web endeavors seemed less bound for long-term glory than CollegeHumor.com. The site launched in 1999 as a video and sight-gag repository “dedicated to grinding your academic efforts to a halt.” Early on, that meant lots of bro-friendly distractions, like photos of students passed out on lawns/), naughtily titled JPEGs, and video series like “Husky Dave the Fat Guy”.

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How to Use Screen Time Controls on iOS 12 Sep 26, 2018

The arrival of iOS 12 means you can now use Apple's long-awaited suite of Screen Time tools. The new features, which appear under Settings > Screen Time, are designed to give you a better idea of how you're spending time on your phone and limit the time you spend on certain apps. It’s all part of a greater push by tech companies to mitigate the ways personal devices are engineered to be addictive, by creating all kinds of new “digital wellness” features.

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How Lego Came to Be the World's Most Famous Brick Sep 26, 2018

When Ole Kirk Kristiansen imported a newfangled contraption called a plastic-injection-molding machine to Denmark in 1946, people thought he’d lost his mind. Kirk Kristiansen was a master carpenter who made wooden toys sold under the brand name Lego (abbreviated from leg godt, Danish for “play well”). The machine cost nearly 7 percent of the company’s annual revenue, but Kirk Kristiansen reckoned there was no limit to what he could manufacture with the new technology.

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The Stubborn Bike Commuter Gap Between American Cities Sep 25, 2018

Cycle commuting is hot. Warm, at least. Depending on where you’re living. Each year, the League of American Bicyclists, a nationwide cycling advocacy organization, takes a look at the annual commuting numbers out of the American Community Survey.

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How Would Teleportation Change Society? Sep 25, 2018

Peter F. Hamilton, one of Britain’s leading science fiction authors, has been hard at work on his massive seven-volume Commonwealth series since 2003. His new novel Salvation, about a world where teleportation is cheap and easy, is a major change of pace. “It’s something I wanted to do as a writer, just to keep fresh,” Hamilton says in Episode 327 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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In Defense of Amazon's Alexa Microwave Sep 24, 2018

Amazon is all-in on Alexa, and this week, it revealed a new set of voice-enabled products ranging from a a wall clock to a doodad that goes in your car. The star and symbol for this bold new wave of Alexa devices? The AmazonBasics Microwave. At a glance, it looks identical to every other 700W microwave, but it has some new tricks. By touching the Alexa button on it, you can ping a nearby Echo speaker, which will let you tell the microwave what you want to cook.

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Model 3 Crash Testing Hammers Home Tesla's Safety Excellence Sep 24, 2018

Smash! Bang! Success! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the arm of the Department of Transportation charged with reducing the number of Americans killed on the road, yesterday released the results of the crash test for the Tesla Model 3: five stars in every category. The perfect score is a welcome ray of sunshine during a (tweet)stormy stretch for Tesla—just yesterday, Bloomberg reported the automaker’s supply chain manager has left the company.

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Germany's Self-Driving Streetcar Puts Autonomous Tech on Track Sep 21, 2018

Of the many acronyms engineers spend their lives internalizing, few are more valuable than KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Constrain the problem, reduce the variables, and make life as easy as possible when designing novel systems—like, say, a self-driving car. The world is a messy, complicated place. The less of it you need to solve, the closer you are to having a working product.

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The Case for Expensive Antibiotics Sep 21, 2018

A handful of years ago, a small pharmaceutical company quietly acquired the rights to an old but commonly used antibiotic. Few noticed until last week, when the new owner did something that’s recently become common in the world of pharmaceuticals: It abruptly raised the price. A lot. The manufacturer is called Nostrum Laboratories, and the drug for which it hiked the price—by more than 400 percent—is called nitrofurantoin.

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Get Ready For Some New Amazon Hardware Sep 20, 2018

Amazon is hosting a hardware launch event this morning at its Seattle headquarters, and has invited the press into the Spheres, Amazon’s urban botanical gardens, to show off the new products. It’s widely expected that Amazon will announce several new Alexa-equipped hardware products or device partnerships, adding to an already expansive line of Echos and other smart devices.

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The Alt-Right Are Savvy Internet Users. Stop Letting Them Surprise You Sep 20, 2018

Far-right YouTube is the internet age equivalent of conservative talk radio: It’s a place for ultra-conservative commentators to react vehemently, personally, emotionally to the news of the day and the creeping horrors of American progressivism.

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Waze Lights the Beacons to Guide Drivers Through Chicago’s Tangled Streets Sep 19, 2018

In downtown Chicago, near where the river meets the lake, the city gets a bad case of Escheritis. The streets double—sometimes triple!—into three dimensions, dropping below each other and folding around the basements and sub-basements of skyscrapers, cutting across the river on bridges hanging below other bridges, and eliding into drivable strata in ways that cities generally promise not to do. In Chicago, the multi-level streets of Wacker, Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Ave.

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How Zipline Helps Remote Regions Get Blood From a Drone Sep 19, 2018

WIRED ICON Anne Wojcicki, cofounder and CEO of 23andMe NOMINATES Keller Rinaudo, cofounder and CEO of Zipline Keller Rinaudo began his career as the cocreator of Romo, a tiny toy robot. But for the past five years his work has been, well, bloodier. His company, Zipline, uses autonomous planes to deliver medical supplies—vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and blood—to hard-to-reach places.

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Mr. Know-It-All on Honesty and Social Media Sep 18, 2018

How true does my online persona have to be? I like to be really curated. But my significant other is very honest. Too honest if you ask me. Who’s right? Should we be our raw authentic selves, or strike a pose? This feels like a quintessential dilemma of the digital age, but artists and philosophers have been grappling over this one for centuries, really.

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BMW's Tech-Stuffed Concept SUV Heralds a Fancy, Electric Future Sep 18, 2018

Changing notions of what customers want from cars have pushed automakers to do plenty of weird things. They’ve unmoored the driver’s seat from the left side of the car, revived the rotary engine, and turned windshields into screens. BMW, though, is most likely the first to put down carpeting in the cabin of a cargo jet.

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How Fitbit Started the Wearables Craze That Got Us All Moving Sep 17, 2018

As Japan entered the 1960s, everything seemed to be in motion. Construction swept through Tokyo as the city prepared to host its first Olympic Games. The TÅkaidÅ Shinkansen, the original bullet train, sped along the southern coast of Honshu. More cars filled the roads. The only thing not moving, it seemed, were people’s legs. Prosperity fostered convenience, which encouraged inactivity—or so a doctor reportedly told the founder of Yamasa Tokei Keiki.

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When It's Time to Evacuate, Cities Struggle to Help Those Who Can't Drive Sep 17, 2018

Every hurricane season, news reports divide the country’s coast into two camps. You’ve got the leavers, who brave miles-long traffic jams as they make for higher ground. And the stayers, defiantly boarding up windows, stockpiling provisions, and kicking back on their couches—that’s how their parents and grandparents did it, anyway. Like most dichotomies, it’s a false one. It ignores a third group: Those who want out and can’t.

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To Solve Flying Cars' Biggest Problem, Tie Them to Power Lines Sep 14, 2018

Of the many challenges facing the nascent flying car industry, few turn more hairs gray than power. A heavier aircraft needs more power, which requires a bigger battery, which weighs more, thus making a heavier aircraft. You see the dilemma.

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There Are No More Small Phones Sep 14, 2018

On Wednesday, Apple introduced not one but three new phone models to the world: the iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr. They all seem fine. But take note of what Apple took away. As of this week, it no longer sells the iPhone SE. Which in turn means the age of small smartphones has officially come to an end. When Apple debuted the iPhone SE in 2016, it was remarkable not just for its diminutive 4-inch screen size, but for its amped-up capabilities even given those constraints.

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Lyft's Bid to Rule the Streets Now Includes Public Transit Sep 13, 2018

In today’s transportation landscape, opening the Lyft app on your phone is a sign of intent. It means that wherever you’re going, you’ve decided you won’t be biking, or walking, or taking the bus. Maybe you’ll share the ride with a stranger, but you’re definitely making the trip in a car. Lyft cofounder and president John Zimmer is trying to rejigger that timeline.

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North Carolina Chose to Ignore Its Dangerous Sea Levels Years Before Hurricane Florence Hit Sep 13, 2018

In 2012, North Carolina legislators passed a bill that barred policymakers and developers from using up-to-date climate science to plan for rising sea levels on the state’s coast. Now Hurricane Florence threatens to cause a devastating storm surge that could put thousands of lives in danger and cost the state billions of dollars worth of damage. The hurricane, which is expected to make landfall on Friday, is shaping up to be one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast.

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Digital DJs Have New Ways to 'Spin' Their Tracks Sep 12, 2018

If you've been to a club, festival, pool party, or bar mitzvah in the past few years and taken a peek at the DJ booth, you've seen somebody using Traktor. The widely beloved app, made by the Berlin company Native Instruments, lets a performer seamlessly mix together tracks from their MP3 library to make a non-stop, fluidly changing DJ set.

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Eyeing the Future, Snap Debuts Two New Styles of Spectacles Sep 12, 2018

Snap's camera-enabled Spectacles get an update today with two new styles of frames. The new sunnies look less like the circular Spectacles of yore, and more like something a knock-off Anna Wintour might wear, were she interested in being on the other side of the paparazzo's lens. They come with all the capabilities of Snap’s second generation Spectacles: improved image quality, dual microphones, and water-resistant frames. A button on the left side controls video and still photo capture.

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Chevy's Beefy ZR2 Bison Is the Pickup Truck You Bring to Armageddon Sep 11, 2018

Of the growing numbers of US car buyers who go for SUVs and pickups, most do it because they look good, they have a nice high seating position, and they’re handy for that odd weekend they hit up Home Depot. Their cars will never get really dirty, or make use of their improved ground clearance, and off-road capabilities. There exists, however, a smaller class of buyers who really need those capabilities—and then some.

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Elon Musk’s Blunt-Toking Goodwill Tour Isn't Enough to Save Tesla Sep 11, 2018

The thing to remember about Elon Musk smoking a blunt with Joe Rogan is not that he took just one hit, or that he didn’t seem to know what a blunt was, or that he whiffed on an opportunity to show off just how useful his “not a flamethrower” can be. It’s that it came 130 minutes into his two-and-a-half-hour interview with Rogan, for the former Fear Factor host’s podcast, livestreamed on YouTube.

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The 19th Century Argument for a 21st Century Space Force Sep 10, 2018

Government sclerosis is no match for the hot take industrial complex. Since President Trump ordered the Department of Defense to prepare for a sixth military branch in June—an order that has stalled, since it requires congressional approval—the debate over this proposed Space Force has become so clouded by partially-informed, mostly-partisan rhetoric, there’s barely enough light for an honest appraisal.

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Why Science Fiction Is the Most Important Genre Sep 10, 2018

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling books Sapiens and Homo Deus, is a big fan of science fiction, and includes an entire chapter about it in his new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. “Today science fiction is the most important artistic genre,” Harari says in Episode 325 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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Bump-Canceling Bunk Beds Promise Super Smooth Bus Rides Sep 07, 2018

If you are, say, over the age of three, chances are someone has told you not to climb into a van, parked in an alley, with a bunch of strangers. But this was for science, mom, and the very nice trio that beckoned a reporter within turned out to be rather entrepreneurial spirits, who just want to create a good night’s sleep. A good night’s sleep in any context, really, but especially for the 23 passengers they hope to pack into bus rollicking down a California freeway.

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Kelly Slater's Artificial Surf Pool Is Really Making Waves Sep 07, 2018

Adam Fincham is trying to make waves with a Tupperware full of agave and an avocado. Internal waves, specifically—the kind that exist in stratified fluid. Fincham is standing at a metal chef’s table in the kitchen at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, in toasty Lemoore, California. A chef is in the kitchen preparing salmon grain bowls for the assemblage of pro surfers hanging around outside, but Fincham is intent on his own concoction.

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Nike, Colin Kaepernick, and the Changing Role of the Athlete Sep 06, 2018

To commemorate Nike’s 30th anniversary of its iconic “Just do it” campaign, the sportswear goliath on Monday released a series of striking black-and-white ads featuring tennis champion Serena Williams, pro-skateboarder Lacey Baker, and NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Its most controversial placard, though, was a close-up image of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick overlaid with the message: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.

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Review: Whistle 3 Pet Tracker Sep 06, 2018

Because I work from home, and because my dogs are the best dogs, we are in contact all day, every day. We're a three-headed, ten-legged Hydra, rotating around each other as we move from my office to the living room to the kitchen. Whatever I do, they're usually there too—whether that's sleeping at night, pacing around my living room, or feeding my kids. And unfortunately, whatever happens to me, usually happens to them too. Last night, a friend saw my dogs after a long absence.

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How Self-Driving Supergroup Aurora Plans to Make Robocars Real Sep 05, 2018

The Traveling Wilburys were a short-lived phenomenon. From 1988 to 1991, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty—each a star in their own right and with a robust catalog to their name—combined their talents and experiences to produce two albums. That’s 21 songs in 112 delightful minutes of music, a testament to the power of collaboration.

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I Invented the iPhone's Autocorrect. Sorry About That, and You're Welcome Sep 05, 2018

I have a confection to make. Ugh! No, I don’t want to bake a cake. Let me type that again. I have aconfessionto make. I worked for many years as a software developer at Apple and I invented touchscreen keyboard autocorrection for the original iPhone. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Ken Kocienda (@kocienda) was a software engineer and designer at Apple for more than 15 years.

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Lenovo’s New Yoga Book Stretches Laptop Design Sep 04, 2018

Two years ago, when Lenovo first unveiled the futuristic Yoga Book, the company held it up alongside a hardcover Dr. Seuss book to demonstrate how thin and light it was. It had a “Halo” keyboard: a bottom half that lit up to create a digital keyboard. You could write directly on this keyless keyboard, too, as though it was a notepad. It was a whole lot of new tech packed into a tiny, $500, fold-over tablet, but not all of that tech was fully-baked.

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A New Ejection Seat Makes Rocketing out of a B-2 Bomber Surprisingly Safe Sep 03, 2018

The American military has a funny way of thinking about size. Some ground vehicles are sized not necessarily for battlefield functionality, but rather to fit inside the cargo airplanes that will take them to said battlefield. And pilot size and weight restrictions aren’t written to limit who can stuff themselves inside a tight cockpit, but who can be blasted out of one.

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Jaguar’s New Electric SUV Demands a New Kind of Car Review Sep 03, 2018

I’m 40 feet from the Jaguar, mint chocolate chip ice cream dripping down the cone onto my fingers, when I hear the purring from under the hood. Strange, I think. First off, the car is parked. Second, it doesn’t have an engine. It’s only after a moment that I realize the sound is the car defending itself against the brutality of a summer day in Southern California’s Coachella Valley.

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Is It Possible to Find Love Without Dating Apps? Aug 31, 2018

Dating in 2018 can be a challenge. I'm sorry, let me rephrase: It suuuuuuuuccckkkkksssss. Apps like Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Grindr, and others are the dater's tools of choice , and yet hating them is the one thing we can all agree on these days. They're often more hazard than help, and the forced psychoanalysis of every picture and witty answer can shake even the most durable of confidences loose.

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Review: Ultimate Ears Boom 3 & Megaboom 3 Aug 31, 2018

If you're a consumer electronics brand, what do you do when your hit product—a best-seller and a critical darling since its debut—turns five years old? You buy it a new suit, of course. Ultimate Ears has updated both of its cylindrical Bluetooth speakers. The Boom 3 and Megaboom 3 have a refreshed look, slightly updated capabilities, and a new lower price. The Boom 3 is $150, which is a $30 price drop from the $180 Boom 3.

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How To Use Twitter: Critical Tips For New Users Aug 30, 2018

So you wanna tweet? Great—you're gonna (mostly) love it. Everyone from the President to Malala is tweeting it up these days, but it may take some getting used to if you're a new kid on the block. Twitter is where news is broken, links are shared, and memes are born. It's also a place for chatting with friends. Yet unlike Facebook, Twitter is public by default. And that's not a bad thing.

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How to Get the Most Out of Gmail’s New Features Aug 30, 2018

Change is hard. Changes to a beloved website's interface can be downright loathsome. So maybe your stomach lurched when you logged into Gmail recently and saw the merry news that your email now “has a fresh new look.” “Oh god,” a colleague messaged me when our personal accounts were automatically migrated to the redesigned Gmail last week. “I feel so uncomfortable.

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How Technology Is Changing the Way We Love: A WIRED Investigation Aug 29, 2018

Let’s just get it out of the way: my wife and I met each other online. This was more than 15 years ago, when “online” meant either chatrooms or some sort of personals-based website. (It was the latter.) We had the internet, but not in our pockets; texting and emoji had yet to worm their way into the mainstream, so we learned each other’s rhythms before read receipts and the tyranny of the three dots. There was no pin-dropping, no swiping, no Instagram archaeology.

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The Pleasure and Promise of the Sci-Fi Romance Aug 29, 2018

Among the scant books in my tiny rented room in San Francisco, I’ve kept a spine-worn copy of Romeo and Juliet. It’s the one I read in my high school English class, the pages yellowed, the margins filled with scribbled notes. Since the play was written in the 1590s, Shakespeare’s portrayal of the nature of love—irrational, all-consuming—has been told and retold in countless movie adaptations.

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Want a Flying Car Future? Try Starting with Smarter Helicopters Aug 28, 2018

Visions of the future tend to be clear-cut. Cars will drive themselves. Air taxis will fill the skies. Smartphones will have notches. The renderings and trend reports tend to elide the messy road map to that future. Yes, advances in lightweight materials, electric propulsion, and aeronautic controls have put the dream of electric people-packing quadcopter drones within reach. A few more years of development, a few more after that of regulatory wrangling, and boom: takeoff.

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Review: Even H3 Wireless Headphones Aug 28, 2018

The audio market is full of headphones that strive to put out the most balanced, best sound signature possible, so listeners can hear every sonic detail in their favorite tunes precisely as "the artist intended." It’s a noble pursuit, but it assumes we’re all hearing the same things. In reality, much like eyesight, we all hear differently—and our ears continue to change as we age. I enjoyed using the Nuraphones when I reviewed them earlier this year.

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It's Time to Stop Sending Money on Venmo Aug 27, 2018

Venmo, the popular payment app owned by PayPal, has become the default way millions of Americans settle a check, pay a friend back for coffee, or buy a concert ticket off Craigslist. Writers have argued that Venmoing makes us petty, and that the app has nearly killed cash. Fewer have questioned whether it’s really the best service for exchanging money, or storing sensitive banking information.

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The Bot-Strewn History of the Best Kids' Show on Netflix Aug 27, 2018

On a late June day in 2012, Gregg and Evan Spiridellis uploaded five videos to YouTube. Each featured a quintet of monochromatic cartoon robots, catchy songs, and an educational slant. Six years, 150 songs, and 500 million views later, StoryBots is now a kid’s entertainment empire. It also just happens to be one of the best shows on Netflix, with the second season of Ask the StoryBots arriving on the streaming provider today.

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The Hajj Is a Perfect Laboratory for Disease Warning Systems Aug 24, 2018

Right now, one of the world’s largest mass gatherings is taking place in the desert of Saudi Arabia. The hajj, the yearly pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest sites, is required of every observant Muslim who can perform it. More than 2 million people have poured into the country, over land, by air, and in massive charter deployments, from essentially every place around the globe where Muslims reside.

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Review: Anova Precision Cooker Nano Aug 24, 2018

They say you never forget your first sous vide precision cooker. Actually, nobody says that. Even now, in an era when vacuum-sealed food bags having become the latest benefactor/victim of the app-guided cooking trend, most people genuinely don't know what I'm talking about when I tell them I sometimes cook with a sous vide wand.

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Welcome to Checkout-Free Retail. Don’t Mind All the Cameras Aug 23, 2018

The shop has no sign. Or rather, the sign is obscured by some kind of bunting. The glass doors are papered over. You gotta know what's back there, like a speakeasy. Venturing to open the door, I find I still can't get inside. Between me and a cramped 180 square feet or so of convenience store-like shelves—yogurts, bags of exotically-flavored freeze-dried peas, refrigerators full of juice, and pre-packaged sandwiches—is a turnstile. It is a shop. I will shop. There's a reader on the right.

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Review: Keurig K-Café Aug 23, 2018

I’m not a morning person, yet for the better part of a decade, I started my weekday mornings the same way: Peel myself out of bed, zombie shuffle to the shower, and listen to podcasts with heavy eyelids on the way to the office. When I got there, I’d head straight to the Keurig machine for a pick-me-up.

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I’m Sorry About My New Joint Instagram Account, But Not That Sorry Aug 22, 2018

Most Saturdays, my husband Seth and I spend approximately the whole day with our phones aimed at our son, taking pictures of him from slightly different angles. There’s a diptych of him dancing in the bagel shop. There’s one of him scooting in the park. Until a few weeks ago, we'd spend our Saturday night bickering over beers about who got to post which photo to our separate Instagram accounts. It’s a glamorous life.

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Oh Hey, Don't Steal Reviews, and the Rest of This Week in Games Aug 22, 2018

Let's get this out of the way: A lot of norms were disrupted in the videogame industry this week. There was news of a writer at a top gaming site allegedly plagiarizing reviews, and also reports that the Chinese gaming market is having troubles. Oh, and Diablo III is making the leap to the Nintendo Switch. Up is down, down is up, and a lot of things are out of whack. So let's expect the unexpected and get right to it. PSA: Do Not Plagiarize Your Game Reviews. Seriously. Don't.

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Elon Musk Is Broken, and We Have Broken Him Aug 21, 2018

Of all the striking things about the interview with Elon Musk The New York Times published Thursday night—the tears, the lack of regrets over certain tweets, the fact that rapper Azealia Banks may somehow be part of Tesla’s financial future—was Musk’s claim that he’d be ready to abandon his role as Tesla CEO and chairman. “If you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job,” he told the paper.

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Owning Guns Is Sort of Like Owning Rattlesnakes Aug 21, 2018

In his short story “Rattlesnakes and Men,” science fiction author Michael Bishop describes a town where everyone is required by law to own a dangerous rattlesnake. It’s a scenario that he says is no more absurd than how America treats access to guns. “We lost our son at Virginia Tech in 2007, in the shootings there,” Bishop says in Episode 322 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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17 of This Weekend's Best Tech Deals, From Apple to Xbox Aug 20, 2018

It's almost time to send the kids back to school, and that means you'll want to check out our Back to School buying guide ... but before that, there are a few tech and gaming deals you may want to peep for yourself. With some help from our friends at TechBargains, we've compiled our favorite deals for the weekend. Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 is Available for Preorder We gave the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 an 8/10 and our coveted WIRED Recommends award.

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A Guide to Finding Your Ideal Movie Ticket Subscription Aug 20, 2018

A year ago today, MoviePass introduced a radical new business model: Go see a movie a day, every day, for just $10 per month. At the time, it seemed too good to be true. As it turns out, it was. The company has since burned through cash at an unsustainable rate, aggravating customers with limited screenings, punishing anti-fraud measures, and general uncertainty about the future. Today, in a bid to stay afloat, MoviePass officially abandoned its unlimited buffet.

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Sidewalk Labs' Bid to Reinvent Toronto Starts With Shape-Shifting Streets Aug 17, 2018

The hexagonal slices of wood don’t look like much. There’s the shape, sort of interesting in its architectural way, and the neutral wood color. A few are studded with bright, white lights, right in the center, which is fun. And the way the hexagons, each the size of a manhole cover, have been bunched into clusters feels natural and sensible. Surely a Fibonacci sequence is hiding somewhere in there.

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How to Track Your Heart Rate With Wearables Aug 17, 2018

You probably learned how to track your heart rate in school: Put your finger on a pulse point, like the inside of your wrist, and count how many pulses you feel in a minute. That yields your heart’s beats per minute, or bpm. Cool trick! you thought. And you promptly forgot about it. But your heart rate can be a useful piece of data. It’s a reliable metric for setting fitness goals that puts your cardiovascular health—ahem—at the heart of your workout.

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Review: Tern Link A7 Aug 16, 2018

In my eight years on college campuses—first as a student, and then as the girlfriend of a grad student—my cheap, beater bike was stolen four times. Once, the wheels were gone. Another time, the seat. Twice, it just vanished into the ether, leaving only a busted U-lock and broken dreams in its wake. Even if the bike itself only cost fifty or a hundred bucks, the inconvenience was annoying.

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These Are Our Favorite Back to School Deals Aug 16, 2018

Back-to-school shopping might evoke memories of wandering through big box store sales and throwing Trapper Keepers and pencils into a shopping cart. But nowadays, you're more likely to hunch over a laptop to hunt for great prices than you are to fight for a parking spot at the local mall. If you're looking for college essentials, or a great laptop or tablet, we have a few suggestions.

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If a Group Text Gets Read and No One Reacts, Did It Happen? Aug 15, 2018

I often worry I'm an under-reactor. It's not that things don't affect me, or that I'm needlessly stoic—born-and-bred Midwesterners like me tend to be level-headed. (Or at least as even-keeled as one can be in 2018.) This is a purely performative kind of reaction I'm talking about: I don't add the "angry" face to Facebook posts from old high-school classmates, don't "heart" nearly as many tweets as maybe I should. I probably don’t even double-tap enough sunset posts on Instagram.

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Can Elon Musk Really Take Tesla Private? Aug 15, 2018

Among the heads of publicly traded companies, Tesla’s Elon Musk might just be the most whimsical, the most impish, the most delightfully trolly. But Musk may be ready to give up that distinction. On Tuesday afternoon, the electric carmaker CEO tweeted that he was considering taking the company private, and that he had secured funding to do so. https://twitter.

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Save Sarah Jeong! And Kevin Williamson, Quinn Norton, and Joy Reid Too Aug 14, 2018

The work of polemicists like Sarah Jeong, recently hired to The New York Times editorial board, is to make arguments in public space. Polemicists can be insufferable. They get to be gadflies and think themselves Socratic. They’re belligerent. They have a reputation for laziness and Twitter addiction; they often shun shoe leather.

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Review: Rad Power RadWagon Aug 14, 2018

Many of my car journeys are within a mile of my house, hauling toddlers and groceries to and fro. It would be much easier, more fun, and better for the environment, if I could replace at least a few of those trips with an electric cargo bike. However, a few hurdles stand in my way. The first is cost. I loved the versatility and power of the R&M Load, but at $7,000, it costs as much as my current car. Going completely carless would justify the price, but it’s hard to make the commitment.

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Stealing a Plane Is Not Easy, So How Did It Happen in Seattle? Aug 13, 2018

Seattleites got a serious scare on Friday evening when an airport employee stole a large turboprop airplane owned by the Alaska Air Group from the area’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and took it for an unauthorized flight.

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The President Wants a Space Force. He Might Get One. Aug 13, 2018

If policymaking is never easy, and military policymaking is very difficult, it stands to reason that space military policymaking is basically impossible. Yet today, in a speech at the Pentagon, Vice President Mike Pence announced the formation of a sixth branch of the US armed services: a SPACE FORCE! But can that really happen? Well, let’s proceed with the go/no-go. SPACE FORCE! President Donald Trump? “Space Force all the way!” So that’s a GO.

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Elon Musk Wants to Put an Arcade in Your Tesla, and the Rest of the Week in Games Aug 12, 2018

Welcome to Replay, our weekly roundup of all the gaming news and happenings you might've missed while you were, y'know, playing games. This week, we've got Elon Musk's attempts to put games in cars, Valve's return to actually making games, and the biggest fighting game tournament in the world. Ah, Elon Musk. Your Teslas may be losing money, but you're never going to run out of ideas, no matter how impractical and expensive they are.

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Samsung Targets Big-Phone Obsessives With the Galaxy Note 9 Aug 10, 2018

A funny thing happened in the six years since Samsung first announced its line of Galaxy Note smartphones. A few things happened, more accurately. In an effort to compete with the Note, other phone makers started making large-screened phones, and later, edge-to-edge displays. Big phones got better-looking, in general. Many were imbued with powerful graphics processing. And eventually, the software on other phones began to support features like split-screen multitasking.

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The 20-Year Journey of The Meg, the Movie the Internet Wouldn't Let Die Aug 09, 2018

The shark wasn't working. It was the mid-'00s, and Jan de Bont—director of such big-screen velocities as Speed and Twister—was showing off a small sculpture of carcharodon megalodon, the ancient shark that was to be the star of his next film, Meg. Based on Steve Alten's 1997 book, about a deep-sea diver who encounters a prehistoric underwater beast, Meg had been the subject of a million-dollar movie-rights deal before the book was even published.

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Review: Moto Z3 Play Aug 09, 2018

Would you like a Mod to go with that Moto? After three iterations of the Moto Z, it’s clear that Motorola still believes in its line of snap-on magnetic phone accessories. And it should. There are a lot of intriguing Mods you can buy, including a photo printer and a fancy Hasselblad-branded camera, and they all work interchangeably with these Z phones. Unfortunately, Moto Mods haven’t become a selling point yet.

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The Strange Life of a Murderer Turned Crime Blogger Aug 08, 2018

Squeeze the trigger of a gun and a spring unwinds. A bolt lurches forward. On that piece of precision-milled steel is a firing pin that ignites a spark and initiates a sequence of events which, if the human will is powerful enough and mechanical tolerance is not exceeded, often ends in death. And tolerance for Martin Kok was running out. As a teenager living north of Amsterdam, Kok sold fish and later cocaine.

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Mars and Saturn Are Ready for Their Close-ups Aug 08, 2018

Saturn may be photogenic, but Mars is our nearest neighbor. As the planet approached its closest point to Earth, Hubble had a look. Yes, those summertime dust storms are raging on, and the swirling red particle clouds are in sharp contrast to the bright white polar caps. But also making cameos in the image are the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. They’re tiny: Phobos is 14 miles across, and Deimos just 8 miles wide. Reaching for the stars is a lot more fun when the stars are closer.

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'Heaven Will Be Mine' Review: In Space, No One Can Hear You Reach Out Aug 07, 2018

It's 1981, in a version of reality where the Cold War was waged not human to human, but human to extraterrestrial enemy from beyond the stars. To fight, we developed robot bodies to wear in space; these Ship-Selves are advanced and almost unkillable, weapons and homes and clothes and identities all rolled into one. And, of course, we got teenagers to pilot them.

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BioLite FirePit Review: A More Civilized Fire Aug 07, 2018

A few years ago, I took a weekend wilderness survival class. Deep in the remote woods of Oregon’s coast range, we strung plastic sheets up with fishing line for shelter and practiced signaling with tiny pocket mirrors. Enthralled, I watched as the instructor slowly teased a cotton ball daubed with petroleum jelly into a roaring campfire. Survival class aside, fire starting isn’t one of my skills.

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The Alex Jones Lawsuit Will Redefine Free Speech, Win or Loose Aug 06, 2018

Once upon a time, there was a fringe news outlet with a loud and dissenting opinion. A fatal shooting, it claimed, was not at all what it seemed to be: It was a hoax, orchestrated by some shadowy force—probably Communists—bent on replacing freedom with dictatorship. This was untrue, but that didn’t stop the outlet from naming and insulting alleged collaborators. And so the media outlet was sued for defamation.

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You Won't Miss Brookstone, But You Should Aug 06, 2018

In singularly unsurprising news, Brookstone has filed for bankruptcy. The company will shutter its remaining 101 mall storefronts, officially closing out an era that began its fade years ago. Even if you won’t mourn its disappearance—even if you haven’t stepped inside a mall since the Mallrats era—it’s worth a moment of appreciation, and a full accounting of what’s been lost.

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It's Never Too Late to Be a Reader Again Aug 03, 2018

It was a book that drove me away from books. This wasn’t a trauma of distaste, or indulgence: not a literary bad mussel, not waking up on the floor of someone's house with a swimming head and the knowledge that I could never again be within smelling distance of their first editions. My aversion was borne of fear. The fear took root in 2016—which, while decidedly not-great in general, was very much a great year for books. Especially fiction. Especially especially speculative fiction.

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Online Hate Is Rampant. Here's How to Keep It From Spreading Aug 02, 2018

Back in the last presidential campaign season, reporters on the tech and politics beats began noticing a rise in far-right memes that supported Trump. Memes being memes, these seemed initially like weird, off-color jokes. They wondered: What the hell is going on? Was this shitposting ironic or serious? Or both? Either way, it seemed newsworthy. The memes were climbing the trending lists on every social network and landing on the front page of Reddit.

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Sacramento Eases Into the Self-Driving Scene Aug 02, 2018

Quick, think of a California hotbed of technological might. There’s Silicon Valley, duh. And enterprising Silicon Beach, down in the state’s sunny, laidback southland. But cast thine eyes north, young techies, past the agricultural innovation stronghold at UC Davis and the domed, white capitol building where the bureaucrats and public officials controlling the nation’s largest state economy play.

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How Technology Shapes the Way We Read Aug 01, 2018

The fact that you're even reading these words represents a victory. Wordpress-powered websites publish more than 77 million posts each week. The New York Times runs about 150 stories every day. (Here at WIRED, it's more like 15 or 20.) Last year, 687.2 million books were sold in the United States—and that's just print versions, not e-books.

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Goodreads and the Crushing Weight of Literary FOMO Aug 01, 2018

Consuming pop culture is my job. Well, writing about it is my job, but that makes keeping tabs on movies, television, podcasts, Twitter/Instagram feeds, and everything else a professional necessity. Yet, there's one high-protein item that always seems to be missing in my media diet: books. It's not that I don't read them—I've got two to three going at any given time—it's that I feel like I don't read them enough. How do I know this? Fucking Goodreads.

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When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can’t Jul 31, 2018

AI-powered visual search tools, like Google Lens and Bing Visual Search, promise a new way to search the world—but most people still type into a search box rather than point their camera at something. We've gotten used to manually searching for things over the past 25 years or so that search engines have been at our fingertips. Also, not all objects are directly in front of us at the time we’re searching for information about them.

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'The Polity' Is Libertarian Space Opera Done Right Jul 31, 2018

The Polity series by English science fiction author Neal Asher is a limitless thrill-ride of grotesque aliens, badass hardware, rogue AIs, and deadly secret agents. It’s got everything a science fiction fan could want from an action-adventure story, and that’s definitely by design.

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Why I’m Deleting All My Old Tweets Jul 30, 2018

While I gave birth to my first child in 2015, my brother sat across the street from the hospital in a bar, live tweeting his experience of waiting to meet his nephew. As the hours of my long labor wore on, my brother got drunker and his jokes more off the wall. When my son was finally born and I went to send an email birth announcement, I found that everyone already knew. Emails had flooded my inbox already congratulating me.

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Polk Command Bar Review: Alexa Tries Hard to Power a Soundbar Jul 27, 2018

Earlier this year, my home was infested with smart speakers—I've used a lot of them at this point. But I’ve never used an Alexa device as dedicated to the cause as the Polk Command Bar, a soundbar that wants to be an Amazon Echo so badly that it’s practically in cosplay. It’s designed to look like engineers smushed an Amazon Echo Dot right into the center of it. In many ways, that's precisely what Polk did.

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The Importance of Letting Go of So-Called Dirty Pain Jul 27, 2018

I was walking through a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn with another parent I’d just met at a child’s birthday party. “I like it here,” he observed. “But the people smell bad.” Hgst. Someone has commented on the odor of an entire people. A bad moon rose. Then another. All around us were men in tzitzit, fedoras. I stabbed at the map on my phone. “I don’t smell anything,” I lied; the air was thick with the hot scent of political anguish.

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A Deadly Hunt for Hidden Treasure Spawns an Online Mystery Jul 26, 2018

Everybody is searching for something. Paul Ashby’s search began with an unexpected phone call on July 8, 2017. It was a Saturday night in Townsend, Tennessee, a small town just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. An affable Army vet with gray hair, a goatee, and wire-frame glasses, Paul worked as a concierge at a rustic event space called the Barn. He was dressed in his usual top hat and coattails that night, greeting guests who were attending a wedding.

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The 'Guerrilla' Wikipedia Editors Who Combat Conspiracy Theories Jul 26, 2018

Susan Gerbic spent her career photographing babies at a department store in Salinas, California, just 100 miles south of San Francisco. Today, the retired 55-year-old has dedicated her life to something entirely different: Wikipedia. As a member of the skeptical movement, Gerbic is committed to promoting critical thinking, scientific inquiry, and empirical evidence—particularly when it comes to fringe ideas.

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Congress May Love Flying Cars, But the Skies Still Need Traffic Cops Jul 25, 2018

Lamar Smith has liked the idea of flying cars since he was a kid growing up in Texas. So when the Republican representative from San Antonio was walking along the National Mall a few months ago, he became fascinated with a remote-controlled flying car operated by 10 year-old boy and his mom. “The advantage of this one is that it flies so slowly you can stay out of trouble,” Smith told the hearing room at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, as he embraced his inner Oprah.

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Dive Under the Ice With the Brave Robots of Antarctica Jul 25, 2018

The lava fields of Hawaii. The peaks of the Himalayas. The crowds of a Justin Bieber concert. These are among the most perilous of environments on planet Earth, places where few humans dare tread. They ain’t got nothin’, though, on waters of our planet’s polar regions, where frigid temperatures and considerable pressures would snuff a puny human like you in a heartbeat. Robots, though? This is the stuff their tough-as-hell bodies were made for.

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The Ultimate Toxic Fandom Lives in Trumpworld Jul 24, 2018

Lately, in considering the erosion of America, the image that first comes to mind is Mariah Carey's now-iconic "I don’t know her" GIF. The gleeful shake of Carey's head. The subtle mischief of her utterance. The animation frames our current moment with dead-on precision. In fairness, from its earliest days, America has never looked like we knew it could. Which is to say, America—a country of sharp contradictions and tangible evils—has never lived up to what it could be.

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Instant Pot Max Review: Not Quite Instant Success Jul 24, 2018

Electric pressure cookers hit it big in American home kitchens a few years back because, along with the perceived lower risk of dinner on the ceiling, they cook food fast. Something like beef stew, which takes all day in a slow cooker, needs as little as 25 minutes under pressure. With an extra hit of power, Instant Pot's new six-quart Max promises to take that speed and turn it up to 11, getting dinner to the table even faster. Could it? I wondered.

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The 'Ada Lace' Books Will Get Girls Interested in STEM Jul 23, 2018

Emily Calandrelli, host of Xploration Outer Space and correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, thinks there aren’t enough female science geeks in fiction. She wants to help change that with her Ada Lace series of children’s books. “What I wanted to do was create a character that was female who had these types of adventures and did these types of science experiments,” Calandrelli says in Episode 318 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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‘Hereditary’ Proves Satanists Just Aren’t Scary Anymore Jul 23, 2018

The new movie Hereditary, a supernatural thriller about family secrets, is one of the scariest films in years. But the movie was more than just frightening, says horror author Paul Tremblay. “From the opening frames of the film there was just this wonderful atmosphere of dread,” Tremblay says in Episode 317 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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Comic-Con 2018: *Doctor Who*’s First Female Doctor Will Bring a New Generation of Whovians Jul 20, 2018

A fun game if you ever find yourself at a comics convention: Try to spot as many gender-swapped cosplayers as you can. Throughout years of going to Comic-Cons and other fan gatherings, I’ve spotted women in drag as Loki, Harry Potter, and—before Paul Feig's reboot—various Ghostbusters. (However, this tends to be a one-way phenomenon; rarely, if ever, have I seen men dressed as Catwoman or Stranger Things' Eleven, at least in a way that wasn't going for laughs.

