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A Jet Blue plane hit turbulence so severe, it ripped the toilet off its housing, knocked a flight attendant into the ceiling, and injured 24 people. The post How to Fight the Turbulence That Just Injured 24 JetBlue Fliers appeared first on WIRED.

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Turns out Secure Boot isn't all that secure. The post Ironic Windows Vulnerability Shows Why Backdoors Can’t Work appeared first on WIRED.

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Brands and athletes hope to capitalize on the Rio Olympics. An Olympic bylaw says they can't. Commence the social media wars. The post Athletes Battle the Olympic Brass for the Right to Make Money appeared first on WIRED.

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WIRED offers the very best photos of the Rio Olympics this week. The post The Best Olympics Photos So Far, From Swords to Big Green Pools appeared first on WIRED.

Intel chips dominate the computer market. But the computer market is changing. So Intel is changing too. The post Intel Reinvents Itself to Stay King in a Changing World appeared first on WIRED.

Look closely and you'll find fascinating physics in the archery event: a wobbling arrow. The post The Physics Behind the Wild Wobble of Brady Ellison's Arrows appeared first on WIRED.

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Equestrian sports are widely regarded as the most dangerous at the Summer Olympics. Inflatable vests could help make them safer. The post Olympic Equestrians' Vests Double As Airbags. Airbags! appeared first on WIRED.

Triumph built the Streamliner to do one thing: top 376.363 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats to become the fastest motorcycle on the planet. The post What It Takes to Make a Motorcycle Hit 400MPH appeared first on WIRED.

Vader's gonna Vade, Vade, Vade, Vade, Vade. The post The New Rogue One Trailer Is Here—Complete With Darth Vader appeared first on WIRED.

On Netflix's new sci-fi nostalgia-fest, the slow reveal of the iconic typography and the creepy Moroder–esque synth conjure the era perfectly. The post How the Stranger Things Titles Came Out So Perfectly Retro appeared first on WIRED.

This is the story of the little fox that came back from oblivion, and the people who have dedicated their lives to protecting it. The post The Adorable Island Fox Is Back—But Saving It Meant Going to War appeared first on WIRED.

A new Drug Enforcement Agency rule decentralizes the supply of scientific cannabis. The post The DEA Just Made It Easier to Do Research on Weed appeared first on WIRED.

This year's abnormally heavy shower is all thanks to the outsized gravitational pull of the gas giant Jupiter. The post The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Really Outdo Itself Tonight appeared first on WIRED.

Billy West, the voice of Zapp Brannigan, is currently posting clips of himself saying Donald Trump's most well-known quotes—much to the Internet's delight. The post Donald Trump Sounds Way Better as Futurama Blowhard Zapp Brannigan appeared first on WIRED.

We manage some semi-coherent thoughts on Ada Palmer's future-retro corporatist-utopianist sci-fi mind game, Too Like the Lightning. The post WIRED Book Club: So Hey, How About That Tone in Too Like the Lightning? appeared first on WIRED.

We've tested all of the models below in our labs, and we're here to tell you which ones are worth your hard-earned dollars. The post The Best TVs for Cramming Into Your Dorm Room appeared first on WIRED.

Open source now runs the world. But it still faces problems The post Open Source Won. So, Now What? appeared first on WIRED.

With a $500 Chromebook, HP gives Chrome OS the middle ground it needed. The post Review: HP Chromebook 13 appeared first on WIRED.

John Kraus is one of the youngest spaceflight photojournalists in the US. And he's awesome. The post Incredible Rocket Photos, Huh? Yeah, a 16-Year-Old Took Them appeared first on WIRED.

The newly christened Karma Revero looks a lot like the old Fisker, but with a year's worth of engineering upgrades. The post The Electric Fisker Karma Is Back—And This Time It Works appeared first on WIRED.

The CDC wants you to stock up on the right stuff, but for many it will be too little, too late. The post What's in the CDC's Zika Prevention Kits, From Permethrin to Condoms appeared first on WIRED.

Developers of AR games like Pokémon Go must realize that using the physical world as a gaming space makes them somewhat responsible for what happens there. The post Augmented Reality Games Like Pokémon Go Need a Code of Ethics—Now appeared first on WIRED.

The country has proven time again that it's willing to block access to sites. The post It'd Be Crazy Easy for Brazil to Block the Web Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

On Monday, the cross-country equestrian course decimated the field—only three riders out of 65 finished in time. That's not just hard—it's unsafe. The post You Know Who Has to Deal with Rio’s Toughest Event? Horses appeared first on WIRED.

The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED.

They are calling him the human fly. He uses suction cups to climb walls. But what about the physics? The post How That Chucklehead Climbed Trump Tower Without Splattering appeared first on WIRED.