Why a Hacker Exploited Printers to Make PewDiePie Propaganda

An anonymous hacker has claimed credit for the prank, which is part of an ongoing YouTube subscriber feud.

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Apple Music Lands on Amazon Echo, as Apple Branches Out

Two bitter tech rivals get along for a change, making your streaming life a lot less complicated.

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GM's Dan Ammann to Lead Cruise, Its Self-Driving Car Effort

The automaker's president is leaving his role in Detroit to head up Cruise, while founder and current CEO Kyle Vogt will become CTO.

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Apple Music Lands on Amazon Echo, as Apple Branches Out

Two bitter tech rivals get along for a change, making your streaming life a lot less complicated.

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A Quiet War Rages Over Who Can Make Money Online

As social media companies and payment processors crack down on offensive speech, people and groups are using the tools to harass their enemies.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Andrew Mason on Descript and Life, Post-Groupon

Andrew Mason, the founder of Groupon who was fired as CEO in 2013 and has since gone on to launch new startups, proves he’s still a one-of-a-kind entrepreneur.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Andrew Mason on Descript and Life, Post-Groupon

Andrew Mason, the founder of Groupon who was fired as CEO in 2013 and has since gone on to launch new startups, proves he’s still a one-of-a-kind entrepreneur.

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Top Stories in November: Another Chapter in Robert Mueller's Report

The special counsel's end game is in sight. Plus: The pricey war over your Instagram feed, and the best online shopping deals.

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US Biotech Firms Made China's Gene-Edited Babies Possible

Even Crispr babies have a global supply chain.

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The Marriott Hack: How to Protect Yourself

Up to 500 people's personal information has been stolen in a Marriott hack that lasted four years, one of the biggest breaches yet.

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Everything WIRED Editors Loved This Month: Phones, Drones, and RoboVacs

Plus: Samsung's bendy phone, Apple's MacBook Air, and Microsoft's Surface Headphones.

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What Would It Take to Shoot a Cannonball Into Orbit?

We did the math on a famous thought experiment by Isaac Newton involving a very tall mountain, a wicked fast cannonball, and good old gravity.

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Everything WIRED Editors Loved This Month: Phones, Drones, and RoboVacs

Plus: Samsung's bendy phone, Apple's MacBook Air, and Microsoft's Surface Headphones.

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These Professional Portraits of Animals Evoke Human Emotion

Photographer Randal Ford spent two years taking studio photographs for 'The Animal Kingdom'.

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A Possible 'Fallout 76' Lawsuit Leads the Week in Game News

If one law firm has its way, publisher Bethesda may need to pay for its alleged practices.

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8 Best Smart Speakers (2018): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana

Smart speakers with Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri are popular, but which one is right for you?

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8 Best Smart Speakers (2018): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana

Smart speakers with Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri are popular, but which one is right for you?

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TikTok Is a Short-Form Monetized Musical Meme Machine

Tween sensation TikTok is not-quite-Snapchat and not-quite-Vine. But it’s betting on 15-second clips, while other platforms pivot to longer videos.

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ZF's 'External Side Airbag' Could Make Crashing Way Safer

Auto supplier ZF's "external side airbag" would deploy moments before impact, in a bid to better protect the car’s passengers.

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Instagram 'Close Friends': What It Is and How to Use It

The photo-sharing platform now offers the ability to post photos and stories that are only visible to a tight circle of followers of your choosing.

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Instagram 'Close Friends': What It Is and How to Use It

The photo-sharing platform now offers the ability to post photos and stories that are only visible to a tight circle of followers of your choosing.

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Lyft Expands Citi Bike in NYC, and Uber Is None too Happy

Now the owner of the continent's largest bike-share company, Lyft's moving further into NYC's outer boroughs, in a move that Uber and Lime consider a snub.

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Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Is Still Calling for an Encryption Backdoor

At a cybercrime conference Thursday, Rod Rosenstein once again decried "going dark."

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Facebook and Six4Three’s Bikini App Lawsuit Is Getting Ugly

It’s an international he said, he said showdown where somehow every party looks bad.

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'Blade Runner' Goes Anime, 'Cowboy Bebop' Goes Live-Action

Adult Swim network will be airing 13 episodes of a 2032-set 'Blade Runner' spinoff—just part of a broader cultural push toward anime.

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Mueller: Cohen Lied About Trump Organization's Moscow Project

Trump's former lawyer has testified that the Trump Organization pursued a real estate deal with Moscow deep into the 2016 presidential campaign.

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The Hoberman Sphere Maker Toys With Origami Structures

Chuck Hoberman is looking to make "transformative designs" that borrow from the art of paper folding.

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The Infinite Lifespan of Memes

Brandon Moore, creator of the "What are those?" meme, died this week. But his cultural legacy endures.

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8 Best Cheap iPhones and Android Smartphones ($180-$550)

The absolute best Android and iOS phones you can buy for under $550.

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The US Leans on Private Firms to Expose Foreign Hackers

Opinion: The government needs to step up in calling out cyber-attackers. Otherwise, we risk playing into their hands.

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8 Best Cheap iPhones and Android Smartphones ($180-$550)

The absolute best Android and iOS phones you can buy for under $550.

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Aquaman Trailer: The Physics of His Leap from the Water

In the new 'Aquaman' trailer, the superhero bounds from the water and lands on a submarine. It's a fantastical leap grounded in serious physics.

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Gift Ideas for Campers: Patagaonia, BioLite, Otterbox, and More

From camping gear to picnic essentials, here's what to give the person who's always itching to get outside.

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Gift Ideas for Campers: Patagaonia, BioLite, Otterbox, and More

From camping gear to picnic essentials, here's what to give the person who's always itching to get outside.

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How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem

Fires spread with a complexity that scientists can pick apart little by little, thanks to lasers, sensors, and some of the most powerful computers.

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Mercury Pollution Is Way Up. One Huge Culprit? Gold Mines

The first big international effort to combat mercury pollution is zeroing in on small gold mines, which account for almost half of annual emissions.

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Byeeeee, Logan Paul: Brands Prefer 'Micro Influencers' Now

Instead of leveraging the star power (and potential fallout) of huge internet celebrities, companies are turning to niche influencers and their small, but dedicated followings.