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Does Comics Culture Have an Inferiority Complex? Jul 20, 2018

Here's the truth: Comic book publishing—yes, just the business of selling printed comics—is a billion-dollar industry. This month, 1,194 new comic books and 391 new graphic novels and collections will hit shelves. That's a lot of titles for a single month, and those aren't uncommon numbers. Comics are everywhere; even your grandma knows who Thanos is. If anything, comics are a bigger deal now than they've ever been.

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One Young Boy's Magnificent Obsession with Fans Jul 19, 2018

It is a parent’s job to think her children are exceptional. Up to this point, I had spent many hours crafting a tale for myself that Leo’s fascination with fans was, in fact, proof of his genius. Now I was imagining a roomful of Leos, all in tiny white lab coats, all saving the world one vactrain at a time. Their origin stories were the same: “It all started,” they would say, “with the Lasko Wind Machine.

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The Complex Engineering of the Simple Hook That Could Make Drone Deliveries Real Jul 19, 2018

André Prager turns away from me for a moment, rummaging through a pile of stuff on the cart he has pulled into the small conference room. There are lots of cut-up pieces of cardboard, with a few bags of colorful plastic odds and ends mixed in. “I think the most valuable things in this building are cardboard and tape,” he says. He shows me a rectangle of foam-core with a straw, a broken pen, and a few thumb tacks stuck to it.

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The False Tale of Amazon's Industry-Conquering Juggernaut Jul 18, 2018

Amazon is one of the largest and most formidable companies in the world. It’s run with brutal efficiency, a keen focus on keeping its customers happy, and a deep thirst for innovation. Its $50 billion of revenue per quarter makes the company worth more than $850 billion, which is enough to buy Walmart three times over and still have more than $100 billion in change. (It’s also enough to make founder Jeff Bezos the richest man in modern history.

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A House Republican Joins the Fight to Save Net Neutrality Jul 18, 2018

Democrats just gained a Republican ally in the battle to save net neutrality. Today, Representative Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) became the first House Republican to sign a petition to force the House to vote on legislation that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission's decision to jettison rules banning broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against lawful content. The proposal already passed the Senate, where three Republicans crossed party lines to support it.

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The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals (2018): Home, Laptops, Echo, Kindle Jul 17, 2018

It's that time of year yet again—time for Amazon's blockbuster sales event. We've combed the spreadsheets and chased every link to find the best deals in a variety of categories. From home entertainment, to PC components, and even some awesome high-tech kitchen necessities, this is the list of the best Amazon Prime Day deals you'll want to peruse first.

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Don't Call Them Winged Rats—These Pigeons Are Exquisite Jul 16, 2018

The Wompoo Pigeon, also called the Wompoo Fruit Dove, forages for fruit in the forests of Australia and New Guinea. The Nicobar Pigeon has long, blue-gray neck feathers that resemble a mane. A white patch marks the eyes and throat of the White-breasted Ground Dove. It lives in New Guinea. The Topknot Pigeon of eastern Australia wears a crest of gray, brown, and black feathers on its head. The Kereru Wood Pigeon can grow nearly two feet in length.

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Could a Text-Based Dating App Change Selfie-Swiping Culture? Jul 16, 2018

Juniper was over Tinder. A recent college grad living in rural Connecticut, they’d been subject to the swipe-and-ghost thing a few too many times. Then, this spring, Juniper submitted an ad to @_personals_, an Instagram for lesbian, queer, transgender, and non-binary people looking for love (and other stuff). The post, titled "TenderQueer Butch4Butch," took Juniper two weeks to craft, but the care paid off: the ad ultimately garnered well over 1,000 likes—and more than 200 messages.

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In the Age of Despair, Find Comfort on the ‘Slow Web’ Jul 13, 2018

Surfing the web used to feel a lot more like actual surfing. Grab your (key)board, paddle out, and spend some time bobbing in the calm waters of the worldwide web. Now? It's a bit like trying to surf a tsunami. Our devices buzz and bleep for our attention all day long. Our brains are permanently frenzied. Sitting through an entire video or reading an entire article online now seems impossible without opening another tab or reaching for another device.

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The Engineering Behind Elon Musk's Bid to Save Thailand's Cave Boys Jul 13, 2018

Around 6 pm Tuesday at Tham Luang in Thailand, the last of the 13 survivors who had spent 18 days trapped in a cave emerged to safety. A rescue team had spent the past three days getting the boys out after five days of desperate planning and calculations since their discovery. As the boys’ oxygen supply dwindled, doubts in the rescuers’ ability to save them mounted.

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BlackBerry Key2 Review: A Comfy Keyboard and Long Battery Life Jul 12, 2018

Last year, we eviscerated the BlackBerry Keyone. Physical “keyboards are bad,” we argued, and they were never better than on-screen keyboards. You could make all the same angry arguments against the new BlackBerry Key2, but after using this unique, productivity-focused device for a few weeks, I don’t get the hate. It’s true that the BlackBerry of old did not keep up with trends, became uncool, and died a slow and painful death.

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Roborace's Self-Driving Car Takes On England's Swankiest Track Jul 12, 2018

Once a year, the bucolic grounds of Goodwood House in West Sussex, England, are consumed by the smell of exhaust fumes, the sound of engines revving, and an excited crowd of 100,000 people, all wanting a look at the special cars on show. They gather here because Charles Gordon-Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond, likes to occasionally open his home to host the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a celebration of all the history, the heritage, and the future of motor racing.

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Brava Smart Oven: Price, Specs, Release Date Jul 11, 2018

It's hard to know, at first, what problem the Brava smart oven is supposed to solve. Its value proposition—to use the Silicon Valley parlance—is a bit diluted.

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How Pokémon Go Still Dominates Even After Its Initial Fade Jul 11, 2018

Two years ago today, a studio called Niantic released a game with a novel proposition: Go outside. Point your smartphone at the real world. Catch some monsters. Within a day, Pokémon Go was at the top of every app store chart. Within 200 days, players had spent a billion dollars on in-game upgrades—the shortest time to reach that milestone by a wide margin. In the summer of 2016, you couldn’t walk two blocks without running into, sometimes literally, a person in hot Pidgey pursuit.

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Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early Days in Palo Alto Jul 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s knockoff site was a hit on campus, and so he and a few school chums decided to move to Silicon Valley after finals and spend the summer there rolling Facebook out to other colleges, nationwide. The Valley was where the internet action was. Or so they thought. In Silicon Valley during the mid-aughts the conventional wisdom was that the internet gold rush was largely over. The land had been grabbed. The frontier had been settled. The web had been won.

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How Facebook Checks Facts and Polices Hate Speech Jul 10, 2018

Chris Cox has long been the Chief Product Officer for Facebook. He has also recently been promoted to run product at WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, which means he is effectively in charge of product for four of the six largest social media platforms in the world. He recently sat down with Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about the responsibilities and plans of the platforms he helps run. Nicholas Thompson: I'm going to start with a broad question.

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Campsite Cooking Gear: Combekk, Igloo, Coleman, Bialetti, Cuisinart Jul 09, 2018

Here's some choice equipment for cooking like a pro in the wild. Toss the packets of dehydrated soup and make a real meal at the campsite instead. This Dutch oven is, in fact, made in the Netherlands. Combekk’s 4-liter pot is crafted from recycled iron—railroad track, mostly—and has a thermometer built into its sidewall. Set the whole thing in the campfire coals; the 6-mm-thick bottom keeps heat distributed evenly.

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How To Free Up Space on Your iPhone Jul 06, 2018

Don't let limited storage stop you from taking another Instagram-worthy photo or downloading another album to listen to on the go. It's easy to free up space on your iPhone. Follow our best tips and tricks and you'll lighten the load on your iPhone within an hour. Before you do anything, it’s helpful to understand what’s taking up your storage space. Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

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The Sooty Logistics of Fighting 2018's First Major Wildfire Jul 06, 2018

Just a few weeks into the 2018 fire season, any hopes that an ongoing drought and a winter of weak snowfall wouldn’t wreak havoc are already toast. Fires are already popping up across Colorado, New Mexico, and west into Oregon and California. This year’s season got off to a roaring start more than a month ago in Durango, Colorado, where the 416 Fire has burned more than 50,000 acres in the San Juan National Forest.

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The Boat Circling the Planet on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jul 05, 2018

Victorien Erussard, an experienced ocean racer from the city of Saint-Malo in the north of France, was halfway through a dash across the Atlantic when he lost all power. Sails kept the boat moving, but Erussard relied on an engine and generator to keep the electronics running. He temporarily lost his autopilot and his navigation systems, jeopardizing his chances of winning the 2013 Transat Jaques Vabre race. Never again, he thought.

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In Defense of the Vegan Hot Dog Jul 05, 2018

The Fourth of July is a holiday consecrated in meat smoke. On this day, lovers, neighbors, children, and friends gather around a BBQ, cold beers sweating in hand, to stare into piles of pork belly, strip steak, burger patties, and row after row of red hot dogs. We watch the embers char the flesh as we discuss the tragedies and triumphs of our United States. It is my favorite holiday.

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The Nonsense-y Polaris Slingshot Is the Future of Driving Jul 04, 2018

We’re halfway across the Bay Bridge when John asks the question he probably should have thought of before he buckled his seatbelt. Maybe he spotted the sticker that reads “This vehicle does not conform to the requirements of the dynamic or static tests set out in CMVSS 208.” Maybe he knows that’s the bit of the regulatory code that lays out crash protection standards.

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Superman's Metropolis is Real—It's a Small Town in Illinois Jul 04, 2018

In the DC Comics universe, Metropolis is the fictional mega-city where Clark Kent works as a reporter for The Daily Planet and, in his spare time, fights crime as Superman. In the real world, Metropolis is a small town of about 6,500 people in southern Illinois, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky.

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The Complexity of Simply Searching For Medical Advice Jul 03, 2018

In the first few hours of a newborn’s life, doctors administer a vitamin K shot. This is because infants are born without enough of the vitamin, and the baby needs a boost to prevent any potential bleeding. This is a routine practice—ask your pediatrician, your obstetrician, or the CDC. “Babies are born with very low stores of vitamin K, and without the Vitamin K shot ... they do not have enough Vitamin K in their blood to form a clot,” the CDC says on its website.

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Amazon Prime Day Sale (2018): Tips and Sneak Peeks Jul 03, 2018

Alas, we knew this day would come. Amazon's fourth annual Prime Day Sale is about to crash from the virtual sky like a meteor in Fortnite, and as of April, there are 100 million Amazon Prime members set to scoop up all the deals that land. Prime Day started innocently enough back in 2015. It was a day-long sale celebrating Amazon's 20th anniversary, and a fun gift to the millions of Prime subscribers.

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Gadgets for Shooting Movies on Your iPhone: DJI, Rode, Joby, Moment Jul 03, 2018

As directors like Steven Soderbergh and Sean Baker have shown, you can conjure movie magic with an iPhone. The dual rear cameras on the X are nearly as capable as professional shooters. You get 4K video at 60 frames per second, excellent slo-mo, optical image stabilization, continuous focus—and did we mention it fits in your pocket? Bonus: The crisp OLED screen doubles as a mini movie theater for playback.

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The Real Reason You Use Closed Captions for Everything Now Jul 02, 2018

In this moment, there is only one thing I wish to know, and those are the words coming out of Sylvester Stallone’s mouth—if indeed they are words. I’m watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Incomprehensibly, Stallone has a small part in it, speaking, as he often does, incomprehensibly. But, gosh, he looks very important. Therefore he must be saying something important. Probably the whole of this film depends on it.

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Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: Cute But Unnecessary Jul 02, 2018

This may seem obvious given my profession, but I think technology is...fine? Even for kids? It’s hard to believe that it’s safe for your kid to get anywhere near a Wi-Fi-enabled device when you read stories about tech addiction, hacked toys and horrible YouTube videos. It’s also possible that my opinion might change as my kids get older.

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The Floating Robot With an IBM Brain Is Headed to Space Jun 29, 2018

The next shipment headed to the International Space Station packs nearly three tons of research and resupply materials. You know, the typical stuff: sediment studies, a plant thermometer, a replacement hand for the giant robotic Canadarm. Oh, and also a floating robot designed as a helpmeet for astronauts—scientifically, logistically, and emotionally. The bot’s full name is Crew Interactive Mobile Companion: Cimon.

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Kilner Fermentation Set Review: A Great and Easy Way to Get Started Jun 29, 2018

There's a point when I make sauerkraut where it feels like the whole thing is going off the rails. Mine has the traditional cabbage and caraway seeds, but I like to throw an onion in there and something about the latter steers the whole thing into off-putting deep-funk territory at about the six-day mark: it smells vaguely of stinky shoe and has a taste that's equally prohibitive. Amazingly, these are not bad signs.

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The Delicate Art of Creating New Emoji Jun 28, 2018

Back in 1999, when the mobile internet first flickered to life on Japan’s i-mode, email was confined to a snug 250 characters. Email! So when designer Shigetaka Kurita centered pixels on his potter’s wheel and spun them into sunshine and rain, he was both supplying a jolt of atmospherics to the early smog-screened smartphone and frugally conserving space. Kurita’s horizontal rain and naval-ensign sun were among the first 176 emoji.

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How Tesla Is Building Cars in Its Parking Lot Jun 28, 2018

Tesla is in a pinch. It’s supposed to be producing lots of cars. Model 3 sedans, specifically. At least 5,000 a week, and, ideally, making money while doing it. But nearly a year after starting production of the car, it has yet to meet that goal, which CEO Elon Musk originally said Tesla would hit before the end of 2017. Now, the second quarter of 2018 is winding down and investors are asking questions: The need to crank out more cars has gotten even more dire.

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Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy Jun 27, 2018

What do games do for us—and what do we owe them for that? It's an odd question, but it seems to come up, in one form or another, whenever a gaming controversy hits the news. Gaming is no longer a young medium, but it's still somewhat opaque from the outside, which makes games an easy target for crusades from those wont to crusade: most recently, with local-news insistences that Fortnite is rotting your children's brains. It's not. (Probably.

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LG C8 OLED 4K TV: The Best-Looking TV of 2018 Jun 27, 2018

Shopping for a 4K TV is like trying to find a single wave in the ocean. Most TVs are indistinguishable from each other at a glance—unless your eyes happen to lock onto an OLED. When you look at an OLED TV, you tend to keep looking. You may not even know why at first, but it looks better. Even next to the best LCD TVs, an OLED, with its vivid colors and inky blacks will entrance you. It's simple actually: OLED TVs don't need a backlight.

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Exploring How to Change the Way the World Literally Sees You Jun 27, 2018

Beauty, to borrow a cliché, is in the eye of the beholder. But what if your beholder’s eyes could be hacked? What if yours could? In Reality+, they can be. The short film—from Revenge writer-director Coralie Fargeat—imagines a future where people can buy an implant that allows them to live in an alternative reality where they can be seen as they want to be seen. Reality+, which you can watch in full above, is set in Paris in the future.

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Bose SoundSport Free Review: Amazing Sound, No Strings Attached Jun 26, 2018

In the past, other WIRED writers have loved real wireless buds, but I’ve been skeptical. In fact, I viscerally dislike them. They hit a specific Uncanny Valley of technology that threatens to cross the line between implant and implement. I'm not the only one. While testing the Bose SoundSport Free, my toddler daughter repeatedly asked me to take them out. And I can’t blame her.

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Best Weekend Tech Deals: Apple Devices, Moto Z3, Robot Vacs, and More Jun 26, 2018

We're starting to get close to July 4th, which makes it an oddly fruitful weekend for tech deals. There are still a few E3 Game and Console Deals going on, and Best Buy's Massive Apple Sale is still happening. Microsoft has already tried to get a head start on competitors with an early Microsoft Store Independence Day Sale, with discounts on Surfaces, Xboxes, and other Microsoft products.

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How to Use a Google Clips Camera Jun 25, 2018

Google’s clever new AI-powered camera is designed to capture stellar 7-second snippets of family shenanigans. Here’s how to get started. There’s a chip inside the Clips loaded with a version of Google’s computer vision code. It can learn to recognize faces, so train it to know yours. When you first get the camera, wave and smile at it, and take a lot of selfies and ussies. It can also recognize pets—give your cat plenty of screen time too.

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The End of Dyslexia Jun 25, 2018

I'm going to tell you a secret. It's something almost no one in my professional life knows. I'm dyslexic. Given that knowledge, my chosen career—writer—might seem odd. But while I was cursed with poor spelling skills, I’ve always been drawn to storytelling.

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VW's Electrifying Bid to Dominate the Pikes Peak Race Jun 22, 2018

In 1805, Zebulon Pike, a US Army officer and explorer, explored the Louisiana territory his young country had just bought on the cheap, hunting for the source of the mighty Mississippi River. A year later, he led expeditions through the Spanish settlements of New Mexico and Texas. But in November of 1806, he and his men met their match in Colorado, while trying to scale a mountain that towers 8,000 feet above the surrounding region.

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Batman Is Only Kinda Good at Crime Scene Investigation Jun 22, 2018

You’ve seen the scene a thousand times: a cop, probably in a trench coat, shows up at the site of a brutal murder or some other crime and starts poking around, trying to figure out what went wrong. It might look like standard gumshoe stuff on TV or in the movies, but crime scene investigation is actually a science—one that Hollywood adaptations often get wrong.

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You Can Now Live Out 'Westworld' With Your Amazon Echo Jun 21, 2018

This Amazon Echo doesn't seem to understand that all I want is a whiskey. I'm seated in the Tribeca offices of marketing firm 360i and the haunting voice coming out of its little speaker just says, "Never heard of it." The problem is that me and 360i's creative director Andrew Hunter both gave the order at the same time and "Rose," our guide at the Mariposa Saloon in this audio play, couldn't make it out. Nevermind, then.

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Sennheiser CX Sport Review: Can’t Shake ’Em Jun 21, 2018

Testing workout earbuds requires an entirely different set of metrics than regular in-ear headphones. More than anything else, workout earbuds need to stay put. Running is hard enough without constantly flibberting with something in your ear canal. Other factors that might be big pluses when you're sitting at your desk are not so great when you're in motion. Excellent noise filtering is less attractive when you might get mowed down by a cyclist.

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Autonomous Vehicles Might Drive Cities to Financial Ruin Jun 20, 2018

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, last week, 125 mostly white, mostly male, business-card-bearing attendees crowded into a brightly lit ballroom to consider "mobility." That’s the buzzword for a hazy vision of how tech in all forms—including smartphones, credit cards, and autonomous vehicles— will combine with the remains of traditional public transit to get urbanites where they need to go.

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Analysis: Zillow Shows Rising Seas Threaten Over 300,000 Homes Jun 20, 2018

This storyoriginally appeared on The Guardianand is part of theClimate Deskcollaboration. Sea level rise driven by climate change is set to pose an existential crisis to many US coastal communities, with new research finding that as many as 311,000 homes face being flooded every two weeks within the next 30 years.

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The Key to Triumphing Over Star Wars Trolls Jun 19, 2018

Former Mythbusters host Kari Byron says that her young daughter was enthralled by the character Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “She was just done with princesses when she saw Rey,” Byron says in Episode 313 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “Because it was like, OK, this is a smart badass, and I could see that it was so much more interesting to her than a helpless princess that’s locked in a tower.

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How Square Made Its Own iPad Replacement Jun 19, 2018

If you know the company Square, it's probably because you've paid in a store using a Square “stand,” a dock that supports a tablet, or you've swiped your card through Square Reader, a smartphone dongle that processes payments. These products have a simplistic, decidedly Apple-y aesthetic, from the simple dongle to the all-white stand that typically houses an iPad.

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How Volvo's Making the Polestar 1 From an Old Concept Jun 18, 2018

The great tragedy of the Concept Coupe was that it was never meant to be built. Drawing on the style of the vintage P1800 with a helping of American muscle—healthy haunches, slim windows—the two-door won much praise when Volvo brought it to the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was lovely, but no more than a showcase. Fans would have to settle for seeing elements of the design feed into Volvo products like the XC90 SUV and S90 sedan. Then the car world shifted.

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Meater Wireless Meat Thermometer Review: A Recipe for Mediocrity Jun 18, 2018

It's pretty easy to guess how it works: the pointy end goes in the meat and it connects via Bluetooth with an app on your phone. What's pleasantly surprising is that there's a second temperature sensor at the exposed end that tells you the air temperature just outside of whatever you're cooking.

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The Physics of the One Goal You *Won't* See at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Jun 15, 2018

On my first attempt at a corner kick in decades, the soccer ball peels up and away, well behind the goal and clear over the fence surrounding Stanton Field, the practice pitch at Santa Clara University. "Not bad," says Brandi Chastain, generously. "You've got good bend, now we just have to make sure we get you in the right direction.

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Vivobarefoot Primus Trail Swimrun Review: Wear Anywhere Jun 15, 2018

Finding the perfect summer travel shoe can be an overwhelming task. No one wants to tote around a suitcase full of sneakers and sandals, but it's hard to have fun on vacation with blisters or a limp.

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Inside the Mad Lab That's Getting Robots to Walk and Jump Like Us Jun 14, 2018

I stand in front of a lanky two-legged robot stomping along a treadmill. I watch, all impressed, until the researcher next to me tells me to trip it. The thing looks expensive, so I hesitate. Really, he tells me, it’s OK. And he probably knows better than I do, so I drag my boot along its shin like a good soccer trip. The robot stammers, yet recovers. And then again, and again. No matter how much I pester it, the thing just keeps stomping. I keep feeling guilty.

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Self-Driving Cars Likely Won’t Steal Your Job (Until 2040) Jun 14, 2018

The self-driving robots are coming to transform your job. Kind of. Also, very slowly. That’s the not-quite-exclamatory upshot of a new report from the Washington, DC-based Securing America’s Future Energy. The group advocates for a countrywide pivot away from oil dependency, one it hopes will be aided by the speedy adoption of electric, self-driving vehicles.

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The Brilliant Vigilance of Seattle's Huge New SR-99 Tunnel Jun 13, 2018

Say there’s a fire. A fire caused by a car crash, inside a 2.5-mile tunnel under a major American city. It’s a terrifying idea, but if you want that kind of problem to ignite anywhere, it’s in the stretch of State Route 99 that, later this year, will start whisking traffic underneath downtown Seattle.

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Furbo Dog Camera Review: Remotely Amuse Your Pets Jun 13, 2018

Dog owners will go to crazy lengths to make sure that their fur-babies are entertained during the long, boring workday. I’ve frozen wet dog food in red rubber Kongs, or stuffed them full of peanut butter. I’ve hired dog walkers and pet sitters. I’ve turned on DogTV on my Roku. But my dogs were bred to herd cattle or sheep all day, and they still get bored. It’s not like they can read a magazine.

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LA Is Doing Water Better Than Your City. Yes, That LA Jun 12, 2018

"People were in dire straights. They were desperate," says Ryan Jensen of the Central Valley's Community Water Center. "Elderly people or people battling chronic illnesses that need water to be able to deal with their health issues had no access to it. There was just absolute desperation." In total, the wells at 300 properties had failed. So a local nonprofit distributed 275-gallon tanks and officials trucked in water. That didn't cut it.

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How Pharma Hides Data About Farm Antibiotic Use Jun 12, 2018

On Wednesday last week, the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council revealed that pig herds in the United States receive almost as many antibiotics as people in this country do. That’s bad news, especially since most of the pigs receiving antibiotics aren’t sick, but instead are getting the drugs to prevent infections in intensive farming.

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A Single Drone Helped Mexican Police Drop Crime 10 Percent Jun 11, 2018

In Ensenada, a Mexican city about two hours south of Tijuana, a new crime fighter has taken to the skies. It’s not a bird, or a plane, or Superman. It’s a drone. And over a few months on patrol, it’s had quite the impact. The city’s police department claims the solitary DJI Inspire 1 Quadcopter led to more than 500 arrests and a 10 percent drop in overall crime rates, with a 30 percent drop in home robberies.

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Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on Golden Day Jun 11, 2018

This self-portrait depicts Wu standing before one of the domes at the Svalbard Satellite Station. A fogbow arcs above the dome, and Wu's headlamp casts an eerie pink light on the ground. A fogbow appears above the road on the way to the Svalbard Satellite Station. The station sits above the Arctic Circle at 78 degrees north. When Wu visited Svalbard in October, the sun moved in a shallow arc, kissing the horizon most of the day. The city of Longyearbyen glows in the distance.

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12 Killer Deals on Google Devices, Amazon Echo, and Headphones We Love Jun 08, 2018

Most of the best Memorial Day tech sales have slowly trickled to an end, but with summer in full swing and new products coming out all the time, there are a surprising number of killer deals this week, including a rare sale on some excellent Google gadgets. With the help of our friends at TechBargains, below are some of our favorite deals going on this week. Google discounts some of its products now and then, but this week four of them have had their prices slashed.

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Lyft Redesigns Its App—and Strategy—for the Age of Sharing Jun 08, 2018

Before Lyft was Lyft, it was a struggling California startup called Zimride. Cofounder and CEO Logan Green launched it in 2007 (the name was an ode to Zimbabwe’s carpooling culture), aiming to connect college kids who needed rides with those who had cars. John Zimmer, now Lyft’s president, signed on with the idea that putting more people into existing cars could help cities fight emissions and traffic, all at once. In 2012, Zimride spawned Lyft, after Green and Co.

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The Dawn of Mobile Convenience Stores—and (Maybe) Free Car Rides Jun 07, 2018

Six years after a startup called Uber made it easier than ever for anyone to make money driving their car, a startup called Cargo is making it easier than ever for anyone who makes money driving their car to also make money running a convenience store.

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Star Wars and the Battle of the Ever-More Toxic Fan Culture Jun 07, 2018

So, I was at Comic-Con International in San Diego in 2008, the year of Twilight and True Blood. I’d never heard of either then—a blind spot, I admit—but that year something changed. Women have always attended SDCC, of course, but this year the lines switchbacking outside Hall H, the high altar of the annual nerd pilgrimage, were majority female for the first time I'd ever seen.

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How Apple Programmer Sal Soghoian Got Apps Talking to Each Other Jun 06, 2018

Just six months after joining Apple, Sal Soghoian's job was already on the line. In July of 1997, then-CEO Gil Amelio had just been ousted and the company's stock was plummeting. To right the ship, Apple brought Steve Jobs back as the company's interim CEO. When Jobs took over, he went on a campaign to salvage Apple's remaining resources by hacking and slashing under-performing departments. The problem, Jobs said, was that Apple had lost its focus.

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Elon Musk and the Unnerving Influence of Twitter's Power Users Jun 06, 2018

Elon Musk is tweeting up a storm, and he’s loving every minute of it. With 21 million followers, Musk has emerged as one of the defining Twitter voices of 2018, someone who will happily and democratically engage with anybody who @s him. Like other gazillionaires before him—Rupert Murdoch, Marc Andreessen—he’s found in Twitter a fun and unfiltered platform for self-expression. Unlike Murdoch and Andreessen, however, he’s still at it. And he needs to be stopped.

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Bringing on Self-Driving Cars Means Knowing How Humans Ride Jun 05, 2018

What do you look like when you’re excited? How about a little nervous? Bored? Full-on freaked out? If you happen to hop on one of the two very special shuttles that are now running one-mile loops around the University of Michigan’s North Campus, a bunch of people with fancy degrees may very soon find out. Those shuttles, you see, will drive themselves.

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The Trailblazing Women Who Fight California’s Fires Jun 05, 2018

Christie Hemm Klok’s 3-year-old son couldn't get enough of firefighters. He had a toy engine truck, a plastic helmet he wore all the time, and a collection of books showing firefighters dousing fires and saving lives. But most of them were men, and the lack of women bugged Hemm Klok. "There was maybe one female in any of the books," she says, "and she had short hair and maybe a pink shirt on." Hemm Klok wanted to show her son a more inclusive vision of the world.

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Weekend Tech Deals: Cheap iPads, Graphics Cards, and Laptops Jun 04, 2018

Ready for the summer? We are! Whether you have road trips, camping, or other outdoor activities coming up, it's a great idea to bring a computer or tablet with you. Throw your itinerary in a doc, use it for editing photos on the go, and post your latest brilliant missive to your blog once you get to the hotel. We have discounts on a Lenovo notebook and an awesome Apple iPad that are worth looking at. But, then again, maybe you're more of an indoor person.

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Save the Scooters, Redesign the Streets, and Save San Francisco Jun 04, 2018

The scooters have disappeared from San Francisco. In anticipation of regulations that took effect today, Bird, Lime Bike, and Spin have warehoused their fleets of the shared electric two-wheelers. They won’t be able to redeploy them unless the city grants them a special permit, which could take the better part of the month. Good riddance, many will say. The city should cap their numbers, control their behavior, or, better yet, incinerate the whole lot.

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4Chan Is Turning 15—And Remains the Internet's Teenager Jun 04, 2018

The internet makes sense in metaphors. Superhighways, clouds, pages, links. Facebook is a town square. Wikipedia, a kind of brain. So what about 4chan, the imageboard site where users post just about anything, with anonymity and impunity? If you trust 4channers themselves, it’s the internet’s soul. 4chan has never been a nice place. Most people don’t spend time there, but most people feel its effects, everything from fake news to doxing. Outsiders prefer different metaphors: Cesspool.

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As Rental Cars Fade Away, Avis Will Try Anything to Survive Jun 01, 2018

A tidal wave of change is barreling toward the auto industry—and as with any wicked swell, some of the surfers in the water will ride to glory, others will wipe out. The difference between them isn’t necessarily who has the right board or the experience or the natural skills. Success or failure can simply depend on who’s in the right position to catch the wave.

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Automakers Are Making Car Ownership Optional Jun 01, 2018

People seeking a set of wheels traditionally had two options: buy or lease. But the advent of ride hailing turned the next generation of drivers into backseat riders. Now app-based subscriptions—think car sharing that’s paid by the month, not the hour—are vying for consumers who fall between Uber addicts and car owners. Car sharing is projected to grow globally from 5.8 million users in 2015 to 35 million by 2021, according to Boston Consulting Group.

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Xbox Is Losing the Console War—But That's a Good Thing May 31, 2018

First off, let's get one thing straight: The "console wars" don't exist. The idea that Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox are engaged in some kind of dogged, winner-take-all battle is both outdated and toxic. It lets fans indulge in the idea that they're noble partisans, which in turn gives them an excuse to say offensive things about their so-called opponents. The videogame market is a big one, and has more than enough space for multiple game devices from multiple manufacturers.

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How to Preorder the Nintendo NES Classic Mini (And Make Sure You Get One) May 31, 2018

The NES Classic Mini is an elusive little beast. The teeny tiny Nintendo Entertainment System packed with 30 classic 8-bit games originally hit store shelves in late 2016 ... and promptly sold out. It's been nigh impossible to find ever since, and was sent off into the sunset in favor of Nintendo's Super NES Classic. We weren't thrilled with Nintendo's decision to discontinue it.

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How 'Killing Eve' Reverse-Engineered Binge Watching May 30, 2018

On Sunday night, around the same time Westworld hit HBO and Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals aired on ESPN, people watched the season finale of Killing Eve. A lot of people.

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How to Set Away Messages for Texts and Other Apps May 30, 2018

Going on vacation? You probably already know how to set an out-of-office auto reply for your email. That's great for letting your coworkers know that no, you cannot make it to that meeting, because you're off sipping mojitos and sunbathing in the Caribbean. But what about when your friends text you? There used to be easier ways of telling people we were "away" from your devices.

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Self-Driving Cars and the Agony of Knowing What Matters May 29, 2018

In medicine, false positives are expensive, scary, and even painful. Yes, the doctor eventually tells you that the follow-up biopsy after that bloop on the mammogram puts you in the clear. But the intervening weeks are excruciating. A false negative is no better: “Go home, you’re fine, those headaches are nothing to worry about.

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We Really Need to Talk About That 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Twist May 29, 2018

So, Solo: A Star Wars Story is finally in theaters. It’s fun! It might not be blowing up the box office, but folks are still seeing it in droves and when they do they’re in for a really nice time. (Alden Ehrenreich is a fun, swaggering Han Solo; Donald Glover is a sexy, swaggering Lando Calrissian; Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a smartass, swaggering droid.) They’re also in for at least one big surprise—and a few slightly smaller delights.

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Forget Robo-Cars and Hit the Water on an Autonomous Boat May 28, 2018

Despite many developers’ efforts to teach cars to steer themselves around roads filled with human drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists, the first great wave of autonomous vehicles may not arrive on land. Instead, it might follow the time-honored tradition of running away from tricky problems by heading for the open seas.

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3 Laptops Powerful Enough to Take Your Gaming On the Go May 28, 2018

Don’t leave your latest gaming obsession at your desk. With these powerful laptops, you can level up wherever, whenever. The newest Blade laptop comes with top-tier Nvidia graphics, a quad-core Intel processor, and an optional 14-inch, 4K touchscreen. Razer’s customizable Chroma LED system lets you choose the color and animation style of your keyboard backlighting, so the Blade looks as good as it games.

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Students Turn Chevy's Camaro Into a Eco-Happy Future Machine May 25, 2018

If you’re looking for attention, drive an American muscle car, like a Chevrolet Camaro. The unmistakable exhaust growl of a V8 turns heads pretty quickly. If you’re desperate for attention, you can try what I did on Tuesday, and drive one covered in red, black, and grey racing stripes and 60-odd sponsor logos—through packed Hollywood streets. But as I turned through the intersection at Hollywood and Highland, none of the tourists looked up from the Walk of Fame.

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Why Your Next Workplace Harassment Training Might Be in VR May 25, 2018

Prepping for a big presentation is stressful, and your boss isn’t making it any better. He’s leering at your coworker Rachel in the middle of a meeting (!), asking if she’s bringing a date to the company dinner (!!). I mean, what do you do? Say something? Take it to HR? Talk to Rachel? Every choice feels kinda wrong—even though you’re just seeing all this in a virtual-reality headset.

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Neato Botvac D7 Connected Review: One of the Best Botvacs May 25, 2018

When you set up a Wi-Fi-enabled robot vacuum, you’re usually required to name it. Sometimes, this seems like a cheesy and pointless affectation, like those people who spend ages trying to think of clever monikers for their wireless network. I don't name my dishwasher or my air purifier. Maybe robot vacuum manufacturers are trying to make you feel a little better about spending such an outrageous sum on a household appliance. But truthfully, you get pretty darn attached to the things.

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35 Best Memorial Day Sales (2018): Laptops, TVs, Appliances May 24, 2018

Memorial Day may be a sacred holiday to honor our fallen veterans, but somehow it's also become a major weekend for tech and appliance sales because it unofficially kicks off the summer season. We've already rounded up our favorite Memorial Day Camping Gear and below are a bunch of PC, TV, audio, mobile, and home tech sales that caught our eye. And hey, if you're looking for a true bargain, you can still nab a full year of WIRED Magazine and Web access for $5.

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Emilia Clarke Wants a Chewbacca Tattoo—and a Dragon May 24, 2018

If anyone is destined to be the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it’s Emilia Clarke. As the woman who plays Daenerys "Mother of Dragons" Targaryen on Game of Thrones, she’s got more of a right to sport dragon ink than anyone. Well, it turns out, she’s got one in the works. That’s not the only one; the star of Solo: A Star Wars Story is also thinking about getting a Chewbacca tat, too.

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John Kelly's Comments on Immigration Top This Week's Internet News May 23, 2018

What even happened this past week? Sure, there was that brief, glorious moment when people cared about whether a sound clip said one word or the other.

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Capturing Humor in a Sea of Red Tape May 23, 2018

When Ole Witt showed up at the police department in Jaipur, India asking if he could take some pictures of the office, an official in charge told him it would be no problem—Witt would just need to wait a few minutes. Until then, he could take a seat. Maybe have a chai. "In the end," Witt says, “He made me wait 14 hours." Thankfully, that impressive display of slow-moving bureaucracy was precisely what Witt had come to photograph.

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OnePlus 6 Review: The Best Affordable Android Phone of 2018 May 22, 2018

OnePlus is an odd duck in the smartphone business. It tends to make one phone at a time with a simple and clear goal: to pack all the latest trends and tech into an Android phone that costs about $500. It doesn’t waste time developing a ton of custom features, like LG’s crazy AI-powered camera, nor does it make any effort to woo U.S. wireless carriers. If you want a OnePlus phone, you have to buy it unlocked, directly from OnePlus.

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Seakeeper’s Super Spinning System Keeps Ships Stable at Sea May 22, 2018

The sun has burned through the early morning marine layer, and the breeze is gentle and warm enough for me to abandon my hoodie. It looks like a perfect day to head out onto the Pacific Ocean. But as soon as we exit the harbor walls at Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles, the 29-foot sport-fishing boat starts to heave. “We have some great waves out here today,” says Kelsey Albina, one of my guides for the day.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Reshape Cities May 21, 2018

You don’t look for the essence of a city in its monuments or its museums. You look for it in its streets, where the covenant at the core of urban life—the sharing of space—plays out. For the past century, the personal car has dominated that arena, shaping the streets and environments around it. Roads are straight and wide for faster travel; intersections are regulated to protect distracted humans; businesses are located near open spaces for better parking.

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Net Neutrality Is Just a Gateway to the Real Issue: Internet Freedom May 21, 2018

This week, the Senate voted 52–47 to revive an Obama administration rule ensuring equal treatment for online traffic—the so-called “net neutrality” rule recently erased by the Trump FCC. But the vote wasn't really about "net neutrality." Instead, it was a deeply political, bipartisan call—three Republican senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, signed on—for internet freedom writ large.

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'Deadpool 2' Is What All Sequels Should Be: Better Than Its Predecessor May 18, 2018

Two years later, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what was so enjoyable about the first Deadpool movie. Was it the action? The fourth-wall-breaking? The swearing? The cocaine and masturbation jokes? Well ... yes. A hard-R bloodbath that gleefully polluted the pristine sea of squeaky-clean superhero movies, Deadpool went on to make more than $783 million worldwide at the box office. It was the kind of success that guarantees a sequel.

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The Physics—and Physicality—of Extreme Juggling May 17, 2018

Among the (many, many) things you probably do not know about juggling is the fact that it is, at times, a physically grueling act. It's something I certainly failed to appreciate before meeting Alex Barron. We recently met at a squash court in Burbank, California so I could watch him practice his craft.

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How to Record Calls on Your Smartphone May 17, 2018

Recording a phone call used to require an external gadget that connected a digital recorder to a desk phone's base and handset. It's still one of the most reliable ways to capture a conversation, but it's not exactly convenient. These days, smartphone apps and cloud services make recording phone calls easy and convenient—whether you want to save a conversation with grandma, or a particularly candid conversation with a White House official. There are a couple of ways you can do it.

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Marfa, Texas Is Getting Its Own Solar-Powered Stonehenge May 16, 2018

Over the past six months, on a patch of desert ranchland outside Marfa, Texas, one man's mysterious vision has been taking shape. First, nine massive chunks of quarried black marble were trucked in from northern Mexico and craned into a circular formation, echoing Stone and Bronze Age erections in the British Isles. Next, one of the megaliths, the "king stone," was outfitted with a state-of-the-art solar array; at the same time, the other eight were carved to integrate LED lights and speakers.

