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Robot Microscopes Demystify Plankton, the Sea's Most Vital Residents
Researchers are developing clever robots that use AI to examine and classify plankton, the pivotal organisms at the base of our oceanic food chain.
See the Bike Cyclist Lael Wilcox Uses to Ride 20,000 Miles a Year
Lael Wilcox pedals a distance nearly equal to a trip around the globe every 12 months.
Shatter, Batter, Wax: How Cannabis Extracts Come to Be
It's sticky, it's icky, it's cannabis-derived oleoresin!
Tesla Model 3 Review: The Best Electric Car You Can't Buy
Elon Musk's car for the masses lives up to the hype. Now he just has to build the thing.
Where Could Bitcoin Succeed as a Currency? In a Failed State
Faced with runaway inflation and a weak national currency, Venezuelans are turning to cryptocurrencies to store savings and conduct some transactions.
How a Controversial New Sex-Trafficking Law Will Change the Web
A bill that would amend a bedrock internet law in the name of curbing online sex trafficking is headed to President Trump after Senate approval Wednesday.
What Would Regulating Facebook Look Like?
In an interview with WIRED, Mark Zuckerberg seemed to accept the idea of some US regulation. Other countries could provide the blueprint.
Mark Zuckerberg's Cambridge Analytica Interviews Ignore the Big Questions
Facebook's CEO addresses the Cambridge Analytica mess, but avoids the bigger questions.
Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: The Facebook CEO Talks Cambridge Analytica, the Company’s Problems, and Big Data
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson about Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data and the company's response.
In San Francisco’s Big Oil lawsuit, Climate Science Gets a Day in Court
San Francisco and Oakland are suing oil companies for money to protect against sea level rise.
Uber Video Show the Kind of Crash Self-Driving Cars Are Made to Avoid
And that the human safety driver was looking away from the road in the seconds leading up to the fatal impact.
Travis Kalanick's Return and the 'Bad Boys' Who Always Come Back
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is a CEO again, after investing $150 million in a real-estate company that owns parking lots.
Mark Zuckerberg's Silence on Cambridge Analytica Has Done Irreversible Damage
Facebook was forged in its founders image. So unlike traditional companies—say Google or Microsoft—Zuckerberg’s silence has already harmed his bottom line.
Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Out on Cambridge Analytica Scandal
After a series of revelations of data misuse ballooned into a company crisis, Facebook's founder finally broke his silence.
MIT Unleashes a Hypnotic Robot Fish to Help Save the Oceans
Researchers detail the evolution of the world’s strangest fish, and describe how it could be a potentially powerful tool for scientists to study ocean life.
Facebook Privacy Settings: A Complete Guide to Making Your Account More Secure
Despite the repeated privacy lapses, Facebook offers a fairly robust set of tools to control who knows what about you.
Turing Prize Winners Paved the Way to Smartphone Chips
Stanford's John Hennessy, now chair of Google parent Alphabet, and Berkeley's David Patterson developed the Reduced Instruction Set Computer in the 1980s.
Leica CL: Snap Candids in Style With This Discreet New Camera
While potential photographic subjects would shy away from a DSLR-wielding tourist, barely a soul would notice a box as compact as Leica’s CL.
Google's Cloud Security Command Center Should Help Stop Data Leaks
Human error leads to countless leaky databases. But Google has some new protections in place to help cloud customers better help themselves.
It's Time for Facebook and Google to Ban Ads from Dark Money Groups
Opinion: Facebook and Google should stop accepting political advertising from groups whose funders and true agenda are unclear.
How to Block Calls and Texts on iPhone in iOS 11
Unwanted calls and messages arriving on your iPhone? Block 'em all with our guide.
Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix Suspended Amid Scandals
Alexander Nix has been suspended until further notice and replaced by Cambridge's head of data, Alexander Tayler.
At Y Combinator's Demo Day, Companies Are No Longer the Next Airbnb, Uber or WhatsApp
Founders are no longer declaring their companies the "Uber of X." Instead, they're charming investors by having fun.
Facebook Struggles to Respond to the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
As the Cambridge Analytica story broke over the weekend, Facebook has struggled to formulate a response.