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Want Someone to Care About Climate Change? Make It Personal

Goodbye, Arctic. Hello, heat stroke and asthma attacks. New climate reports connect the dots between predictions and your life—today.

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Elon Musk Drops a Plan to Tunnel Under LA After Locals Sue

Musk's Boring Company won't dig under Los Angeles' Sepulveda Blvd after neighborhood groups sued to stop the project.

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DOJ Indicts 2 Iranian Hackers for Harmful SamSam Ransomware

A string of attacks hobbled the city of Atlanta, multiple hospitals, and more. The feds now think they know who did it.

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Audi's E-tron GT Brings Battery Power to a Speedy, Svelte Sedan

The automaker's electric charge builds on the E-tron SUV with the E-tron GT, a four-door that will do 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.

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DJI Osmo Pocket Camera Gimbal: Price, Specs, Release Date

For YouTubers and video influencers, this tiny face-tracking video camera might be the best thing since, well, the previous Osmo—and rival the GoPro.

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DJI Osmo Pocket Camera Gimbal: Price, Specs, Release Date

For YouTubers and video influencers, this tiny face-tracking video camera might be the best thing since, well, the previous Osmo—and rival the GoPro.

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Russian Hackers Haven't Stopped Probing the US Power Grid

Researchers warn that utilities hackers don't need to cause blackouts to do damage.

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New Porsche 992 Listens to the Road to Weather the Wet

The new $113,200 911 continues the evolution of the famed model with a refined design, pepped up performance, and a trick for detecting slick streets.

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Amazon Wants You to Code the AI Brain for This Little Car

Inspired by do-it-yourselfers, Amazon is offering a radio controlled car that learns to drive by repeated trial and error.

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The All-New Gladiator Is Jeep’s Old-School Nod to Pickups

Americans love pickup trucks, and Jeep is happy to cater to their wishes.

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A Copy Machine Artist Creates Photos of Familiar Landscapes

Dominique Teufen uses food packaging, plastic wrap, and fabric scraps to construct natural-looking scenery on the glass.

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What's the Fastest 100 Meter Dash a Human Can Run?

History's best time, set by Usain Bolt, is 9.58 seconds. Depending on how you parse the data, he's either rather close—or worlds away—from the theoretical limit.

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Google Fi for iPhones: Fewer Features, Lower Prices

Google's carrier is getting the iPhone and top Android devices, finally addressing its biggest blindspot.

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Google Fi for iPhones: Fewer Features, Lower Prices

Google's carrier is getting the iPhone and top Android devices, finally addressing its biggest blindspot.

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Spotify's 'Wrapped' Ads Highlight the Weird and Wonderful

Yanny and Laurel and yodeling and more appear in Spotify's annual celebration of quirky playlists and music streaming.

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Another Net Neutrality Day of Action Draws Fewer Big Names

Etsy and Tumblr will prod users to call legislators ahead of a Dec. 10 deadline for Congress to restore net neutrality protections.

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The Era of Cheap and Easy STD Treatment Is Over. What Went Wrong?

Better drugs and easily accessible clinics had stemmed the spread of diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis. Now, a perfect storm is tearing this system apart.

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SpaceX Is Launching a Piece of Trevor Paglen's Art Into Orbit

Artist Trevor Paglen has built a balloon satellite intended to evoke awe and wonder back on Earth.

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The Widely-Spoken Languages We Still Can’t Translate Online

People who speak languages missing from Google Translate, Siri, and Wikipedia will face future crises—leaving aid organizations scrambling.

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Rogue Scientist Says Another Crispr Pregnancy Is Under Way

Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who earlier claimed to have gene-edited twin baby girls, now says there's another pregnancy with a Crispr'd embryo.

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New at Amazon: Its Own Chips for Cloud Computing

Amazon follows Google in designing a chip to make cloud computing more efficient; the chip is based on designs typically seen in smartphones.

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GM's Job Cuts Are Another Sign of a Future With Fewer Cars

Preparing for a new sort of future, General Motors is cutting 14,000 jobs, closing three plants, and killing a bunch of car models.

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Scientist Who Crispr’d Babies Bucked His Own Ethics Policy

He Jiankiu, a Chinese researcher who claims to have edited the DNA of twin babies, now born, also published ethics guidelines directly contradicting his work.

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*SpongeBob* Creator Stephen Hillenburg Left a Legacy in Memes

While Hillenburg's titular creation has shown up in theme parks and parades, SpongeBob's legacy is most keenly felt online.

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Cyber Monday 2018: 40 Extended Deals You Can Still Buy

These are our favorite Cyber Monday deals that were extended, but they may go quick, including Roku, Echo Dot, and more.

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Cyber Monday 2018: 40 Extended Deals You Can Still Buy

These are our favorite Cyber Monday deals that were extended, but they may go quick, including Roku, Echo Dot, and more.

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Google Pixel Slate Review: A Bizarre View of Your Computing Future

Powered by both Chrome OS and Android, Google's answer to the iPad and Surface promises a computing future where anything is possible. And it sort of delivers.

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Everything You Should Know About Facebook’s UK Privacy Drama

Lawmakers from nine countries grilled Facebook on Tuesday using a cache of sealed documents that had been seized in London last week.

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Google Pixel Slate Review: A Bizarre View of Your Computing Future

Powered by both Chrome OS and Android, Google's answer to the iPad and Surface promises a computing future where anything is possible. And it sort of delivers.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Endgame May Be in Sight

Recent developments in the special counsel investigation show indicate that things are about to heat up.

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Range Rover's New Evoque Is Made to Conquer the Parking Lot

With an "invisible" hood, the new generation of the cute ute can handle an off-road paradise—or the parking lot they paved over it.

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Try Landing InSight on Mars (Without Exploding)

NASA just plopped a lander on the surface of Mars. This simple game lets you see if you can do the same.

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Gifts for Apple Lovers: Headphones, Cases, and More

Here’s what to get for that person who’s still casually throwing out Steve Jobs quotes on a regular basis.