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Acura's RDX Comes With an Easy-to-Use Infotainment System May 16, 2018

The modern car has a problem. Over the past decade, automakers have raced to offer their smartphone-addled customers a bonanza of features: navigation, texting, phone calls, satellite radio, Bluetooth, ways to check tire pressure and oil temperature, suspension settings, charging status, and more. Then they try to stick all those things into an interface whose users are usually pretty busy—driving the 2-ton metal boxes that kill nearly 40,000 people in the US every year.

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Americans Can't Have Audi's Super Capable Self-Driving System May 15, 2018

Between Silicon Valley’s disruption-happy tech giants and Detroit’s suddenly totally on board automakers, it’s easy to think of America as the center of the self-driving universe. And so it seems a bit backwards that Audi has decided to release the world’s most capable semiautonomous driving feature in … Europe.

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The Vehicle of the Future Has Two Wheels, Handlebars, and Is a Bike May 15, 2018

What’s the shiniest, most exciting new technology for transportation? Well, there are plenty of candidates! We’ve got the self-driving car and drones big enough to carry people. Elon Musk is getting ready to bore hyperloop tunnels. When it comes to moving humans around, the future looks to be merging with sci-fi. But from where I stand, the most exciting form of transportation technology is more than 100 years old—and it’s probably sitting in your garage.

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'Westworld' Is Turning Into Lost—for Better or for Worse May 14, 2018

I never should have started watching Westworld. Not because I didn’t think it’d be good. An HBO show based on a Michael Crichton idea starring Evan Rachel Wood with all kinds of artificial intelligence? Sign me up! The problem wasn’t that Westworld wouldn’t be enjoyable, it was that it’s the kind of show that invites obsession. The kind that presents Big Questions—that never get answered. I worried, essentially, that it was going to be the next Lost.

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HTC Vive Pro Review: An Expensive VR Upgrade May 14, 2018

The first time I wore the HTC Vive, it was like putting on a century-old metal diving suit. It was a heavy, hideous-looking 3D-printed early unit with a thick bundle of cords streaming out the back. It was so delicate that one of the developers had to hold the cables them so I could walk around without breaking it (or myself). Looks aren’t everything, though. That prototype Vive sent me down to the bottom of the ocean to walk around for the first time and let me stare a blue whale in the eye.

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Is Amazon Prime Still Worth It? May 11, 2018

On Friday, for the first time in four years, Amazon has raised the price of its Prime benefits program. What once cost $99 annually now costs $119 for new members; existing Prime subscriptions will get bumped whenever they renew, starting June 16. But while nobody likes a 20 percent hike, it's a good reminder that Amazon Prime is as worth it as you want it to be. If past is prologue, the price change won’t inspire many people to cancel their Prime accounts.

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The Complex Engineering of Aston Martin's DB11 Volante May 11, 2018

If you were asked to name the craziest thing that ever happened to an Aston Martin inside a laboratory, you’d likely invoke some witty repartee between James Bond and Q. But that’s only because you don’t know how Aston’s engineering department developed the roof for the 2018 DB11 Volante.

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Inside the Arena Where Drones Battle a Wall of 1,300 Computer Fans May 10, 2018

Wind is the worst. It messes up hair, it blows stuff in eyes, and most famously and rudely of all, one time it made a bridge in Washington twist and undulate until it exploded. Alright, maybe that was the fault of the engineers, not the wind. But still, strong gusts have the potential to threaten many technologies, including a new one: drones. If you’ve ever taken a quadcopter out on a windy day, you know the struggle.

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Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' and the New Shape of Protest Music May 10, 2018

In 2014, a Rolling Stone poll declared Bob Dylan’s "Masters of War" the best protest song of our time. Recorded in April of 1963, during that fierce spell of racial and economic tumult, Dylan, in his folksy pragmatism, rages against the Cold War and the military industrial complex. "You play with my world/ Like it’s your little toy," he sings.

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AI Isn’t a Crystal Ball, But It Might Be a Mirror May 09, 2018

Everyone from the ACLU to the Koch brothers wants to reduce the number of people in prison and in jail. Liberals view mass incarceration as an unjust result of a racist system. Conservatives view the criminal justice system as an inefficient system in dire need of reform. But both sides agree: Reducing the number of people behind bars is an all-around good idea.

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A Robotics Startup Perishes, and It’s Got Tales to Tell May 09, 2018

TickTock has run out of time. Don’t fret if you don’t know what that is—after all, the startup launched just a year ago. But in that time the company cycled through four different consumer robot concepts in the hopes of shaping the future of the home, moving beyond simpleton Roombas to truly intelligent machines. After TickTock's collapse, though, co-founder and ex-Googler Ryan Hickman is talking candidly about what it’s like to build an unwanted robot.

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Star Wars Is Becoming a Religion, and May 4 Is Its Spring Festival May 08, 2018

It’s not even that good a play on words: May the Fourth Be With You. That’s all it takes to have a holiday? A pun? The joke at least has been around almost as long as Star Wars itself; official Star Wars doctrine traces the etymology to an ad congratulating Margaret Thatcher on the day she won the election to become Prime Minister of Britain in 1979, just two years after the first movie premiered.

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Rudy Giuliani’s Many Recent Revelations Top This Week’s Internet News Roundup May 08, 2018

Last week was so busy that we barely got to talk about failed Senate candidate Roy Moore filing a lawsuit claiming sexual misconduct allegations against him threw off his 2017 campaign. There also wasn't much time to talk about Stormy Daniels suing President Trump for defamation, or Paul Ryan’s surreal war with the House Chaplin, or even the fact that there’s a volcano erupting in Hawaii. Seriously. It’s been a helluva week.

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'Westworld' Recap, Season 2 Episode 3: Robot, Human, and Everything in Between May 07, 2018

Westworld watchers, we knew this moment was coming. The second season's third episode, "Virtù e Fortuna," opens not in Westworld but in an India-themed park. Where Westworld is an emblem of the colonization of Native American land, this park represents Britain's takeover of the subcontinent, and the racial-social hierarchy is clearly encoded: Women in saris and men in turbans—the hosts—walk amidst people dressed in turn-of-the-20th-century British garb.

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Why Is NASA's InSight Mars Mission Launching from California? May 07, 2018

The month-long launch window for NASA’s new Mars lander, InSight opens this weekend. InSight will be the first spacecraft to use a robotic arm to place its instruments on another planet’s soil—effectively unraveling the innards of the Red Planet. It’s also the first interplanetary mission to launch from the West Coast instead of Cape Canaveral, and it may not be the last. InSight isn’t a rover, like Curiosity or Opportunity, but a stationary lander.

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How Fans Helped Hasbro Build Its Biggest Star Wars Ship Ever May 04, 2018

Toys and Star Wars are inextricably linked forever and ever. Star Wars creator George Lucas famously waived part of his directing fee and retained the insanely lucrative rights to Star Wars merchandise in a deal that has gone down in history as a catastrophic blunder on the part of 20th Century Fox. The studio was skeptical this oddball space movie would resonate with audiences, even if its critters, spaceships, and memorable villains seem like obvious toys in hindsight.

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Facebook Hid Unreleased Features in Its AR Scavenger Hunt at F8 May 04, 2018

If what technologists say is true, then at some point in the not-so-distant future we'll be unburdened of our phones and will experience augmented reality through smart glasses instead. For now, though, we're still standing en masse, pointing our phones at an unremarkable wall at a convention center in San Jose, California, all for the chance to see a simple AR animation. That's how the future was being represented this week at F8, anyway.

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How to Interact With Robots Without Embarrassing Yourself May 03, 2018

Few things in this world are as exhausting as interacting with humans. You’ve got to maintain eye contact (ugh) and watch for subtle body language (ugh) and pay attention the whole time (ugh). And if you think that’s tough, wait until you start interacting with robots, which aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer just yet. It’s going to be hell. That is unless, of course, a particular breed of roboticist can get humans and machines to form a strange new kind of bond.

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‘Avengers: Infinity War’: We Need to Talk About That Ending May 03, 2018

Last weekend Avengers: Infinity War made more than $640 million at the global box office—and at least $258 million of that came from domestic theaters, a number that easily bests previous record holder Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This is relevant for two reasons: One, holy crap that’s a lot of money. Two, it means we can finally talk about this movie freely since pretty much anyone who wanted to see it has now done so, apparently. That’s good; there’s a lot to discuss.

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Buying a Tesla? Don't Count on That $7,500 Tax Credit May 02, 2018

This afternoon, Elon Musk will get on the phone with Tesla's investors. He will field their questions about Model 3 production numbers, cash flow, the possibility of profitability, maybe even where he sleeps.

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Apple’s Done Making Airport Routers, So Try These Instead May 02, 2018

Close observers of Apple’s networking products—surely they exist—know that the company hasn’t updated its Airport line of Wi-Fi routers since 2013. That’s so many iPhones ago! This week, the company made it official: It will no longer churn out Airport Express, Extreme, or Time Capsule routers. Rather than mourn the end of an era, take the chance to give your home Wi-Fi a boost with one of these newer, better alternatives.

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The Authors of Wikipedia's Most-Cited Source Had No Idea May 01, 2018

Each time a volunteer editor adds a new fact to one of Wikipedia's over 44 million articles, they're required to cite where they learned it. The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees the encyclopedia, became interested in what kinds of sources editors rely on the most. A recent study conducted by the organization revealed something fascinating: A single academic paper, published by three Australian researchers in 2007, has been cited by Wikipedia editors over 2.

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Could Artificial Intelligence Predict the Next 'Avengers: Infinity War'? May 01, 2018

Some movies are obvious hits. Like, for example, Avengers: Infinity War, which made a record-breaking $258 million at the domestic box office last weekend, filling seats and the pockets of Marvel Studios parent company Disney. But not every summer—or spring, or fall—blockbuster has the benefit of 10 years and 18 movies of built-up audience goodwill.

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Don't Feel Bad for Loving True Crime Stories Apr 30, 2018

Mary Rickert’s short story collection You Have Never Been Here is one of the most disturbing books of recent years, with many of the stories touching on the abduction or victimization of children. Unsurprisingly, Rickert says she has a longstanding interest in true crime stories.

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Why the New Snap Spectacles Matter Apr 30, 2018

Don’t look now, but the next computing platform is coming. It won't be a phone, or a laptop, or a miniputer you wear on your wrist. It will be a pair of glasses that upend the way you communicate, find information, and view the world around you. Want a glimpse of that future? Take a look through Snap’s Spectacles. Hold up.

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The Crazy, Complex Engineering of Honda's New Clarity Hybrid Apr 27, 2018

In the world of automotive propulsion, the hierarchy of complication goes something like this: Pure electric cars are simple; internal combustion engines, with many more parts and those explosions, are complex. Hybrids, which make the two work in concert, are extra complex. Honda’s Clarity Plug-In Hybrid calls for a new category: so-complex-it-makes-your-head-spin.

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'God of War' Is a Messy, Beguiling Take on Fantasy Violence and Toxic Masculinity Apr 27, 2018

Kratos, the star of the God of War series of action games, is a bad man. Devised as an ersatz Achilles edgy enough for gaming in the mid-00s, all anger and very little pathos, the one-time god and long-time god-killer is one of the biggest dicks in the medium. He had a family, once; he murdered them. He was a womanizing, cruel, monstrous hero. Over three games, he single-handedly slaughtered the entire Greek pantheon, destroying everyone and everything who got in his way.

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Beats Studio3 Wireless Review: Phenomenal Noise Cancelling and Bass for Days Apr 26, 2018

Am I enjoying these Beats too much? I’ve asked myself that question a few times in the last couple weeks. For years, I’ve listened to audiophiles rail against Beats by Dre headphones, saying they were all style, no substance. For the money, they just didn’t sound very good and put too much emphasis on a bass-heavy sound. Sure enough, the first thing I noticed about the Beats Studio3 Wireless was that low, heavy sound signature.

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Google Tasks: Hands On With Google's New To-Do List App Apr 26, 2018

While Google rightly gets a lot of flack for its scattered approach to messaging, its to-do list offerings have been a close second for sprawling, scrambled efforts. There's Google Keep, a note-taking app; Google Reminders, which nag you about Calendar events, email follow-ups, or Keep notes; and Google Tasks, which originated in Gmail nearly a decade ago as a stripped-down to-do list feature. None of these services have historically played particularly nice together.

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'Handmaid’s Tale' Season 2 Looks Eerily More Familiar Than Season 1 Apr 25, 2018

In the second season of Handmaid’s Tale, everything is different. It has to be. For one, the first season's plot burned through almost all of its source material, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name. For another, the inaugural season was filmed during the 2016 election cycle—a time when many thought America might be on the way to its first female presidency—and Season 2 was written and filmed entirely during the administration of President Donald Trump.

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How to Clean Your Computer Inside and Out Apr 25, 2018

It’s a tedious task you've been putting off for what could be years. But the moment has come: You're going to clean your computer inside and out. That means scrubbing down those keys and wiping the fossilized fingerprints off your screen. It also means deleting all the files you secretly downloaded when you were trying to figure out how to make a GIF, and finally tidying up your feeds on social media. You Will Need Before doing anything, you need to turn off your device. Unplug it as well.

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Flipboard's Answer to Fake News: More Human Curation Apr 24, 2018

Fake news is hardly new news, but over the past couple years it's found a new home across social media and other news aggregators. And, perhaps, not surprisingly, people's trust of the news isn't at an all-time high. But people have also started paying more attention to the news, at least in the US. The Pew Research Center reports that last year more Americans followed the news "very closely" than the number of people who said they did in 2016.

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'Westworld' Recap, Season 2 Episode 1: No More Heroes Apr 24, 2018

A favorite motif of Westworld is the shattering of its heroes. Bernard isn’t only a thoughtful-yet-murderous host, he’s Arnold! Then there’s gallant, love-struck William—oh wait, he’s the Man in Black! Sweet, all-suffering Dolores—crap, she’s also the crazy killer Wyatt. Season 2 of the futuristic drama is no different. But this time the reversal is on a grander scale.

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Corals Are in Serious Trouble. This Lab Could Help Save Them Apr 23, 2018

Nestled among giant fish tanks at the California Academy of Sciences, there's a black box—just big enough to hold six aquariums and maybe five humans. What it lacks in size, though, it makes up for in preciousness: Running here is a experiment that could help save corals from annihilation. The corals in these tanks are reproducing sexually. Which is weird, because even out in the wild, coral spawning is a fragile process, easily disrupted by changes in temperature and acidity.

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The Selfie as We Know It Is Dead Apr 23, 2018

The duck face, the fish gape, the smize—these are just a few of the time-honored poses that celebrities, influencers, and the Instagram-happy masses have relied upon to create perfect selfies. But a lot has changed since the early aughts, when people first started training their smartphone lenses on themselves.

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Calling Facebook a Utility Would Only Make Things Worse Apr 20, 2018

Facebook is massive. Six million advertisers use Facebook's vast data holdings to perfectly target ads reaching more than 1.4 billion daily (and 2.1 billion monthly) active users, amounting to almost 40 percent of the global internet population. That enormous user base forms a castle wall around Facebook’s core ad business, because few other companies can promise the same level of return for ad spends. It's trendy this month to call on the US government to rein in Facebook.

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The Clever Vine-Like Robot That Grows and Steers With Air Apr 20, 2018

In a hallway of an engineering building at Stanford University, some devilish researchers have built a sprawling obstacle course. To make it through, competitors have to wind over sand, through a door, up some steps, and finally, through a forest of small pillars. Sounds like the Rube Goldbergian machinations of an grad student with too much time and Red Bull on their hands, but no: This is a robot training ground.

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Airbus Is Making Beds for Economy Fliers—in the Cargo Hold Apr 19, 2018

If you've seen old-timey photos of aviation in the early decades of the jet age and wondered where all the glamour went, you've been flying economy. When airlines change the back of the plane, it's usually to pack in more passengers or install something you can give them money to enjoy. For those who turn left as they board, life aloft is swankier than ever. But last week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, economy fliers got a bit of good, if not quite glamorous, news.

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Welcome to the Wikipedia for Terms of Service Agreements Apr 19, 2018

Most people spend very little time thinking about the terms of service that govern life online. The agreement appears in a flash, we affirm that "I agree to the terms of service," and then it's all quickly forgotten. Until, of course, something goes wrong. Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress to defend Facebook, more than one senator pointed to the company's terms of service.

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Tax Refund Tech Deals: Roomba, Essential Phone, Dell, Sony Apr 18, 2018

If you're in the mood for shopping, this is a great, great week. Especially if you're awaiting a juicy tax refund, why not treat yourself to something you probably need? Nintendo's Labo kits come out this Friday and are currently available for pre-order. You can learn more about the kits, which we love, and how to order them, here Our friends at TechBargains have also found our favorite robot vacuum, the iRobot Roomba 690, on sale. Read on for more great tech deals.

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Airstream's New Nest Camper is Cute and Practical Apr 18, 2018

Tell people you’re vacationing in a trailer (or a caravan, if you’re in Europe), and you might get a snobbish raised eyebrow. Tell them you’re striking out for freedom in an Airstream, and you’ll get envious glares.

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The Rise and Feel of VR Pornography Apr 17, 2018

The porn industry may have changed a lot in the digital age, but some things still live up to the stereotype. Like, say, this house in the San Fernando Valley, which is the nation’s capital of adult film production. From the outside, it doesn’t look all that different from the other million-dollar properties in this Los Angeles suburb. Inside, it’s just another day at the office—if your business happens to be making adult films.

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'Rampage': 14 Unanswered Questions About the Rock’s New Movie Apr 17, 2018

Did you guys see? The Rock has a new movie out. It’s called Rampage. It’s based on an mid-’80s arcade game—though you’d never know that—and, like most Dwayne Johnson movies, it involves The Rock wearing an impossibly tight T-shirt over his muscle-wall frame. Things blow up; the ones that don't get smashed to pieces. Tactical gear figures prominently in it.

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Best Weekend Tech Deals: LG OLED, Kindle, Alienware, Megaboom Apr 16, 2018

Who woulda thunk it? Even though we've just survived another Friday the 13th, the bad luck hasn't impacted the number of tech deals. There's still a huge sale on Amazon devices like the Kindle and Fire tablets. That sale ends April 16, but we also put up some tech deals earlier this week that are still relevant. Check out TechBargains for more great deals.

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Runtopia Reach Smart Running Shoes: Stride Right Apr 16, 2018

If you’ve never had a running coach, let me describe the experience: your coach doesn’t just plan your workouts and critique your form. They also make sure you’re eating the right food and wearing supportive shoes. He or she might even make you do sit-ups when you start slouching like a 90-year-old grandma from the Planet Slow. The best coaches are a combination of ruthless drill sergeant, physical therapist, and older sibling.

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Catching up With Pepper, the Surprisingly Helpful Humanoid Robot Apr 13, 2018

Listen, humans are great and all, but sometimes they’re horrible. That’s especially true if you’ve just spent 12 hours stuck in a flying aluminum tube with a few hundred of them. Now all you want to do is lock yourself in a hotel room, and for the love of all that is holy get away from humans. Ah, but wait. The cursed fates dictate that someone’s gotta check you into your hotel.

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Ridge Merino Heist Hoodie Review: Wonderful Wool Apr 13, 2018

Every spring, I look forward to a beloved Pacific Northwestern seasonal ritual. I’m out tromping somewhere in boots, hood pulled over my head, and squint upward towards the sky. “Wait a second,” I think. “Is it sunny...and hailing? At the same time?” Yes, warm weather will be here soon, but it’s not time to set aside those wool base layers just yet.

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The Race to Find the Next Pandemic—Before It Finds Us Apr 12, 2018

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How to Share Songs on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Google Play Music Apr 12, 2018

When the music-focused social network Cymbal launched in 2016, the service promised to be a hub for music junkies to share their favorite artists and flaunt their great taste. Once you logged in, you'd see a stream of songs titles shared by whoever you were following, often accompanied by some sort of commentary or mini review. The goal was to create a feed that acted as a playlist, with everything curated by all the people who matter to you.

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The Best Nintendo Switch Deals and Console Bundles (2018) Apr 11, 2018

We're incredibly optimistic about the Switch's future and believe it sets a new standard for game systems. But since it's so new, there aren't a ton of killer deals yet. But at $300, it's still roughly as cheap as a PS4 or Xbox One, and a lot more portable. If you don't own one yet, we've got your back. Below are all the current Nintendo Switch deals and bundles we could find. We've also added some games you should consider and essential accessories you'll need.

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Trew Gear LTD Powfish Jacket Review: Slope and Street Smart Apr 11, 2018

It may be a little late in the season to shop for snow gear, but try telling that to all the revelers playing in the late spring powder on Oregon’s Mount Hood. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re still enjoying plenty of fresh snow, enough for me to pack a few sandwiches and take out Trew Gear’s new LTD Powfish jacket for a spin. At WIRED, we love Trew Gear. Their lightweight and stylish ski apparel works on both sunny days and in the wettest weather.

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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' and the False Hope of Really Great Trailers Apr 10, 2018

Good day, rogues; a new Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer dropped last night. It looks really incredible. Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian drips swagger. Emilia Clarke is in High Society Khaleesi mode, minus the dragon white hair. There’s even a few seconds of Thandie Newton for folks who can’t wait for Westworld to come back. Chewie is 190 years old and he looks great! It’s easy to have a really good feeling about this. But that’s what trailers are supposed to do.

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4 Best Smartphones of 2018: Guide to Android, Samsung Galaxy, iPhone Apr 10, 2018

It's a great year to buy a smartphone. These days, even mid-range phones are at least OK, so it’s hard to go horribly awry if you’re browsing devices at your local retailer. Especially if you're looking at devices over $500, you're almost guaranteed to find passable cameras, fast processors, and gorgeous screens. Many phones are trying so hard to imitate the biggest and best smartphones, (Samsung Galaxy devices and iPhones are still the trend setters) that they tend to blur together.

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8 Great Weekend Tech Deals: Nintendo, Apple, Tile, Eufy, Vive Pro Apr 09, 2018

If we keep talking about it, that’s because we’re excited: This week, the HTC Vive Pro headset is out! For a cool $800, you too can roam around an enormous VR display that is a mindboggling 10 x 10 meters wide, enjoying your integrated headphones, clearer display, and sweet, sweet wireless-ness. However, we’d be remiss not to mention that you will also need to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a few base stations and controllers.

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PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset Review (2018): Finally Golden Apr 09, 2018

Have you ever tried using Sony’s pitiful little mono headset that comes with every PlayStation 4? It’s a chintzy freebie at best, and a no-good, annoying, keeps-coming-unclipped-from-your-collar, hanging hellion the rest of the time. Sony’s 2014 Gold Wireless Headset also angered gamers due to a fragile, crack-prone headband. With this track record, you'd be forgiven for ignoring Sony’s new 2018 Gold Wireless Headset.

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How To Build a PC Apr 06, 2018

Back in the days of dial-up internet, it was commonplace to build your own computer. Instead of walking into a Best Buy or logging onto Dell's website to shop for a complete unit, you'd assemble a desktop PC yourself using standardized, commodity parts purchased either online or at a store specializing in computer components. These days, most consumers have only ever bought pre-fab systems, no assembly required. However, many gamers and computer hobbyists still prefer to roll their own boxes.

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Spectra S9 Plus: A Breast Pump You Can Fit In Your Pocket Apr 06, 2018

When I entered the restroom at the ski lodge, a sulky snowboarder teenager was already occupying its one bench. She sprawled across it, texting furiously, and looked up when I stood in front of her. "Excuse me," I said. "I need to sit here." "Why?" she said, confused. To all appearances, I was just another snowboarder, carrying a zip pouch the size of a sandwich bag. "I need to pump breast milk and I don’t want to put all my stuff on this trash can," I said. "We can share, if you want.

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Vizio SmartCast Soundbar and Surround Speaker Review: Instant Surround Sound Apr 05, 2018

It seems like a sick joke, at first. You just spent hundreds, possibly a thousand bucks on that brand-new 4K TV in your living room, and your home theater-nerd friends are already telling you that you need to spend a more on a soundbar and subwoofer? Need is a strong word, but your friends are right—you really should buy a soundbar. Your TV has tiny, tinny speakers and you’ll notice the difference immediately.

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Cheap PS4 and PS4 Pro Bundles and Deals (2018) Apr 05, 2018

Nintendo's Switch may be the popular console on the playground, but make no mistake, Sony's PlayStation 4 is the most popular console in the world—and nothing else even comes close. If you're thinking of buying a new system, PS4 is a great choice. If your friends own any console, it's likely the PS4, and it's home to most of the top games in the last five years. Below are the best bundle deals and cheap prices we could find on the PS4, PS4 Pro (an upgraded PS4 for 4K TVs), and PlayStation VR.

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A Nighttime Underwater Spectacle Off the Coast of the Philippines Apr 04, 2018

Billions of animals live far away from the sun’s rays in the dark depths of the oceans. But at night, they ascend toward the surface for food, an awesome dance that makes up the largest migration on the planet. Scott Tuason is often right there, his camera poised to capture the incredible plankton and pelagic creatures that float before the lens: an octopus riding a jellyfish, a trevally surfing a mangrove leaf, a pair of translucent sea butterflies mating.

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6 Speaker Deals: Sony, JBL, Ultimate Ears, Insignia Apr 04, 2018

Smart speakers are fun to have around. You can tell them what songs to play, ask 'em for the weather, or have them control any smart appliances you have around the house. Unfortunately, they're often pricey. This week, we spotted a few speakers bucking the trend. Best Buy, Jet, and Amazon are holding a few sales on some of the better Bluetooth speakers and smart speakers on the market at some deep discounts.

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Indie Title 'Small Talk' Is the Cartoony Party Game of My Dreams Apr 03, 2018

Very few games have an art style that feels personal. Most major games strive for "realism"—the closest consoles and gaming computers can come at any given time to producing a digital landscape that looks the way we imagine the real world looks. But precious few attempt to approach the way the world feels. Small Talk, my favorite game that appeared at last month's Game Developers Conference, is one of those few.

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How to Stop Eye Strain: Tips, Tricks, and Apps Apr 03, 2018

Staring at the computer all day is horrible for your eyes. All those brightly colored pixels clashing with the lighting around you while you stare at your screen for hours on end—it's a recipe for eye fatigue, muscle strain, and headaches. By adhering to a few simple guidelines and by making some physical adjustments to your workspace, you can avoid putting too much strain on your eyes. Here are some tips to make your workday healthier. Follow the 20-20-20 rule.

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20 Easter Tech Sales (2018): Nintendo, Apple, Dyson, Lenovo Apr 02, 2018

Easter weekend is a holiday filled with church activities, egg painting, and a lot of bunnies and candy. It's also a great time to pick up a few tech and gaming items for the spring. Several sales and deals are happening this weekend. We've picked out 20 of our favorites, with a little help from our friends at TechBargains. The Moto G5 Plus is our WIRED pick for best phone under $300, and it's a little cheaper than usual right now. Buy the Moto G5 for $250 - $50 off.

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Tech Tools to Help With Hand and Arm Injuries Apr 02, 2018

Sometimes, through no fault of your own—or possibly because you were doing something stupid—fate dictates that you should lose the use of your "good hand." Hopefully this is just a temporary situation, like an injury that puts your arm in a sling. Of course, many are not as lucky and suffer a permanent loss. In either case, we must adapt and teach ourselves to go about our lives using our non-dominant hand.

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Best Unlimited Data Plans: T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Mar 30, 2018

It’s an interesting moment for wireless carriers. For the first time in years, unlimited data plans are available on all four major U.S. carriers (T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T), and provide shoppers with a lot of choice. Lead by T-Mobile, many of the new plans include new perks, like international roaming or access to streaming content gratis. But that newfound freedom comes with a bevy of gotchas.

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Xbox Spring Sale 2018: Life is Strange, Tomb Raider, Bioshock and More Mar 30, 2018

Microsoft is having a massive Xbox One Spring Sale on games right now. So massive, in fact, that we spent hours sifting through it to pick out our favorite game deals in a list that feels like it contains just about every noteworthy Xbox game available. The sale ends April 9, and if you're an Xbox Live Gold member, you can get some extra discounts through April 2. Below are our favorite deals in the bunch. All of these titles have good reviews and some of the larger discounts in the sale.

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You Can Model China’s Tiangong-1 Space Station Crash Mar 29, 2018

At some point this week, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is going to crash down to Earth. When and where? We can't know for sure. And for that, we have physics to blame. Tiangong-1 is in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of about 138 miles. At first approximation, there is only one force acting on the space station—the gravitational pull from the Earth. This gravitational force pulls the space station towards the center of the Earth so that it moves in a mostly circular orbit.

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With ‘Sniffs’ and ‘Licks,’ Petzbe Makes Social Media Nice Again Mar 29, 2018

The CEO of Petzbe, a social networking platform that launched on the App Store last week, is a Brussels Griffon named Angus. Angus can often be found adorned in a stylish jean vest gazing stoically into the distance or, at times, yawning. According to his Petzbe bio, Angus is a “lover of the finer things in life. Peculiar in looks and personality. Extremely loving but with a healthy understanding of [his] human’s shortcomings.

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Middle School Relationships in the Age of the iPhone Mar 28, 2018

Nervous looks. Passing notes. Gossip around the lunch table. The middle school relationship is an iconic coming-of-age staple that has remained unchanged for decades. But smartphones and apps have fundamentally transformed how kids, you know, “like-like” each other. The youths of Gen Z are communicating more than any generation before them, while simultaneously cutting off human connection at the thumbs.

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Seniors Get a Wii Bowling League of Their Own Mar 28, 2018

When Dennis Berkholtz’s parents moved to a retirement home in 2004, he worried they’d get bored. “People were just playing bingo,” he recalls. But a couple of years later, Nintendo released the Wii, and Berkholtz—a former Olympic handball player and coach—saw an opportunity. With $120,000 from investors, he launched the National Senior League for Wii Bowling. Today, some 1,400 players on 280 teams compete against rivals in contests nationwide.

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8 Hot Tech Deals: Dell, Amazon Echo, HTC Vive, August Smart Lock Mar 27, 2018

March is in like a lion, out like a lamb. But there’s nothing like great prices on desktops, smart locks, and Segways to help you keep dreaming of sunnier times. With the help of our friends at TechBargains, we’ve pulled together some of the best deals from around the web to chase off the very last dregs of the winter doldrums. Dell’s Inspiron 3650 desktops are a popular pick, and for good reason. With code INS599, you can pay $599, over $600 off the original list price of $1212.

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March For Our Lives: One High School Student's Experience Mar 27, 2018

As I followed the masses of people on Saturday morning toward the Center for Civil Rights, where the march was to kick off, the streets of Downtown Atlanta bigger than I'd ever seen them. Hundreds of people flooded toward the museum, filling any open space accessible. Standing there waiting, surrounded by people, I realized all of this seemed very familiar to me: This was how it felt last January at the Atlanta Women’s March taking the same route through downtown to the capitol.

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10 Tech and Gaming Deals: Sea of Thieves, Star Wars, Alienware, Netgear Mar 26, 2018

If you're in the mood to shop tech, we found 10 fresh deals for you this week, with a little help from our friends at TechBargains. We've tested some of these products, and the rest look like a good springtime bargain. Xbox One X 1TB with Sea of Thieves for $59 off ($500): We have a big list of fantastic Xbox One bundle deals. This one is the standard price for the One X, but comes with the new Rareware game Sea of Thieves that lets you live life as a pirate. (Watch some gameplay.

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Best Travel Gear: Mophie, Amazon Kindle, Allbirds, Lululemon, Hex Mar 26, 2018

Fit everything for your trip into a bag that slides under the seat in front of you. 1. Lululemon City Trek Trouser II Minimize the load in your carry-on bag by bringing only one pair of pants. The moisture-wicking, extra-stretchy fabric in these trousers is designed for extended wrinkle-free wear. Slip them on for your evening flight, then wear them to your morning meeting the next day. $128 2.

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Trump's Call to Start a Space Force Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup Mar 23, 2018

People look for inspiration and happiness in a vast array of places. Some see school kids walking out of class across America to take a stand for gun control and find hope. Others note that 7-Eleven now has customizable tater tots and are filled with joy. What do they get when they look at the internet? All that and a lot of bickering and tweets about calzones.

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Best Travel Apps: Signal, Sitata, Haven, SaferVPN, Mobile Passport, FoneTrac Mar 23, 2018

Floods. Thieves. Hackers. Tackle any situation abroad with these mobile assistants. Place calls and send texts with end-to-end encryption over Wi-Fi or your data connection using this favorite of security professionals. You can also make your chat history disappear before customs agents (or other snoops) get their hands on your phone. Free You just fell down the stairs of your Barcelona Airbnb, and it feels like you broke something. No need to panic if you have this app.

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LG Hom-Bot Turbo+ Review: Beautiful Mediocrity Mar 22, 2018

In a crowded botvac market, it can be hard to stand out. LG’s latest vacuum, the Hom-Bot Turbo+, tries to fulfill several functions, above and beyond what you might expect of a humble home appliance. For example: it includes a home security camera! And while most robot vacuums are boring black disks, the Hom-Bot is striking and gorgeous, a low-profile vacuum in brilliant colors made in the shape of a rounded square. It’s especially attractive in the champagne hue of my test model.

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Tesla Model 3 Review: The Best Electric Car You Can't Buy Mar 22, 2018

The Model 3 is supposed to be Tesla’s humdrum car, the everyday, cut-price offering to the masses. Not the sort of thing that impresses Angelenos, so blasé about celebrities and rich kids valeting their supercars at restaurants. In LA, it takes a special vehicle to stand out. Yet, as I’m driving around town in a (bright red) Model 3, I feel unusually conspicuous, attracting the eyes of passers-by, some of them walking into traffic for a closer look. Friends want a ride.

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How to Block Calls and Texts on iPhone in iOS 11 Mar 22, 2018

It’s been a good five years since Apple came out with the iOS 7 operating system that allowed millions of iPhone owners to block annoying callers (and worse offenders) for the first time. Since then, the art of blocking hasn’t changed much, but there are a few new and improved tweaks available on iOS 11 to help weed out users’ unwanted incoming calls and messages. And if the iPhone's built-in tools aren't enough, there are some apps you can employ to do the blocking too.

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Sennheiser HD 4.4 BT Review: Bargain Bass Mar 21, 2018

It’s hard to make a headphone more ordinary-looking than Bose, the king of rounded black plastic, but Sennheiser is giving it a shot. The company’s latest wireless headphones make even conservative cans seem gaudy and overstyled. They’re about as black, matte, and plastic as you can find. Even the name "HD 4.4 BT" is all function, no flash. It stands for HD sound and Bluetooth 4.4.

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Dell XPS 13 (2018) Review: Great Update, With a Few Quirks Mar 20, 2018

Dell's XPS line has been part of the 13-inch ultrabook world since its introduction at CES 2012. In the six years that have passed since then, the line has seen a steady series of upgrades, largely just to keep up with the march of technology. However, the latest revision is arguably the biggest one the XPS has seen since its introduction. That said, Dell hasn't exactly redrawn the blueprints. The machine is still designed with portability at top of mind.

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HTC Vive Gets $100 Price Cut, Vive Pro Launches For $799 Mar 20, 2018

HTC's Vive pioneered room-scale virtual reality, and brought it to the homes of enthusiasts. That innovation came at a price—it launched at $800, costing hundreds more than its closest competitor, the Oculus Rift. As of March 19, 2018, it finally has a price tag of $500. You can now buy the standard Vive for $500 (give or take a dollar), which comes with a copy of Fallout 4 VR, the headset, two motion controllers, and two sensor Base Stations that you place around your room.

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Tecnica Forge GTX Review: A Form-Fitting Custom Hiking Boot Mar 19, 2018

At Outdoor Retailer in January, surrounded by the hubbub of thousands of people and products, I sat perfectly still. I couldn’t move. My feet were strapped into Tecnica’s custom heat-molding machine as I endured being fitted for a test pair of the Tecnica Forge GTX hiking boots. First, Tecnica product manager Federico Sbrissa heated the boot’s insoles to 180 degrees Fahrenheit. When I stepped onto them with socks on, they felt comfortably warm, not hot.

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An Aerial Spectacle in the Wright Brothers' Backyard Mar 19, 2018

The Wright Brothers flew the first practical aircraft through the skies just outside Dayton, Ohio in 1905. Today, that same air space sees wonders Orville and Wilbur could only dream of: fighter jets, bombers, and other aircraft flying upside down, soaring in formations, writing words with smoke. It’s all part of the Dayton Air Show, an aerial spectacle that draws more than 40,000 people to the birthplace of aviation each June.

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The Best Amazon Echo Speaker (2018) Mar 16, 2018

Amazon's popular Echo family of devices keeps growing. From the first can-shaped Echo, to the big-screen Echo Show, and even the cute Echo Dot, you can get Alexa into your home any number of ways. These Echo products can answer your questions, help you order essentials for your home, play all sorts of audio content, and even function as the control hub for your burgeoning smart home. These are our favorite Amazon Echos for every home and every budget. The Echo Plus is the best-sounding Echo.

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Samsung Powerbot R7065 Review: Eager to Please Mar 16, 2018

After you’ve tried more than three or four robot vacuums (which I have), you become acutely aware of how hard it is to innovate within such a limited set of constraints. Robot vacuums all tend to be around the same size and shape. The dust bin and the ports are usually in the same place. Maybe the app looks a little different, maybe one has better mapping capabilities. Maybe one has sacrificed a little suction power to have longer battery life. Not so with the Powerbot R7065.

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Yeti Camino Carryall Review: Totes Your Damp, Smelly Stuff Mar 15, 2018

While many companies have made it their raison d'etre to turn ordinary outdoor gear into coveted status symbols, few have done with as much success as Austin, Texas-based Yeti. The contrast between the plain, utilitarian objects and the extensive Yeti re-engineering of them is so extreme that it almost verges on parody. It's hard to imagine paying $350 for a cooler when my Igloo has lasted for almost fifteen years. Yeti also sells a high-end bucket. Now, listen, I have many buckets.

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Pi Day PC Deals: Microsoft, HP, Dell, Lenovo Mar 15, 2018

Need a new laptop or desktop? Microsoft's store has great discounts in honor of March 14, aka 3/14, aka Pi Day. That's why you'll save as much as 31.4 percent off some high-quality PCs from Lenovo, Dell, HP, and other manufacturers. Here are our favorite PCs that are on deep discount today. And, since they're direct from Microsoft, these PCs are all optimized to run their best without pesky bloatware.

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Sam Nunberg's Media Tour Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup Mar 14, 2018

Clocks move forward this weekend, which can only mean it’s time for the East Coast to struggle under feet of snow once again. Well, that or it's time for Barack and Michelle Obama to team up with Netflix to produce shows to guide humanity into the future.

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How To Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat Mar 14, 2018

Social Networks walk a fine line between being a useful tool and a crippling addiction. Whether you want your free time back, or don’t like your information scattered about on the internet, you may be considering deactivating some accounts. Wanting to delete your account is one thing, but actually being able to hit the delete button is another story.