Aerial Views of Mexico's Dystopian Housing Developments
The Mexican government spent billions trying to provide affordable housing to its citizens. This is the result.
Alphabet's 'Outline' Homebrew VPN Software Offers Open-Source, Easy Set-Up Privacy You Control
Alphabet tech incubator Jigsaw wants to make it easy to run your own, more private virtual private network.
DowDuPont Signs a Deal to Surveil Farms With Satellites
Photos from a network of 200 satellites will go into agricultural analytics tools, which could give farmers new insight.
Why You Should Be Wary of Financial Robo-Advisors
WIRED Columnist Felix Salmon on how companies like Wealthfront are drifting away from low-fee passive investing—and why customers should be skeptical.
The FCC Should Use Blockchain to Manage Wireless Spectrum
Opinion: The FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel argues that using blockchain technology to distribute wireless spectrum would be efficient and economical.
How the Jaegers in *Pacific Rim Uprising* Violate Physics
Sometimes real science isn't nearly as exciting as pretend science.
'#WarGames' Is a Unique, Interactive Revival of the '80s Movie
The "interactive television" experience harkens back to a weird, stitched-together, decades-old videogame genre.
Medicare Now Covers Genetic Cancer Testing
Precision medicine has finally broken into the mainstream.
Sociologists Examine Hackathons and See Exploitation
A study finds that hackathon sponsors take advantage of free labor to create "fictional expectations of innovation that benefits all."
The Noisy Fallacies of Psychographic Targeting
WIRED columnist Antonio Garcia Martinez on why Cambridge Analytica’s targeting efforts probably didn’t even work—and why Facebook should be embarrassed anyway.
GDC 2018: Who Is This Event For Anymore?
Like the gaming world itself, the annual developer conference stands at a crossroads.
Facebook Owes You More Than This
You give Facebook all of your data in exchange for using their service—an exchange that seems increasingly out of whack.
Cambridge Analytica Is Finally Under Fire Because of Whistleblowers
It was no secret that Cambridge Analytica was manipulating people with big data. But it took a former employee’s reckoning to provoke outrage.
Uber's Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody in Arizona. Now What?
The first deadly crash raises questions about how quickly autonomous driving technology is progressing—and who's in charge of keeping everybody safe.
Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion and Fake News
In undercover videos filmed by Britain’s Channel 4 news, Cambridge Analytica executives appear to offer up various unsavory tactics to influence campaigns.
HTC Vive Gets $100 Price Cut, Vive Pro Launches For $799
The HTC Vive VR system is finally getting affordable as the new Vive Pro goes up for preorder.
To Stay Healthy On Your Next Flight, Avoid Aisles and Stay Put
Just grab a window seat and don't move.
Call Centers Tap Voice-Analysis Software to Monitor Moods
The software can detect tone and emotion in both customers and agents, then offer motivational suggestions.
Watch a Robot 'Hen' Adopt a Flock of Chicks
The PoulBot is teaching researchers about flocking behavior and about the cues animals need to fall in love with their robot overlords.
How Europe's New Privacy Law Will Change the Web, and More
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation takes effect May 25, requiring that people know, understand, and consent to the data collected about them.
Trump's Call to Start a Space Force Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
Last week, President Trump advocated for a military corps "like the Army and the Navy, but for space."
How to Regram Photos on Instagram
Instagram doesn't make it easy, but that doesn't mean you can't do it.
Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth
Researchers are building a case that long before the nervous system works, the brain sends crucial bioelectric signals to guide the growth of embryonic tissues.
Meltdown, Spectre, and the Costs of Unchecked Innovation
Spectre fixes forced browsers to break the compatibility covenant of the web. Other unchecked technologies could cause even deeper damage.
3 Rules for Designing Primo Virtual Reality
VR is coming, but it’s not right for every kind of experience. Here are three rules to create by.
Trump Campaign Data Consultants Cambridge Analytica Took 50 Million Facebook Users' Data
New reports indicate that Cambridge Analytica, the data team affiliated with Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, harvested data from 50 million Facebook users—and Facebook failed to stop them.
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