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Spooked by massive wildfires, a California city launches a crowdfunding campaign to hire goats to clear brush at the edges of town.
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by WIRED Staff on (#46M2N)
This year’s CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, continues Wednesday. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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by Lily Hay Newman on (#46NFW)
Months after Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon promised to stop selling user location data, the practice continues.
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by Emily Dreyfuss on (#46N9P)
Research shows that direct appeals from the president don't sway people, and neither do fact-checks from the media. But they do keep us talking.
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by Rita Katz on (#46MW0)
Opinion: As Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube crack down on extremist propaganda, ISIS recruiters are exploiting lesser-known messenger apps.
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by Peter Rubin on (#46MW2)
Just because it's winter doesn't mean there's not plenty of new stuff on the way. Gather 'round the glowing magic box.
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by Louise Matsakis on (#46MDJ)
The former Trump campaign chair keeps getting in trouble thanks at least in part to subpar digital security.
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by Angela Watercutter on (#46MDM)
Last night an Associated Press tweet claimed that, in placing blame for the government shutdown, "it takes two to tango." Twitter thought otherwise.
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by Lydia Horne on (#46M2K)
Michael Koerner's collodion "chemigrams" reveal a lifetime of inherited genetic mutations.
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by Amanda Kolson Hurley on (#46KYW)
The app gives city residents a few seconds' warning when an earthquake hits. It's the first publicly available app to do so in the US.
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by Kelly Grovier on (#46KYT)
These three iconic historical paintings pulse with intense anxieties about electricity, hematology, and astronomy.
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by Antonio GarcÃa MartÃnez on (#46KV3)
The newly elected congressmember offers older colleagues a master class in social media.
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by Matt Simon on (#46KV1)
First, the 600-meter-long plastic catcher didn't catch plastic. Then it split in two. What is the right way, then, to cleanse our oceans of the plastic menace?
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by Alex Davies on (#46KTZ)
VW's Electrify America program is adding a capability that identifies the driver by their car, and bills them automatically.
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by WIRED Staff on (#46KQD)
We've played with a bunch of great new consumer products here at CES. Here are the neatest things we saw on day two.
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by Lauren Goode on (#46KQB)
Want the super-fast mobile speeds promised by 5G technology? Come back in a year.
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by Issie Lapowsky on (#46KQ9)
A new Gallup survey suggests people are less likely to share stories from sites that are clearly marked as untrustworthy.
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by Aarian Marshall on (#46K1H)
The seemingly hoax-y death of 'Promobot' is a handy justification for the newly launched Partnership for Automated Vehicle Education.
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by WIRED Staff on (#46HD4)
This year’s CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, continues Tuesday. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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by Nitasha Tiku on (#46JWQ)
E-cigarette maker Juul will air TV ads beginning later this year.
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by Andrea Valdez on (#46JSV)
Does your planner need to be Insta-worthy? No. But a decorative, multi-colored, stickered planner just might help you love your to-do list.
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by Klint Finley on (#46JSX)
Attackers appear to have gained control of 51 percent of the computers on the Ethereum Classic network, allowing them to spend cryptocurrency that wasn't theirs.
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by Angela Watercutter on (#46JP2)
Finally, a clip that gets people excited to see the MCU's newest hero in action.
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by Matt Simon on (#46JDN)
Researchers make robots teach themselves how to walk through trial and error, like babies, to navigate the real world.
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by Lauren Goode on (#46J3S)
If you want to ask a favor of the Parisian concierge, but maybe your French is too rusty, let Google do the talking.
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by Michael Hardy on (#46HXM)
Paul Seibert digitally blended two photographs he took from a helicopter, thousands of feet above New York City.
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by Brian Barrett on (#46HR2)
Yubico has finally gotten the green light from Apple to make a hardware authentication token that works on iPhones and iPads.
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by Alex Davies on (#46HJ8)
SoMo is a new app from mapping company HERE that pushes back against ride-hail dominance by giving other drivers a common platform.
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by WIRED Staff on (#46HD6)
In the sea of consumer products that is CES 2019, a few gems stand out. This is the neatest tech we've seen at the show.
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by Klint Finley on (#46H8B)
Sensors embedded in the hive let beekeepers assess the health of their pollinators via the internet.
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by Aarian Marshall on (#46H89)
That number has doubled since 2015, but Uber and Lyft have made little progress on their bigger goal: attracting regular riders.
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by Eric Niiler on (#46H43)
As federal scientists sit at home, the many industries that rely on them are already beginning to feel their absence.
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by Julie Muncy on (#46H41)
From fantastic IP-crossing adventures to all-new exosuit epics, our consoles and PCs have plenty to look forward to this year.
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by Tom Simonite on (#46H0T)
Gathering health care data is much easier for Chinese companies than for their US counterparts—a boost for machine-learning algorithms.
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by Susan Crawford on (#46H0R)
The glass company can't just melt silica. The process involves glass soot particles and a grain silo of sorts.
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by Garrett M. Graff on (#46GVC)
The special counsel has lots of unfinished business on his to-do list this year, including a final report. Here's a rundown.
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by WIRED Staff on (#46EJP)
This year's CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, starts Monday morning. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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by Brian Barrett on (#46G2M)
Weeks after introducing Foveros, its 3D logic stacking technology, Intel has shown off a motherboard that puts it to use.
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by Jack Stewart on (#46FVX)
The automaker's CES concept uses multiple modes of locomotion to move through any territory.
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by Eric Adams on (#46FJC)
The company behind the V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor brings its experience to the pie-in-the-sky flying car industry.
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by Jack Stewart on (#46FDQ)
Unveiled today at CES, the LiveWire will hit 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and cover 110 miles between charging stops.
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by Jason Parham on (#46FDS)
From 'Pose' to 'Jane the Virgin', mothers on TV are getting much more complex—and that's a good thing.
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by Brian Raftery on (#46F3Z)
And 'Aquaman' continues to rule the box office.
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by Rhett Allain on (#46EEX)
Using the videogame's training mode, you can figure out the rules governing how the various characters jump and move.
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by Graeme McMillan on (#46E6D)
Is your New Year's resolution to consume more 'Star Wars' content? The universe has delivered.
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by Noam Cohen on (#46E6B)
Bitcoin is a prime example of how Silicon Valley touts "democratization" and "decentralization" as righteous motives when wealth is the ultimate goal.
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by Brian Barrett on (#46DJ9)
Samsung shows off new televisions at CES, and says iTunes will soon join its smart TV offerings.
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by Brian Raftery on (#46ASZ)
It's like an Oscars-Emmys mashup, but with better taste and more alcohol. Here's how to tune in, TV or not.
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by Aarian Marshall on (#46CP9)
Plus, New York cancels a much-hyped subway shutdown, self-driving cars have an interesting 2018, and we ride an odd, three-wheeled electric vehicle.
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by Graeme McMillan on (#46CAG)
Surely things on the internet will be better than they were in 2018, right? Oh, wait...
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