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SpaceX's Next Launch Will Spark a Space Internet Showdown

An unusual SpaceX launch will carry several startups' satellites, some of which will jockey to provide dirt-cheap internet for earthbound IoT sensors.

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Gifts for Apple Lovers: Headphones, Cases, and More

Here’s what to get for that person who’s still casually throwing out Steve Jobs quotes on a regular basis.

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The View From the Control Room: How InSight Landed on Mars

Inside Mission Support at Lockheed Martin, which led spacecraft operations for NASA's InSight lander, tensions ran high as the robot prepared to touch down on martian soil.

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Online Shopping From the Couch Worsens Traffic on the Roads

The ecommerce boom is nice for convenience, but not for efficiency. Fortunately, Cyber Monday is a good day to shop online.

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NASA's InSight Spacecraft Lands on Mars and Snaps a Photo

NASA's Mars lander, called InSight, landed on the red planet and sent its first image of the Mars surface.

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'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Wrecked It at the Box Office

Plus: There's a new 'Lion King' trailer and AMC has set a return date for 'The Walking Dead'.

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Cyber Monday 2018: 15 Best Tech Deals for Gifting

Echo, iPad, Bose, and Nintendo Switch deals are among the best of Cyber Monday 2018.

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Cyber Monday 2018: 15 Best Tech Deals for Gifting

Echo, iPad, Bose, and Nintendo Switch deals are among the best of Cyber Monday 2018.

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Inside the Lab Training Genome Surgeons to Fight Disease

At the Gladstone Institutes, Crispr pioneer Jennifer Doudna is trying to make genome editing a routine procedure.

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Bentley’s Continental GT Convertible Offers a Tweed Roof

Along with excessive engineering and swank interiors, the new convertible has an endless list of options.

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Review: Gary Hustwit's Dieter Rams Documentary Criticizes Consumerism

Gary Hustwit's new documentary, Rams, profiles the famous product designer, who has some stern words about our endless quest to acquire shiny objects.

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Review: Gary Hustwit's Dieter Rams Documentary Criticizes Consumerism

Gary Hustwit's new documentary, Rams, profiles the famous product designer, who has some stern words about our endless quest to acquire shiny objects.

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17 Gift Ideas for Runners: Sport Watches, Jackets, Headphones, Sunglesses

Apparel, recovery equipment, and of course, wireless sports headphones.

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17 Gift Ideas for Runners: Sport Watches, Jackets, Headphones, Sunglesses

Apparel, recovery equipment, and of course, wireless sports headphones.

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Rivian Wants to Do for Pickups What Tesla Did For Cars

RJ Scaringe's Rivian Automotive just unveiled its electric pickup truck, and it's looking good.

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Best Cyber Monday Deals for Parents (and Kids)

Looking for toys, a Roomba, or an Instant Pot? Here are the Cyber Monday deals for everyone in the family.

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Best Cyber Monday Deals for Parents (and Kids)

Looking for toys, a Roomba, or an Instant Pot? Here are the Cyber Monday deals for everyone in the family.

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California Fires: We Know How to Keep Cities From Burning

We stopped American cities from burning once, and we can do it again. But it'll take a massive shift in behavior statewide.

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Watch Live as NASA's InSight Lander Descends to Mars

These livestreams will let you follow along as the InSight spacecraft lowers itself to the surface of Mars.

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Cyber Monday 2018: Best Outdoor and Fitness Deals (Fitbit, Apple Watch, Etc)

If you need running shoes, a fitness watch, or a new backpack, these Cyber Monday deals are for you. Apple Watch, Fitbit, Treadmills, and more.

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Cyber Monday 2018: Best Outdoor and Fitness Deals (Fitbit, Apple Watch, Etc)

If you need running shoes, a fitness watch, or a new backpack, these Cyber Monday deals are for you. Apple Watch, Fitbit, Treadmills, and more.

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Ivanka Trump's Emails Top This Week's Internet News Roundup

What had the internet talking last week? Jim Acosta's press pass, Matthew Whitaker, and Ivanka Trump's emails.

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You Can Pry My Air Fryer Out of My Cold, Greasy Hands

Do air-fried foods taste as good as their fat-bathed analogues? No. But an air fryer can provide comfort food on demand.

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You Can Pry My Air Fryer Out of My Cold, Greasy Hands

Do air-fried foods taste as good as their fat-bathed analogues? No. But an air fryer can provide comfort food on demand.

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The Government's Role in the Rise of Lab-Grown Meat

The FDA ought to embrace cultured meat, not over-regulate it.

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Unexpectedly Vanishing Quasars Are Mystifying Scientists

Some quasars, powered by supermassive black holes, have been shutting down ahead of schedule. A sort of "murder-suicide pact" could explain it.

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Space Photos of the Week: Thanks, Solar System Voyagers

Let’s extend gratitude and appreciation for the lonely voyagers that send images of the beyond back to Earth.

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Is 'Lord of the Rings' Prejudiced Against Orcs?

Fantasy author Andy Duncan thinks it’s possible, and his story "Senator Bilbo" makes that argument more relevant than ever.

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Amazon Exposes Emails, Insurance Company Surveillance, and More Security News This Week

A USPS data leak, Windows passwords go bye-bye, and more security news this week.

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Best Subscription Boxes for Kids: Bitsbox, Foodstirs, and More

Stressed about holiday shopping for a young'un? Give a gift that keeps on giving.

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Best Subscription Boxes for Kids: Bitsbox, Foodstirs, and More

Stressed about holiday shopping for a young'un? Give a gift that keeps on giving.

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Drop the Batteries—Diamonds and Lasers Could Power Your Drone

Rather than have drones waste energy carrying their own power, LakeDiamond wants to charge them by firing lasers through diamonds at their solar cells.

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A Government Climate Study Contradicts the President

A massive new federal report describes a country in ecological collapse and infrastructural ruin by 2100. They released it on Black Friday.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann on Visual Search

Pinterest’s CEO tells WIRED why the future of search is more about pointing a camera lens at an object than it is about typing words into a search bar. Plus: Our top holiday gift picks.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann on Visual Search

Pinterest’s CEO tells WIRED why the future of search is more about pointing a camera lens at an object than it is about typing words into a search bar. Plus: Our top holiday gift picks.