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'Westworld' at SXSW: The Perfect Allegory For Austin in March Mar 13, 2018

The premise of Westworld rests on an uneasy relationship between a town’s residents and the “newcomers”: wealthy, oblivious visitors, convinced that a new cowboy hat gives them permission to do whatever they like. In other words, there’s no better allegory for what happens to Austin during South By Southwest.

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Refresh Your Home Wi-Fi With These Tech Deals: Luma, Ecovacs, Samsung, Dell Mar 13, 2018

March is the perfect time to start your spring cleaning. Along with throwing open the windows, vacuuming the floors, and replacing your grody furniture, you might also want to think about updating your home's ancient networking hardware. With so many smart devices proliferating on the market, it’s more important than ever to keep your home Wi-Fi secure and your connection reliable.

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Juno Captures Jupiter's Wild, Wispy Weather Anomalies Mar 12, 2018

Say hello to the loosely bound galaxy of IC 4710, captured by the Hubble Space telescope. Unlike your average galaxy, IC 4710 has no central core or spiraled arms. Instead, this oddball is built out of a loose jumble of stars; on its outer edges are newly forming stars, shown here in the bright blues. This stunning infrared photo, captured by the Juno spacecraft, shows Jupiter’s north pole adorned with a flower of eight massive cyclones.

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Want Animoji, but Not the iPhone X? Try These Apps Instead Mar 12, 2018

We’re calling it: animated emoji are officially a “thing.” Now that Apple’s iPhone X has Animoji, Samsung’s Galaxy S9 has AR Emoji, and ASUS’s ZenFone 5 has ZeniMoji, the way to show off your status as a fancyphone owner is by sending all your friends cartoons made with your face. Not about to spring on the iPhone X or Samsung 9? Don't get left behind. Download one of these dupes instead.

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'Florence' Is a Mobile Game That Captures the Power of Touch Mar 09, 2018

Florence is a romance you unravel with your fingertips. Based on the first love of its titular character, the mobile game takes that most classic of coming-of-age tales and does something special. Using the touchscreen interface, it guides players through all the waxing and waning of Florence Yeoh's relationship: falling in love, learning about her creativity, understanding where she wants to be.

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PlayStation 4 Pro Review: Comparing PS4 vs. PS4 Pro Mar 09, 2018

It’s been more than a year since Sony changed the game for consoles and decided to release a half-upgrade to its PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 Pro is a more powerful PS4. It plays every standard PS4 game there is, but has added horsepower to enable high-resolution 4K HDR output for high-end TVs—practically, that translates to prettier visual effects and frame rates. Before we go on, maybe I should answer the biggest question you may have.

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Blue Sadie Headphones with Built-In Amp Review: Supreme Sound and Fit Mar 08, 2018

Maybe you listen to music every day. But when’s the last time you felt your music—let it pluck you out of this world and ferry you to the front row of your own personal concert hall? The right album can induce toe tapping and head swaying, but an amazing set of headphones make you want to shut your eyes and ride a great melody to a new land.

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Best Price for DJI Mavic Pro and Other Great Tech Deals Mar 08, 2018

March Madness doesn’t just mean basketball (OK, maybe it does). March means it's spring! The snow and mush are thawing, the sun is shining, and it’s time to get on the road or get in the air. Whether you’re going on vacation, or just daydreaming about it, we consulted with our pals at TechBargains to pull together some of the best deals on the web. We love drones, and DJI’s Mavic Pro is one of our favorites.

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LINK AKC Smart Dog Collar Review: Find Your Lost Pooch Mar 07, 2018

I don’t have a “Dog Mom” bumper sticker on my car, but I sure do love my pups. My two dogs have been my constant companions for almost a decade. They have top-of-the-line dog beds, toothbrushes, and even health insurance. The LINK AKC smart dog collar is ideal for a dog owner like me. It’s a handsome leather collar that is by far the most luxurious accessory my dog has ever donned.

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Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute Vacuum Review: Crazy Suction, Amazing Battery Mar 07, 2018

Like the smartphone or the television, the cordless stick vacuum is one of those products that has already arrived at something close to its ideal form. Dyson, the leading brand name in household products that suck or blow with vigor, standardized its signature take on the handheld cleaning machine about ten years ago. Centered around a brushless digital motor connected to a clear canister that can accept various attachments, that same design has prevailed ever since.

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Inside the Million-Dollar McLaren Senna Supercar Mar 06, 2018

If you want to properly understand the million-dollar McLaren Senna supercar, you've got to make the pilgrimage to Woking, just southeast of London. There, you'll find McLaren’s UK Technology Center headquarters. What looks like a science fiction movie prop dropped in the English countryside is in fact home to the factory hand-building road cars, and McLaren's Formula 1 team.

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How Planes Land in Crazy Crosswinds Mar 06, 2018

The next time you feel like complaining about flying, (so, the next time you fly) a report this morning from a pilot landing at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D, should put things into perspective: “Very bump on descent. Pretty much every one on the plane threw up. Pilots were on the verge of throwing up.

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The Best Free Songwriting Apps for iPhone and Android Mar 05, 2018

Whether you're a well-established wordsmith or someone who's never written a song before, inspiration can strike at any moment. Could that phrase fit into the perfect chorus for a new song? Could that melody you've had stuck in your head be the next "Despacito"? Use these five apps to jot down your ideas, melodies, and lyrics to turn those seeds of inspiration into actual songs.

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How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S9 Mar 05, 2018

It's a new month, and we've got an extra special weekend deals list for you. This week, Samsung's brand-new Galaxy S9 is available for preorder. With a little help from TechBargains, we've collected everything you need to know about the phone here. If Samsung's purple new Galaxy isn't your thing, we've highlighted a few more tech deals that we personally like. Samsung's 2018 flagship phone, the Galaxy S9 (and larger Galaxy S9 Plus) are both available for preorder as of 9 p.m. PT March 1.

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iRobot Roomba 690 Review: Impressively Clean for Under $500 Mar 02, 2018

Vacuuming is a chore that’s marked by the absence of acknowledgment, rather than the presence. Everyone notices and remarks on a fragrant and delicious Sunday meal. But you never walk into someone else’s house and say, “I noticed your floors are remarkably free from detritus today!”, unless you are a real jerk. That makes vacuuming an uninviting and thankless task.

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The Best Smart Speakers: Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, Siri Mar 02, 2018

The Amazon Echo kicked off the smart speaker trend a few years ago, but it's no longer alone. There are dozens of smart speakers already on the market in 2018 and a ton more are coming. Picking the best smart speaker for your needs isn’t always simple, though.

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Rants and Raves: Strap On a Pair of Roller Skates and Wheel Away Your Worries Mar 01, 2018

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University of Washington Researchers Can Wirelessly Charge a Phone Using Lasers Mar 01, 2018

Having to plug your phone in every night probably bums you out. Near-field wireless chargers like the ones Samsung sells are cool, but short-range. Like, the phone has to be sitting on the plate, at which point, you could just plug it in. And while some science is out there that says devices might be able to harvest electricity from ambient Wi-Fi, that just doesn't provide enough power.

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Ecovacs Deebot M81 Pro Review: A Good Robovac You Can Afford Feb 28, 2018

For the first week that I ran the Ecovacs Deebot M81 Pro, I kept finding it knocked off its base, its battery uncharged. It was aggravating, and mystifying. What could be happening? I’ve been testing robot vacuums for months by plugging them into this one location. After a day of observation, I figured out the problem. My eight-month-old son was crawling over to the botvac, and turning it on and off by slapping the glowing blue button.

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Google Clips Review: An AI-Powered Camera for Fun Family Videos Feb 28, 2018

The newest gadget from Google is a camera. Though I admit, calling the pocket-sized Clips just a camera feels incomplete. Yes, it has a lens and a battery and it captures videos, but everything else about it is unique. You don't tap a shutter button or give it any command to take a picture or shoot a video. You just turn it on (by twisting its lens like a knob), set it down, and point it at whatever humans or pets are nearby.

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4 Best Cheap Android And iOS Phones Under $500 Feb 27, 2018

Smartphones are ridiculously expensive, and U.S. wireless carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon go out of their way to make them seem affordable. I mean, why not buy a $950 Galaxy Note 8 if you only have to pay $0 down and $30 a month for it? Let me list the reasons why: you’re still wasting hundreds of dollars you could use to buy or save for something else that may add value to your life.

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Best Xbox One Bundle Deals (2018) Feb 27, 2018

The Xbox One X is the go-to console for enthusiasts, with its faster performance and 4K HDR support. Especially if you invested in a 4K TV recently, this console gives gamers a great, high-res experience on the big screen. If you don't have a 4K TV, it's also a great time to get the Xbox One S, Microsoft's affordable console for the rest of us. Both options have a great library of titles, 4K Blu-ray playing capabilities, and support for all your favorite streaming services.

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10 of This Weekend's Best Tech Deals: Dell, Vizio, Xbox One Feb 26, 2018

Most of the President's Day Tech Deals have come and gone (though not all of them), but there are still a few impressive deals this week. With a little help from our friends at TechBargains, we've collected some fun gaming, home, and mobile deals for you to browse. Coway HEPA Air Purifier for $176 ($54 off): This Coway Mighty True HEPA Air Purifier has an Ionizer and Eco Mode. The reviews are solid and the discount is decent if you're in the mood for some fresh air.

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Grab Sweet Outdoor Gear Deals: Proof, Nomad, Black Diamond, LTHR Feb 26, 2018

The worst part about the end of February? We've had months and months of winter, with more grimly cold and slushy weather to come. But the best part about February is that boutique outdoor retailers like Huckberry are now putting a ton of cold-weather gear on sale, while you still have plenty of wet, chilly, or windy weather to enjoy it. Here are our picks from Huckberry's winter clearance sale. Once upon a time, you had to buy pants for working and pants for playing.

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There's No One Way to Explain How Flying Works Feb 23, 2018

Let's be clear—airplanes are complicated. Sure, it's entirely possible to get a piece of paper and fold it in a particular way so that it flies. But the physics of flight isn't trivial. It's even harder to give an explanation of the forces on a flying aircraft in a short video—which is what I did with my recent WIRED video on the physics of flying.

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Airlines Won’t Dare Use the Fastest Way to Board Planes Feb 23, 2018

Maybe you don’t think you and your favorite airline agree on anything: on how much room an adult human requires, on what counts as food, or on how much it should cost for a soothing, tiny bottle of wine. But surely you agree on at least one point: People take way too long getting to their seats. For passengers, the cumbersome boarding process—watching people insist that yes, this bag will fit in the overhead bin, it has before!—means more time spent jammed in a too-small seat.

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Review: Honor 7X (Unlocked): You Get What You Pay For Feb 22, 2018

For the last few years, every major U.S. wireless carrier has begun letting you buy any phone for $0 down with two years of monthly payments. It’s a tempting offer, but a bad habit you should try to kick. Paying for your phone over two years makes it easy to overspend, dulling the pain you should feel when you buy a $800+ phone. It also probably means you bought your phone from a wireless carrier that locks it down, refusing to give you the freedom to use it on other networks.

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Mechanical Keyboards: Aukey, Logitech Orion, Das Keyboard Feb 22, 2018

Serious typists deserve a responsive keyboard. Here are three steps to tactile heaven. 1. GOOD: Aukey KM-G3 RGB Add some tappy feedback to your strokes and sharpen your email routine with Aukey’s nicely priced keyboard. Even with its garish, multicolored LED backlights and springy key switches that click loudly enough to be heard five cubicles away, it’s miles ahead of that freebie you’re typing on now. $86 2.

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In Los Angeles, Dreamscape Immersive's Location-Based VR Brings You Into a New World Feb 21, 2018

As certain forward-thinking magazines predicted last year (ahem), VR’s first mass-culture moment has arrived not as a device but as a destination. There’s far more immersive potential in a dedicated VR facility—with its stagecraft and high-end components—than what’s currently possible in your living room.

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The Motorola Moto X4 is Almost Half-Off Right Now Feb 21, 2018

We've all had smartphones for the better part of a decade, yet their prices just seem to keep climbing. High-end phones seem to cost $800+ now. Don't let a monthly payment plan fool you, that's a ton of money for a device that likely won't last you more than two years. There are some Android phones under $500 that do the trick, but performance gets mucky when you wade into the $200 - $300 price—which is exactly the kind of the price we wish we were all paying for these devices.

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Olympics 2018: Commentators Should Cut the Chit-Chat and Just Explain the Sport Feb 20, 2018

Luge looks silly. It looks easy, too: lie down on a sled, let gravity do the work, climb the podium. In reality, of course, luge is fascinatingly complex. And, as American Emily Sweeney’s brutal crash this week made clear, it's dangerous too. A good start is crucial (that’s where the gloves with little spikes on the fingertips come in). The rule of thumb says every 1/100th of a second you lose up top compounds to 1/10th of a second by the end of the run.

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Harman Kardon Allure Review: Alexa With a Side of Bass Feb 20, 2018

The world of smart speakers is beginning to fan out. A year or two ago, Google Home and Amazon’s Echo were your only choices. Now, there are more than a dozen competitors, and they're growing more diverse all the time. Every major voice assistant has a speaker now. Even Siri has the HomePod and Cortana has the Invoke. Amazon is still the alpha of this pack, though, inside more devices than any other voice assistant.

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Spectra S1 Review: A Nearly-Perfect Breast Pump Feb 19, 2018

For years, Medela has ruled, undisputed, over Breast Pump Land. If you have to pump in the hospital, the nurses will likely wheel in a Medela pump. When you call in your free pump from your insurer, it will probably be a Medela pump. I know, because I’ve had two kids in three years and every single time I’ve needed a breast pump, a Medela one has appeared. But that’s changing. In lactation rooms and in parenting newsletters, a new pump has arrived.

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HomePod Review: Only Apple Devotees Need Apply Feb 19, 2018

Most of my friends are musicians or audio nerds. (Lord help me.) Ever since Apple loaned me a HomePod to test a week ago, I've been bragging to my peers that I have the new, highly anticipated Wi-Fi speaker at the house. All of them quickly ask me the same thing: Does it sound good? I think that question is incomplete. Sure, the HomePod sounds really terrific, and it's a good purchase if you want a speaker that just plays music.

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Caavo Review: Though Flawed, This Device Makes TV Easy Again Feb 16, 2018

When I was growing up, watching TV was something even my grandparents had figured out. You picked up the TV remote, and surfed to the channel you wanted to watch. But, times have changed. If you’re like me, you watch most of your TV through Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and a dozen other video apps, and probably have another box, maybe a Roku or Apple TV, with yet another remote control—maybe a remote for your soundbar. I also own a PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

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President’s Day Weekend Gear Sales (2018): Sonos, Bose, Dell, and More Feb 16, 2018

For some folks, President’s Day is a time to honor U.S. presidents of old, like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. For others it’s a much-needed extra day off work. But for tech companies and online retailers, it’s another opportunity to lay out some discounts and rake in some sales. We hope you’re able to enjoy the weekend. If you happen to be in the mood to peruse, we’ve hand-picked some of our favorite tech deals from around the web.

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Chrome Vega Brief Review: For the Unorthodox Professional Feb 16, 2018

When it comes to work bags, I am a ride-or-die backpack person. With a backpack, the weight is carried evenly across your shoulders. Backpacks have a more boxy main compartment, which is useful for carrying oddly-shaped items, like running shoes and my lunch. And they’re usually (but not always!) more affordable.

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The Final, Terrible Voyage of the 'Nautilus' Feb 15, 2018

On May 3, 2008, a sunny Saturday in Copenhagen, a crowd gathered along a dock to watch a 58-foot submarine be lowered into the water. Part art project, part engineering feat, the submarine weighed 40 tons and had been built by volunteers at minimal cost from donated iron and other parts. The onlookers cheered as the submarine floated for the first time.

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Introducing Google AMP Stories, A Whole New Way to Read WIRED Feb 14, 2018

Introducing WIRED articles in an entirely new format: AMP Stories. Read the story This incredible—and terrifying—snowboarding trick has only ever been pulled off by five people. Read the story Get lost in the cosmos with these space photos. Read the story Even the greatest Mount Everest climbers didn't reach the summit by themselves. Meet the unsung heroes of the highest mountain in the world. Read the story Grab some popcorn and get comfy, friends.

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Razer Thresher Headset Review (PS4, Xbox One, PC, Ultimate) Feb 14, 2018

I’ve taken a lot of heavy fire and commanded starships in the last couple of months, and Razer’s flagship Thresher headsets have been my ears and voice throughout it all. Razer has a few different versions of the its best headset. There are $150 wireless versions of Thresher for PS4 and Xbox and Ultimate versions for PS4 and Xbox that come with a special base and stand.

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RHA MA650 Wireless Headphone Review: They Have Amazing Battery Life Feb 13, 2018

Most of the time, it doesn’t pay to try and make something look more expensive than it actually is. Squeak around for the day in a pair of pleather leggings and try to tell me that I’m wrong. But I’m happy when a company can work it, and the RHA MA650s are a great example. From the minute you open the box, the RHA MA650s look, feel, and most importantly, sound like a much more expensive set of headphones.

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Winter Olympics 2018: Why I Love Watching Curling Feb 13, 2018

The first time I watched an Olympic curling match on television, I entertained a thought that is surely shared by everyone who sees the sport for the first time: What the hell am I looking at? It was during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I tuned in to the live feed at the very beginning of a women's medal match. I was intrigued by the grace of the players and how they could effortlessly slide those huge, bulb-like stones down the ice. But everything else about it was confusing.

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Tech Deals: Amazon Kindle, Dell Notebooks, Rocket League Feb 12, 2018

February is the cruelest month, as the poem goes. Oh, no, wait. That's April. February is a great month to be born in if you want to become famous, but the rest of us might find the cold, gray days to be a bit of a bummer. In sum, this is a great time of year to curl up with a hot cocoa in front of a new smart TV. We've rounded up the best weekend deals with the help of our friends at TechBargains. Dell's 10 percent off deals are still going strong.

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Neato Botvac Connected Review: It Can Conquer Domestic Chaos Feb 12, 2018

With robot vacuums, as with everything else in life, you get what you pay for. It boggles the mind, and the wallet, to say that $700 is a reasonable price to pay for great cleaning capabilities and a heretofore unprecedented level of control. And yet, here we are. Cheaper botvacs don’t always have the necessary engineering for a thorough, automated clean. But paying a higher price for a robot that spends most of its time lurking under the couch gives me hives.

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These Bose Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are Half-Off Right Now Feb 09, 2018

Some audiophiles dislike Bose with a passion, and noise cancelling in general. The hate is unwarranted. Here at WIRED, we love these headphones, and it's hard to top Bose QuietComfort series. Bose's noise cancelling technology has come a long way, making the QC series among best headphones for travel or to wear during a noisy commute. Usually, you have to pay about $300 for a set of QuietComfort 25s, but this week Newegg is selling the QC25 series for up to 50 percent off.

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Car Scratch Removal Test: 3M, Turtle Wax, Meguiar's, Quixx Feb 09, 2018

The scratch was small, maybe half an inch long. Hard to even see unless you knew where to look. But once you knew, it was the only thing you could see. It was all I could see, anyway. I had only had the car for two weeks when the scratch appeared. I'd gassed up just once by the time I saw it, right there on the hood. How could it have happened? A mishap at the car wash? A passerby I'd wronged? Some kind of deranged animal? It wasn't from another car or falling debris, that was for sure.

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Tesla Burns More Money Than Ever as Model 3 Production Crawls Along Feb 08, 2018

Just 27 hours after launching a Tesla Roadster into orbit around the sun, Elon Musk has turned his gaze from the red planet to the blue one, where he's trying to get a different sort of project off the ground. “If we can send a Roadster to the asteroid belt, we can probably solve Model 3 production," Musk said on an investors call today. "It’s just a matter of timing.

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Build Your Valentine a Retro Gaming Console With These Deals: Vilros, Dell, Amazon Echo Feb 08, 2018

In all their infinite wisdom, the Romans decided to celebrate Valentine's Day in the dead of winter. Even if that wasn't their original intention, the holiday is a good excuse to stave off the cold, gray doldrums with a new gaming computer. Or maybe a smart home assistant to help you check the forecast? With the help of our friends at TechBargains, we've pulled together a few deals to indulge yourself or someone you love. Dell is currently still offering 10% with the code TENOFF.

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Best 2018 Super Bowl Ads, From Dinklage's Doritos to Sprint's 'Westworld' Moment Feb 07, 2018

What a game, right? Those Patriots. Those Eagles! TRICK PLAYS! That's a Super Bowl for you. And the action continued during the commercial breaks, especially if you were interested in what various companies thought was worth paying upwards of $5 million to parade in front of 110 million people.

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Tom Bihn Brain Bag Review: Store More Stuff Than Mary Poppins Feb 07, 2018

As a WIRED product reviewer, I am surrounded by at least a dozen backpacks at any given time. Most of them are astonishingly beautiful (to someone who likes bags, anyway), made from upcycled materials in eye-catching colors, or with Japanese-inspired architectural lines, or studded with gleaming buckles that parajumpers use on their harnesses.

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First 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Trailer Proves 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Exists Feb 06, 2018

For all the heavy-lifting that goes into making every Star Wars movie—the casting, the elaborate sets, the VFX, the massive international marketing campaigns—it’s amazing any of them get completed. Yet no Star Wars production to date has seemed as fraught as that of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The second standalone movie after Rogue One, the Han Solo prequel/origin story lost its initial directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and saw them replaced by veteran Ron Howard.

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A Nintendo Switch N00b Goes Hands-On With Labo Feb 06, 2018

Back in the bygone era before videogames, “playing” meant screwing around with physical toys—action figures, dolls, bugs, whatever. In my house it mean turning wrapping paper tubes into swords and hitting your father with them. (Sorry, Dad.) When gaming consoles came along, though, play for many kids, myself included, got a lot more sedentary.

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President Trump's State of the Union Speech Tops This Week's Internet News Feb 05, 2018

Before we delve into the darkness of the world this week, let's consider these two tweets from the past seven days that really tell any outside viewer exactly what they need to know about the platform that is Twitter (in addition to the stuff about Nazis and harassment, of course). Oh, social media! So many fascinating characters... But that’s not what you came here for. This is what you came here for.

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Airblaster Freedom and Ninja Suit Review: Like Pajamas for the Slopes Feb 05, 2018

The last time and place you want to hear someone compliment your ski apparel is when you are in the bathroom, fiddling with the butt zip. As I started to examine the zippers in my general crotchal area, I heard someone exclaim, “Sweet onesie!” I looked around and saw another woman giving me a thumbs up. I should’ve gone into a stall first. But such is the attention-grabbing nature of Airblaster.

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Vizio E-Series TV Review: Good 4K TVs Can Be Affordable Feb 02, 2018

I must confess. I don’t yet own a 4K TV. I’ve stared at them for countless hours in the office and at trade shows, but when it comes time to spend my own money, I haven’t pulled the trigger. And why should I? I’m still sitting cozy with a wonderful 2011 60-inch Panasonic Viera plasma HDTV that works beautifully and has some of the best picture quality possible for its resolution. Throughout the years, TV makers have tried hard to get me to upgrade.

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February 2018 Best Tech Deals: Xbox, Dell, Essential Phone, and More Feb 02, 2018

We're a month into the new year, so why are you still using that busted-up old laptop or game console? Valentine's Day is around the corner so it's a perfect time to treat yourself or someone you love to some new tech. Thanks to our friends at TechBargains, we have a handful of solid deals on computers, Xbox Ones, and even the iPad Pro. When we reviewed the Xbox One X last year, we were impressed with its compact footprint and graphics performance.

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OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Review: It Gives Your MacBook Pro 13 Extra Ports Feb 01, 2018

Come with me, back to a simpler time. It's 2015, and Apple's MacBook Pros are on the top of the world. The 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro was one of the best notebooks anyone could ask for. It had everything–USB-A ports, Thunderbolt 2, an SD card slot. Everything was great, until—smash cut to late 2016, when Apple did a major redesign of the entire Pro lineup. Suddenly, USB-C and Thunderbolt were the only ports for charging and input, throwing users into an awkward spot.

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Timex Ironman GPS Review: What Athletes Need, And Nothing More Jan 31, 2018

Full disclosure: Unbeknownst to my editors, I wore a Timex Ironman watch for over a decade. My Timex did everything I needed a watch to do. I wore it traveling, snowboarding, swimming, running, snorkeling and surfing. I could set an alarm, check my pace, and show up when I said I would. It also lit up, so when unexpected noises woke me while camping, I could huddle in my sleeping bag, check the time, and note that the bears had decided to eat us at precisely 1:34 am.

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Ski Gear for Bad Weather: Columbia, Line, POC, Dakine Jan 31, 2018

Some days are crushingly cold and sloppy. Bring the right equipment and you won’t suffer. When the snow is ripping sideways, you’ll need a sturdy shield to block the freeze. Constructed from a composite material with a waterproof exterior and a wicking inner fabric, Columbia’s jacket can keep you going long after your friends have bailed.

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The Cars We'll Be Driving (and Not Driving) in 2018 Jan 30, 2018

January has so far proven to be one of the busiest months for the transportation industry. CES in early January was flooded with car news, including the debut of a new $45,000 electric SUV by a Chinese Tesla competitor called Byton. Then, just days after CES wrapped, we had the Detroit auto show, where America’s largest car-makers trot out their designs for the next year. WIRED transportation editor Alex Davies pays close attention to all of these announcements and developments.

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2018 Ski Gear for Sunny Days: Trew, Faction, Smith, Tecnica Jan 30, 2018

There’s nothing like skiing under dazzling blue skies. Don’t ruin it by dressing for a blizzard. 1. Trew Men’s Wander Jacket A simple wind-blocking shell is all you need in epic weather. The trim cut of this one means it doesn’t feel like you are wearing a tent, and the lightweight construction makes it easy to pack or stuff in a backpack. If wind and clouds suddenly appear, no prob: You’re still protected. $419 2. Faction Dictator 2.

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Gboard Is the Best Keyboard For Most Smartphones Jan 29, 2018

Whether on Android or iOS, you likely already use Google Maps for navigation. You use Gmail for email. You use YouTube to watch videos. And you’re right to do so. You’d be even more right to ditch whatever junk keyboard your smartphone shipped with for Gboard, another Google staple that works like a dream. Lots of Android devices—including the Pixel line of premium phones—already use Gboard by default. It's been widely available to download for a year and a half.

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How to Optimize Your Home for Robot Servants Jan 29, 2018

Robots can walk, talk, run a hotel … and are entirely stumped by a doorknob. Or a mailbox. Or a dirty bathtub—zzzzt, dead. Sure, the SpotMini, a doglike domestic helper from Boston Dynamics, can climb stairs, but it struggles to reliably hand over a can of soda. That’s why some roboticists think the field needs to flip its perspective. “There are two approaches to building robots,” says Maya Cakmak, a researcher at the University of Washington.

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Made In Cookware Pan Set Review: Inexpensive, But Flawed Jan 26, 2018

My sister Gina is a fantastic cook who does not suffer crappy cookware gladly. Her pans are battle-tested All Clads that have been roughed up over the years, but they take the abuse she dishes out with a shrug. Once, though, I noticed damage to a T-Fal pan of hers that wasn't up to the task; the bottom of the pan had a bit of a dome shape to it, meaning hot oil within the pan pooled around the outer rim but did not cover the higher center.

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Best Super Bowl Home and TV Deals for 2018: LG, Vizio, Sonos, Roku, Crock Pots Jan 26, 2018

The Super Bowl is upon us, and this year we get to watch The New England Patriots face off against the Philadelphia Eagles. If that sounds familiar, it’s because they both faced off in the 2005 Super Bowl. The Patriots won then, but that doesn’t mean they’ll win again. With fans so dedicated that they’ll climb up Crisco’d light poles to celebrate, Philly may just have the spirit to overcome. The big game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 4 on NBC.

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Freemie Liberty Review: The Breast Pump, Reimagined Jan 25, 2018

The worst part of breast pumping? The logistics. Ask any working, breastfeeding mom and she'll describe the hassle of finding a private room, disrobing, and hooking up to a machine to pump every three to four hours. And then, after she's sat there for 20 minutes, she still needs to store the milk, wash everything, and put it all away. As an ER doctor and mom of preemie twins, Stella Dao had to pump four to six times a day. She had a big incentive to improve the existing technology.

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Review: HTC U11 Life (Unlocked, T-Mobile) Jan 25, 2018

Let’s face it. Phones cost too much money. Yes, the $1,000 iPhone X is awesome, but for those who don’t need to keep a status symbol in their pocket, $350 feels much more reasonable, and that’s what the HTC U11 Life offers. You can buy two or three of these for the price of a top-tier Android phone, like the Pixel 2, and that’s the point. It’s an unabashed value version of HTC’s fancier U11.

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Remembering Ursula Le Guin, Imaginer of Difficult Worlds Jan 24, 2018

Ursula Le Guin imagined the future for a living, but her most prescient statement may have come in a speech. "I think hard times are coming," the writer said at the National Book Awards in November 2014, "when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, and can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine some real grounds for hope." Three years and change.

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The Physics of Why Bigger Drones Can Fly Longer Jan 24, 2018

You can get a drone in a wide range of sizes. Some of them fit in your palm (like the Syma X20) while others are quite large. But have you noticed anything about the flying time? Many of the super small drones have flight times that are less than five minutes. The larger drones (like the DJI Phantom 4) have a maximum flight time of closer to a half hour.

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Riding a Wild Wind, a Norwegian 787 Breaks a Speed Record Jan 23, 2018

When Randal Miles woke up from a nap during his flight from Paris to Los Angeles last week, he opened the interactive map on his seat-back screen to see how much longer he'd be in the air. But the number that caught his eye was the jet's speed. The Norwegian jet was flying at 770 mph—about 200 mph faster than its standard cruising velocity. “I thought, ‘Damn, this thing is hauling ass,’” Miles says. “I thought I was either sleepy or it was reading wrong.

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How to Pre-Order Both of Nintendo's Labo Kits Jan 23, 2018

Nintendo has sold a lot of Switches in the last year thanks to the console's unique ability to play games on a TV and on the go, but also thanks to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Though they came from 30+ year-old franchises, both games helped millions fall in love with them all over again. In 2018, Nintendo is setting its sights in a direction it hasn't aimed at before: the do-it yourself crowd.

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Does Sony's LF-S50G Speaker Actually Respond To Gestures? Not Really Jan 22, 2018

Growing up, my black and faux woodgrain GE Digital Alarm Clock Radio was essential. I trusted it to tell me the time and make sure I wake up each and every morning—regardless of how many times I pressed its 9 minute snooze. Time has not been kind to that, now-vintage alarm clock. Somehow, it still does what it was designed to do, but in the last decade, my phone has taken all of its responsibilities. It now sits under my nightstand, wrapped in its own power cord like a straitjacket.

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The Away Carry-On Suitcase Would Be Great Even If It Weren't Smart Jan 22, 2018

In the crowded Las Vegas airport on my way home from CES 2018, I wedged myself into an empty spot of wall next to an outlet. The outlet didn’t work. For a half-hour, I watched people wander up hopefully, charging block in hand, try it, and shuffle away, defeated. “It doesn’t work,” I said. “Sorry, it doesn’t work,” I’d say again. Over and over and over.

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Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the *Multiplicity* Jan 19, 2018

For a species that’s conquered Earth and traveled through space and invented the Slapchop, we humans sure are insecure when it comes to technology. Our greatest fear: the singularity, when the abilities of AI and robots surpass those of humans, growing so advanced that civilization is forced to reboot as humanity spirals into existential dread. Or worse, the machines turn us into batteries, à la The Matrix.

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Tasty One Top Review: Jan 19, 2018

My test kitchen tends to be a pretty happy place to work. Case in point? I got to make fried chicken the other day. For it, I put the bird parts in a salty buttermilk bath for the afternoon, then cooked them using the brand new One Top from Tasty. I'd tell you more about that first batch of chicken, but in the frenzy, my notes were obliterated by hot sauce and the grease on my fingers.

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Nintendo Labo: Price, Details, Release Date Jan 18, 2018

Suffice to say the Nintendo Switch is a hit beyond what anyone could have expected. The versatile, modular console sold more than 10 million units in its first 10 months, and became the fastest-selling console in US history. That's all the more impressive given Switches were nearly impossible to find in the console's early months, as Nintendo (like everyone else) seriously underestimated its appeal. For Nintendo, then, 2018 becomes a year of doubling down.

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Ford Is Finally Getting Serious About Making Electric Cars Jan 18, 2018

A Mustang and an Explorer wheel into a Detroit factory. This is not, tragically, the beginning of a joke. Rather, it’s a new (and weirdly ‘80s themed?) Ford promo video. Lightning flashes, synthesizers synthesize, and we behold the carmaker's next great machine, to debut in 2020: an all-electric SUV, good for 300 miles of driving between charges, called the Mach 1. Well, we behold a glowing sign that reads "Mach 1"—Ford has yet to debut the car, even as a concept or prototype.

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Nissan's Brain Wave Project Could Help You Drive by Reading Your Mind Jan 17, 2018

As I sit down in Nissan’s simulator, I prepare myself for the fact that a cohort of researchers could scrutinize my skills as a wheelman with more rigor than the most aggravating backseat driver. And, I accept that this process involves wearing what looks like a too-small, sideways bicycle helmet, which holds 11 electrodes poking through my hair.

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Now On Nintendo Switch, 'Furi' Embraces The Power of a Good Boss Fight Jan 17, 2018

First released last year for a bevy of other platforms, Furi is all boss fights. With pounding synth-heavy music and a visual style riffing off of anime and cyberpunk, it's an unending stream of big-bad showdowns, the sort of challenging, mano a mano fights usually served up as level or quest climaxes in other games.

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Kylo's Shirtless Look Is a Problem for Star Wars Cosplayers Jan 16, 2018

One might think that rumors out of the galaxy far, far away would subside once Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theaters. One would be wrong. Even as director Rian Johnson's film continues to get headlines for its costume choices, box office hauls, and lost scenes, gossip about the future of the franchise was spreading throughout the internet. Just what's going on with the next film coming out of the Star Wars universe? Read on.

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Trump's 'Shithole Countries' Comment Tops This Week's Internet News Jan 16, 2018

Last week Facebook decided that maybe it should make some changes to the information people see on the platform; also, a lot of people got very interested in the pay discrepancies between Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams. But, beyond that, it was also a week where everyone learned that a school kid could play the Cantina Band song from Star Wars with a pencil. Yes, it was yet another strange, wonderful week on the internet. But what else happened? Here we go.

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6 GoPro Tips For Skiing and Snowboarding Shots Jan 16, 2018

Get great results from your action cam as you capture your heroics ... and your epic bails. When to Slo-Mo The GoPro Hero6 can shoot 1080p video at 240 frames per second—meaning that when you slow it down 10X, it looks amazing. But hitting the brakes doesn’t work for everything. Slo-mo is garbage for point-of-view angles. Save it for when you’re shooting video of your friends—place the camera at ground level to film a trick—or when you’re (sigh) using a selfie stick.

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CES 2018: Screen Tech from LG, Samsung Shows Us TV’s Future Jan 15, 2018

CES is still a TV conference. Even as the tech industry experiments with augmented reality, self-driving cars, and the outer limits of what you can embed in a refrigerator, everything in Vegas still revolves around the big screen. The 2018 crop mostly marches along the same path manufacturers have been following for decades: Everything's a little bigger and sharper, and there are new inscrutable acronyms everywhere you look. All in the hopes this is the year you finally spring for a new set.

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Please Do Not Assault the Towering Robot That Roams Walmart Jan 12, 2018

If you think shopping is tedious, try juggling 200,000 products in a Walmart. Not literally, of course, but somehow keeping the shelves stocked over an area of tens of thousands of square feet. For that you need a worker with a barcode scanner and an enviable amount of patience. Or you could unleash a hard-working robot from a company called Bossa Nova. At over six feet tall, it roams the aisles, blasting shelves with light and snapping photos.

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Moog Music Drummer From Another Mother (DFAM): Price, Specs, Release Date Jan 12, 2018

The folks at Moog Music aren't content just making ridiculously fun synthesizers, iPad apps, and effects boxes for creative musicians. The company now is dipping into percussion—it's newest product, announced today, is a drum machine called the Drummer From Another Mother. Well, hang on. It's not exactly a drum machine. It's a monophonic, semi-modular, analog percussion synthesizer.

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CES 2018: New Chips From Qualcomm Point to the Future of Computing Jan 11, 2018

Nakul Duggal, Qualcomm's vice president of product management, sticks his head into a Cadillac SUV and points up at a gaping rectangular hole in the ceiling. A hole in this ceiling is hardly remarkable: the whole car looks like a bomb went off inside. Seats face the wrong direction, and wires dangle from places you didn't even know there were wires. A few feet away, two more cars—a Ford and a Maserati—sit in roughly the same condition.

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Trump's Nuclear Button Tweet Tops This Week's Internet News Jan 11, 2018

Happy New Year, dear readers. It’s comforting—no, wait, what’s opposite of comforting?—to see that, despite still being able to laugh at Oregonians and gas problems and accidental movie reference mix-ups in news reports, 2018 actually got off to a terrifyingly fast start. Even though we took a week off for the holidays, everything you’re about to read has happened in the past seven days.

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Softwear: How Outlier, the Underground Fashion Label for Nerds, Got Cool Jan 10, 2018

It’s 12:21 pm on a Tuesday, and the new coat from Outlier is going live. For the obsessed fans of this technically minded menswear house, Tuesday drops are always a big deal. This one is bigger than most. The Shelter From the Storm is Outlier’s first breathable waterproof shell. That’s the kind of thing that, if you care about it, you care about it a lot.

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Google's VR180 Cameras Are the Future of Point-and-Shoot Jan 10, 2018

Just about everyone agrees virtual and augmented reality are going to be important. The tech already sort of works, and will get better quickly from here. Gadgets offering the ability to truly feel as if you've been transported to another place, or to superimpose the digital world on the real one, will be transformative. Somehow. Eventually. For some reason. No one knows exactly what AR and VR will be good for, or when. They just know it's coming.

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'Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy': The Guy Who Made 'QWOP' Is Back To Infuriate You All Over Again Jan 09, 2018

From its title to its premise, Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy reads as a dark joke. Whether that a joke includes you or not, though, is impossible to say. It's true that the PC game is uproariously, darkly funny. It has a simple aim: climb this mountain. The only problem is that your character is a man stuck inside a pot, his only climbing implement a hammer he can swing.

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CES 2018 Trends: What to Expect From the Huge Consumer Tech Show Jan 09, 2018

At the world's biggest gadget show, everything is always amazing. Every year, more than a hundred thousand CES attendees pour into Las Vegas to convince each other and the world that everything before was crap and everything to come will change that. They go to see the biggest and thinnest new TVs, the fastest and lightest new laptops, the headphones and the phone cases and the drones and the refrigerators.

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Freak Out Your Dogs with Nest's New Security Cameras Jan 08, 2018

Shortly after we installed the Nest home security cameras, my spouse arrived home from work scowling. He opened the Nest app and started scrolling through the day’s footage. “What’s going on?” I asked, certain that a package had been stolen or some other grave injustice had been done. “Did those [unprintables] forget to pick up the garbage?” he asked.