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Mars Landing: NASA's InSight Is Built for Absurd Conditions

The latest robot to visit the red planet is built to withstand dust storms and temperatures that can melt steel during entry, descent, and landing.

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How and Where to Watch the NASA InSight Mars Landing

Here are the best livestreams and watch parties to keep tabs on the spacecraft as it completes its Mars landing Monday.

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How a Dig at Trump's Immigration Policy Ended Up in 'Mortal Engines'

Peter Jackson's new movie may be set in the future, but it's got a few very now moments.

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No, You Don't Have to Locate Your Startup in the Bay Area

Investors and entrepreneurs Alexis Ohanian and Jewel Burks on escaping the San Francisco investor bubble.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Headphone Deals From Beats to Bose

We scoured the web to find the best audio deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Headphone Deals From Beats to Bose

We scoured the web to find the best audio deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Turn Off Siri on Your Lock Screen for Better iOS Security

Every new version of iOS seems to bring with it a fresh lock screen bypass. Head the next one off by shushing Siri on your lock screen.

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Black Friday 2018: Best TV and Home Theater Online Deals

We've found great deals on television sets, soundbars, Roku, Fire TV, and more for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Black Friday 2018: Best TV and Home Theater Online Deals

We've found great deals on television sets, soundbars, Roku, Fire TV, and more for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Laptop, Tablet, and Phone Deals

Our favorite deals on iPhones, Surface, and Chromebooks for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Laptop, Tablet, and Phone Deals

Our favorite deals on iPhones, Surface, and Chromebooks for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Black Friday 2018: The Absolute Best Tech Deals Online

Want to avoid getting trampled in the cold? We’ve gathered the best online Black Friday and Cyber Monday tech deals for 2018, from smart speakers to fitness trackers and more.

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Black Friday 2018: The Absolute Best Tech Deals Online

Want to avoid getting trampled in the cold? We’ve gathered the best online Black Friday and Cyber Monday tech deals for 2018, from smart speakers to fitness trackers and more.

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Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2018): Echo, Kindle, Fire HD

Kindles, Fire Tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo speakers are on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2018): Echo, Kindle, Fire HD

Kindles, Fire Tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo speakers are on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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How to Deconstruct a Football Tackle With Physics

Using video of a football collision, you can figure out the velocity and momentum of the players involved.

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The ‘Star Wars Holiday Special,’ a ‘Lego Movie 2’ Trailer, and More Culture News

Everything looks to be as awesome as ever.

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Norman Rockwell's 'Four Freedoms' Recast for Modern America

A new photo project by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur updates the iconic paintings so everyone can enjoy them.

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'Game of Thrones,' 'Mad Men,' and Other Pop Culture Meals Worse Than Your Family Thanksgiving

Think your family stuff is unbearable? Compare them to these scenarios.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Gaming Deals on PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and More

The best deals on consoles, controllers, headsets, and other gaming gear for Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo fans.

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How Much Weed Should Someone Try If It's Their First Time?

Make sure they know the difference between THC and CDB, and remember: Low and slow

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Rowhammer Data Hacks Are More Dangerous Than Anyone Feared

Researchers have discovered that the so-called Rowhammer technique works on "error-correcting code" memory, in what amounts to a serious escalation.

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You Won't Win the Thanksgiving Fight. But You Can Survive

The deep conflicts dividing America will never be solved over a turkey leg. But there are science-backed ways to survive family arguments.

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Did the CDC Really Just Ban … Romaine Lettuce?

Not exactly, but you should definitely throw yours away. Plus: A brief history of *E. coli* outbreaks

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15 Early Black Friday (2018) Tech Deals: Echo, Dyson, OLED

Whet your appetite for holiday shopping with some of our favorite early Black Friday picks, from TVs and tablets to vacuums and more.

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'Creed II' Review: It's No 'Creed,' But It's a Fair Fight

The sequel is a safe bet—not because it lacks heart, but because it does exactly what you expect it to.

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Why Bitcoin Is Plunging (This Time)

Fractures in the bitcoin community and a possible government investigation have sent the value of the virtual currency spiraling down.

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Photo Gallery: Jell-O, the Quivery Dessert, Gets a Fresh Eye

Jarren Vink has photographed a lot of foods, but the childhood classic posed some unique challenges.

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12 Best Android Phones of 2018 (New, Unlocked, and Cheap)

Wonder what the absolute best Android phone is right now? We have the answer, and some alternatives, from Google Pixel to OnePlus to LG and more.

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A Must-Have Debate About Thanksgiving Meal Essentials

Turkey or Sidesgiving? Dressing or stuffing? Sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie? There are much better things to argue about this weekend than politics.

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12 Best Android Phones of 2018 (New, Unlocked, and Cheap)

Wonder what the absolute best Android phone is right now? We have the answer, and some alternatives, from Google Pixel to OnePlus to LG and more.

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Airport WiFi Is Safe, Plus Travel Scoops You May Have Missed

On this greatest of travel days, we're reviewing our favorite here-to-there stories, from airport face scans to holiday traffic jams.

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When Did Fish Learn to Walk? Antarctica May Hold the Answer

Fossil hunters are launching an Antarctic expedition to learn how fish developed into land animals.

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The Future of Fashion: Turning Recycled Plastic Into Clothes

Hoping to help the environment—and improve public relations—clothing companies like Everlane, Patagonia, and H&M are making garments out of recycled plastics.

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'Fallout 76' Review: Bethesda's New Apocalypse Welcomes You

I'm not sure if I should be feeling so comfortable in the nuclear wasteland.

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Nearsighted Neoliberalism Helped Mobilize Today's Far Right

In Germany and the US, centrist parties cut social services, lowered taxes, and privatized connectivity, which fueled inequality and far-right fervor.

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The Future of Fashion: Turning Recycled Plastic Into Clothes

Hoping to help the environment—and improve public relations—clothing companies like Everlane, Patagonia, and H&M are making garments out of recycled plastics.

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How Unofficial Concert Recordings Flowered in the 21st Century

Live-music tapers, data archivists, and media technologists are creating an authentic musical underground in a freemium world, a hideout where listening habits go unmonitored and unmonetized.

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Creepy or Not, Face Scans Are Speeding up Airport Security

Who cares if you hate it? This time- and effort-saving tech is spreading, and fast.

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This Thanksgiving, Ditch the Food Psychology

Cornell scientist Brian Wansink rocketed to fame by crafting easy, appealing rules on how to avoid overeating. Turns out, though, they're probably not all true.

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How to Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV and Online

Enjoy the Thanksgiving tradition from the comfort of your own home.

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How to Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV and Online

Enjoy the Thanksgiving tradition from the comfort of your own home.

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Tech’s New Harassment Policies Are Too Late for Some Women

Companies say they will let employees sue over claims of harassment, rather than go through arbitration; but many policies don't cover older cases, or other claims.

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Watch 2 Helicopter Pilots Pull Off A Daring Wildfire Rescue

Two chopper pilots pulled off a daring rescue from the Woolsey Fire, plucking three people and two dogs off a ridge in hideous flying conditions.

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Instagram’s Crackdown on Fake Followers Just Might Work

Instagram's promise to root out "inauthentic activity" sends some social media marketers into crisis.

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How to See How Much Time You Spend on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook has released its "Your Time on Facebook" tool, which lets you see how much of your life is spent buried in the News Feed.

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How to See How Much Time You Spend on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook has released its "Your Time on Facebook" tool, which lets you see how much of your life is spent buried in the News Feed.

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Inside AlienCon, the Annual Gathering of 'Ancient Aliens' Fans

One of basic cable's longest-running and most popular shows has attracted a loyal following—and spawned a convention.

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Cosmology Is in Crisis Over How to Measure the Universe

A raging debate over the Hubble constant suggests that our standard model of cosmology might be wrong.

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How Much Screen Time Should My Kids Get?

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

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Russia's Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear Hackers May Have New Phishing Tricks

Two new reports show an uptick in sophisticated phishing attacks originating from—where else—Russia.

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'Battlefield V' Review: Finding Grandeur in History's Bloodiest War, 64 Players at a Time

As yourself, a squad member, and part of a larger multinational force, you're implicated as a piece of the ever-charging global machine that fought World War Two.

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The Doctor Prescribes Video Games and Virtual Reality Rehab

Opinion: Scientifically-backed software is shifting patient care from the hospital to the home.

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Brilliant Two Switch Panel: Rule Your Smart Home Devices

This ingenious smart home hub and light switch integrates with Alexa, Nest, Ecobee, Ring, Hue, Sonos, and more, but it still has a little way to go.

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Thanksgiving Movies Leave a Lot to Be Desired. America Needs a New One—Let's Make It 'Coco'

It's the best all-ages movie in years—and it's ready to stream. Watch it this week with your own cartoonish family.

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Brilliant Two Switch Panel: Rule Your Smart Home Devices

This ingenious smart home hub and light switch integrates with Alexa, Nest, Ecobee, Ring, Hue, Sonos, and more, but it still has a little way to go.

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Stop Worrying About Buying Carbon Offsets for Your Flights

Many airlines must offset their emissions to meet a UN agreement, so they're done relying on individuals, which is likely more effective anyway.

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Lucid Dreaming: This Retreat Can Train Your Nighttime Visions

Stephen LaBerge is the Thomas Edison of lucid dreaming and the best way to meet him is at private conferences. I hopped a plane, to find out what I could learn.

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How to Share and Store Pictures with Google Photos, Dropbox, AirDrop, and More

Leave no album un-shared with these easy-to-use apps.

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How a Bunch of Dreamers Turned Texas a Shade of Pink

The US Senate contest between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke drew most of the headlines, but the real story was how voters hit the gerrymandering wall.

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Airports Cracked Uber and Lyft—Time for Cities to Take Note

Airports serve as handy case studies for what happens when the cars show up, and how to beat them back again.

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How to Share and Store Pictures with Google Photos, Dropbox, AirDrop, and More

Leave no album un-shared with these easy-to-use apps.

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DIY Internet Access Gets a Reboot From Grassroots Co-Ops

Efforts to bring broadband connections to small communities signal the potential to reboot the spirit of the web.

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5 New Nonlethal Weapons the Defense Department Is Developing

The US Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program is testing a new arsenal powered by lasers, plasma, chemical irritants, and more.

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California Fire Survivors Brace for Debris-Filled Mudslides

The rains are coming to California, and the fires have primed the soil for another disaster that can claim yet more lives.

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Beware Black Friday Scams Lurking Among the Holiday Deals

Cybercriminals are always looking to steal your credit card or even your identity. But it pays to be on extra high alert come Black Friday.

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We Made Our Own Artificial Intelligence Art, and So Can You

WIRED's Tom Simonite, with little programming experience, used open source tools and data to create art with machine learning.

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3 Smart Things About Our Sixth Sense: Interoception

Beyond sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, we have an inner sense that allows us to perceive ourselves.

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Tundra-Trailblazing Beavers Shaped How We Coexist

The buck-toothed rodents have long taken the lead in forging civilization's path forward.

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How a Teenager's Code Spawned a $432,500 Piece of Art

Robbie Barrat shared code to generate art with AI. To his surprise, a Paris collective used it to create a portrait that sold at Christie's.

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3D-Printed Organs From Living Cells Could Help Boost Senses

Michael McAlpine, a mechanical engineer at the University of Minnesota, has spent the past six years making a less synthetic kind of prosthetic.

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Giant Lasers Bring Distant Twinkling Stars Into Sharp Focus

Earthbound beams of light help a telescope in Chile stabilize flickering from afar.

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Online Shopping: The Complete Wired Guide

Everything you ever wanted to know about Amazon, data privacy, and those weird new register-free retail stores.

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Online Shopping: The Complete Wired Guide

Everything you ever wanted to know about Amazon, data privacy, and those weird new register-free retail stores.

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Hackers Hit Make-A-Wish Website With Cryptojacking Scheme

Cryptojacking officially knows no bounds.

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The New 'Aquaman' Trailer Is Here to Quench Your Thirst

Also: Apparently, General Mills is soliciting ideas for Hollywood productions based on its monster cereals.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Can Magic Leap Stand Out from the AR Pack?