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Aurora Innovation Hooks Up With Volkswagen and Hyundai, Tesla Production Delays, Mapzen Shutdown, and More Car News Jan 08, 2018

Every human who gets down with the Gregorian calendar can celebrate New Year’s Day, that rare 24-hour stretch when soldiering through a hangover is expected, and precious little work gets done. Too bad that this year, they only got one day before it was back to work. Good thing WIRED's transportation team was here to cover it all. Jack provided context for Tesla’s (disappointing, but unsurprising) new production numbers.

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McLaren's New 570S Spider Supercar Adds Practicality to Luxury Jan 05, 2018

McLaren built its reputation on high-tech, high-spec, top priced racing cars. Borrowing engineering acumen from its (historically great, currently weak) Formula One team, the British company has produced some truly wondrous road cars, starting with the three-seater F1 in the nineties—the world's fastest production car for a decade—up to the all-new, million-dollar Senna, with a 789-horsepower engine in a vehicle that weighs just 2,461 pounds. But McLaren has larger aspirations.

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An American City’s Guide for Surviving the New World of Transportation Jan 05, 2018

Last year was the first one in a while that made Americans stop, pause, and ask themselves if they could survive the end of the world. Whether you're a Silicon Valley billionaire or a regular schmo making minimum wage, it's worth considering a bug out bag in 2018—some insurance against the apocalypse. If you're an entire American city, however, your prepper sack needs more than batteries and a good knife. Things are shifting quickly in the world of urban mobility.

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Tesla Delays Its Model 3 Production Goals—Again Jan 04, 2018

UPDATE: On Wednesday, January 3, Tesla revealed it has pushed back its production targets for the Model 3 sedan, yet again. In its latest Vehicle Production and Deliveries report, Tesla says it is focussing on quality and efficiency, rather than just pushing for the max volume in the shortest time, and so is aiming for a production speed of 2,500 Model 3s per week by March, and double that by the end of June.

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GoRuck’s GR1 Backpack Answers the Call of Duty—for a Steep Price Jan 04, 2018

In bag-loving circles, GoRuck’s origin story has become the stuff of legend. In 2008, founder Jason McCarthy left the Special Forces, had his heart broken, and out of the rubble of his life built a bag based on his experiences overseas that could tackle both urban commutes and battles against insurgents. Their flagship bag is the GR1, which I have been using as my everyday bag for the past two weeks.

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Inside DC’s Controversial 'Watchmen' and Justice League Crossover Jan 03, 2018

Three decades after Watchmen's release, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' dark, cerebral graphic novel remains one of most critically celebrated works of the superhero genre. On the commercial side, the comics world of the Justice League (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) contains some of the most well-known superhero stories of all time.

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2017's Best Moments in Music, From Cardi B to Lady Gaga Jan 03, 2018

If Baby Driver taught folks anything this year, it's that finding just the right song at just the right moment is like kismet. You can't predict it, but when it happens you have to let it wash over you. Typically these jolts of joy occur to individuals listening alone, but every so often they happen to the public at large.

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How Snapchat's Dancing Hot Dog Taught the Internet to Love AR Jan 02, 2018

The first sighting of the dancing hot dog in the wild happened in June. By the Fourth of July, it had made its way around the world, breakdancing at bars and barbecues, at weddings and bar mitzvahs. It turned otherwise banal videos of the grocery store into cinematic masterpieces starring the hot dog, surmounting the refrigerated Oscar Mayers like a pile of carnage.

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The Most-read WIRED Culture Stories of 2017 Jan 02, 2018

Earlier this year, WIRED published a story that asked a question that seemed to encapsulate internet culture in 2017: What does 'covfefe' mean? The nonsense term was tweeted out by President Donald Trump, and the internet went into a fit trying to define it. As WIRED culture writer Angela Watercutter wrote, "Nearly every great meme starts with an obscure word, hashtag, or image that is then granted humor based on what the internet does with it.

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Review: iRobot Roomba 980 Jan 01, 2018

The most annoying part of vacuuming is the prep work. If you want to avoid making thousands of little tiny passes with an awkward push vacuum, you have to invest a significant amount of time picking up and putting away toys, cleaning up clothes, and moving furniture. Unfortunately, many robot vacuums do not offer significant improvements in this regard. Their instruction manuals warn you to tidy up beforehand if you don’t want the botvac to get stuck.

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Meal Kits Have a Packaging Problem Jan 01, 2018

Recently, someone asked me if I thought people were cooking at home less frequently than they used to. I bristled at the query, probably because I was worried that it might be true.

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Before Self-Driving Cars Become Real, They Face These Challenges Dec 29, 2017

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5 Tips and Tricks For Using Your Amazon Kids Tablet Dec 29, 2017

Handing your child a teddy bear with an embedded camera is a bad idea. But a kid-friendly tablet, with carefully curated content under direct parental supervision, is another thing altogether. Our recommended tablet for kids is the Amazon Fire HD 8 for Kids, which we reviewed earlier this year. Its parental controls and rugged design make it ideal for your tot, but there are five things you should look for when you set up your Amazon Fire for Kids device for the first time.

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The Most-Read WIRED Transportation Stories of 2017 Dec 28, 2017

When I worked at Texas Monthly magazine, there was no surer way to capture a reader's attention than to put Willie Nelson on the cover or in the headline. It seems WIRED's version of the Red-Headed Stranger is one Elon Musk. This year, the Tesla CEO (probably better known as a hat salesman) finally launched the car company's Model 3 and unveiled an electric big rig to much fanfare—and to much interest of the WIRED audience. But it wasn't just Tesla dominating the headlines.

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The Best Movies You Missed in 2017, From 'The Big Sick' to 'The Florida Project' Dec 28, 2017

Every year more movies hit theaters than any sane person could ever hope to try to see. Yet we here at WIRED are crazy enough to try to see as many as we can. And in the process we often catch films that might fall under the radar (or just get overlooked in lieu of a second, or third, viewing of Thor: Ragnarok or Star Wars: The Last Jedi).

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Just Ask Amazon: Streaming Football Games Is Way Harder Than It Looks Dec 28, 2017

In an NFL game, every big play is a content earthquake. The moment Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones catches a touchdown by ripping the ball out of a hapless defender's hands, the effects ripple far and wide. Somebody in the stands with a good view uploads their video to Instagram. Fantasy scores and online gamecasts update. Twitter goes nuts. Friends text "DID YOU SEE THAT" with a bunch of wide-eye emoji.

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2017 Is the Year the Home Button Died. Soon, You Won’t Miss It Dec 27, 2017

The most convincing lie Steve Jobs ever told was "you already know how to use it." For years, Apple crowed about its ability to build gadgets that were so simple and obvious, they were practically ingrained—as if you could emerge from decades of cryogenic freeze and instinctively understand how to 3D-Touch the camera app icon and snap a selfie. Need proof? Just look at this adorable video of a two-year old, already playing games on her iPad! That notion, of course, is false.

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2018 Is the Year Electric Cars Really Catch On Dec 27, 2017

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Review: Ecobee4 Thermostat Dec 26, 2017

It’s impossible to write a review of any smart thermostat without addressing the elephant in the room—the Nest thermostat. As WIRED’s David Pierce has said, the Nest has been the gateway to smart thermostat ownership for millions. It was my family's first smart thermostat. When the Nest first came out, we installed it, downloaded the app, and rubbed our hands together gleefully.

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Mafia Deep Blue Bag Review: A Lightweight Hiking Bag With a Conscience Dec 25, 2017

The San Francisco company Mafia Bags has been making beautiful and functional bags out of recycled materials for years. The brand's trademark medium is sailcloth, the remnants of spent boating sails and kites that would otherwise end up in the trash. Last month, Mafia teamed up with Adam Savage to make the EDC One, an all-white sailcloth utility bag. Now, the company has teamed with noted designer Yves Béhar to make a backpack called the Deep Blue Bag.

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A new Jeep Wrangler, VW’s electric hippie bus, Uber’s never-ending legal hole, and more car news Dec 25, 2017

‘Tis the season to pause and take stock. Have you been nice to the cars in your life? The automotive suppliers? The Uber drivers? How about the family? If you’ve got some making up to do, Jack Stewart has you covered, with seven last-minute gift ideas for the auto lover in your life. Speaking of folks who probably owe some sorrys: Uber capped off its year of suck with the release of a potentially key piece of evidence in its ongoing lawsuit with Waymo.

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Star Wars News: Did You Catch the 'Rogue One' Easter Egg in 'The Last Jedi'? Dec 22, 2017

Yes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is in theaters and that’s all you really need to know. Well, that and the fact that it made a lot of money and has been surprisingly divisive amongst fans. (Maybe.) Now you're all caught up. Let’s just get on with things, shall we? The Source: The cinemas around the world Probability of Accuracy: Entirely on point. The Real Deal: Turns out, a lot of people wanted to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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The Tech That's Going to Make Air Travel Less Awful Dec 22, 2017

You have to be a hardcore avgeek to enjoy flying these days. People shuffling from one line to the next, shoes off, laptops out, passports checked, power failures, where’s the bar? But airlines, airport operators, and security staff, are turning to tech to ease the pain. Here are some of the latest airport innovations to look out for.

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How YouTube Became the World's Best Film School Dec 21, 2017

All Michael Tucker wanted was to learn how to be a better writer. Film school had given him a solid background in film theory and plenty of directing experience, but when he moved to Los Angeles a couple of years after graduation, Tucker decided his weakest asset was his screenwriting. "If I want to be serious and get to the next level," he told himself, "I need to have a script that is good.

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Review: Suga Yoga Mat Dec 21, 2017

I love the smell of neoprene in the morning, and that’s not just an Apocalypse Now reference. It’s the truth. If you've ever surfed, the smells of neoprene, wax, and salt water all have powerful memories attached to them. It’s just too bad that neoprene, as a material, is terrible for the environment. It’s made from petrochemicals in a process that is extremely energy-intensive, and it doesn’t ever break down.

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The Shapa Smart Scale Never Tells You How Much You Weigh Dec 20, 2017

The scale of the future does not have numbers or dials. It does not tweet out your body fat percentage, nor does it calculate how much water you're currently retaining. The scale of the future will not scream at you when you’ve come home after a long night of drinking and ordered an entire pizza, fully loaded, to eat by yourself. It knows when you’ve done this, of course. It just doesn’t tell you. The scale of the future won't even tell you how much you weigh.

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi': We Need to Talk About The Big Controversy Dec 20, 2017

Another December, another massive opening for a Star Wars movie—this time to the tune of $450 million worldwide. That alone isn't really surprising; Star Wars fans tend to be the See It Opening Weekend type. What is surprising, though, is how divisive the film turned out to be. (Star Wars fans also tend to be the Argue About Changes to Their Fave Franchise type, too, apparently.

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Q&A: Writer-Director Rian Johnson on the Future of the Franchise Dec 19, 2017

Whether you loved it or hated it (most people liked it), everyone can agree there's a lot to unpack in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It's 2 hours and 35 minutes of drama, space fights, switched sides, and creatures—at least one of which Mark Hamill drinks from. That's kind of a lot. But don't say Rian Johnson never gave you anything. And really, fans should expect nothing less from him.

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Amazon Echo Spot Review: Bring Alexa Into Your Bedroom Dec 19, 2017

Last week, I spent two days holed up in a drab Sheraton hotel just outside of downtown San Diego. My only company came from Alexa, in the form of Amazon's new Echo Spot. This is the company's newest Echo device, yet another way to bring Alexa inside your house. It's also the second Echo with a screen and a camera, after the Echo Show. The Spot is a similar thing, only a lot smaller and a lot better-looking.

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Google Home Max Review: A Bigger (and Louder) Smart-Home Speaker Dec 18, 2017

I know there's one big reason you're reading this review, so I'll get right to it: The Google Home Max sounds just fantastic. It's a big speaker, powerful and dramatic. It's deep and weighty on the bottom, clear everywhere else, and well-rounded overall. It's voice is better than I expected, and also much louder. As much as I wanted to turn it up while I was testing it, I kept nervously nudging the volume down because it puts out such a wallop.

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Review: August Smart Lock Pro + Connect Dec 18, 2017

The best smart home gadgets are the ones that you can set and forget: A scheduled robot vacuum comes in the night and picks up all your crumbs while you’re sleeping, like a magical crumb fairy. A microwave’s internal sensors defrost a hunk of frozen pork without scorching. To wit: A great device is one that lets you be as stupid as you want. Here’s how effective the August Smart Lock Pro is: I keep forgetting my car keys.

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How Ford Build a New Kind of Engine for Its GT Supercar Dec 15, 2017

When the Ford GT won its class in the famously grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race last year, it wasn't just a celebration for the team which developed the all new supercar. It was a relief. The victory in the GTE Pro class came 50 years after Ford's historic 1966 win with the GT40, when the American automaker proved (mostly to spite Ferrari) that it could dominate the track in Europe as well as the US.

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Patagonia Going After President Trump Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup Dec 15, 2017

Who can even manage to get into the holiday spirit considering the whirlwind week that just passed? Not only was Southern California on fire, but several politicians resigned amidst sexual harassment claims while others continued to run for office despite facing their own sexual abuse allegations. Yes, time continued to speed up last week, but what else happened? Just a few small things. Keep reading. What Happened: The President of the United States wants Americans to own America.

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Virginia's I-66 Toll Road Really Should Be the Future of Driving Dec 14, 2017

There are plenty of reasons for outrage coming out of Washington, DC, these days, but this week the divided region found a common enemy. The express lanes on Interstate 66 near DC, previously reserved for vehicles carrying two or more people, opened up to solo travelers. Except those single-occupancy vehicles have to pay a toll, one that fluctuates according to demand. The world watched, aghast, as tolling prices hit $40 for folks headed into the capital on Tuesday morning.

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As the Southern California Fires Rage, a Boeing 747 Joins the Fight Dec 14, 2017

The largest and most destructive fire burning in California continues to grow, consuming dry brush as it races not just through but across the canyons north of Los Angeles. Strong winds and dry conditions mean flames can leap large distances, prompting thousands to evacuate their homes. The Thomas Fire has now spread from Ventura County into Santa Barbara County, burning up 230,000 acres—an area larger than New York City and Boston combined.

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Review: Vasque Trailbender II Trailrunning Shoes Dec 13, 2017

If you’re getting bored with pounding out the miles on a treadmill or a track, or if you’re anticipating a crowded gym once everyone makes their New Year’s resolutions, you should try trail running. It’s recreational hiking at high velocity. You get fresh air, scenic views, and a great workout, all in one.

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Twitter's Newest Feature: Multi-Tweet Threads Dec 13, 2017

Everybody loves a good #thread. You know the type: those long strings of related messages designed to tell a story or make a point that can't be expressed in a single tweet. They used to be called tweetstorms; now they're just threads. The Trump era has spawned many threads, and you can find good ones on everything from Starbucks zombies to Olive Garden fights to the deeply personal ramifications of health-care policy.

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I Can't Stop Drinking Coffee Out of This Temperature-Regulating Mug Dec 12, 2017

My daily coffee routine goes something like this: I arrive at the office, drop my bag next to my desk, grab my mug, and head to the kitchen. I fill it to the brim with the delicious Stumptown brews WIRED provides and bring it back to my desk. Then begins a careful countdown: I have to wait a few minutes for the joe to cool, then drink it as fast as possible before it gets cold.

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Jaron Lanier Q&A: VR Visionary and Author of 'Dawn of the New Everything' Dec 12, 2017

Jaron Lanier may not have sired the term virtual reality—that honor generally goes to French playwright Antonin Artaud in 1938—but he’s one hell of a father figure. As the founder of legendary VR company VPL Research, he both popularized the term and helped create most of the enduring icons of early VR, from The Lawnmower Man’s snazzy headset and gear to the ill-fated Nintendo Power Glove.

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Review: Neato Botvac D5 Connected Dec 12, 2017

It is hard not to anthropomorphize robot vacuums. They live in your house. Some work with focused intensity, zipping back and forth; others bounce haphazardly from wall to wall. Some are loud, others quiet. Some will even bombard you with text messages while you’re at work. As I watched the Neato Botvac D5 Connected climb determinedly into a dog food bowl, the comparison that came most readily to mind was Lenny from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

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Bose QC35 Review, Price, and Specs Dec 11, 2017

I take sick joy in flying. Most people hate air travel. I get it—the atrocious lines, the cramped seating, the overpriced gum at Hudson News. I endure it because it provides many hours of blissful me time. I devour podcasts. Kindle books. Magazines. Entire Pink Floyd albums. I might even chat with my wife a little. (I never, ever, pay for Wi-Fi. It always sucks and it makes me think about work.) I absolutely love it. Headphones are a big (really big) part of this narcissistic orgy of self.

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Jaguar Challenges Tesla, a Corvette Shoots Fire, and More This Week in the Future of Cars Dec 11, 2017

If you want to cheap out on a new shirt—you’re heading, say, to Target instead of Bergdorf Goodman—you probably expect to get a totally fine piece of cloth to hang on your back, and won't get too upset when it inevitably falls apart. The same, tragically, does not apply to American roads. If you don’t pay what the street is worth, the street is going to be bad, for everyone: potholed, packed with traffic, smoggy, poorly monitored by law enforcement.

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Megabreaches Happen. Here's How to Protect Yourself When They Do Dec 08, 2017

At this point, it's safe to assume that everyone's been affected by one megabreach or another. But when the next Equifax debacle happens, know that there's plenty you can do to help dampen the fallout. When a big company that has your personal information—like passwords or credit card numbers—gets hacked, it means, in a way, that you got hacked too.

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Bolt Threads' New Hat Shows the Promise of Synthetic Spider Silk Dec 08, 2017

A hat made from Rambouillet wool is a perfectly nice hat. The fiber, shorn from a Rambouillet sheep, is fine and soft. Not at all scratchy. “They call it the American merino,” says Dan Widmaier, the founder of Bolt Threads, a biotech company that grows synthetic spider silk from yeast. Earlier this year, Bolt bought Best Made Company, a high-design outdoor brand that makes hand painted axes and fancy toolboxes.

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How Two Guys and an Internet Forum Built a Kickass Computer Dec 07, 2017

The China trip was only supposed to last 10 days. For Konstantinos Karatsevidis, the 23-year-old CEO of a new gadget maker called Eve, it was just a quick check-in to make sure production was rolling smoothly on his latest product.

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Qualcomm Is Building Awesome Windows PCs Out of Smartphone Parts Dec 06, 2017

There was a time when every gadget did something completely different. Your phone was fast and lasted three days in your pocket, but it could only do a few things. Your computer was massively capable, but so big you couldn't lug it anywhere. Everything had a purpose, and they rarely overlapped. But now? Now it's different. You can watch movies, play games, and do Very Serious Work on any number of devices—phone, laptop, tablet—and in lots of different places.

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If Quentin Tarantino Makes a 'Star Trek' Movie, It's Gonna Need a Few Things Dec 06, 2017

Look, the news is hardly ever “normal” anymore. If we all got a CNN alert in the middle of the night that militarized guppies had taken over the southern tip of Florida, it probably wouldn’t even warrant sitting up in bed. That said, hearing that Quentin Tarantino has reportedly successfully pitched a new Star Trek movie that J.J. Abrams might produce is still a record-skip, halt-the-dancefloor moment.

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Eagles vs. Seahawks: Why Russell Wilson's Forward Pass Looks Backwards Dec 05, 2017

During Sunday's NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson makes a pretty nice move. After taking the ball and running with it, he makes a quick pitch off to the side while faking out the defender. Looks pretty cool, but it probably wasn't legal. In the NFL, you can only toss the ball backwards once you cross the line of scrimmage. This should have been a penalty for an illegal forward pass, but it looks like he got away with it.

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Star Wars News: Rey May Break the Force's Status Quo Dec 05, 2017

As the release date for Star Wars: The Last Jedi approaches at ludicrous speed, stories on the creation of the movie—and teases about what might happen in it, or even after it—are beginning to pile up on all sides of the information superhighway. Don't know what to listen to or who to believe? Dear friends, just trust in the Force and keep reading.

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San Francisco Plan to Adjust Parking Prices Based on Demand Dec 04, 2017

Let’s say you have to run an errand, a small-ish one. You’re stopping by your doctor’s office to pick up a prescription; you gotta return a regretted online purchase at the post office. How do you get there? A bunch of tiny factors contribute to your decision, but if you have a car one of the biggest is probably: Can I park? Thousands, maybe millions of people in your city are making small choices like yours every day.

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This Week’s Car News: General Motors’ Self-Driving Car, a New Nissan Infiniti, the Uber-Waymo Trial, and More Dec 04, 2017

In the rearview mirror, innovation tends to look smooth, a clean progression from there to here. Living through that change is bit more herky-jerky. This week, I got a ride in General Motors’ self-driving car as it slowly made its way through San Francisco’s chaotic streets—with plenty of stops and starts.

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Tesla Wannabe Lucid Takes on the Auto Industry With a Stunning Electric Sedan Dec 01, 2017

While the world's most famous automakers were pulling the covers off their latest, shiniest offerings at the Los Angeles Auto Show, a dark gray sedan circled the convention center, almost silently. Riding on 21-inch wheels, the Lucid Air cuts a muscular stance, its door handles flush with the body of the car, one thin bar of light bars stretching across its front, another along the slightly boxy rear. Fully electric, it offers a tempting vision of the future.

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Converse Urban Utility Uses Gore-Tex to Keep the Water Out Dec 01, 2017

The rain is drenching Darryl "Curtains" Jackson. It's coming down in sheets from a machine overhead that's been programmed to dump water droplets at the rate of 3.25 inches an hour. "This is a nice, steady rain," he says, as drops fall from the ceiling and drain into the grated floor below.

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Veer Cruiser Review: It Carries Your Kids in Comfort, Off-Road and On Nov 30, 2017

Academics and researchers in relationships often face what is known as “the two-body problem,” in which they struggle to find positions for both people at either the same institution, or institutions that are close to each other. I also have a two-body problem, except neither of the bodies is mine. The bodies belong to my toddler and my infant, and the options for transporting both at the same time, as well as all of their ever-multiplying stuff, are limited.

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An Otherworldly Dive Into a Mexican Sinkhole Nov 30, 2017

For British photographer Tom St. George, diving is escape. But when he plunged into this underwater cave in Tulum, Mexico last month, he found himself on another planet entirely. Runoff stained with tannins from the forest had dyed the normally clear water a surreal, Martian shade of red. "It really did feel like being in outer space," he says The cave he visited is the Aktun Ha cenote, a submerged sinkhole people also call the "carwash" because taxi drivers once scrubbed their cabs there.

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My Herky-Jerky Ride in General Motors' Ultra-Cautious Self Driving Car Nov 29, 2017

Nothing will make you hate humans—capricious, volatile, unplanned, erratic humans—like sitting in the back of self-driving car. When I hitched a ride in one, a white and orange General Motors Cruise autonomous vehicle during a press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, every movement was a cause for alarm. Two walkers darted out in front of the car during my roughly 20-minute, 3-mile ride, blissfully ignorant that they were trusting their lives to a piece of software.

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Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is The Browser Built for 2017 Nov 28, 2017

It's been years since I gave a second thought to my web browser. Safari's fine, Microsoft Edge is whatever, I think Opera still exists? None have ever offered much reason to switch away from Chrome, Google's fast, simple web tool. I'm not the only one who feels this way, either: Chrome commands nearly 60 percent of the browser market, and is more than four times as popular as the second-place finisher, Firefox. Chrome won the browser wars.

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Email Is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It? Nov 28, 2017

Let's start this story at the end: You can't kill email. Attempting to do so is a decades-long tradition of the tech industry, a cliché right up there with "Uber, but for" and "The Netflix of X." AOL Instant Messenger tried to kill email. So did MySpace. Then Facebook took up the mantle, followed by Slack and Symphony and WhatsApp and HipChat. Through it all, email persists—always dying, never dead. Except email isn't dying. There are 3.

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How to Customize Your Android Phone Nov 27, 2017

You can live a perfectly delightful mobile existence using an Android phone without tweaking a single setting. But where's the fun in that? Especially when a handful of downloads and a few minutes of tinkering can turn, say, your Galaxy S8 from a TouchWiz minefield into a digital zen garden. This has always been true. And if you're an Android power user, if you've installed a custom ROM (or even know what that means), this guide is not for you.

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Tesla's New Truck, New Roadster, New Lawsuits, and More in the Future of Cars Nov 27, 2017

Here at WIRED Transportation, we love a good, fast car: nimble, corner-hugging, fast as hell, shiny as all get out. This week was not supposed to be about those. We were ready to go all in on trucks, the lumbering elephants of the highway animal kingdom. There was, of course, last night’s glitzy Tesla Semi reveal—our own Alex Davies jetted down to the Tesla Design Studio in LA County to spend some time with the ultra-powerful, four-motor beast, which gets 500 miles per charge.

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Why Can't America Have a Single, Interoperable Tolling System? Because Bureaucracy Nov 24, 2017

In a perfect world, the electronic tolling infrastructure in the United States would be Mastercard seamless: Any transponder would get you through any toll plaza, debiting your account as you breeze across bridges and through tunnels with interstate abandon. But you can't. You should be able to though: In 2012 Congress passed a law requiring the nation's various electronic tolling authorities to come together and make their systems interoperable by October 2016.

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What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data—And How to Delete It Nov 24, 2017

Amazon Echo and Google Home—and other devices that have Alexa and Google Assistant built in—are some of the most promising new technologies to come along in years. And they’re genuinely useful to have around, whether it’s to settle a bet or help out with a recipe. But it can also feel a little creepy to have a speaker in your house that’s always listening. What exactly is it doing with that info? Where does it go? Here’s the good news.

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Rylo Camera Review: The Best Panorama-Capture Device Out There Nov 24, 2017

The next big thing in cameras can't be measured in megapixels or lens elements. From now on, the best camera you can buy will be the one with the best algorithms. Whether you're playing with Portrait Mode on the iPhone, stitching together huge 3D images from the Light L16, or goofing off in augmented reality, all the hard work in your pictures now happens after you hit the shutter. For a couple of ex-Instagram employees, this presents an opportunity.

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The TSA Is Testing New Scanners to Make Airport Security More Efficient Nov 23, 2017

It’s that time of year again. Prepare for inspection. Get to the airport hours early, just to stand in line with other sleep-deprived travelers. March forward, splay open your belongings. Separate your valuable electronics and leak-prone liquids into trays. Try to ignore the frustrated tutting of the guy behind you. This is the airport TSA shuffle we all know and abhor. But now, thanks to new technology, the experience is set to improve.

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This Thanksgiving, Reunite With Your Long-Lost Family—Old Videogames Nov 23, 2017

Tucked away in my mother's house, somewhere in the room that used to be mine, is a Nintendo GameCube that's not mine. My own GameCube is God-knows-where—languishing on some GameStop warehouse shelf, or in someone's garage, buried beneath an electric drill after an impulsive used-game purchase in the late 2000s. But this other GameCube, the one that's there now? I have no idea how it got into my room.

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Mythbuster Adam Savage Has Made a Tool Bag, and It’s Beautiful Nov 22, 2017

Adam Savage is clearly overjoyed about his new bag. I met up with the gear-obsessed designer, former Mythbusters host, and Tested.com editor-in-chief at his workshop in San Francisco to see his latest creation. He's designed his first carry-all utility bag and launched a new brand, Savage Industries, to market it. With the same childlike glee he exudes on camera, Savage flipped the thing around on the workbench, opening and closing it, zipping and unzipping, as he pointed out all the features.

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Flight Delayed? Know Your Rights to Compensation Nov 22, 2017

It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’ll feel great to be home, chilling out, stuffing yourself, falling asleep on the sofa. But boy, it’s going to suck getting there. That’s because 24 million people will travel on US airlines over the Thanksgiving period (up 6 percent from last year), according to the TSA. This week, even a short flight will feel like an epic journey, with many perils and demons to vanquish.

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Review: Leica CL Nov 22, 2017

Word of a new Leica camera leaked earlier this year. The only info one could gather from the photo blogs was that this new shooter was a compact camera that accepted L-mount lenses, and that its codename was "Clooney." Match the iconic Leica brand with a name like Clooney, and you could bet good money the thing was going to be handsome. Well, here it is, the Leica CL. And yes, it's very dapper.

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Thanksgiving Hack: Cook Your Turkey Sous Vide Nov 21, 2017

Maybe you like your Thanksgiving turkey dry and bland. I get it. There’s something deeply traditional about leaving the bird in the oven for hours and hours. Maybe you like the symbolism of a big bird taking up oven space, or maybe your overcooked turkey gives you an excuse to overload it with gravy. Maybe you’ve given up on bird altogether (one year, my mom served lobster for Thanksgiving. “No one likes the turkey anyway!”).

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Surface Book 2 Review: Meet Microsoft's Beefy, Fast, Everything Machine Nov 20, 2017

Microsoft's Surface devices defy easy description. Even Microsoft itself has never quite known what to call them. It's the one device for everything in your life. It's a tablet that can replace your laptop. It's powerful as a laptop, lighter than air. It's powered by beautiful. In reality, the Surface is all those things—and none of them. The Surface Book 2, on the other hand, is really only one thing: a laptop. A beefy, fast, get-shit-done laptop.

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It's The Worst Time Ever To Release The Punisher —Just Like Every Other Time Nov 17, 2017

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Reactions to Twitter's New Character Limit Top This Week's Internet News Nov 16, 2017

This week in "Your faves are problematic" news, Louis C.K. and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, your time has come. But in other news, Eminem has a new song with Beyoncé, which is giving the internet something else to talk about. Is there anything else that had everyone talking last week? Why, we're glad you asked. What Happened: Just how badly does the president hate CNN? Enough to potentially step over the line and interfere with its business dealings? Let's find out.

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Review: Zojirushi NL-BAC05 3-Cup Rice Warmer and Cooker Nov 16, 2017

For a grain that is a staple in so many different cultures, rice is surprisingly difficult to cook. Most stove burners don’t have a setting that’s low enough to steam it properly without the pot boiling over, or scorching it. A perfectly-cooked pot of rice needs constant vigilance. That's why most people who cook rice with any regularity usually own a dedicated rice cooker. The Zojirushi NL-BAC05 is as perfect a type of this kitchen appliance as any I’ve ever used.

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Rian Johnson Is Getting a Star Wars Trilogy—'The Last Jedi' Must Be Amazing Nov 15, 2017

Congratulations, Rian Johnson—you survived the Star Wars obstacle course! In a world where not every director even gets to finish the movie they start producing, you, exalted amongst your peers, have not only wrapped one—you’ve been given more. Lucasfilm announced yesterday that you're getting your own trilogy (three films!) with which you can do whatever you want. (Like, within reason.) How does that feel? Thrilling, I’ll bet. It means big, big things for you.

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The Iranian Smugglers Trafficking Fuel Into Pakistan Nov 14, 2017

Trucks gather near the border to unload their cargo. Pack animals will carry the fuel across. Aslan works at a fuel depot in Pakistan. He is just 12 years old. Smugglers load donkeys and mules with fuel to cross the border. Abdowahed has a bachelor's degree in agriculture but turned to fuel smuggling after drought dried up his orchards in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan. He takes a bath in a spring near the Pakistan border after selling a load of diesel.

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Steven Soderbergh on Virtual Reality, iPhone Filmmaking, and Harvey Weinstein Nov 13, 2017

Steven Soderbergh is nothing if not ever-evolving—except, maybe, for tireless. After establishing himself as one of his generation’s great auteurs with movies like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, and Traffic, he vowed to stop making theatrical films. During the supposed hiatus, he made HBO’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, and two seasons of prestige drama The Knick for Cinemax.

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Twenty Years after His Death, Carl Sagan Is Still Right Nov 10, 2017

Twenty years ago I called Carl Sagan to ask him why people believed crazy stuff. Sagan—astronomer, creator of the “golden record” messages to any aliens who might find the Voyager space probes, creator and host of Cosmos, novelist, arguably one of the best-known scientists of the 20th century—would’ve been 83 years old today. Me, I was a fact-checker on the science desk at Newsweek, which meant I mostly did reporting for other people’s stories.

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Kindle Oasis Review: Way Better, Way Bigger Nov 09, 2017

Earlier this year, I caught myself complaining to a colleague that I don’t read enough books. I read more than ever, but I’d largely replaced books with magazine features, news stories, and tweets. (Mostly tweets, if I’m being honest.) I read in fits and starts: five minutes in line at Safeway, 20 minutes on the train, 15 minutes when I’m early at the restaurant. This, I whined to my poor colleague, was just not conducive to reading books.

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How Koenigsegg's Agera RS Set a New World Speed Record Nov 08, 2017

Records may be made to be broken, but the laws of physics aren't even supposed to bend. Which makes it all the weirder that the Koenigsegg Agera RS just set a new production car speed record, hitting 277.9 mph. That is, to use the engineering term, insane. It pushes the limits of aerodynamics, suspension, engine power, and tire rubber. It seems impossible. Koenigsegg, a tiny Swedish supercar outfit, set the new mark this weekend on a closed section of public road in Nevada.

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The Downfall of Doppler Labs: Inside the Last Days of a Hardware Startup Nov 07, 2017

On October 23, Doppler Labs founder Noah Kraft got a Facebook notification. One of those "On This Day" pop-ups, resurfacing a post from exactly two years ago, when Kraft had appeared on CNBC to make the case for his company. "We want to put a computer, speaker, and mic in everyone's ear," Kraft said during the interview. "We have very lofty visions of the future, everything from real-time translation to personal assistants." The memory stung.

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Review: Timbuk2 Lug Knapsack Nov 06, 2017

The name “Timbuk2” has become synonymous with moderately-priced, high-quality bags. Their iconic messengers are emblematic of a place and time, a part of the 2000s Silicon Valley wardrobe that was as ubiquitous as a hoodie and a pair of Chuck Taylors. To not like a Timbuk2 bag is outrageous, like not liking cheap burritos, or sitting in sunny parks. And yet here we are. As much as it pains me to say this, I simply don’t like their Lug Knapsack.

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Razer Phone: Specs, Price, Release Date Nov 03, 2017

If I told you Razer made a smartphone, you'd probably develop a mental picture pretty quickly. Since the company is mostly known for its gaming mice, keyboards, and laptops, you'd expect this phone to be For Gamers. It'd be crazy powerful, of course, with all the best specs and the highest numbers and probably a bunch of chips you don't need but sound really cool at a LAN party. It'd probably be huge, and super expensive, as gaming gear tends to be.

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YouTube's Quest to Make TV Work Everywhere Nov 01, 2017

Neil Cormican has spent his career trying to fix the interface on your TV. Before he was the head of design at YouTube TV, Cormican worked on program guides, interactive systems, and web-based TV. Lots of ideas, always the same roadblock. "Everybody already watches TV," he says. "So everybody has an opinion, and everything you do is always wrong." To borrow a Gladwell-ism, just about everyone has put in their 10,000 hours flopped on the living room couch, aimlessly thumbing through channels.

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President Trump's Data Dump Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup Oct 31, 2017

In a week where sexual harassment allegations against powerful men continued to come to light and the situation continues to be dire in Puerto Rico, people have been turning to old traditions to keep their spirits high: Halloween, Stranger Things , and wondering what in the world is actually going with Taylor Swift right now . Well, it's that or wondering what in the world is happening in Spain , but that's not entirely uplifting. And those tidbits are just the beginning.

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Prezi’s Augmented Reality Presentation Software Wants to Kill Boring PowerPoints Oct 30, 2017

When Peter Arvai founded Prezi in 2009, he didn't set out to topple PowerPoint. He just wanted to see better presentations. With the right tools, he figured, he could help people create visual aids that felt more engaging. Arvai was sick of sitting through slide decks containing walls of text and bullet-pointed lists, listening to the speaker ramble on while the audience squinted at the words on the screen.

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Google Pixelbook Review: The Mack Daddy of All Chromebooks Oct 27, 2017

I believe in Chromebooks. Windows and MacOS come with three decades of cruft, old ideas about how things work that don’t mesh with a new generation that sends more snaps than emails and doesn’t know what that weird rectangle on the Save icon even is. (It’s a floppy disk, kiddies. Look it up.) Now that the primary computer for so many people is a five-inch rectangle of glass in their pocket, it seems obvious that we need to redefine what a computer means.

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Sonos One Review: Amazon's Alexa Is Here, But It Still Has Some Growing Up to Do Oct 26, 2017

I like my Echo. In my house, we use it to play radio stations, to get the weather, and to answer questions like "When was the Edo period?" One thing I don't often use the Echo for is music. That's because it sounds terrible. As good as Amazon's Alexa voice service is, the Echo's black tin can croaks out audio just a notch better than the 20-year-old Coby FM radio I keep in the garage.

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What It's Like to Rappel 1,000 Feet Down Into a Volcano Oct 25, 2017

Most people's idea of a good night's sleep involves a plush mattress, blackout shades, and maybe some sleeping pills. But Ulla Lohmann catches her best zzz 's hundreds of feet deep inside a rumbling volcano , lava casting a red glow all around. "It's like a night light," she says. The German photographer loves volcanoes so much her husband proposed to her atop one, and then the couple honeymooned on another. She's spent the last decade exploring 10 active volcanoes around the world.

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Gear for the Multi-Modal Work Commuter: Microsoft Surface Book, Tern Vektron E-Bike, Cole Haan, Nau, Topo Designs Oct 24, 2017

When the trek to work involves multiple modes of transit, this gear will ease your way. At 2.76 pounds, Microsoft’s newest ultraportable is light enough to practically disappear inside your briefcase. And thanks to more than 14 hours of playback time, you can continue watching mov-ies when your evening train home is interminably delayed. | $999 Your feet need mobility machines too.

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5 Toys to Teach Your Kids the Basics of Engineering: Lego, Kano, Cubetto, Tech Will Save Us, XYZprinting Oct 23, 2017

Today, learning about science and tech is all play. Well, and maybe just a little work. You don’t need to be a fab-lab rat to work this simple 3-D printer. Kids can design their own objects using free software or print a predesigned trinket. | $250 (Ages 14+) It’s no Retina display, but Kano’s 16x8-pixel grid still dazzles. Make the LEDs glow using Kano’s simple web coding app. Program the screen to display weather and stock data, or just create pixel art.

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To Survive the Streets, Self-Driving Cars Must Learn to Think Like Humans Oct 20, 2017

Next time you’re driving down the road or walking down the street, pause to consider how you read your surroundings. How you pay extra attention to the kid kicking a soccer ball around her front lawn and the slightly wobbly, nervous looking cyclist. How you deprioritize the woman striding toward the street, knowing she’s heading for the group of friends waving to her from the sidewalk.

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ZTE's Axon M Pushes For a Dual-Screen Phone Future Oct 19, 2017

Over the years, every so often, companies come along with a bold proclamation: The smartphone was designed wrong. Never mind that it's the most popular device ever created, or that it's occasioned countless markets and upended the way we live. What if it looked like, you know, something else? Usually such proclamations come from some dude with a Kickstarter, or as a Hail Mary from a flailing company. But now ZTE—the world's fourth-largest phone maker—has something.