We sat down with Magic Leap's Brenda Freeman to discuss the future of immersive media when it means wearing AR goggles on your face.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Can Magic Leap Stand Out from the AR Pack?

We sat down with Magic Leap's Brenda Freeman to discuss the future of immersive media when it means wearing AR goggles on your face.

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'Rogue One' Gets a TV Show, Leia's Daughter Loves 'Episode IX,' and More Star Wars News

Don't worry, there are still plenty of 'Mandalorian' developments still afoot.

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DJI Mavic 2 Pro Review: Movie Magic

This is the first consumer-oriented drone that actually earns the Pro name.

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Now You Can Sequence Your Whole Genome for Just $200

Veritas is offering DNA reading, cheap, for two days. But most consumers don’t understand the difference between that and a 23andMe test.

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DJI Mavic 2 Pro Review: Movie Magic

This is the first consumer-oriented drone that actually earns the Pro name.

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Thin, Flexible New Solar Cells Could Soon Line Your Shirt

A new kind of solar cell called a perovskite is improving rapidly, bringing the prospect of solar-powered vehicles, clothing, and windows closer to reality.

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An Obscure Concealed Carry Group Spent Millions on Facebook Political Ads

The company spent more than $2 million on Facebook ads in the regulatory no-man's land of digital political ads.

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What Infowars' Alex Jones and Voldemort Have in Common

We all suffer when platforms, their users, and governments fall for the tactics of attention-gamers.

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Best Cookbooks (Fall 2018): José Andrés, Anissa Helou, Simone Klabin

This year's best food books reflect the importance of community, whether it's about saving the world or just understanding it a little better.

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Best Cookbooks (Fall 2018): José Andrés, Anissa Helou, Simone Klabin

This year's best food books reflect the importance of community, whether it's about saving the world or just understanding it a little better.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Gaming Deals on PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and More

The best deals on consoles, controllers, headsets, and other gaming gear for Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo fans.

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Black Friday 2018: Best Gaming Deals on PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and More

The best deals on consoles, controllers, headsets, and other gaming gear for Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo fans.

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Trump's Apparent Aquaphobia Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Don't look now, but there's a sequel to the horror movie known as Last Week.

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Women Pay More for Transit: This Week's Future of Cars News

Tesla, GM, and Nissan want to restore the fading tax credit for EVs; Waymo is almost ready to go; the Mustang gets electrified; and more car news.

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Gear for Running a Faster Marathon: Shoes, Trackers, Sensors

These sensors and shoes—and a beet juice elixir—gave speed back to a slowing runner.

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Gear for Running a Faster Marathon: Shoes, Trackers, Sensors

These sensors and shoes—and a beet juice elixir—gave speed back to a slowing runner.

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The Evolutionary Importance of Neutral vs. Adaptive Genes

For 50 years, evolutionary theory has emphasized the importance of neutral mutations over adaptive ones in DNA. Real genomic data challenge that assumption.

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Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be

You were right not to trust hotel and airport Wi-Fi a few years ago. But these days, it's (probably) fine.

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Inside the Pricey War to Influence Your Instagram Feed

Instagram, YouTube—you name it. Influencers are being paid handsome sums to pitch you products in natural settings. That video you just watched? $50,000.

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Julian Assange Charges, Japan's Top Cybersecurity Official, and More Security News This Week

Safer browsing, more bitcoin scams, and the rest of the week's top security news.

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Does 'Maniac' Really Need So Many Dream Sequences?

They're fun, but they're also a bit much.

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The 13 Best STEM Toys for Kids That Will Make Learning Fun

We found math-filled and science-rich books, puzzles, coding kits, and more from brands including Amazon, Crayola, and Lego.

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The 13 Best STEM Toys for Kids That Will Make Learning Fun

We found math-filled and science-rich books, puzzles, coding kits, and more from brands including Amazon, Crayola, and Lego.

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13 Early Black Friday (2018) Tech Deals: Echo, Dyson, OLED

Whet your appetite for holiday shopping with 13 of our favorite early Black Friday picks, from TVs and tablets to vacuums and more.

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13 Early Black Friday (2018) Tech Deals: Echo, Dyson, OLED

Whet your appetite for holiday shopping with 13 of our favorite early Black Friday picks, from TVs and tablets to vacuums and more.

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Make Thanksgiving Taste Like the Future With This Freeze-Dried Apple Pie

Rising-star chef Eric Rivera has an easy way to up your holiday game: using powdered freeze-dried foods to amplify the flavors in your favorite recipes.

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Machine Learning Can Create Fake ‘Master Key’ Fingerprints

Researchers have refined a technique to create so-called DeepMasterPrints, fake fingerprints designed to get past security.

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The Promise of (Practically) ‘Serverless Computing’

There still servers, but this cloud computing approach lets you turn services on and off more quickly, and only pay for what you use.

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Make Thanksgiving Taste Like the Future With This Freeze-Dried Apple Pie

Rising-star chef Eric Rivera has an easy way to up your holiday game: using powdered freeze-dried foods to amplify the flavors in your favorite recipes.

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How Did the 'Freedom From Facebook' Campaign Get Its Start?

Facebook hired an opposition firm to fight the initiative, which was funded by hedge fund millionaire David Magerman.

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Space Photos of the Week: A Star Is Born After Gases Crash

Stellar nurseries seem cute, but they’re actually mini-Big Bangs.

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What Diane Greene's Departure Means for Google Cloud

Google trails Amazon and Microsoft in the business of renting computing power to other businesses.

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Kilogram Redefined. The Metric System Overhaul Is Complete

The platinum-iridium cylinder has been scrapped, and the kilogram will now be determined by the Planck constant.

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The Best Laptops of 2018: MacBook Pro, Chromebook Pixel, Surface Laptop

One of these portable PCs is just your type.

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Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation

When we're being watched, we conform. We don't speak freely or try new things. But social progress happens in the gap between what’s legal and what’s moral.

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The Best Laptops of 2018: MacBook Pro, Chromebook Pixel, Surface Laptop

One of these portable PCs is just your type.