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Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Review: There Is No Better Android Phone Oct 18, 2017

If I had to pick the moment I most appreciated the Google Pixel 2, it would be when our airboat driver-slash-tour guide put a hot dog and a piece of raw chicken in his pocket, dove into the New Orleans swamp, and began playing with a giant gator named Who Dat. I’m no social media whiz, but I knew there was Instagram gold unfolding in front of me.

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Review: Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017) Oct 17, 2017

Do you prefer your candy bars king size, regular, or fun size? I’ve always favored the middle. Regular size bars are big enough to satisfy, but not so huge that I feel that pang of guilt in my sugar-ridden stomach. Buying a tablet from Amazon is similar. You can opt for a cute 7-inch Fire, but there’s a good chance it’ll feel too small. Or you can buy a big 10-inch Fire, which, for some, will be unwieldy. The 8-inch Fire? In my opinion, it’s just right.

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Q&A: Angela Robinson, the Director Behind This Year’s Other Must-See Wonder Woman Movie Oct 16, 2017

Eight years. It took writer/director Angela Robinson eight years to make her film about Wonder Woman’s origins. In that time Wonder Woman went from one of the few mainstream DC Comics characters not to have a standalone movie to being a bonafide box office powerhouse. In that time Robinson went from thinking she would never get her movie made to filming it during a hectic 25 days in October 2016, when her cast and crew thought America was about to elect its first female president. Eight years.

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Review: Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017) Oct 13, 2017

Opening up the Amazon Fire HD 10 will tell you everything you need to know about it. It doesn’t come in an immaculate white box, like an iPad or fancy Galaxy tablet, and there is no lid that makes that pleasant suction sound as you gently lift it, revealing a glass and metal slab so pristine it could part the heavens. Nope—my Fire HD 10 came in a cardboard pouch. Like a FedEx box, you simply tear a tab off and yank out your brand-new Fire. But hey, that’s OK.

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Why the Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Porgs in the 'Last Jedi' Trailer Oct 12, 2017

R2-D2. Ewoks. BB-8. With nearly every addition to the Star Wars film franchise, there has been some new creature or droid that has delighted audiences and found its way onto lunchboxes and pajama bottoms. Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be no different. This time around, though, the fandom’s obsession with the movie’s creature du jour is already in full swing long before the flick hits theaters.

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Google Pixelbook: Price, Specs, and Release Date Oct 11, 2017

Last time Google made the best Chromebook ever, it was the Chromebook Pixel . The boxy, beautiful $1,000 laptop wasn't designed to go everywhere with you so much as to be so outrageously impressive that it might prompt someone to ask, "Wait, that's a Chromebook?" Google made it to prove a point, not take over the market. This time, Google went a different way.

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Why Facebook Users Should Download Messenger Lite Instead of Messenger Oct 10, 2017

Statistically speaking, there’s a pretty good chance you’re one of the 1.2 billion people who use Facebook Messenger at least once a month. Anecdotally, there’s a decent chance you harbor deep resentments toward its sluggishness, its bloat, and its liberally borrowed Snapchat features. Friends, there’s a better way. It’s called Messenger Lite .

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Google Home Mini Puts Assistant Anywhere and Everywhere Oct 09, 2017

The market for devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home is so new that nobody really knows anything, except that smart speakers are fun as hell and they're probably important to the connected future of everything. Somehow. We're firmly in the spaghetti-throwing phase of the technology, as companies experiment in public to find out what works. Barely a week after Amazon unveiled a half-dozen new Echo products , Google has a new smart speaker of its own.

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Google’s Gadget Vision: Same Stuff, Different Screens Oct 06, 2017

First thing in the morning, the second your head pops off the pillow, you reach over and grab your Pixel off the nightstand. You check Twitter, thumb through email, poke at the New York Times app to make sure we're not at nuclear war . You stand, stretch, and say, "Hey Google, good morning.

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MTV's Bringing Back 'TRL'—But It's Not the (Carson) Daly Show Anymore Oct 05, 2017

It’s been almost a decade since anyone watched TRL and since then everything about its primary foci—music videos, celebrity culture, TV consumption—has changed. So when the network announced in July that it was bringing back its afternoon music-video countdown show, the prevailing question was: “Why?” TRL , the MTV show formerly known as Total Request Live , went off the air in 2008. On November 16 of that year, to be exact; Beyoncé performed its swan song.

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Candylab’s New Wooden Cars Swing Into the Prohibition Era Oct 04, 2017

Five years ago, Vlad Dragusin began making wooden cars in the evenings and on weekends. At the time, he was an architect at the design studio Gensler, and the cars were just a hobby—a way to escape the real world obstacles inherent in designing buildings. “With architecture, it gets to the point where you’re spending this much time on other things,” he says stretching his arms wide, “and this much time on design.” The cars, on the other hand, were pure design.

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Stop the Endless Scroll. Delete Social Media From Your Phone Oct 03, 2017

Most of the time, I navigate to my social media apps reflexively, as though my finger and the icons are magnets. I don't even realize I'm doing it until my thumb taps the Instagram icon on my screen. Again. And again. And again. It’s a dirty digital habit, and it doesn’t make me happy. Maybe you can relate. Studies have repeatedly found that while social media connects us to one another, it also makes us feel bad. And yet, we do it anyway. We do it because we can’t stop.

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Amazon's New Fire TV Gives Alexa One More Place to Live Oct 02, 2017

Amazon's new Fire TV looks more like a Chromecast than a typical set-top box. It's a small rectangle attached to an HDMI cable, meant to go right behind your TV. But the tiny thing packs heat: It supports 4K and HDR, Dolby Atmos sound, and all the games and apps on the Fire TV. And most important, it supports Alexa, which Amazon hopes will be the remote control of the future. Amazon's announcement was full of little digs at the new Apple TV. It's $69.99, not $179.99—for $79.

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Review: Nintendo SNES Classic Edition Sep 29, 2017

Even just mentioning the Super Nintendo brings memories flooding back: there’s little me, sitting in the playroom at the top of the stairs in my house in Massachusetts, battling my sister in Donkey Kong Country. She still swears she didn’t need my help, but deep down she knows I was the only one who could hack the mine cart levels. My family got a SNES a couple of years after its 1991 release, and didn’t upgrade for the better part of a decade.

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A Brief History of the Ever-Expanding Tweet Sep 28, 2017

For as long as Twitter has existed, it has been a place of brevity, if not levity. The 140 character limit—originally created so that tweets could fit into single SMS messages—is as much a part of the brand as the silhouetted bird. You want to yell about the NFL, hurl some insults at the president, or debate the parentage of Kylie Jenner’s unborn child? Fine. Just make it quick.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' Is Worth the Price of CBS All Access—Maybe Sep 27, 2017

Last night, CBS finally took the wraps off its oft-delayed new show , Star Trek: Discovery . The two-part debut ("The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars") gave fans the first new TV Trek since Star Trek: Enterprise ceased subspace transmission in 2005. And they were ready for it—last night's premiere set a single-day record for new signups for CBS' All Access streaming service.

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Sean Spicer's Emmys Appearance Tops This Week's News Roundup Sep 26, 2017

Over the last seven days, the internet has been full of unwelcome nostalgia: Here's some nuclear brinksmanship! Here's Puerto Rico, decimated by a natural disaster ! Here's the Senate, planning to vote on yet another healthcare plan to repeal Obamacare! But it's not all been familiar badness; there's been some new ill-feeling torment, as well. Just look below, if you don't believe us.

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HP Omen 15 Review: Decent Performance, But Man Is It Ugly Sep 25, 2017

Gaming laptops tend have a certain reputation in the design department. I guess that the teams that work on these systems do so in a vacuum, and they feed off of the designs of other gaming laptops in an attempt to one-up their competitors’ audacity with each new release. It’s the only explanation I can think of for why the recent Alienware 13 looks the way it does, and the only explanation I can fathom for the design of HP’s latest release of the Omen, the Omen 15.

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Zack Snyder Left *Justice League*—Then He Made an iPhone Movie Sep 22, 2017

Six months ago, in the face of tragedy, Zack Snyder stepped away from the upcoming Justice League movie. While the director and his wife dealt with the death of their 20-year-old daughter, Autumn, Joss Whedon stepped in to finish the film—and changed the conversation around Justice League considerably.

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Review: Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus Sep 21, 2017

The first place I took the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus was a sticky, late-summer wedding just outside of Austin. It turned out to be the perfect way to stress-test the new devices. The iPhones 8 have new cameras designed to hack it even on a drunken dance floor. Faster processors made downtime game-playing run smoother. They’re also easier to charge, so you’re less likely to get stuck with a dead phone at the end of the night. Everything works great.

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Jaybird Freedom 2 Wireless Headphones Review: Same Great Sound, Now Easier to Wear Sep 20, 2017

There are two schools of thought regarding wireless headphones. There's the AirPods camp, which believes true wireless is the only wireless, and the best way to listen to music is with two individual buds shoved into your ear canals. To the other crew, wires going behind your head or around your neck aren't so bad; in fact, they might be better, since they're harder to lose and easier to manage. To them, the only cord that must be severed is the one between phone and ear.

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I Went on Darren Aronofsky's Strange *mother!* Movie Scavenger Hunt Sep 19, 2017

Last Saturday I did something nearly everyone does when their friend goes to the bathroom at a bar: I checked Twitter. There, amidst the Hurricane Irma updates and breathless discussion about Hillary Clinton’s new book, was a very simple message from Darren Aronofsky .

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Let's Use Physics to Measure Just How Hulky the Incredible Hulk Is in Thor: Ragnarok Sep 18, 2017

In most recent trailer for Thor: Ragnarok , it seems clear that Thor teams up with The Hulk, Loki, and Valkyrie—but for me, I'm mostly pumped up about seeing The Hulk again. Towards the end of the trailer, The Hulk is standing with the rest of The Revengers team (the name Thor comes up with on the spot). But there's something funny about this trailer: To me, it seems like The Hulk is much bigger in Thor: Ragnarok than in the previous Marvel movies.

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Jaybird Run Review: These Wireless Buds Have Great Sound, but Bad Bluetooth Sep 15, 2017

Jaybird's Run headphones aren't meant for you to stick them in your ears and forget about them. They're not ear-puters. Like all Jaybird headsets, they're made for runners, and I guess all exercisers, but mostly runners. They're designed to stay put in your sweaty ears for a whole trail run, blasting music until you've crossed the finish line. For $180, they'd better shave some serious time off your personal best. The Runs pump out rich, detailed sound, especially punchy in the low end.

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iPhone X and iPhone 8: Specs, Price, Availability Sep 14, 2017

The new iPhone X packs more new stuff into any device since the original iPhone. It's the most complete redesign of the product ever, and even offers a glimpse at what the iPhone might become when the world no longer wants smartphones. Of course, you probably won't buy one. Even if you can afford the super-high price, getting your hands on an iPhone X in the next few months will be like hunting for the holy grail. Except in this case, the fancy one is the right answer.

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That Delta Plane Flying Straight Through Hurricane Irma Was NBD Sep 13, 2017

There are some places that feel very safe. Like your bed. Or a corner booth at your favorite diner. Or Mom's kitchen table. There are some places that feel very un safe. Like in a commercial airliner in the middle of one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded. But that's where 173 Delta passengers, plus flight crew, found themselves Wednesday afternoon.

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A Requiem for the iPhone's Home Button Sep 12, 2017

In the beginning, nobody knew how to use an iPhone . That informed everything about the device's design: The green felt in Game Center communicated fun and gambling, the messily ripped paper at the top of the Notes app made clear that this was where you scribbled away. The music app was called iPod, not Music, because Apple deemed that more easily understood. Using an iPhone was like bowling with bumpers—no one told you exactly what to do, but you couldn't screw up too badly either.

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Garmin's Fenix 5X Review: The Best, Most Rugged Multi-Sport Watch Sep 11, 2017

Garmin’s Fenix line has long been among the best—if not the best—multisport watches money can buy. These capable wrist-puters add performance tracking and GPS-based mapping to just about every outdoor activity. Critics have been vocal about the watches’ bulk, so there was much rejoicing earlier this year when Garmin announced multiple, slimmed-down versions of the watch, including the slender 5S.

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LG’s V30 Packs More Camera Than You’ve Ever Seen in a Phone Sep 08, 2017

If you're going to make a phone, you have to get a lot of things right. You need all-day battery life, a big crisp screen, thoughtful software, lots of apps, a great camera, and so much more. And here's the best part: Even if you do all that, you're still just like every other phone . Making a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners phone that does everything well just lumps you into the middle of the pack. LG knows all about the middle of the pack.

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Need a Fall TV Preview? Desus & Mero Are Here to Help Sep 07, 2017

“Having a TV show gives you carte blanche to say whatever you want about any other TV show,” says The Kid Mero, one half of Viceland’s raucous late-night talkfest Desus & Mero . Co-host Desus Nice takes it a step further: “If you don’t have a TV show, you shouldn’t be allowed to comment on TV shows. This is my new, one percent way of living.

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Sony's Speaker Looks Like HomePod, Works Like Google Home Sep 06, 2017

Every smart speaker has its advantages. With Amazon Echo , you get access to tens of thousands of "skills," the mini-apps that start a game of Jeopardy or help you mix a cocktail. With Google Home , you have the full power of Google search at your beck and call. And when Apple's HomePod comes out later this year, it'll be by far the best-sounding voice-enabled speaker of the bunch. Sony doesn't have a voice assistant, but knows its way around a speaker.

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Apple's Next iPhone Comes September 12 on Apple's New Campus Sep 05, 2017

Surprise, everyone! Apple's going to launch a new iPhone. Crazy, right? You had no idea. You definitely know nothing about the device itself, or the screen it'll use, or whether it'll use your face to unlock, or if there's going to be a home button. Will there be bezels? Gosh, who could really say. Here's what we do know: The event's going to be September 12, starting at 10 am California time.

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SanDisk’s 400GB MicroSD Card Can Store an Insane Amount of Data Sep 04, 2017

The nice thing about being a digital hoarder is that all of your stuff doesn’t accumulate in scattered piles around your living room. The downside? There’s never enough space. And while SanDisk’s new 400GB microSD card may still not satiate the most extreme storage hounds, good lord is that a lot of room in a teeny tiny package. The SanDisk microSXDC USH-I, which sounds like it was named after a lesser Star Wars droid, easily offers more space than any microSD card before it.

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You'll Want to Twist the Big Knob on the New Logitech Craft Keyboard Sep 01, 2017

Here's something creative types will be eager to take for a spin: Logitech's newest keyboard , which has a wheel on it. The Logitech Craft is a sturdy and comfortable wireless keyboard for Mac and Windows that has a wheel in the upper-left corner, just above the escape key. This wheel—or the "Crown input dial," as the company calls it—works straight out of the box with Adobe's Creative Cloud apps and (only on Windows PCs) Microsoft's suite of Office apps.

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Temi, a Tablet on Wheels, Can Be Your New Robot Roommate Aug 31, 2017

Yossi Wolf, the CEO of robot-maker Roboteam, almost didn't want to call his newest product a robot . When people think of robots, he says, they expect the stuff of science fiction—machines with faces and personalities indistinguishable from humans. Temi, the rolling robot Wolf hopes you'll soon have in your home, looks more like a tablet on wheels. Wolf knows a thing or two about robots, though.

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'Game of Thrones' Finale Reactions: Yeah, We're Gonna Need to Talk About That One Aug 30, 2017

Well, as we hoped would happen , Game of Thrones celebrated the coming of winter by bringing some serious heat. At nearly 80 minutes, “The Dragon and the Wolf” was the series’ longest to date, and it packed in what it could from the very beginning. Most of that was revelation rather than spectacle, but by the time the credits rolled, much of the show’s ambiguity had fallen away, leaving viewers with a clear view heading into the show’s eighth and final season.

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Behold Burning Man’s Awesome and Totally Bizarre Architecture Aug 29, 2017

A metal frame, dome and a lot of pink fabric make up Pink Heart Camp by John “Halcyon” Styn. The SF Bay Area Airpusher Collective dubbed their structure "The Airpusher." The Dome of Dough is made up of 850 loaves of bread. It's inspired by the Wildrose Canyon charcoal kilns in Death Valley, California. This giant duck is the brainchild of Isaiah Martin, David Shields and Tandy Nill.

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The Overlooked Heroes Who Lead Climbers Up Everest Aug 28, 2017

More than 600 people climb Mount Everest every year, and not one of them could do it without an army of Sherpas, porters, and others guiding them every step of the way. Steve Brown celebrates these people in The Business of Everest . Some have climbed the world's tallest mountain a dozen times, risking their lives with every trek and getting little credit for it. “All the people who are so famous for climbing Everest are white western climbers,” Brown says.

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Review: Essential Phone Aug 25, 2017

When I met Andy Rubin, the founder of Android, earlier this year to talk about his new company, he showed me a PowerPoint deck from 2009. His team put it together just before the debut of the Motorola Droid, Android’s first real chance to take on the iPhone. The campaign slogan was “Droid Does,” and Motorola planned to harp on all the things the iPhone couldn’t do. It crowed about multitasking, “real keyboards,” and interchangeable batteries.

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Wow, 'Terminator 2' in 3-D Is a Bad Idea Aug 24, 2017

Having nearly run out of eye-rolling Avengers conjoinings and bastardized reboots, Hollywood execs have landed on an even lazier way to sell movie tickets: 3-D releases of beloved classics. The latest victim of this desecration? Terminator 2 : Judgment Day . Twenty-six years since Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his motorcycle off a culvert wall and into our hearts, the ultimate action flick is back in multiplexes, now promising three dimensions of taut Terminator flesh.

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Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle Aug 23, 2017

I'd like to cut the cord. It sounds fun! I picture myself wielding cartoonishly large gardening shears, poised to sever the nearest coaxial cable. I rejoice in the thought of my newfound freedom, of sending my Charter Spectrum account to that great big cancellation form in the sky. And then, the very instant I allow myself to picture what life looks like after that figurative snip , my reverie comes crashing down.

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What a Solar Eclipse Taught Me About Love Aug 22, 2017

The darkness came unexpectedly. One second my father was walking my 7-year-old brother and my 10-year-old self past a bodega in New York City; the next, a shadow descended. The noise of the city stopped. A taxi pulled up nearby and parked in the middle of the road. Feet clacked on the sidewalk once and fell silent. I gripped my brother’s hand and pulled him close. My dad turned around and stared at us, his fear confirming that something wasn’t right—and maybe even very wrong.

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Nokia’s New Phone Ushers In the Unfortunate Era of the ‘Bothie’ Aug 21, 2017

Allow me to introduce you to "the bothie." It's not a selfie, nor a normal photo (which all the cool kids call a "youie" ), but a hybrid of the two. It's a composite shot from both cameras on your phone, showing both you and whatever else is out there. It's a bothie. Crazy idea? Maybe. And yet, if history is any indication, you'll scoff at the bothie now and then while you're not looking they will take over the world. Now, allow me to introduce you to The Bothie Phone.

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Ditch That Landline and Use Google Home Instead Aug 18, 2017

You probably don't have a landline phone, because it's not 1995. But you miss it sometimes, don't you? Knowing where the phone was all the time, having something anyone could pick up and use, avoiding the rock-paper-scissors over who has to waste their cell phone battery calling Dominos. Earlier this year at its developer conference , Google promised to turn its Home smart speaker into a sort of futuristic landline. Today, it's making good on that promise.

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Ford's GT ’67 Heritage Is Yet Another Tribute to Its 1960s Racing Dominance Aug 17, 2017

Ah, the late 1960s. LBJ occupied the White House. The Beatles ruled the charts. And Ford spent its summer vacations in France, settling a grudge with Ferrari by dominating the 24 Hours of Le Mans after the Italian outfit flaked on a deal to become part of the American automaker. Ford's GT40 won the legendary endurance race—over which Ferrari had long ruled—every year from 1966 to 1969. Half a century later, the Americans are still celebrating.

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Ikea's Home Smart Line Could Shake Up the Smart Home Industry Aug 16, 2017

The "smart home" has not yet distinguished itself. Sure, you might dim your lights with an app; you might even talk to your large appliances. But despite years of promised ubiquity, the connected home has yet to cleave with mainstream reality. It's too expensive, too futzy, too filled with interoperability landmines. You know who can fix that? Ikea. In fact, it's already started to. Ikea's current smart home lineup is limited to a handful of lighting products. Nothing so special about that.

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An Insane View of the Milky Way From the Edge of New Zealand Aug 15, 2017

New Zealand's South Island spans 58,000 square miles of breathtaking, verdant terrain. But nothing on the ground surpasses what's in the sky. The region is home to the largest dark sky observatory in the world, glittering with millions of stars and spectacular views of the Milky Way. Photographer Paul Wilson lives on South Island and is an ardent star gazer. He spends countless hours traveling to far-flung corners of the island to point his camera at the heavens.

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Game of Thrones Recap: The Kids Are All Right Aug 14, 2017

In the very first episode of Game of Thrones in 2011, the very first scene at Winterfell was about the children: Septa Mordane praising Sansa for her elegant embroidery; Bran trying and failing to land an arrow in a target while his brothers laughed; Arya showing him up from twice the distance, hitting the bullseye with a cocky smile. When news arrived that a deserter had been captured—running from the White Walkers, who were only a myth then—Ned brought Bran along for the execution.

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This Huge Sand Tiger Shark Ain’t Got No Time for Puny Fish Aug 11, 2017

Seeing a six-foot sand tiger shark suddenly appear right in front of you would surely make your heart skip a beat or two. But Tanya Houppermans, who nabbed this incredible shot 15 miles off the coast of North Carolina coast, says it was no big deal. With a smooth flick of its tail, the shark moved along, its beady black eyes set on bigger fish. “You would think it got a smorgasboard of food it can fill up on,” she says. “But that just didn’t happen.

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Easy Ways to Make Your Janky Wi-Fi Faster and Better Aug 10, 2017

A gadget's only as good as its internet connection. Few things drive you crazier than a stuttery PUBG session or an episode of Game of Thrones streaming one. Halting. Word. At. A. Time. You probably don't think much about your router, though. And yet, by the time you've connected a family's worth of phones and tablets—plus your laptop, Roku, Xbox, smart fridge, doorbell, and thermostat—you've stressed out that Netgear RT-X86Something you bought at Circuit City in 2008.

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Here's Proof That Commuter Bikes Don't Have to Suck Aug 09, 2017

The perfect city bike would be comfy and safe to ride and it would look sharp. Bonus points if it's super-low maintenance and doesn't require you to constantly fiddle with the chain and the shifters. Such bikes exist, but not if you're on a budget. Bikes quickly get pricey once you start adding features that make them lighter, safer, and less fussy. But I've got some good news: I think I've found the ideal city bike.

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The Nintendo Switch Is the Future of Gadget Design Aug 08, 2017

Here are a few of the places I've played Mario Kart in the last two weeks: On the couch. In bed. On the train. In an Uber. On a plane. In a Vegas hotel. At the dog park. In a weirdly long line at Trader Joe's. And, of course, on the toilet, more times than I'm proud of. In every case, all I had to do was whip out my Nintendo Switch, press a button or two, and head off to the animated races. Like most people, I'm a bit late getting my hands on the Switch, the console Nintendo released earlier this year.

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You Can Thank Joss Whedon For That Great New Justice League Trailer Jul 31, 2017

When the Justice League crew took the stage at Comic-Con International’s Hall H on Saturday—minus Henry Cavill, whose Superman is technically dead—they did so to a standing ovation, with the loudest screams reserved for Gal Gadot/Wonder Woman. But as the banter started and the footage rolled, there was one thing missing: their director.

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Netflix's Secret Weapon Isn't Reboots—It's Genre Movies Jul 28, 2017

When David Ayer strode across the stage of Hall H yesterday, he didn't sit down behind the placard with his name on it. He didn't stand at the long table, applauding the audience and waiting for the cast and producers of his new movie, Bright. No, the director walked past all that, straight to the lectern at the other end of the stage. He hugged the actor Terry Crews, who was there to moderate the panel—and then leaned over so he could talk into Crews' microphone. "Hall H!" he shouted.

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Trump’s New Comms Director Hates Most of Trump's Policies Jul 27, 2017

Earlier today, the White House announced that financier Anthony Scaramucci (also known as "The Mooch") would fill the role of White House communications director, a job that's been open since Mike Dubke resigned in May. And with former Press Secretary Sean Spicer's resignation just hours after, Scaramucci, new to the field, will have his work cut out for him. Especially since it he and the president disagree on so many of the policies Scaramucci will try to sell to the public.

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Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them Jul 26, 2017

Push notifications are ruining my life. Yours too, I bet. Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense. Here's just part of an afternoon on my phone: "Hi David! We found new Crown jewels and Bottle caps Pins for you!" "Everyone's talking about Bill Nye's new book, Everything All at Once. Read a free sample." "Alex just posted for the first time in a while.

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The First Alexa Phone Gets Amazon Even Closer to Total Domination Jul 25, 2017

Amazon's Alexa has plenty going for it. Developers have trained the virtual assistant with over 10,000 “skills”—apps you talk to instead of tap—to do everything from hailing a Lyft to checking your stock portfolio. At home, Alexa can control the lights, set timers, play your local NPR station, and generally achieve that Jarvis-level assistance that feels so much like the future.

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Oxo's Coffee Grinder and Brewer Make a Damn Good Cup Jul 24, 2017

Not even wine snobs are as hardcore as coffee snobs. To pour a great glass of wine, you need a corkscrew and some money. To pour a great cup of coffee, you need beans, gear, time and patience. There is a process, you see. It is complex and requires study. Any gray areas must be marked off as personal territory and argued over. Nothing unleashes righteous indignation in otherwise pleasant people more than coffee. Recently, the venerable kitchen-and-housewares brand Oxo stepped into the bean brewer fray.

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Stromer's Monstrous $5,000 E-Bike Will Eat Your Children Jul 21, 2017

The biggest trend in the e-bike industry today is the “S-pedelic.” If you’re still riding a beach cruiser, here’s the intel: “Pedelic” is shorthand for “pedal electric cycle,” which means that the rider’s expended energy is assisted by a small motor. Add that “S” prefix and things change drastically.

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Game of Thrones Recap Season 7, Episode 1: When Vengeance Becomes Your God Jul 20, 2017

The seventh season of Game of Thrones opens in its most infamous locale: The Twins. This was the place where the story shattered—where the rules of Westeros, the rules of hospitality, the rules of fantasy stories themselves sheared away from themselves like a great wall of ice and floated away into the sea.

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Review: Specialized Turbo Vado 6.0 Jul 19, 2017

Like many cyclists who consider themselves purists, I’ve had difficulty wrapping my brain around the increasing popularity of e-bikes: Worldwide sales tallied 36 million units in 2016. German postal workers use e-bikes on their routes, and in the US, major bike manufacturers like Specialized, Cannondale, and Trek have introduced a surprising array of motorized options, from off-road fatties to commuters.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Amazon Echo Dot Jul 18, 2017

So you got yourself a brand new Amazon Echo Dot. Congratulations! You'll get along great with it. But before you start yelling at your shiny new toy, take a quick look at the full range of what it can do for you. It's more than you might have imagined. The tips and tricks below also mostly work for, well, any Alexa-powered device. There are a ton of them out there, and while they may not be as puckish (both in the hockey and Shakespearean sense), they could all benefit from a quick primer.

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You Might Actually Love This iPod Shuffle for Spotify Jul 17, 2017

Streaming killed the music gadget years ago. Just up and drove a stake through its silicon heart as listeners traded 99-cent song downloads for $10 monthly subscriptions to all-you-can-listen services. OK, maybe you have some Baby Driver-induced nostalgia for an iPod. But when was the last time you ripped a CD, or dropped 15 bucks on an album? Even the idea of choosing 5,000 songs to carry with you and plugging something into a computer to load them seems like an ancient ritual.

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Review: Hestan Cue Jul 14, 2017

In the kitchen, people have an amazing tolerance for imprecision. Ovens might say 400 degrees, but many regularly veer 20 degrees above or below that mark, if it’s calibrated correctly in the first place. On the stovetop, we don’t even have the specificity of degrees. Turn the dial up to “high” or “medium-low” or just “seven,” even though every manufacturer has a different standard for what that place on the dial means.

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You Want to Touch Leica's New Touchscreen Camera Jul 13, 2017

How do you turn a smartphone-photo devotee into a bona fide camera nerd? You give them smartphone-style touchscreen controls on an excellent camera that connects to their mobile for easy sharing. This strategy—compress the complexities of a high-end camera into a smartphone-style interface—has shaped Leica 's playbook for its T-series cameras, the first of which arrived three years ago . Today Leica is announcing the newest member of the touchscreen-bedecked T family, the Leica TL2.

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While You Were Offline: Welcome Back to the Newsfeeds, Hobby Lobby! Jul 12, 2017

Last week might have seemed like a short one thanks to the Fourth of July holiday, but as anyone who has ever been online knows, the internet doesn't sleep. So even while you were taking it easy, something was happening on social media. Like what? For one, everyone was talking about the photos that came out of President Trump's meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 summit.

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How Many Times Has Mario Died? Announcing a WIRED Investigation Jul 11, 2017

There are certain seminal moments in history, and July 9, 1981, should surely stand among them. That was the day Nintendo officially began selling Donkey Kong to arcades—and introduced the world to a mustachioed little fellow named Jumpman. Jumpman was a simple soul with a simple talent: jumping. He jumped over barrels thrown at him by the game’s eponymous gorilla villain.

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The Physics of Almost Whacking Someone With a Bowling Ball Jul 10, 2017

Every once in awhile a new science show comes on TV. I find some of them pretty good and others not that great. I was pleasantly surprised to find Outrageous Acts of Danger on the Science channel features a reasonable amount of science and makes it interesting. It does this by making otherwise common science demonstration absurdly dangerous. One recent episode riffed on the classic physics demo in which you hang a heavy ball (bowling balls are common) on a wire and release it near someone's head.

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Hey NYC: Here Are Some Ideas for Fixing Your Busted Subway Jul 07, 2017

What has befallen the New York City subway in the past few years—climbing ridership and plummeting on-time performance—is like a bad stomach bug. It is nigh impossible to track down the exact culprit.

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With Blue Apron’s IPO, Wall Street Reins in Silicon Valley Jul 06, 2017

Tech IPOs have been known to soar. Exponentially so. That fabled hockey-stick curve is the thing that every early investor and company founder hopes will appear on a stock chart after going public. Anything short of it, and the narrative around the company can be a resounding “meh.

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The President Does Not Lie Like You and Me Jul 05, 2017

Earlier this week, the New York Times posted a comprehensive accounting of President Donald Trump’s lies. It is, among other things, a triumph of web design. Orange, san-serif dates turn each falsehood into bricks in a vast wall. Scrolling turns the wall into a wave, a tsunami of mendacity.

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While You Were Offline: John McEnroe Gets Served (By Serena Williams) Jul 04, 2017

Happy long weekend, friends. How’s it going? Feeling rested? After last week, you deserve a break. And that's not even because everything that happened last week was bad—Jay-Z did drop a new album to apologize to Beyoncé and Germany did legalize same-sex marriage, after all—it was all just kind of a lot. In other words, it was another seven days on the internet.

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The Beautiful, Impossible Dream of a Simpler Smartphone Jul 03, 2017

Smartphones are amazing. And smartphones are terrible. It's a central paradox of modern life: The devices that help us find rides and friends and food and sex and adorable puppies are the same ones that disconnect us from the life in front of our eyes, kill our attention span, give us FOMO, and turn the world into a series of torrential feeds we can't stop trying and failing to keep up with.

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These Reusable Silicone Bags Make for Killer Sous Vide Jun 30, 2017

I don’t have many pet peeves in the kitchen but washing plastic storage bags might just top that tiny list. As the guy who started his high school’s recycling program, I just can’t bring myself to throw them away, but damn, those bags are no fun to clean. Take your pick: washing them in the sink leaves the back of your had covered in cooking juices and oil while sticking them in the dishwasher turns them into crumpled bags with pools of cloudy water. Yuck.

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All Hands: 4 Analog Smartwatches Reviewed Jun 29, 2017

Smartwatches have outshipped Swiss watches for several years. Before an uptick in March, the Federation of Swiss Watches had posted a 20-month-straight decline in exports, part of a disastrous downward sales trend. If the numbers continue on their current trajectory, these digitally enabled wearable computers may take the lead in actual sales dollars by 2020. The mechanical watch world has been slow to respond to this pressure, despite plenty of prodding from consumers and industry retailers.

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We’ve Been Dragging and Dropping the Hell Out of iOS 11 Jun 28, 2017

Here's a sentence I never expected to write: Drag and drop changes everything. Today, Apple releases the public beta of iOS 11, the latest version of the operating system driving the world's iPhones and iPads. These early releases are SOP and help Cupertino ensure its software is fully baked before launch. Anyone with a taste for risk and patience for bugginess can install iOS 11 now, ahead of its actual release this fall. I've been using iOS 11 on a new 10.5-inch iPads for the better part of a week.

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How To Turn Off Snapchat’s Stalkerish Snap Map Feature Jun 27, 2017

Snapchat has always known exactly where you are. What, you thought everyone saw that “Greetings from the Brooklyn Bridge” filter? Until recently, Snapchat didn’t do much with your location data beyond serving up geofilters and pushing location-specific stories.

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Review: OnePlus 5 Jun 26, 2017

Imagine you could build your own Android phone from scratch, with the ability to bend a Chinese manufacturing colossus to your whims. What would you make? That is more or less the story of OnePlus, the Chinese company founded in 2013 to produce premium smartphones. But don’t call it a startup: OnePlus is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics, the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer (it also owns Oppo and Vivo.

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How to Measure the Height of a Building With a ... Barometer? Jun 23, 2017

Physicists like to share the legend of a professor who asked students how they might determine the height of a building using a barometer. The story goes on to list some of the ways you might do that. You could drop the barometer from the roof and record the time it takes to hit the ground. Or you could offer the barometer as a bribe to the building manager and ask him the height.

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Why Phoenix's Airplanes Can't Take Off in Extreme Heat Jun 22, 2017

Phoenix just provided another reason to hate flying: the heat. With temperatures there expected to hit 119 degrees Fahrenheit, airlines canceled more than 40 flights today. Wait. What? Airplanes can't fly because it's too hot? That's crazy. No, not really. According to news reports, the heat poses a particular problem for the Bombardier CRJ airliners, which have a maximum operating temperature of 118 degrees. Bigger planes from Airbus and Boeing can handle 126 degrees or so. OK.

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Twitter Redesigned Itself to Make the Tweet Supreme Again Jun 21, 2017

When you work at Twitter, you get near-daily updates to the app to test. These beta versions often provide a glimpse of new features, and most of them are small. So when a major update landed two weeks ago, one thing stood out: The quill icon, which everyone knows you press to compose a tweet, was no longer an icon, but a single word: Tweet. This experiment in iconography didn't last. A subsequent update brought a new tweet button, and another after that.

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Look Ma, No Phone: Fancy Phantom Comes With Its Own Remote Jun 20, 2017

It’s easy to get lost in the great pantheon of consumer drones. Even just looking at industry leader DJI’s options, there are enough choices to set your head spinning faster than a quadcopter blade. Today we’ll focus on one choice: the DJI Phantom 4 Pro+. Coming in at a cool $1,800, this marks the top end of what could be considered DJI’s consumer line, with the next level up being the $3,000 pro-level Inspire 2.

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The Handmaid's Tale: Dystopia Ain't Good at Happy Endings Jun 19, 2017

In a dystopia, there are no happy endings. Despite what June says or thinks, life will never return to the way it was. Moira can’t erase the nights of ritual rape. Janine can’t restore the eye the Republic of Gilead took from her. June can’t be there for her daughter’s childhood. But as long as there’s resistance, there’s hope.

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The New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro Can Totally Be Your Only Computer Jun 16, 2017

I’ve always assumed Apple would eventually run out of ways to improve the iPad. It long ago made the processor faster than anyone needs. You won’t find a sharper, more accurate, more responsive screen on a tablet. The battery lasts days, plural. And really, what else matters? Sure, the speakers suck, but chalk that up to the limitation of air-blowing physics. What makes the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro so intriguing, then, is just how many things Apple made noticeably better.

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Physics Proves No One Can Safely Text and Drive Jun 15, 2017

Pretty much everyone agrees that distracted driving is bad. And the most common distraction just might be your phone. People seem convinced that they must see that notification or status update right now. This can cause problems when you're driving. You know, crash problems. That's why I'm excited to see the next version of Apple iOS features something called driving mode. Your phone will know you are driving, and refrain from showing notifications until you've stopped. I like this idea a lot.

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Amazon Just Killed the Best Deal in Tech Jun 14, 2017

Nothing lasts forever. In fact, some things only last two years, two months, and 14 days. That’s how long, at least, Amazon’s absurdly cheap unlimited cloud storage made it. Now that the greatest deal in tech has come to an end, it’s worth taking a fresh look at your data-stashing options. Amazon’s Unlimited Everything plan truly was unprecedented when the company announced it in 2015, and went unmatched ever since.

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Handmaid’s Tale: It’s Time to Join the Resistance Jun 13, 2017

To escape a nightmare, sometimes you just need to remember that your life is worth waking up for. In the two most recent episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale, June/Offred (Elisabeth Moss) learned that two of the people she cared about most—her husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle), and her best friend, Moira (Samira Wiley)—are still alive. When she thought she was alone in Gilead, June just focused on surviving. Now she has a reason to live, to escape, and to join the resistance.

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Tesla Time, and How Elon Musk Measures Everything In Dog Years Jun 12, 2017

You know how one "dog year" is equal to seven human years, because your furry friends squeeze a whole lot of living into their shorter lifespans? Well, serial entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk seems to experience life in somewhat the same way. The Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring Company boss believes everything should happen more quickly than most people assume is possible. In Elon's world, deadlines are shorter, three months is a long development time, and 2020? That's the distant future.

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My Creepy Quest to Save Humanity from Robocar Commuting Jun 09, 2017

I am finally living the lifethat futurists promise will bring me the happiness and balance I crave. The autonomous car has freed me from the slog of commuting. Rather than driving, I am using my time productively, for I am always connected, always working. Actually, I am squatting in my Subaru witha laptop, reclined against a nursing pillow, hoping no one calls the cops. And I’m not sure whetherthis experiment is a fantasy or a nightmare.

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Apple’s Gorgeous New 10.5 Inch iPad Pro Is All Screen, no Bezel Jun 08, 2017

The tech industry is waging a war on bezels, and the iPad Pro is the first Apple product to benefit. Today at WWDC, Apple’s annual gathering of developers, the company announced a new version of its tablet, with a 10.5-inch screen. It’s a different size, but only in one sense. The new 10.5-inch Pro is physically almost exactly the same physical dimensions as the previous 9.7-inch Pro, just without the bezels.

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The New iMac Pro Is Apple’s Most Bonkers Computer Ever Jun 07, 2017

Apple’s last mind-blowing computer invention was almost a decade ago. Steve Jobs reached into a manila envelope, and pulled out the slimmest, lightest clamshell anyone had ever seen. Didn’t matter that it cost about the same as a used car; one look and you knew it was the future. Since then, Apple’s progress has been slow—and hasn’t always felt like progress.

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Handmaid’s Tale: If You Don’t Fight the Tyranny, You’re a Part of It Jun 06, 2017

Not every stormtrooper who goes into battle does so because they’re convinced that the Empire is right. In a tyranny, it’s easier for citizens to fight for what’s wrong and commit atrocities—and it’s tempting for captives to accept their fate. The same is true in the Republic of Gilead. Offred (Elisabeth Moss) now knows that her husband Luke (O-T Fagbenle) escaped. She knows he’s alive.

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The Terrible, Predictable Life Cycle of Every Trump Tweet Jun 05, 2017

There is nothing Donald Trump can tweet that people won't lose their minds over. Whether it's amasterpiece of design, a Crooked Hillary throwback, or a typo made while falling asleep with a death-grip on his government-issued iPhone, no tweetis too dumb or tiresome to rule the entirety of our daily lives.

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The Physics of Ramming an Imperial Star Destroyer, Explained Jun 02, 2017

The epic fightover the tropical planet of Scarif in Rogue One remains one of my favorite battles in all of Star Wars. Since there is a small chance you’ve not yet seen the movie, I willgive you a spoiler alert. Still here? Excellent. Let me explain the scene. Two star destroyers wagea pitched battle againsta whole bunch of rebel ships. Several Y-wing starfighters disable one of the star destroyers, and a hammerhead corvette shoves it into the other one.

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While You Were Offline: Mr. Trump Goes to Europe to Spread Social Awkwardness Jun 01, 2017

It wouldn't be a Thursday on the internet if folks weren't irrationally upset over something. The latest installment? A bunch of dudes who are mad that Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is planning a women-only screening of Wonder Woman on June 6. It shouldn't really be a surprise, because if there's one thing men have proven themselves to be throughout history, it's prone to childish overreactions whenever someone says something isn't for them. But let's not dwell on that ridiculous outcry.

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California’s Daunting Plan to Clean Up the Big Sur Landslide—and Stop the Next One May 31, 2017

Last week, experts with California’s state transportation department, Caltrans, looked up at a looming stretch of earth in Big Sur and thought, uh-oh. The land around a stretch of Highway 1, which winds along the dramatic Pacific Coast, was moving. A lot. The officials immediately barred locals from the area and pulled out the workers and equipment working to prevent a landslide. Just in time. Saturday night, millions of tons of rock and dirt poured down in four separate slides.

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Need a Memorial Day to Remember? Ice-Bike the Northwest Passage May 30, 2017

When I first mount the bicycle—a sturdy Rocky Mountain Blizzard with 4.8-inch-wide tires—and push, I barely move. I grit my teeth, throw my weight onto the pedal, and the bike ekes forward. We power our way along Polar Bear Point among glistening, 6-foot-thick ice caps and sunning ringed seals. After a short time, my legs wobble like jelly. It took five flights to reach the Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge on Canada’s Somerset Island, roughly 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

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Sphero’s New Cars Toy Is the Fanciest RC Car You Ever Did See May 29, 2017

In 2015, Sphero convinced you to fork over $200 for a tiny BB-8 that was—even for adults—pretty entertaining. Now it hopes you’ll pay $299 for an app-controlled version of Lightning McQueen, the hero of the Pixar franchise Cars. The toy goes on sale online today, and will hit the shelves of stores like Target and Best Buy on June 15, just before Cars 3 premiers in theaters. Is it cheap? No. But McQueen comes packed with more features than the average action figure.

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DJI’s New Palm-Sized Drone Responds To a Wave of Your Hand May 26, 2017

Isn’t DJI’s new drone just the cutest little thing? The new DJI Spark is much smaller than other quadcopters on the market; the body is about the size and weight of a can of La Croix. It arrives in mid-June for $500. It shoots HD video, has a 2-axis gimbal stabilizer on the camera, and comes with on-board software that mitigates shake and shutter roll. It tops out at 31 mph and stays aloft for 16 minutes. Not crazy-bonkers specs, but it is just so, so tiny.

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Suck at Cooking? Pinterest’s Computer Vision Can Help May 25, 2017

The kitchen of the tomorrow is so tantalizing that it seems everyone in tech wants to build it. In a way, it presents a perfect microcosm of how artificial intelligence and ambient computing could change every aspect of your life. Refrigerators that tell you when your eggs go bad. Augmented-reality cooking tips right there on the counter. Recipe recommendations based on your dietary restrictions, seasonal veggies, and that tuna you really ought to use before it turns.

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‘Things’ Might Be the Prettiest To-Do List App Ever May 24, 2017

Productivity blogs were one of the first corners of the internet that ever felt like home to me. For a certain set of passionate, persnickety writers and readers, there was nothing so fun as debating the merits of Getting Things Done versus The Eisenhower Method. “Eat the frog!” was an inspirational quote, not worrying nonsense. Merlin Mann, Leo Babauta, and Lifehacker were required reading.

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I Can Gripe About My Ride-Sharing Company to Passengers, Right? May 23, 2017

I work in a casual tech setting and I’m shocked by how much everyone swears. Should I say something? Imagine what it was like to be a Puritan in 1642. You’ve come to America. The landscape is crude and endless; the soundtrack, all hissing insects and howling wolves. “Everything about the place seemed godforsaken,” writes the natural historian Tim Flannery in his book The Eternal Frontier. That lawless emptiness is why you’re here—it means freedom.

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The Maligned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Is Better—and More Important—Than You Know May 22, 2017

When David Lynch’s neo-noir movieTwin Peaks:Fire Walk with Me premiered 25 years ago at Cannes, the audience, famously, booed.That’s not unheard of, but thereaction probably had less to do with the film than its television predecessor:By 1992,Twin Peakshad gone from critical darling to drag. To many, Fire Walk with Me played like a glorified TV movie.

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Google Assistant Comes to Your iPhone to Take on Siri May 19, 2017

Virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana, and Google Assistant are only good when they’re nearby. The whole appeal of these services—someday, anyway, once they’re past the phase of only being good for setting timers and listening to NPR—is for them to follow you around, carrying all necessary knowledge about your life and your preferences.

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HTC’s Squishy New Phone Has All The Things—Even Alexa May 18, 2017

Imagine you’re HTC. You were once atop the smartphone heap, making some of the best-designed and most impressive Android devices on the planet. Life was so exciting! Then everyone else kept improving, and you didn’t. Samsung, and Apple, and Xiaomi, and Oppo, and, well, just about everybody passed you by. You’re trying to get back into the game.

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The Eye-Popping 8K Madness of Red Camera’s New Super-Sensor May 17, 2017

Insta-celeb glory requires some deliberate setup. Get more shareable results by putting this photo gear into rotation. The number one rule of influencing is Always Be Gramming. Be ready for the shot anywhere, anytime, by stashing your phonecam accessories in this ruggedly handsome leather bag. That way you won’t be fumbling around in your cluttered backpack the next time llamas escape from the zoo. | $149 Your fans want to see your face at the concert, not a blurry silhouette.

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Review: BlackBerry Keyone May 16, 2017

For the better part of a decade, there was nothing more impressive than owning a BlackBerry. Walking down the street, both hands on the soft-touch sides of the handset, thumbs flying around the keyboard as you plowed through emails, BBMs, and texts. You could wear ripped jeans and a paint-stained shirt, but your BlackBerry still told the world you were a Very Important Person.

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Sorry, But the Guardians of the Galaxy Are No Fleetwood Mac May 15, 2017

The song most indicative of the motley crew in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2—you know this because you hear it once in the trailer, twice in the film, and becauseEntertainment Weeklymentioned it in a cover story—is “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac.

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Amazon’s ‘Echo Show’ Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed May 12, 2017

The Amazon Echo is a stupendously powerful device. It can control your lights, play Ed Sheeran jams, keep a to-do list, check the weather, order pizza, tell guests your Wi-Fi password, and so much more. But as you embrace this chatty-computer future, you begin to see its limitations. Sure, you can book a flight with your voice, but it’s so mucheasier when you can see the price chart.

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Q&A: David Lynch on Twin Peaks and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance May 11, 2017

Frank Ockenfels 3 In 1990, American TV viewers were introduced to the bucolic town of Twin Peaks, Washington—and to creator David Lynch's creepy-campy propensity for distorting the mundane. In its short two-season run, the neonoir series netted a pile of awards, earned a cult following, and reset expectations for what a TV show could be, from the cinematography and music to the pervasive sense of dread.

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George R. R. Martin Doesn’t Need to Finish Writing the Game of Thrones Books May 10, 2017

In the beginning, George R. R. Martin created A Game of Thrones—words printed on paper and bound into books sold in shops around the world, to be read by a moderate-but-mighty number of fantasy fans. That was 1996. Fourteen years and four books later, HBO said “Let there be a TV series!” And nothing was ever the same. Since Game of Thrones began, Martin has published just one new book: A Dance with Dragons, the fifth in the Song of Ice and Fire series.

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Review: Apple iPad (2017) May 09, 2017

A few minutes after the Eurostar train pulled out of King’s Cross station in London and began its two-hour journey to Brussels, I grabbed my iPad out of my bag. I opened the Kindle app and read a few chapters of Call for the Dead, John le Carré’s first novel. Then I switched to Netflix and watched the new Louis CK special I’d downloaded. I flipped to the camera and took a photo, because I mean, the countryside, it’s so quaint.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Is Great—But All Too Familiar May 08, 2017

If there’s one truism in comic-book moviemaking, it’s that giant superhero team-ups are almost always sure-fire hits. (And then there’sFantastic Four;there are some things reshoots and wigs just can’t cover up.) What’s less true is that superhero team-up sequels will have the same good fortune.

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Huzzah! 360 Cameras You Can Snap on Your Phone May 05, 2017

360 cameras can be daunting. They look weird, they’re difficult to use, and most are really expensive. But they don’t have to be, as Insta360 proves with two 360 cameras you can snap onto your phone. Insta360 makes the Nano, for iOS (Rating: 6 out of 10), and the more recently introduced Air, for Android (Rating: 4). After testing both, it’s clear that Android users get the short end of the stick here.

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Wonder Woman Is Awesome—But We Still Need a Black Superhero May 04, 2017

Wonder Woman hasn’t been my thing since the last time Lynda Carter laced up those high-heeled red-and-white boots, back in 1979. (I know they didn’t actually have laces, comic book nerds. It’s just an expression.) But the trailer came out for the new movie starring Gal Gadot, and I clicked on it. I agree with most people. She is Wonder Woman. Gadot looks like she could kick my ass without even noticing that she had. But I kept asking myself The Question.

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What Remains of Edith Finch Is a Great Game—if You See Yourself in It May 03, 2017

I lived in the same house until I was 18. The same house with its faded blue garage door and thedining room window that facedthe sun atthe hottest part of the day. My family history feels like it’s collected inside that house, worn into the walls like dirt. If I inherited that house tomorrow, I would sell it. Given the chance, memories can overwhelm a place and become invisible barriers hemming you in.

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Elon Musk Layers on the Crazy With His Plan for Traffic-Killing Tunnels May 02, 2017

For a reporter, trying to wrap your head around TED can be difficult. Famous people stride by everywhere. The sessions come in a deluge of sweeping, world-consequential themes: artificial intelligence, climate change, “the future you.” By day three, the number of noteworthy events has grown so large that trying to cram them into some kind of overarching narrative becomes a kind of journalistic overreach. The Pope gave a TED talk! Al Gore showed up.

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Vignettes Invents a New Game Genre By Enchanting Your Phone May 01, 2017

It might begin with a table lamp. Tap the shade, give it a spin. Turn the entirelamp, watchingthe red of its body blot out the yellow of the shade—and then the other way arounduntil all the red disappears, drowned in yellow. Keep turning, and you have a lightbulb. Tap it, and it blazes with green light. Turn it just right, until the green becomes just a formless circle, and you have a bowl. Or a guitar! Or, really, it could be anything at all.

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How to Set Up a Room in Your Home Just for VR Apr 28, 2017

You arranged your TV room so you can sit around in comfort. Now, prepare your virtual-reality space so you can thrash around without breaking your damn neck. Clear Some Space Virtual reality goggles make you completely blind to your surroundings. Put plenty of distance (at least 7 feet) between you and items you can break—or that can break you. Push the coffee table to the farthest wall, or better yet, banish it from the room. Remove anything made of glass.

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Let There Be Light: 2 Killer Projectors for Your Home Theater Apr 27, 2017

You arranged your TV room so you can sit around in comfort. Now, prepare your virtual-reality space so you can thrash around without breaking your damn neck. Virtual reality goggles make you completely blind to your surroundings. Put plenty of distance (at least 7 feet) between you and items you can break—or that can break you. Push the coffee table to the farthest wall, or better yet, banish it from the room. Remove anything made of glass. Find a new place in your home for anything shin height.

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Review: iWalk2.0 Apr 26, 2017

In the days that followed my tragic foot fracture—don’t text and walk down stairs, folks!—I learned to loathe crutches. They were incredibly awkward to manipulate. Getting around was slow and tiring. They hurt my rib cage, rubbing the skin raw under my arms on long trips. I couldn’t carry anything. Stairs were a nightmare. And they were just plain in the way, no matter what I tried to do.

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Review: Fitbit Alta HR Apr 25, 2017

No one needs an activity tracker. Sure, you feel a whiff of superiority wagging your wrist and boasting about how much ground you’ve covered today. But let’s not pretend that wearing a wrist computer makes you a better person. If you want to boost your athletic training, get a good sports watch and a heart rate monitor. If you want to count your steps, use your phone. If you need a reminder to make healthy choices, hell, tying a piece of string around your finger will get you there.

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Hack Your Pearly Whites With These High-Tech Toothbrushes Apr 24, 2017

Good news: Tooth decay and other dental problems are on the decline. Bad news: Not by much. If you’re over 20, there’s a 91 percent chance you’ve had at least one cavity; by the time you’re middle-aged, some of those will have rotted and fallen out of your mouth. The solution? Brushing your teeth, just like mom told you.

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The Oral History of TED, a Club for the Rich That Became a Global Phenomenon Apr 21, 2017

Before its 2,000-plus videos had been viewed 8 billion times, TED was an annual conference for wealthy eggheads. Starting in February 1984, 1,000 people who could afford to pay $4,000 (and up) would gather in Monterey, California, to hear 18-minute lectures on technology, entertainment, and design. (TED, get it?) Then, in 2006, TED started posting the presentations on its website, transforming a once-exclusive conference into a viral think-piece factory.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 First Impressions: That Screen, You Guys Apr 20, 2017

The first thing I noticed about the Samsung Galaxy S8, only a momentafter turning it on, was the screen. There’s so much of it. An enormous 5.8 inches of bright, crisp, super-saturated colors illuminatedmy face as the phone booted. Istaredat the round corners and curved edges ofthe glass. Holding it in my left hand, it looked and felt like holding a screen and nothing more. So many phones feel like every other phone, but not this one.

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Now You Can Get a Bob Marley Turntable for Your Reggae LPs Apr 19, 2017

Bob Marley turned reggae into a global phenomenon, introduced the world to Rastafari, and put Jamaica on the map. Three decades after his death, his message still resonates. Marley’s appeal remains so universal that his brand powers a massive licensing business. Everywhere you go, you’ll see Marley’s face on t-shirts, flags, stickers, energy drinks, pipes, hats, beach towels, and pint glasses. Pretty gross.

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Turns Out, A Horrifying Number of People Use Their Phones While Driving Apr 18, 2017

Everyone knows distracted driving is dangerous. Everyone knows it’s happening, and that it’s responsible for deaths on American roads. But when it comes to specifics, the knowledge runs dry.

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Dark Souls 3 Ends the Torture With a Devilish Final Expansion Apr 17, 2017

Before I begin The Ringed City, the final downloadable expansion for From Software’s existentialist fantasy epic Dark Souls 3, I have to prepare. Unlike most games, the expansions to Dark Souls titles aren’t additional, isolated new bits of game—they’re embedded directly into the world as it already exists. If you don’t have a save file progressed enough to access the new stuff you just bought, you’d better get to playing. So I do.

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You Think You Know Grades? Here’s How They Really Work Apr 14, 2017

As a physics faculty, I have two jobs. The first is coach. I help students wrestle with concepts and ideas. That makes me something like Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, but with more equations. I'm also an evaluator. I determine how well students understand the material I've taught them. Yes, I find it odd that I do both of these things. It's like having Popovich coach the team and referee the game. But that's how it is in education.

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A Beautiful Tripod That Doubles as a Selfie Stick Because 2017 Apr 13, 2017

Other than maybe the NSA, nobody knows more about you than Google. It’s got a read on where you are, what you’re doing, what you’re thinking and watching and searching for and chatting with your friends about. Which means nobody should be better equipped to soundtrack every second of your life than Google Play Music. Starting today, the company’s taking full advantage of its smarts to deliver you the sounds you want, when you want them. All you have to do is press play.

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Review: Sonos Playbase Apr 12, 2017

Before I get into this, I should admit something: my home audio setup is pathetic. I listen to shows and movies out of the speakers built into my TV. When I have friends over, a UE Megaboom Bluetooth speaker supplies the background music. Sometimes I catch myself listening to podcasts on my phone’s speakers. The best listening devices I own are headphones—which is why I often spend time on the couch, alone, watching TV with headphones plugged into my Roku remote.

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Apple AirPods: Review Apr 11, 2017

Do Apple's AirPods sound great? Not really. But they're about way more than playing music. Let's just get all the fun comparisons out of the way up top. Wearing AirPods is like wearing a toothbrush in your ear. No, it's like your earbuds are melting down the side of your face. They look like tiny hair dryers! Tiny candy canes! Tiny bean sprouts! Tiny golf clubs! In truth, AirPods look like… Bluetooth headsets.

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Review: Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop Apr 10, 2017

If the quality of your laptop’s screen is a selling point—and it should have some sway with any serious buyer—then OLED-based machines, what few exist to date, should definitely be on your list. Alienware’s new 13.3-incher is the first gaming rig on the market with an OLED display.

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This Super-Retro Case Makes Your iPhone Look Like a Vintage Mac Apr 07, 2017

Depeche Mode is touring the world, everybody’s talking about Star Wars, and Justin Bieber’s wearing drop-crotch pants. The 80s are back, people. But no matter how much you’re channeling the era, your smartphone is a dead giveaway that you’re living in 2017. That is, unless you wrap your iPhone in one of Slickwraps’ new retro skins, which put a little 80s back into your 21st-century tech.

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That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages Apr 06, 2017

Andrew Rotilio knows what it feels like to not fit in. Born to first-generation Italian-Canadian parents, the Expanse actor’s first language wasn’t what his teachers spoke in school. He grew up speaking Italian, then learned French and English as a way of surviving, of blending in. By the time he mastered his fourth language, he wasn’t trying to navigate the social complexities of the real world—he was trying to leave it behind completely.

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Review: BioLite BaseLantern XL Apr 05, 2017

Wilderness camping offers a wonderful reprieve from our tech-filled lives. Computer screens and connected commutes give way to mountain-peak sunrises and hikes to secluded lakes. The distance from the rat race is rejuvenating. Then night comes, and technology creeps back in. Propane-powered lanterns barely shed enough light for you to see what you're eating for dinner, so you pull out your phone to waste its battery making sure you don't trip over something.

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Boeing’s Test Protocol for New Planes Is as Brutal As You’d Hope Apr 04, 2017

If Boeing learns anything from today’s maiden flight of the 787-10 Dreamliner today, it means something has gone wrong. That’s because the planemaker has left the Wright brothers’ system—build something, throw it off a sand dune, observe—far in the past.

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Review: Earin M-1 Wireless Earbuds Apr 03, 2017

Apple’s AirPods aren’t the only wireless earbud game in town. If the idea of earplugs as audio gear entices you, another option on the market arrives from Swedish startup Earin and its M-1 earbuds. Look ma, no wires, and no golf clubs dangling from my ears! Better audio quality than expected. Massive connectivity issues. No microphone/phone features at all (not even incoming audio). Very weak battery life. Charging system is underbaked and needs a complete overhaul.

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Witness 60 Years of Glorious F1 Race Car Evolution Mar 31, 2017

After four months off, the best drivers on the planet line up for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend. Fans hoping to see something more than yet another processional behind reigning champs Mercedes might just see some excitement this year. A raft of new rules designed to mix things up will make for faster lap times and, with luck, more overtaking.

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You’ve Never Seen a Bluetooth Speaker Cuter Than the UE Wonderboom Mar 30, 2017

People always askme to recommend a portable Bluetooth speaker, and I reflexively mention the same one every time: the UE Boom. The latestversion of this portable powerhouse, the UE Boom 2, provides damn near everything most peoplewant in a speaker. It sounds great, the battery lasts half a day, and you can bring it anywhere. It’s even waterproof and mudproof, so you can take it rafting. All that for $200. But that’s still too much Bitcoin for most people.

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The Walking Dead Recap Season 7 Episode 15: Can People Just Start Fighting Already, Please? Mar 29, 2017

The sun has long since set by the time the cars and RVs ramble back into Alexandria to find a somber Rosita at the gate. She says nothing about Sasha's whereabouts, but instead tells Rick, Michonne, Tara and the rest that they have company. That company turns out to be the man in the shadows in last week's episode: Dwight. He wants to help, he says. While he may be Negan's bootleg version of Daryl, Dwight has never been the duplicitous type.

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Facebook Messenger Finally Makes Group Chat Not a Total Hassle Mar 28, 2017

For all its virtues, Facebook Messenger works more like email than a group messaging app like GroupMe orTango. If you want to talk with someone directly, no problem. But it hasn’t handled large groups effectively because it lacked some of the key elements that make group messaging fun. It was too simple. A pair of new features, called Reactions and Mentions, constitute part of Facebook’s bid to make Messenger more inclusive.

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Enough With the Unoriginal Sci-Fi. Looking at You, Life Mar 27, 2017

Science fiction cinema has a longstanding problem:Good ideas abound, butgreat ones are in short supply. (And most of the good ones have been used.) After decades of drought, 2001: A Space Odyssey spawned Solaris andStar Wars and Alien, and the genre became popular, but pulpily so; parades of familiartropes spackled over withterrible visual effects.

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The Guy Behind Ello (Remember Ello?) Just Built a Better Snapchat Mar 24, 2017

Let’s clear this up right from the start:Paul Budnitz does not want to take over the world. He didn’t createEllo to disrupt Facebook, even if the media sayshe did. And he definitely didn’t launchWuu, an app that looks like Snapchat and Instagram yet stands firmly opposed to so much about them, in a bidto kill them. Really. He swears. No, Budnitz sees Wuu creating aspace beyond those global town squares.

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Stop Everything, There’s a Red iPhone 7 Now Mar 23, 2017

Some mornings-not many, but some-you wake up to a new iPhone. Surprise! This is one of those mornings. And while today's new iPhone acts just like the old one, it adds a certain special something. It's red. Yes, red, a bright, brilliant, gleaming red, a shade so bright it makes rose gold blush. The case is read. The buttons are red. The fiddly little nano-SIM tray? It's red, too. The Apple logo? Not red. Sorry! But it really pops against all the rest of the red.

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Cantina Talk: This Is How Rogue One Originally Ended Mar 22, 2017

First of all, everyone needs to know that there will be AT-AT Walkers at the Star Wars land currently under construction at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Now that that's out of the way, what else is going on in a galaxy far, far away? Oh, nothing much, just teases for what's going to happen in this December's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Why aren't you reading ahead already? Move along. Move along.

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Rebooting The Matrix? Yeah, That’s Not How Nostalgia Works Mar 21, 2017

Do you remember when you first saw The Matrix? If it was opening day, it wasMarch 31, 1999: Bill Clinton was president, and TLC’s “No Scrubs” was about to knockCher from the top ofthe Billboard chart.

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Why Instagram Is Suddenly the Place for Sports Highlights Mar 20, 2017

No end of sites and platforms make it easy to watch sports highlights on your phone. But none is more now than House of Highlights. The bombastic, occasionally NSFW Instagram account is the hottest thing going, due in no small part to the dedication of its 22-year-old founder, Omar Raja. "He's honestly like the modern SportsCenter, or the young person's SportsCenter," says Dave Finocchio, CEO of the sports news website Bleacher Report, which bought House of Highlights a couple of years ago.

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Holy Shucking Fit: You’re Opening Oysters Wrong Mar 17, 2017

Not quite a year ago, I wrote a story about the merits of good oyster knives, getting a shucking lesson from a pro in the process. I walked away from the lesson with a refreshed appreciation for finding the right tool for the job, but what was most impressive was the shucker's technique, which was like nothing I'd ever seen. My lesson came from Lucas Stone, a shucker at Seattle's fantastic Westward restaurant, and he demonstrated a subtle technique with the formal beauty that recalled the tango.

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The Walking Dead Recap Season 7, Episode 13: The Return of Hurricane Carol Is More Like a Tropical Depression, Really Mar 16, 2017

Hurricane Carol has finally returned. But for all the expectations surrounding that fact—that she'd kick ass, that she'd take names, that she'd maybe make a few of the most heinous Saviors cry—the reality isn't nearly as satisfying as the expectations. That's what happens when someone finds out that Negan made ground beef out of your nearest and dearest. Melissa McBride delivers a powerful performance in those seconds, taking Carol from shocked to devastated to angry and determined.

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Life Among a Billion Locusts Mar 15, 2017

It’s 160 degrees outside, a massive sandstorm could appear at any moment, and you’re trying to capture footage of a pack of lions chasing a giraffe. They’re bigger, faster, and scarier than you are. Oh, and you’ve been out in the desert for weeks, waiting for this exact moment. Don’t screw it up. That, evidently, is what it’s like to be a member of the crew for Planet Earth II. And as we watched the show, we found ourselves wondering how it all comes together.

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Puddle Jumpers: We Put 4 Waterproof Running Shoes to the Test Mar 14, 2017

California just ensured one of itswettest winters in state history. I didn't mind all that rain, though, because it gave me the perfect opportunity to try some of the latest waterproof running shoes. I aimed for puddles, muddy ruts, and small streams with childlike abandon while out on my runs. I occasionally experiencedsore feet-a comfortable upper is hard enough to design, and making it impervious to water only stiffens it.

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Nike’s Controversial New Shoes Made Me Run Faster Mar 13, 2017

Earlier this week, WIRED ran a story about the new Nike sneakers tied to Breaking2, the company’s attempt to help runners break the two-hour mark at a special marathon this spring. As part of WIRED’s exclusive look at that initiative, our writer took a trial run in the sneakers as part of his training to achieve his own personal milestone: a sub-90-minute half-marathon. I thought we were talking about doping; Haile Gebrselassie thought we were talking about shoes.

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I Am Your Samsung Smart TV, and I Am Positively Not Spying On You Mar 10, 2017

“WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smartphones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions…One [program], code-named Weeping Angel, uses Samsung “smart” televisions as covert [surveillance] devices.” — The New York Times, March 7th, 2007 Gabe, what’s going on? You’re poking around my ports like a madman back there.

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Want to Gut Emission Rules? Prepare for War With California Mar 09, 2017

In its ongoing jihad against federal regulations, the Trump administration has indicated some interest in targeting the ones that attempt to fight climate change. First in its sights: a funky law that gives the state of California the right to make its own rules on automotive emissions. But because of the way laws and business work, the California exemption is one of the most powerful environmental tools in the world. So California’s not going down without a fight.

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Rejoice in Logan’s Success. It Means Grittier Comic Book Movies Are Coming Mar 08, 2017

Fans who ran out to catch Logan on its opening weekend were treated to a very cool, Deadpool-shaped surprise. Flipping the script on Marvel’s post-credits scene tradition, the new Wolverine flick beganwith a lead-in short of Wade Wilson trying (and failing) to fight some crime. The 3.5-minute teaserwas a nice gift. It was also a reminder: R-rated comic book movies are here for good.

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While You Were Offline: An Age-Old Enigma, Solved: Garfield Is a Boy … We Think Mar 07, 2017

It's been such a crazy week in the real world—Oscar flubs! Presidential addresses! Nicole Kidman's clapping!—that keeping up with the virtual one has been a real pain. But that's why you come here, isn't it? To catch up on what you've missed? Here's everything that went down online while you were AFK. The Great Garfield Conspiracy What Happened: We know that Garfield loves lasagna. We know that Garfield doesn't like Mondays. We even know that Garfield can't stand Nermal.

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Logan Review: This Is How Wolverine Was Supposed to End Mar 06, 2017

When Wolverine first appears in Logan, he’s graying and tired. His claws get stuck between his knuckles and have lost their snikt-sniktresponsiveness. He’s suicidal and he’s drinking too much, even for him. Guys he normally would have taken out with a quickness can get him on his back. He looks like shit—and because this is R-rated Wolverine, he can say so. Yes, everything you’ve heard is true.

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You Gotta Try DIY Virtual Reality, Even if You Make Hideous Things Mar 03, 2017

I have zero virtual-reality skills. I don’t know how to work in Unity, the graphics software engine often used to make immersive worlds. I have little sense for 3-D design. But I have a secret weapon: A-Frame, an easy-to-use language released by Mozilla last winter. Based on HTML, it lets anyone quickly type commands that place blocks, spheres, and other shapes into a 3-D scene.

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Review: Nintendo Switch Mar 02, 2017

Nintendo's Switch comes out on Friday. I've been playing with the Switch-an all-in-one gaming machine that works as both a handheld device and a TV game console-for the last two weeks. Nintendo says we can publish a review of it right now, though I have no idea why Nintendo would want us to. The company's new toy isn't finished yet.

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The Joyful Overkill of Sony’s Xperia XZ Premium Smartphone Mar 01, 2017

Set aside the factSony has not been a part of the smartphone conversation lately. Never mind that you’re almost certainly better off with an iPhone 7 or Google Pixel. For now, just take a moment to bask in the glorious, mostly unnecessary overkill that defines the Xperia XZ Premium. Specs? Why yes, it has all of them. For its latest flagship, Sony opted for a 5.5-inch 4K display that crams in 801 pixels per inch, roughly twice what you’ll find in the iPhone 7 Plus.

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Nokia Revives Its Indestructible Candy Bar—and Shows Off Three New Phones Feb 28, 2017

Before there was iPhone, there was 3310. After its launch in 2000, Nokia sold more than 125 million models of its indestructible candybar, turning Snake into a cultural icon and searing that tinkling ringtone permanently into the back of your mind. If you didn't own one, you probably knew someone who did. And you were probably jealous. It's been almost 17 years since the 3310 first came out. In that time the Nokia brand has been bought, sold, and stripped for parts.

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Instagram Galleries Are Yet Another Reason to Never Leave Instagram Feb 27, 2017

Some of the best Instagram content tells a story in pictures—maybe with a snap-zoom, or a good ol’ “who wore it best” between Rihanna and Patrick the Starfish. But doingthis requires using aclunky collage-making app. That’s frustrating, because Instagramputs carousel-style ads in your feed and long alluded to making the same tools available to everyone. That’s finally changing, because Instagram now allows more than one picture per post.

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Review: Belkin Wemo Mini Smart Plug Feb 24, 2017

Technology offers plenty of ways to smartify your home. Some prefer the DIY approach—cobbling together an array of NFC antennae and some Arduino boards to make the coffee maker deliver a fresh, hot cup at sunrise—but that’s a giant pain in the ass. Turn your lights on and off from anywhere on Earth---cool huh? Breezy set-up. Simple design. The Wemo app is delightful to use. Bark at Alexa or Google to toggle power. Connects to dozens of internet services through IFTTT.

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Cravin’ a Shavin’? We Review 4 Electric Razors for Men Feb 23, 2017

Beards are all the rage right now, but for the baby-faced, facial hair just looks wrong. Photos of my misguided mid-’90s goatee back this up. But just because you might want a hairless chin doesn’t mean you want bother of shaving with a razor. Solution: The electric razor, Jacob Schick’s 1923 invention and the morning savior of many a lazy man. I’ve used electrics exclusively for more than a decade.

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The Cute Robot That Follows You Around and Schleps All Your Stuff Feb 22, 2017

In the summer months of 2015, Jeffrey Schnapp and a few of his colleagues started collecting rideables. The hoverboard craze was in full swing, and OneWheels and Boosteds were showing up on roads and sidewalks. Schnapp and his co-founders rode, drove, and crashed everything they could find. For Schnapp, a Harvard professor and longtime technologist with a shaved head, pointy goatee, and a distinct Ben Kingsley vibe, this was market research.

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If You Love Driving in Hellish Traffic, Visit These Cities Feb 21, 2017

Congratulations, Los Angeles! You’ve got the worst traffic in the world. In exchange for the sunshine, gorgeous beaches, and A-plus tacos, you’re forced to whine incessantly about all those damned cars clogging the 405. You don’t live in LA and you’re sick of hearing about how bad they’ve got it? Well, have some sympathy. You’d whine too if you spent 104 hours a year slogging through traffic.

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Not Even Street Closures Can Make San Francisco Traffic Any Worse Feb 20, 2017

You already have yourreasons for hating San Francisco. The tech bros. The housing crisis. Twitter. The jerks on Lombard Street trying to charge a toll to drive down their stupid winding street. If you need another, consider the traffic. Oh god, the traffic. San Francisco Bay Area commuters spend an average of 78 hours creeping through gridlocked traffic each year, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

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WIRED Book Club: ‘The Story of Your Life’ Is Making Us Weep, Sometimes in Public Feb 17, 2017

Our language and our conception of time have much in common. Both proceed as a march, one thing after another. (You’re not reading this sentence backward, just as you can’t travel back in time.) From that, well, straightforward observation spring the wondrous complexities of Ted Chiang’s 1998 sci-fi short story, “The Story of Your Life” (the basis for last year’s hit movie Arrival).

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Caavo’s Set-Top Box Fixes Everything You Hate About Watching TV Feb 16, 2017

In this golden age of TV, when there’s more on offer than you could pack into six lifetimes, it’s still way too difficult to find anything to watch. All your favorite shows and movies residein different apps, on different boxes, plugged into different ports on your TV. And so you end up paralyzed. How many times have you sat in front of your TV, watching a video on your phone? A medium once so blissfully mindless that people called it the Idiot Box has become an unsolvable puzzle.

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Verizon’s Unlimited Data Plan Is Back. Here’s How It Compares to Other Carriers Feb 15, 2017

Like John Oliver and baseball, unlimited data plans are back! To be fair, they never left for some people. But one of the weekend’s biggest bits of news is that Verizon just reinstated its unlimited monthly data plan. For Verizon customers, an all-you-can-eat data plan hadn’t been available for new subscribers since 2011.

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Review: Samsung Chromebook Pro Feb 14, 2017

Over the last couple of years, Chromebooks have quietly infiltrated the computer market. Google's affordable "just a browser" devices are the best-selling computers in schools, and they're percolating around boardrooms and cubicles. Last fall, more people bought Chromebooks than Macs-and that's not going to switch back anytime soon. Now Google's out to convince you, regular human, person of sound mind and reasonable budget, that you ought to buy a Chromebook.

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Beoplay’s H4 Wireless Cans Bring Primo Sound at a Bargain. Kinda Feb 13, 2017

A couple of years ago, the luxurious leather-wrapped Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H7s were our favorite Bluetooth headphones. The over-ear H7s sounded as gorgeous as they looked, and they even smelled great. The problem, if anything, was the price. At $400, the H7s weren’t the cheapest options by any means. And while the new $300 Beoplay H4s aren’t exactly bargain-bin cans either, they offer nearly the same roster of specs as the H7s for $100 less.

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Flipboard’s New App Learns What You Like, Then Crafts You a Zine Feb 10, 2017

Flipboard exists in stark contrast to your Facebook News Feed or Twitter timeline. It doesn't rely on your high school friends to share whatever junk they're reading, nor does it ask you to follow the right combination of 800 people. Flipboard's always been a quieter place that you can fill with news stories you like. Today, Flipboard is rolling out a brand-new version of its platform that introduces what it calls "Smart Magazines.

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How To Stop Your Smart TV From Spying on You Feb 09, 2017

This week, Vizio, which makes popular, high-quality, affordable TV sets, agreed to pay a $2.2 million fine to the FTC. As it turns out, those same TVs were also busily tracking what their owners were watching, and shuttling that data back to the company’s servers, where it would be sold to eager advertisers. That’s every bit as gross as it sounds, but Vizio’s offense was one of degree, not of kind.

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Inside the Race to Invent a Fish-Free Fish Food Feb 08, 2017

What do a Web 1.0 pioneer, a Russian-born fisherman, and a scientist who shoots lasers into poop for a living have in common? America’s first 100 percent vegetarian trout. Bill Foss, Kenny Belov, and Rick Barrows have spent years weaning their farmed fish off of industrial fish food.

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All Gaming PCs Should Look as Gorgeous as the Wooden Volta V Feb 07, 2017

You know what gaming PCs look like, right? Big, LED-lit cubes that look ready to hatch tiny evil cyborgs. Lesser Doctor Who villains. Mean but tidy igneous rocks. You get the idea. The Volta V, from Computer Direct Outlet, disagrees. It thinks a gaming PC looks like a beautiful, handcrafted wooden box. Thank goodness. The Volta V, which ships this March, provides a high-powered option for people who equally value inner strength and outer tranquility. It’s a 5.

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WIRED Book Club: Loved Arrival? Check Out Ted Chiang’s ‘Story of Your Life’ Feb 06, 2017

Here at WIRED Book Club, we tend to read newer writers. Ted Chiang isn’t exactly that. Since publishing his first short story, “Tower of Babylon,” in 1990, he’s averaged less than a story a year, quietly cultivating a modest but devoted fan base that recognizes his work for what it is: sharp, spare, intensely thought-through science fiction. “Literary,” as some like to call it.

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WIRED Book Club: Nnedi Okorafor Finds Inspiration Everywhere—Including Jellyfish Feb 03, 2017

Binti: Home doesn’t pick up exactly where its Hugo-winning predecessor left off. In that novella, Binti—a brilliant Himba woman in what is possibly a future Namibia—jets off for the galaxy’s finest university. The trip goes horrifically wrong, but by the end, she’s there, has a new friend, and is ready to start learning. So you might expect the sequel, released yesterday, to cover Binti’s first year at school.

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You Can Fit $20M in a Mattress (And the Week’s Other Lessons) Feb 02, 2017

Editor's note: We're proud to bring NextDraft-the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web-to WIRED.com. Every Friday you'll get a roundup of the week's most popular must-read stories from around the internet, courtesy of mastermind Dave Pell. So dig in and geek out.

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Nerf’s Newest Blasters Include a 10-Barreled Mega Monster Feb 01, 2017

Toy Fair is almost upon us, which makes this week basically Christmas Eve for Nerf fans. Here are three blasters you can unwrap early: the Raptorstrike, which uses Nerf’s most accurate darts yet; the Twinshock, the first blaster to shoot two Mega darts at once, and the Modulus Regulator, which… well, it’s dope. While these three aren’t the full extent of Nerf’s 2017 arsenal expansion, each adds a new dimension to what blasters can do.

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Weekend Project: It’s Time to Clean Your Computer, Inside and Out Jan 31, 2017

It’s a tedious task you’ve been putting off for what could be years. But this is finally the weekend you do it; you’re going to clean your computer inside and out. That means scrubbing down those keys, wiping the fossilized fingerprints off your screen and deleting all the files that secretly downloaded when you were trying to figure out how to make a GIF.