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A New *Overwatch* Hero and Telltale’s Death Throes Top the Week in Gaming News

Also, an indie gem makes a surprising showing on the Game Awards' shortlist.

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What Is a Bot?

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

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Your Drone Can Give Cops a Surprising Amount of Your Data

Crime investigators are gleaning a host of personal information from a recovered drone, such as where its owner lives, credit card numbers and email addresses.

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FilmStruck Is Shutting Down: Stream These 10 Movies Now

Get a little more art-house in your house with a final binge of the streaming platform’s gems.

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Gifts Ideas for Travelers 2017: Luggage, Bags, Sleep Aids, Entertainment

Make somebody's trip a little easier with these suitcases, headphones, cameras—even a Land Cruiser.

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These DNA Startups Want to Put Your Whole Genome on the Blockchain

Two different marketplaces for genetic data, Nebula and EncrypGen, recently launched with the promise of better protections for their users.

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Gifts Ideas for Travelers 2017: Luggage, Bags, Sleep Aids, Entertainment

Make somebody's trip a little easier with these suitcases, headphones, cameras—even a Land Cruiser.

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Juul Can Breathe After Dodging Full FDA Ban on Flavored E-Cigs

The FDA proposed restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes that are similar to policies that Juul adopted earlier this week.

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Facebook Moves to Limit Hate Speech as ‘Times’ Scandal Swirls

Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to Facebook while defending his company against a scathing New York Times report.

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Google's Past Data Use Could Impede Its Healthcare Push

Privacy researchers raise concerns about the planned transfer of a DeepMind project in the UK to corporate sister Google.

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Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul? The Case for and Against

Intelligence Squared U.S., the long-running debate show, took on the Valley in a recent episode.

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All 141 'League of Legends' Champions, Explained

From Aatrox to Zyra, no one knows more about the multiplayer juggernaut than the folks at Riot Games—and they’re here to help.

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'Fantastic Beasts' Is About to Make Grindelwads of Cash (and Other Culture News)

Plus: Guillermo del Toro's Bleak House is fine, directors are rallying to save FilmStruck, and a *Dumbo* trailer dropped.

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6 Questions After the *New York Times*' Facebook Bombshell

 From Sheryl Sandberg’s next steps to the accusations about George Soros, Facebook has a lot of explaining to do.

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The Beauty and Danger of Australia's Salt Lakes

Perth-based photographer Leah Kennedy captures the duality of Australia's salinization crisis in a series of extraordinary images.

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*The Expanse* Gets Artificial Gravity Right in This Neat Trick

In a scene from season one, Jim Holden shows exquisite command of high school physics as he maneuvers himself onto a spaceship gangway.

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Microsoft Surface Studio 2 Review: A Brawny, Shape-Shifting PC

Microsoft's new workstation has everything you ever wanted in a creative desktop, and costs more than you probably ever wanted to spend.

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Microsoft Surface Headphones Review: Dialed In

Microsoft's first wireless headphones look, feel, and sound as premium as their price tag.

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Tinder Borrows a Page From Uber With Its New ‘Swipe Surge’

The feature, available in select cities, turns Tinder into a real time dating experience.

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Microsoft Surface Studio 2 Review: A Brawny, Shape-Shifting PC

Microsoft's new workstation has everything you ever wanted in a creative desktop, and costs more than you probably ever wanted to spend.

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Microsoft Surface Headphones Review: Dialed In

Microsoft's first wireless headphones look, feel, and sound as premium as their price tag.

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Tinder Borrows a Page From Uber With Its New ‘Swipe Surge’

The feature, available in select cities, turns Tinder into a real time dating experience.

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Yaeji's "One More" Hops Languages, and Codes, With Purpose

The New York house artist creates a succulent, danceable space where tongues and nations intersect.

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Boom Supersonic Moves to Take off With a Demonstrator Plane

Before the Colorado-based plane maker can launch its airliner, it has to see its 1/3-scale "Baby Boom" take off.

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How California Needs to Adapt to Survive Future Fires

California is burning for very good reasons, like climate change and population growth. But it doesn't have to be this way.

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Construction Workers Toil Away in San Francisco's Toxic Air

Smoke from wildfires in Northern California blanket the city of San Francisco. Is it safe for the workers outside breathing the air all day?

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RIP, Prima Books—and Strategy Guides, a Cornerstone of Game Culture

Strategy guides have been doomed for a while. But I'm going to miss them anyway.

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Netflix’s Cam Is a Horror Movie for the Influencer Age

You may not be an erotic webcam model with legions of unsettling fans, but you’ll find Cam’s dark and risky world more relatable than you’d expect.

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A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley's High-Minded Tyranny

Published in Ms. magazine, "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" observes that organizations built to avoid hierarchy develop leaders with pernicious power.

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Why Amazon’s HQ2 Search Backfired

Amazon’s year-long pursuit of new office space highlighted just how much billion-dollar companies can get from taxpayers.

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AmazonBasics Microwave Review: It's a Little Undercooked

Amazon's voice assistant can do many things. Just don't ask it to defrost sausage.

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AmazonBasics Microwave Review: It's a Little Undercooked

Amazon's voice assistant can do many things. Just don't ask it to defrost sausage.

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Is Smoke From California's Fires Getting Worse? Hard to Tell

Smoke from the Camp, Hill, and Woolsey fires has forced Californians to don air masks. But measuring air quality is more complex than you might think.

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Cities Cause Hurricanes to Dump Extra Rain on Them

The literal shape of cities appears to exacerbate hurricanes' rainfall, according to new research on Hurricane Harvey.

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The Mueller Investigation May Be Safe Despite Matt Whitaker

Robert Mueller's work as special counsel may seem imperiled by the acting attorney general, but there's plenty of reason for optimism.

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Mozilla Lists Easy-to-Hack Devices in Annual Gift Idea Guide

In its second annual “Privacy Not Included” guide, the nonprofit highlights internet-connected gifts that value your privacy—and the ones that may not.

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Should I Delete My Tweets?

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

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Best iPads for 2018: Which New Models Should You Actually Buy?

Choosing an iPad is more complicated than it needs to be, but we're here to help.

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Uber Rewards Loyalty Program Gives Perks to Power Users

Rack up enough points and a real life human will answer your customer support call.