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Elon Musk’s Plan to Tunnel Under LA Is Misguided Nonsense Jan 30, 2017

Elon Musk is supes annoyed with LA's atrocious traffic and wants to dig a tunnel under it all. It's true that getting around Los Angeles is a pain, but this is a tremendously stupid idea. Not because tunnels are expensive (true), or because he'd need a pile of permits to start boring(also true), but because his harebrained scheme won't actually help. I am actually going to do this - Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2016 Exciting progress on the tunnel front.

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The Gear You Need to Make Your iPad Your Only Computer Jan 27, 2017

There are two types of people in the world: Thosewho just know they could never get away with using an iPad as their only computer, and everyone else. And the odds are you're one of those true believers. The truth is, you can (probably) totally do this. Unless youspend your days in Photoshop or Premiere, or you absolutely need some kind of esoteric accounting software, you don't need all the computer you have.

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Google Voice Update Makes Google’s Messaging Strategy More Confusing Jan 26, 2017

In the fall of 2016, when Nick Fox, Google's vice president in charge of messaging products, first showed me the new Allo messaging app, he started with a slide. "This is our overall approach and strategy to communications," he said, pointing at a bunch of app icons separated into three columns. On the left, consumer products-Allo and Duo. On the right, enterprise, which is where Hangouts is going.

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Let’s Geek Out on the Physics of Leyden Jars Jan 25, 2017

In a recent episode of MacGyver, Angus (that's what his REALLY close friends call him) builds a Leyden jar with some very simple components. Of course there is some awesome physics here, so I will obviously go over this. Full disclosure-I'm currently the Technical Consult for the MacGyver show. What is a Leyden Jar? A long time ago, humans were just starting to figure out this whole electricity thing-in particular the study of electrostatics.

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The Totally Legit Complete Guide to Trump’s Inauguration Jan 24, 2017

This afternoon, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th and final President of the United States. In addition to all of the usual pomp and circumstance—OK, well, maybe not the usual pomp and circumstance, because we understand he had some trouble lining up performers—there will be a full slate of fine entertainment.

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Review: Yuneec Breeze 4K Jan 23, 2017

The camera market has long been segmented into three basic categories: Cameras for professionals, models for the so-called “serious hobbyists,” and models for the newcomer. From DSLRs to action cams and point-and-shoots, most cameras are squarely aimed at one of these three markets. The market for aerial photography (aka drones with real cameras on them) is about 150 years younger, and therefore somewhat less segmented.

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Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR Jan 20, 2017

The best place on the planet to watch a movie is almost certainly from the center seat in the second-to-last row of the David Keighley Theater at IMAX’s headquarters in Playa Vista, CA. The theater seats 95, all in the shadow of a screen 60 feet wide and 42 feet tall. Twelve channels of sound project from the walls, the ceiling, and the deep recesses of your soul. Everything is black, with deep blue lighting that disappears as soon as any of the six laser projectors starts up.

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Ease Back Into WIRED Book Club With the Hugo-Winning Novella Binti Jan 19, 2017

It is not enough to resolve to read more in the New Year—as something like 12 percent of Americans do. You must have a plan, a program, a structure. And, crucially, a group of wonderful, intellectually adventurous people to be accountable to. Welcome to WIRED Book Club, back for 2017 and better than ever. If this is your first time, here’s how it works.

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Nintendo’s Boss Promises the Switch Won’t Have the NES Classic’s Supply Issues Jan 18, 2017

So, Nintendo’s Switch is pretty fantastic. Or, rather, it could be if it gets some killer games. But after watching the company’s livestream today and playing around with the new console, we had questions. Fortunately, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s president and chief operating officer, was there to answer them.

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Hands On: Nintendo’s New Switch Console Is Fantastic—But Short on Games Jan 17, 2017

It’s exciting in general to get yourhands on a gaming machine for the first time, asI did this morning in New York at Nintendo’s first big Switch preview. But it’s doubly fun because Switch, coming March 3 for $299, is sounique. At its core, it’s a tablet with a 6.2-inch screen (a little bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus). You can slip it into a dock that hooks up to your TV if you want to play on a big screen.

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As 4K TVs Approach Perfection, Cheap Sets Go on the Attack Jan 16, 2017

If you’ve ever witnessed a 4K OLED television playing HDR video, you’ve seen the pinnacle of TV tech. The black levels look like deep space. The contrast is perfect. The colors are stunning. Every frame mesmerizes, a twinkling, tack-sharp work of art. At CES, incredible OLEDs from LG and Sony and equally stunning LCDs from Samsung dominated the news. With good reason. They’re all gorgeous. But while OLEDs are coming down in price, the cheapest ones still run a couple grand.

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HTC U Ultra Is a Phone for Teens, or Something Like That Jan 13, 2017

Every smartphone is a good smartphone now. Doesn’t really matter who makes it—huge companies like Apple and Samsung, upstarts like Nextbit and Blu—or which flashy features it has or doesn’t have. As long as you have around $250 to spend, you’re positively spoiled for choice. That’s great news for you, and it’s been terrible news for HTC. HTC’s last phone, the HTC 10, was a very good phone: It did all the good phone things in all the good phone ways.

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Even Steve Jobs Didn’t Predict the iPhone Decade Jan 12, 2017

When Apple set out to build a smartphone, the team tasked with doing so didn’t planon changing the world.It didn’t foresee theApp Storebecoming a billion-dollar business full ofbillion-dollar businesses like Uber, Snapchat, andWhatsApp. It wasn’ttrying to reinvent howpeople communicate, shop, and even hook up. It was tryingto buildan iPod that made phone calls.

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LG’s New OLED TVs Somehow Look and Sound Even Better Jan 11, 2017

Heading into the craziness ofCES 2017, it was hard to see how LG could make its OLED televisionsany better. Cheaper? Sure. But better? We’re talking about TVs that some say offerthe best picturein the history of television. Yet LGmanaged to crank up thewow factor.

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The Epic Story of O.J.: Made in America’s Creation Jan 10, 2017

When Ezra Edelman set out to make the documentary O.J.: Made in America, he had one goal: To make a five-hour movie about howthe 1995 O.J. Simpson murder case a flashpoint for talking about race and the American criminal justice system. Not only didhe hit his goal, but he overshot that runtime by about three hours. “No sane person would do this,” Edelman says now, sitting in a lounge in New York’s Post Factory, where his doc was edited.

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Want a Peek at the Future of Laptops? Check Out Samsung’s New Chromebooks Jan 09, 2017

Now that Chrome OS users can get the millions of apps in Google’s Play Store, tech firms are developingentirely new kinds of devices for the platform. After months of speculation, rumors, and delays—which may have had something to do with the Note 7 battery scandal—Samsung announced the new Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro today at CES. The Plus and Pro are two flavors of one device, but it’s hard to say what kind of device that is.

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Sony’s First OLED TV Is Freaking Gorgeous Jan 06, 2017

Watch out, LG. Sony is entering the OLED television arena with a fetching TV. We’ve long known Sony could build a sweet OLED. It rolled into CES a few years ago with a stunning 56-inch 4K OLED set, but it never went anywhere. And because Panasonic doesn’t sell its OLED here in the US, LG has had the market to itself. That ends this year. Sony’s Bravia OLED A1E is gorgeous, it’s slim, and it sports a cool stand so you canprop it up like a giant picture frame.

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CES Isn’t About the Gadgets Jan 05, 2017

One of the most enduring views of CES happens to be one of the first things anyone sees there. You squeeze through the crowds of businessmen, hangers-on, and professional conference-goers, and push through the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center. You walk down the hallway that's somehow already filthy, even though the show started just 16 seconds ago, and you look to your right.

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We Love It When Presidents Enjoy Science Fiction Jan 04, 2017

In November, WIRED published a special issue guest-edited by President Obama. The magazine’s features editor Maria Streshinsky says that working with the president was an exciting opportunity for everyone at WIRED, especially editor in chief Scott Dadich.

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Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter Jan 03, 2017

In a lab buried under the Apennine Mountains of Italy, Elena Aprile, a professor of physics at Columbia University, is racing to unearth what would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics. She has not yet succeeded, even after more than a decade of work. Then again, nobody else has, either. Aprile leads the XENON dark matter experiment, one of several competing efforts to detect a particle responsible for the astrophysical peculiarities that are collectively attributed to dark matter.

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In a Chaotic Year, the Best Games Took My Control Away Jan 02, 2017

2016 was a year that felt entirely out of control. At times, it was a blur a blur; at others it was dreadfully long, challenging moments personal and collective stretching into little eternities. This year’s videogames weren’t explicitresponses to anything that happened this year—games rarely works like that, especially where multi-million dollar development cycles are concerned—but entertainment and realityoften intersected in disconcertingways.

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A Farewell to Wii U, the Game System for Nobody Dec 30, 2016

Sure,withThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildthere’sone more high-profile game coming to Wii U. But Nintendo is also releasing the new Zelda for its upcoming new console, Nintendo Switch. And it’s not even promising that the game will be there for its March launch, just a vague “2017.” By the time Zelda finally ships, you may have already upgraded your console.

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Review: Midwest Supplies ‘Beer. Simply Beer.’ Brewing Kit Dec 29, 2016

Ifirmly believethat thekitchen isan incredible source of knowledge, and that you can’t truly understand something you love until you try making it yourself. If you love beer, these truisms yield a glorious thing. Homebrewing is somethingof a national passion, but I’ve never delved into it, mostly becausethere’s so much great beer producedby people who know what they’re doing.

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Take a Chilling 360-Degree Tour of NASA’s Glacier-Spying Plane Dec 28, 2016

You know the space agency best for the way it uses probes, landers, telescopes, and satellites to show you worlds beyond your own, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has plenty of tools for taking a close look at Earth, too. To study the home planet’s atmosphere, weather, ice masses, and oceans, NASA operates a diverse fleet of aircraft planes, from the high-fling ER-2 to the Global Hawk drone.

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Review: Audioengine HD3 Premium Powered Desktop Speakers Dec 27, 2016

Audioengine enjoysa strong reputation for high-quality speakers at prices that won’t make you cry. TheHD3 desktop speakers retail at $400, which places them at the upperend of Audioengine’s desktop line of powered boxes, but below the top-endHD5 speakers. I held high expectations for the HD3s. AsI unpacked them, I felt pangs of nostalgia over the wires and cables. It’s been awhile since I plugged a pair of nice speakers into my computer.

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A Definitive Ranking of the Best Hair in the Star Wars Universe Dec 26, 2016

With each new Star Wars movie, fans wait to see how their favorite characters, new and old, will be styled. And, with some of the most iconic and influential hairstyles in pop-culture history, the franchise has a high bar to clear when it comes to its characters’ tresses. Because as Yoda says, “Hairdo. Or do not hairdo. There is no try.

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Simple Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday at the Movies Dec 23, 2016

Not everyone wants to—or can—spend the holidays next to a fire or gorging on fowl and carbs. Some people (read: us) see holidays as a chance to catch up on movies and gorge on popcorn and Starburst. Luckily for those folks, there are a lot of good movies in theaters right now—and even more ways to see them. But going to the movies can be stressful. There are lines, jockeying for good seats, and the high prices of concessions to worry about with every trip to the multiplex.

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You Know What? 2016 Was a Pretty Great Year for Pop Culture Dec 21, 2016

It’s that time of year again—the time when we all look back at the past 12 months and try to figure out what the hell just happened. Here on The Monitor, things are no different. In fact, that’s what this week’s entire episode is about. Yes, this week the WIRED Culture team started talking about 2016 and realized: Hey, you know what? This was a pretty good year for pop culture.

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Please Report Any Changes: We Value Your Opinion—For Now Dec 20, 2016

It was Valentine’s Day. I made a dinner reservation at Milano just in case, and the needles from the Christmas tree were everywhere. I even found some in the bathtub. I know, it doesn’t make any sense, but neither does the fact that I got a birthday card from President Bush in the mail. The guy hasn’t been in office for years, not to mention I’m a Democrat. Anyway, the box that flashes, the People Meter or whatever they call it, it stopped flashing, so I contacted Richard.

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The Hunger After You’re Fed: Who Is Héctor Prima? Dec 16, 2016

My host’s expression went cool. He was a middle-aged man with a wide face and shoulders and pale stubble on his cheeks and chin that held the promise of a lush beard. In the four hours I’d spent in his home since the evacuated rail from Nové MÄ›sto had deposited me in Sagrado, he’d been nothing but jovial and expansive. His warmth and his pleasure in having a guest had lulled me into feeling safe.

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Subtext®: It Knows What You’re Thinking Stop Thinking Dec 15, 2016

Lately this feeling or maybe it's a thought what's the difference great another thing to think about add it to the list. Hard. To feel. Sure about anything it's in the CUPBOARD. NEXT TO THE MOUTHWASH.

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Shinola’s Quest to Make the Best Turntable You’ve Ever Heard Dec 14, 2016

If you want to know what's coming next from Shinola, the hipster-chic brand of watches, bikes, and seemingly all things leather, walk into the company's store in midtown Detroit. Go through the minimalist cafe; around the table of branded footballs, briefcases, and ping-pong paddles; and past the jewelry case. Then look right, through the floor-to-ceiling panes of glass. That's where I findSteve Welbourn, a quiet guy with wispy facial hair and a navy hoodie.

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Stop Trying to Kill Smartphones. You Can’t Kill Smartphones Dec 13, 2016

That five-inch phone in your pocket, the one you absolutely can't live without, does damn near anything these days.It is the Great Usurper, rendering everything from newspapers to music players to actual human interaction all but obsolete. People embraced smartphones faster than any other gadget in the history of the world, creating a trillion-dollar industry that is expected to reach more than six billion people in the next four years.

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United Won’t Be the Last Airline to Charge for Overhead Bin Space Dec 12, 2016

Do you love getting onto an airplane? Because, let’s be honest, nobody is their best self when trying to muscle an overstuffed rolling bag down a narrow aisle and then up into an overhead bin that’s exactly, precisely, slightly too small for it. Well, you don’t have to worry about that anymore! Because starting in 2017, United Airlines is taking away your right to put a bag in the overhead altogether. OK, not exactly.

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How to Make UV Light Out of Your Phone’s LED Flash Dec 09, 2016

What is a blacklight and how do you make one? This is the topic of a recent MacGyver episode in which he quickly creates an improvised blacklight to find hidden messages on a wall. You can watch the scene here-and a disclaimer, I am currently the Technical Consultant for the show. But still, there's lots a great science in this one little scene. What is "Blacklight"? OK, it's not really a black light. It's better to call it what it is: ultraviolet light. Let's start with a quick overview of light.

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Review: Oculus Touch Dec 08, 2016

Virtual reality needs motion controls, period. If you're an Oculus Rift owner, you may have had some fun times playing games that use the Xbox One controller packed in the box. Eagle Flight's pretty good. But eagles don't got no hands anyway. Any other situation, you're gonna want hands, and that means motion controls.

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Review: Wacom Bamboo Slate Dec 07, 2016

Pen-to-paper digital capturing tools like Wacom’s Bamboo Slate ($150) have been around for a while now, but they still seem like magic. There should be no way that you can draw a picture on a pad of paper, press a button, and have a perfect facsimile almost instantly pop up on your phone or your iPad. It defies the laws of… everything. Even if you know how it works, it still seems like it shouldn’t be possible.

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Defending Awful Christmas Films, and the Week’s Other Pleas Dec 06, 2016

Editor's note: We're proud to bring NextDraft-the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web-to WIRED.com. Every Friday you'll get a roundup of the week's most popular must-read stories from around the internet, courtesy of mastermind Dave Pell. So dig in and geek out. The Mile Spry Club Like the US and many other countries, Britain has a childhood obesity problem. One teacher witnessed the issue firsthand when she watched a group of 11-year-olds struggle to complete a lap.

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Review: Ozobot Evo Dec 05, 2016

Playtime meets programming tool in Ozobot’s Evo, “the smart and social robot toy.” Well, let’s not get too carried away. Evo responds to programming, but that doesn’t exactly make it smart. I’m not sure a bunch of flashing lights, beeps, and whirrs qualify as social, but I suppose I’ve seen worse on Facebook.

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Review: Como Audio Solo Dec 02, 2016

When I was a young pup, I spent my first income tax refund on a pair of Cambridge SoundWorks bookshelf speakers. Those were my only speakers for more than ten years; they moved with me to six different cities. Later, I remember walking through the audio area of CES and stopping dead at the Tivoli Audio booth, impressed by how cool and retro the company’s little clock radios looked, and how surprisingly good they sounded.

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Review: Asus ZenBook 3 Dec 01, 2016

ZenBook is an awfully good name for the laptop we consider today. Careful meditation will come in handy when pondering whether to fork over a stratospheric $1,599 for a 12.5-inch ultrabook. Asus offers its latest ZenBook 3in two incarnations, both in the same 12.5-inch chassis. The $1,099 cheapie model offersstripped-down specs, while paying $500 more for theupscale version gets you all the bells and whistles: Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a high-end 512GB SSD.

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Meet John Knoll, the Creative Genius Who Brought Rogue One to Life Nov 30, 2016

In one corner of John Knoll’s office at Lucasfilm stand three racks of imposing black computer servers. The sleek 6-foot-tall towers, complete with mechanical switches and fans, flash blue LEDs. Each bears the insignia of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars and a name—Death Star 748, Death Star 749. Imperial computers, these are. As impressive and menacing as the machines appear, they aren’t real.

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Don’t Look Now, But 2016 Is Resurrecting Poetry Nov 29, 2016

One day in early July, the poet Claudia Rankine was working in her study when her husband walked in. "I can't watch this," he said.

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Doctor Strange Proves Learning Magic Isn’t Strange at All Nov 28, 2016

You don't even have to watch the whole movie to get the best line from Doctor Strange. Let me set this up (mostly spoiler free). Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange) ends up meeting with The Ancient One and she shows him some seriously awesome stuff. Here is the conversation they have. Strange: How do I get from here to there? The Ancient One: How did you become a doctor? Strange: Study and practice-many years of it.

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McLaren Has Big Plans for Another Utterly Insane Supercar Nov 25, 2016

In the pantheon of supercars, the McLaren F1 holds a special place. Even now, almost a quarter-century after its arrival, its 240.1 mph top speed makes it the fastest naturally aspirated production car ever. Although designed for the street, it dominated at Le Mans. And it remains a drop-dead gorgeous automobile that deserves every superlative used to describe it. A list of things that set the F1 apart from any car you’ll ever drive runs as long as your arm.

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What Silicon Valley Got Wrong About the 2016 Election Nov 24, 2016

Whatever your politics, whatever your background, whatever your news sources, it seems fair to say that not many people saw the 2016 election ending this way. (Including, it appears, the guy who won the thing.

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Review: Plantroincs BackBeat Pro 2 Nov 23, 2016

Headphones rarely have to leave your head. They make phone calls, let you query of Siri or Google Assistant, and they give you hours of bliss as you consume podcasts, books, and playlists en masse. Having a pair that can do it all well is crucial. The Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2 is a very capable and pair of wireless Bluetooth headphones that will give you more than 20 hours of comfortable listening on a charge.

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Review: Nerf N-Strike Elite Terrascout Remote Control Drone Blaster Nov 22, 2016

What’s the best way to elevate a family holiday gathering? Tactical warfare! Nerf’s latest rolling drone should win a few battles. The Nerf N-Strike Elite Terrascout Remote Control Drone Blaster is basically a little remote-controlled tank. The non-flying “drone” cruises across rough terrain and shoots Nerf darts. The drone itself comes in two parts that need to be snapped together.

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Official Star Wars Drones Go on Sale Next Week for $230 Each Nov 21, 2016

We’ve written about Propel’s official Star Wars drones before, and frankly we’d write about them every day if we could find cause. Today brings actual news, though, of the flying speeder bike, X-Wing, Millennium Falcon, and Tie fighter that will be lighting up your living room this holiday season. You can pre-order them starting Tuesday, November 22, and they’ll cost $230 each.

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WIRED Book Club: Sex Criminals Titillates and Teases Us Nov 18, 2016

Oh, to be young and touching yourself for the first time. You orgasm, and time stops. No, seriously. For a pubescent Suzie in Sex Criminals, the comic by writer Matt Fraction and artist Chip Zdarsky, that newfound superpower is real—and a cause for both excitement and confusion.

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DJI Debuts the New, Drool-Worthy Phantom 4 Pro Drone Nov 17, 2016

DJI’s Phantom line of consumer drones is the 800-pound gorilla of the industry. And now, the company’s latest flying machine, the Phantom 4 Pro, looks like it’s poised to be the new king of the skies. The Phantom 4 Pro is an upgrade from last year’s Phantom 4. You can now fly a full 31 miles per hour while obstacle avoidance is engaged. Previously, if you wanted to go that fast, you had to put the drone into Sport Mode, which disengaged crash avoidance.

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Review: Acer Swift 7 Nov 16, 2016

Acer says its latest ultrabook, the Swift 7, offers “unprecedented portability.” The basis for this claim? A laptop that is 12mm thick at its widest point and under 10mm thick if you ignore the rubber feet. That is thin! How thin? It’s thinner than an Apple MacBook Air (18mm) and thinner than the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (15mm with keyboard). At 10mm, it flirts with the thickness of many tablets, and is even thinner than some models on the market.

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WIRED Book Club: A Trip Inside the Mind of Jeff VanderMeer Nov 15, 2016

When you’re contractually obligated to publish three books in a single year, you can’t dilly-dally in dreamland. Unless, of course, your subconscious is as weird and fecund as Jeff VanderMeer’s. From its depths spring images of creaky lighthouses and buried towers, great beasts moaning at dusk, and a brightness that grows inside you—just some of the features that haunt Area X, the mysterious wilderness at the center of his Southern Reach trilogy.

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The Art of Perfectly Reviving Decades-Old Land Cruisers Nov 14, 2016

Juan Diego Calle’s grandfather bought a sky blue FJ40 Land Cruiser in 1968. He kept it for 14 years, then sold it and bought a sky blue 1982 FJ40. When he died, Juan’s cousin restored the old Toyota and showed it to Juan and his brother Nelson. “When we saw the work,” Juan says, “we said, ‘We have to own our grandfather’s truck.'” They brought the Land Cruiser from Bogota to Miami, and soon had the itch to restore more of the faithful old SUVs.

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Trump’s Infrastructure Fix: Let Somebody Else Spend $1 Trillion Nov 11, 2016

In his first address as president-elect, Donald Trump played the platitudes. He spoke of being a president for all Americans, of healing divisions, of unleashing potential. He avoided specifics of any kind beyond a few key areas, including infrastructure. “We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals,” Trump said. “We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none.

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Eagle Flight Lets You Soar In VR, But May Make You an Angry Bird Nov 10, 2016

With Eagle Flight, now you too can experience all the freedom and majesty of flight—coupled with all of the restrictiveness of a videogame. If you’re a VR early adopter, you should probably try out Ubisoft’s first-person eagle simulator. It’s been available for a little whileon Oculus Rift (which I played), is out this week on PlayStation VR, and is coming to Vive on December 20.

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Review: Yeti Hopper Flip 12 Nov 09, 2016

The lowly cooler is the last thing I would have ever expected to become a hipster status symbol. But Yeti has managed to make it happen, by transformingthe beverage chiller from a utilitarian device into a fashion accessory. The Yeti Hopper Flip 12, like the rest of its Hopper line, is a soft-side cooler, which makes for a generally more comfortable userexperience than a typical hard-side cooler.

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Huawei’s Newest Supersized Phone Comes in a $1,500 Porsche Design Version Nov 08, 2016

The Mate 9 flagship phone thatHuaweiunveiled in Europe is a massive Android handset available with different specs at different prices—expensive, and crazy expensive. Like, $1,500 expensive. But that’s what happens when Porsche Design does your styling. We’ll start with the cheap one, if you can call a $775 phone cheap. The Mate 9 is roughly the same size as an iPhone 7 Plus, but sports a giant 5.9-inch display.

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Review: Google Home Nov 07, 2016

I'd be lying if I said unplugging my Amazon Echo didn't feel a bit like a breakup. "Alexa," I whispered while pulling the plug, "it's just for now." Butit wasn't Alexa, it was me. More specifically, it was someone else. I needed the space for Google Home. The $129 Home smart speaker playsa vital role inGoogle's futuristic vision of "a Google for everyone," powered by itsomnipresent Assistant.

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Liveblog: All the News From Apple’s Big MacBook Event Nov 04, 2016

It seems like we were just here a few weeks ago … but now Apple is back to tell us about its newest hardware. This time around, the focus is a product line that hasn’t gotten a lot of love lately: MacBooks. Yes, Apple’s line of portable computers is getting a much-needed refresh today. We can’t wait to see what’s in store. And of course, we here at WIRED will have a liveblog to bring you all the news.

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What It Would Take to Move 650 Million People into the US in One Week Nov 02, 2016

You know I don't really do much political stuff-but I sure do love a good estimation problem. And that's just what we have with the following statement from Donald Trump: "You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it. That's what could happen. You triple the size of our country in a week." OK, this is The Donald so I'm not sure if he's being serious or using hyperbole.

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Apple’s New MacBook Pro Has a ‘Touch Bar’ on the Keyboard Oct 31, 2016

It’s been over 500 days since Apple updated its MacBook Pro. Now, the wait is over. And while the company’s new line-up of high-end laptops looks awfully similar to the previous version from the outside, there’s a world of difference, starting with what Apple calls the “Touch Bar.” First, the laptop itself, which comes in 13 and 15-inch varieties, and which retains the same basic look that has defined the Retina MacBook Pro for years now.

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Hands On: The New MacBook Pro Is a Whole New Kind of Laptop Oct 28, 2016

Your MacBook Pro was overdue for an upgrade, and today it got one. Apple announced a new MacBook Pro this morning at an intimate event in Cupertino, along with small refreshes of a couple of its other laptops. The Air is the cheapest MacBook, and the MacBook is the thinnest MacBook, but the MacBook Pro is the best and most important MacBook. The new Pro, which comes with either a 13- or 15-inch screen, does look like the last model. Which is to say, it still looks like a laptop.

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Xiaomi’s Bezel-Free Mi MIX Phone Is Beautifully Bonkers Oct 26, 2016

Xiaomi’s share of China’ssmartphone market isheading in the wrong direction, but a phone as fine as the Mi MIX may change that—and inspire competitors. The stunning handset, designed by Philippe Starck,shuns bezelswith an edge-to-edge display that coversmore than 91 percent of thefront surface area. There’s so much screen that the selfie camera is at the bottom, because there’s simply no room at the top. The display measures 6.

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But Really, Who’s Better: Tom Cruise or Ben Affleck? Oct 25, 2016

It’s a question so simple we can believe we haven’t asked ourselves before: Who is better, Tom Cruise or Ben Affleck? One of them, Affleck, dominated the box office last weekend with The Accountant. The other, Cruise (obvi), has a big weekend ahead with the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Both have had their tabloid ups and downs. Both have had careers that slalomed between popcorn movies and credibility pictures.

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Trump’s Campaign Is Launching a Nightly News Show on Facebook Oct 25, 2016

Welcome to the Donald Trump show! Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate’s Facebook page every night at 6:30pm ET via Facebook Live from the campaign war room at Trump Tower. The show will be hosted by Boris Epshteyn, a senior adviser to the campaign, Tomi Lahren, a conservative commentator for Glen Beck’s TheBlaze, and Cliff Sims, another Trump adviser.

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Cantina Talk: The Start of Star Wars: Episode VIII Revealed (Maybe) Oct 24, 2016

If the galaxy far, far away had Twitter (it doesn't, right?) and that universe tweeted about the movies made there, it would be filled with nothing but ðŸ”¥ and ðŸ’¯ emojis considering all the Star Wars news that's come out recently. First, we got updates on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Episode VIII.

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Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch Oct 20, 2016

Nintendo's next console is almost here. Nintendo Switch, previously codenamed NX and announced this morning, is on track to release in March 2017. When it's out, your home and portable play will be combined into one unit: Switch is a tablet with detachable controllers that can dock with your TV, playing its games anywhere.

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Zenefits Reboots as Z2. But It Might Not Be Enough Oct 18, 2016

The fall of Zenefits was swift. In mid-November, The Wall Street Journal reported that the human resources startup had fallen behind on its revenue targets. Two weeks later, BuzzFeed revealed that the startup's salespeople sold insurance in states where they weren't properly licensed, with some of them faking their online training requirements. By February, its founder, a former media golden boy named Parker Conrad, resigned as both CEO and director.

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VW’s $15B Diesel Settlement Might Actually Hurt Electric Cars Oct 18, 2016

It's just about judgement day for Volkswagen, which has admitted rigging its diesels to spew more pollution than the law allows. Tuesday, US District Judge Charles Breyer will decide whether to approve the $15 billion settlement VW struck with the Department of Justice. But some worry the agreement could harm the electric car industry it is meant to promote. The settlement, covering 2.0-liter diesel cars sold in the US, addresses three points.

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I Just Want Nate Silver to Tell Me It’s All Going to Be Fine Oct 16, 2016

Evan has a habit. He's not ashamed of it, but he doesn't want to reveal too much about himself, lest his colleagues learn how he's spending so much of his time. Like so many others, the middle-age software developer can't look away from the presidential election. But his fixation takes a particular form: with every browser refresh, he hopes math will reveal the future. Evan is a poll obsessive, FiveThirtyEight strain-a subspecies I recognize because I'm one of them, too.

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Want to Know Julian Assange’s Endgame? He Told You A Decade Ago Oct 15, 2016

Amid a seemingly incessant deluge of leaks and hacks, Washington, DC staffers have learned to imagine how even the most benign email would look a week later on the homepage of a secret-spilling outfit like WikiLeaks or DCLeaks. In many cases, they've stopped emailing altogether, deleted accounts, and reconsidered dumbphones. Julian Assange-or at least, a ten-years-younger and more innocent Assange-would say he's already won.

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Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Internet Wins No-Chill Prize Oct 13, 2016

Here's a phrase we never thought would be true: Bob Dylan has won a Nobel Prize in Literature. Yes, the legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter has added to his apostrophe stash with "Nobel-Prize-winning," thanks to garnering an honor typically given to the likes of T.S. Eliot, Toni Morrison, and other internationally acclaimed novelists everyone likes to say they read.

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Amazon’s Music Service Launches With a Secret Weapon: Alexa Oct 12, 2016

Alexa can already order you an Uber, control your smart home devices, and keep you company. She's about to learn much better DJ skills, save you six bucks a month on streaming music, and possibly even change the way you listen to music in your house. Amazon Music Unlimited, a beefed-up subscription service built to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, launches today.

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Man, Donald Trump Would Make for a Great Chatbot Oct 12, 2016

Just days after threatening to jail a political opponent should he win the presidency, Donald Trump's got a new campaign website that's so very … Trumpian. "Together, we are making waterboarding part of the Republican Party again," it declares. Also, "Together, unleashing, perhaps all of our nuclear weapons." Truer words have never come out of Trump's mouth. Except they didn't, really-at least not directly. A Trump AI generated all of the site's copy on its own.

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Poker Explains Why the GOP Can’t Fold on Trump Oct 10, 2016

This afternoon, House Speaker Paul Ryan essentially declared Hillary Clinton the winner of the 2016 presidential election. On a conference call with Republican representatives, he announced that he would no longer publicly defend or campaign beside Donald Trump. After a leaked videotape showed Trump boasting of his ability to sexually assault women, Ryan had apparently concluded his party's candidate was doomed.

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Trump’s Ground Game Gamble Could Be a Fatal Mistake Oct 10, 2016

After The Washington Post released a bombshell video in which Donald Trump brags about groping women against their will, top Republicans began abandoning him in droves. But losing the endorsements of senators and governors isn't the biggest threat to Trump's chances in November. Multiple reports suggest the Republican National Committee is redirecting resources to protect down-ballot races from potential fallout over the Trump tape.

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How to Move 2 Million People Out of Hurricane Matthew’s Way Oct 07, 2016

Across swaths of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina, half the highway lanes have reversed. Traffic engineers call this "contraflow," the volte-face of normal traffic. Now, on both sides of these roads, vehicles only run one way-away from Hurricane Matthew. As the Category 4 storm ripped the Caribbean with 145 mph winds, local and state officials urged nearly two million Americans to flee their homes before it hit the southern Atlantic coast.

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Hack Brief: Hackers Breach BuzzFeed in Retaliation for Exposé Oct 05, 2016

After Kim Kardashian was threatened and robbed in Paris this week, celebrities are considering whether her frequent social media use made her more vulnerable, and may be reassessing their own digital sharing. But for prominent people, this won't resolve another perpetual threat: Being hacked.

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Google Pixel Upends the Android Universe Oct 05, 2016

By the time Google announced its pair of Pixel smartphones on Tuesday, the devices had already been leaked all to pieces. Shape, size, specs; even color variants were laid bare by clumsy carriers. In fact, just about the only thing left unknown about the Pixels is what they'll do to the already splintered Android ecosystem. Google had previously released smartphones, made by a revolving set of hardware partners, under its Nexus line.

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The Ins and Outs of USB-C Mobile Charging Oct 03, 2016

Lightning connectors? Micro USB ports? USB-Cee you later! Our forecast: most, if not all, Android phones will have a USB-C charging port by this time next year. We're expecting new phones from Google this week, and you can bet those will be USB-C, just like the last crop. Samsung and Motorola are moving to USB-C too.

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Security News This Week: FBI Finds Hackers Poking Around More Voter Registry Sites Oct 03, 2016

Concern about potential election tampering continued this week. As noted in the roundup below, the FBI found evidence that hackers have been assessing the defenses of voter registries around the country and the cell phones of some Democratic party officials. But election officials aren't the only ones on high alert.

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Westworld Isn’t Great Science Fiction, But It’s Great Television Oct 03, 2016

The new HBO show Westworld is based on the 1973 feature film of the same name. The movie, which was written and directed by Michael Crichton, explores the idea of a high-tech theme park that goes haywire, an idea Crichton later recycled in his much more famous Jurassic Park. The original Westworld has many fans, but film critic Theresa DeLucci says the new series is a major improvement in terms of quality. "It's an HBO show," DeLucci says in Episode 223 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

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Google’s Going to Change the Gadget Game, But Not Like You Think Oct 01, 2016

If you add them all up, Google actually makes a lot of gadgets. It sells Nexus phones, Chromebook Pixels, Pixel C tablets, Nest smart-home products,

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NES Classic Hands-On: This Tiny Console Is 8 Bits of Awesome Oct 01, 2016

After getting some hands-on time with Nintendo's tiny "NES Classic," I can finally say it: This thing plays as good as it looks. (Which is good.) To be released on November 11, the lengthily-named Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition is an HDMI-enabled, USB-powered, tiny little game machine that houses 30 classic games from Nintendo's first console, including Super Mario Bros.

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WIRED Book Club: It’s Time for the Hugo-Winning Hard Sci-Fi of Three-Body Problem Sep 29, 2016

If you’re a sci-fi reader living in China, you’ve long known about Liu Cixin, the best-selling author that The New Yorker once called the country’s Arthur C. Clarke.

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Powell Email Shows Clinton Was Hardly First to Break Security Rules Sep 29, 2016

A new piece of evidence surfaced Wednesday night in the imbroglio over Hillary Clinton’s controversial use of a private server and Blackberry during her time as Secretary of State: A friendly message from Colin Powell detailing how he had used his own unapproved devices and private email during his time as head of the State Department years earlier.

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Hands On: Apple’s AirPod Wireless Earphones Look Crazy, But Work Great Sep 29, 2016

In retrospect, it makes sense that Apple couldn’t kill the headphone jack [1] without some kind of replacement. And, in fact, alongside the iPhone 7, the company actually announced three different wireless options: two new Beats models, both with improved processors and super-long battery life, and the new Apple AirPods. I tried on a pair of AirPods in Apple’s brightly lit hands-on room, a few minutes after the main event concluded.

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Why You (Might) Want the New PlayStation 4 Pro Sep 29, 2016

Okay, so Sony has announced a new PlayStation. Do you want it? That depends: What are you going to use it for? Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a difficult question for a certain segment of the population. A new game machine? Why, of course I want that! But the PlayStation 4 Pro, which Sony announced at an event in New York City yesterday, is a sort of new game machine we don’t often see.

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Legendary Designer Tom Tjaarda on the Eternal Beauty of Italian Cars Sep 29, 2016

Tom Tjaarda didn’t plan on spending his life designing cars. Though he grew up in Detroit, where his father John penned cars for Ford and Lincoln, Tom majored in architecture at the University of Michigan. But in his senior year, he decided to create a sports car for an industrial design course.

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Google’s Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring ISIS Recruits Sep 08, 2016

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The iPhone 7: More Camera, More Colors, Less Headphone Jack Sep 07, 2016

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The Death of Project Ara Shows Google Is All Grown Up Sep 07, 2016

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How Baltimore Became America’s Laboratory for Spy Tech Sep 05, 2016

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Forget Software—Now Hackers Are Exploiting Physics Aug 31, 2016

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Astronomers Don’t Think That So-Called SETI Signal Is Aliens—and Neither Should You Aug 30, 2016

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Parents Didn’t Just Dislike Super Nintendo 25 Years Ago—They Thought It Was a Scam Aug 28, 2016

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The Flying Bum Just Crashed—So Why Are We Building Airships? Aug 25, 2016

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Of Course Everyone’s Already Using the Leaked NSA Exploits Aug 24, 2016

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At 25, the World Wide Web Is Still a Long Way From Reality Aug 23, 2016

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Android Nougat Proves How Good Google’s OS Already Is Aug 22, 2016

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WIRED ENDORSES OPTIMISM Aug 18, 2016

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Trump Hates the Media, Right? But Now a Media Exec’s Running His Campaign Aug 17, 2016

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Ford Says It’ll Have a Fleet of Fully Autonomous Cars in Just 5 Years Aug 16, 2016

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Sorry, But Your Astute Election Posts Aren’t Changing Anybody’s Mind Aug 16, 2016

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The Adorable Island Fox Is Back—But Saving It Meant Going to War Aug 11, 2016

This is the story of the little fox that came back from oblivion, and the people who have dedicated their lives to protecting it. This is the story of wildlife conservation in the age of mass extinction.

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A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens Aug 10, 2016

Garcia and a new team of researchers are back with another paper that shows how Volkswagen left not only its ignition vulnerable but the keyless entry system that unlocks the vehicle’s doors, too. And this time, they say, the flaw applies to practically every car Volkswagen has sold since 1995.

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Trump’s Second Amendment Line Probably Won’t Land Him in Jail Aug 09, 2016

Donald Trump addressing supporters at a campaign event in Wilmington, North Carolina, this afternoon, suggested that if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency and people disagree with her Supreme Court nominees, well … If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.

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Martians Might Be Real. That Makes Mars Exploration Way More Complicated Aug 08, 2016

History will note that the guy who discovered liquid water on Mars was an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, a 20-year-old who played guitar in a death-metal band and worked in a planetary science lab. One day, while comparing different satellite images of a single Martian crater taken at various times of year, he noticed something odd: a set of dark streaks in the soil that grew in the Martian summer and shrank in the winter.

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Stop Trying to Psychoanalyze Donald Trump Aug 05, 2016

Humans are naturally inclined to try explaining things that don’t make sense, and Donald Trump’s behavior falls far beyond what anyone expects of a politician.

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