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Best iPads for 2018: Which New Models Should You Actually Buy?

Choosing an iPad is more complicated than it needs to be, but we're here to help.

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Lenovo Yoga C930 Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Outstanding Battery Life

Thoughtful design puts the Yoga C930 in a class of its own.

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Tesla, GM, and Nissan Unite to Save Their EV Tax Credits

The EV Drive Coalition will push Congress to extend the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars, but advocates say it could do much more.

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Lenovo Yoga C930 Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Outstanding Battery Life

Thoughtful design puts the Yoga C930 in a class of its own.

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DARPA's Hail Mary Plan to Restart a Hacked US Electric Grid

On tiny Plum Island, DARPA stages a real-life blackout to put its grid recovery tools to the test.

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This Chemical Is So Hot It Destroys Nerve Fibers—in a Good Way

Resiniferatoxin is 10,000 times hotter than the hottest pepper, and has features that make it promising as a painkiller of last resort.

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This US Firm Wants to Help Build China’s Surveillance State

The owner of Bikini.com is using open source software to create artificial-intelligence image-recognition systems for Chinese companies and authorities.

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L’Oréal’s New Clip-on Sensor Tracks Your Exposure to UV Rays

You can buy the $60 sensor exclusively at the Apple Store.

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L’Oréal’s New Clip-on Sensor Tracks Your Exposure to UV Rays

You can buy the $60 sensor exclusively at the Apple Store.

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Juul Pledges Big Changes, but the Impact May Be Small

The e-cigarette maker says it will discontinue some flavors at retail outlets and shut down social media accounts ahead of an expected FDA crackdown.

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Facing UK Regulation, Big Tech Sends a Lobbyist to London

The Internet Association is taking its case to Whitehall, where members like Facebook, Twitter, and Google face increasing scrutiny.

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Hacking in Movies: That 'Hackers' Scene May Not Be So Dumb After All

As Samy Kamkar points out in this episode of 'Technique Critique,' it's certainly not the worst depiction of hacking we've seen in pop culture.

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Climate Change: The Complete WIRED Guide

The world is getting warmer, the weather is getting worse. Here's everything you need to know about what humans can do to stop wrecking the planet.

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Amazon’s HQ2 Hunger Games Are Over, and Jeff Bezos Won

After 238 cities vied to be home to Amazon's new "headquarters," the company chose the obvious: New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

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Why Google Internet Traffic Rerouted Through China and Russia

For two hours Monday, Google internet traffic rerouted through China, Russia, and elsewhere. Here's why.

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See How the Buoyancy Force Works in Water or Air

The buoyancy force gives you the boost that helps you float and do cool maneuvers in water. This experiment lets you see it in action.

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11 Best Tablets for Every Budget (2018): iPad, Android, Fire HD, Surface

Whether you prefer Android, iOS, or Windows, these are the best tablets we've tried.

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11 Best Tablets for Every Budget (2018): iPad, Android, Fire HD, Surface

Whether you prefer Android, iOS, or Windows, these are the best tablets we've tried.

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Pandora's Podcast Genome Project Wants to Find Your Next Favorite Show

The company hopes to do for podcasts what its Music Genome Project did for streaming songs.

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Pandora's Podcast Genome Project Wants to Find Your Next Favorite Show

The company hopes to do for podcasts what its Music Genome Project did for streaming songs.

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Trumpy Bear Divided the World—and Conquered the Internet

He wants your money, and you’ll give it to him because LOL nothing matters.

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OnePlus 6T Review: Top-Notch Specs, Unmatched Price

And, once again, the best somewhat-affordable Android phone comes from OnePlus.

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From QAnon to Pizzagate, When Online Conspiracies Form Cults

Inside these closed online communities, outside voices are discredited and dissent is often met with hostility, doxing, and harassment. Sound familiar?

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OnePlus 6T Review: Top-Notch Specs, Unmatched Price

And, once again, the best somewhat-affordable Android phone comes from OnePlus.

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If You Drive in Los Angeles, Palantir and LAPD Are Watching

Records show police agencies tap license-plate readers hundreds of thousands of times a year.

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How to Take Better Photos on Your Phone

Give the 'gram a boost with these tips from professional photographers.

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CyPhy Wants to Set Drones Free by Tying Them to the Ground

A tether connecting a drone to the ground liberates the aircraft from reliance on short-lived batteries, allowing it to stay aloft for weeks at a time.

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How to Take Better Photos on Your Phone

Give the 'gram a boost with these tips from professional photographers.

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The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI

Karl Friston’s free energy principle might be the most all-encompassing idea since Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. But to understand it, you need to peer inside the mind of Friston himself.

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DIY Tinkerers Harness the Power of Artificial Intelligence

The age of homebrew AI may not be all sweetness and light. Nor will it be all darkness and porn. Meet some of the pioneers showing what happens when the masses can teach computers new tricks.

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How Google and Amazon Got So Big Without Being Regulated

Internet companies used to grow big and die—fast. But now a few of them are huge and entrenched, because regulators didn't foresee their dominance.

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How to Teach Artificial Intelligence Some Common Sense

We’ve spent years teaching neural nets to think like human brains. They’re crazy-smart, but what if we’ve been doing it all wrong?

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The Camp, Hill, and Woolsey Fires Are Climate Change at Work

Though we can point to a lack of rainfall to explain the devastation from the fires in California, they're ultimately a product of a warming world.

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How Fei-Fei Li Will Make Artificial Intelligence Better for Humanity

AI has a problem: The biases of its creators are getting hard-coded into its future. Fei-Fei Li has a plan to fix that—by rebooting the field she helped invent.

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48 Smart Holiday Gift Ideas That Everyone Will Connect With: WIRED Wish List 2018

From electric wheels to smart home hubs, this year's holiday picks will delight tinkerers, travelers, and lovers of timeless design.

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48 Smart Holiday Gift Ideas That Everyone Will Connect With: WIRED Wish List 2018

From electric wheels to smart home hubs, this year's holiday picks will delight tinkerers, travelers, and lovers of timeless design.

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The US Didn’t Sign the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace

Corporations have taken the lead over nations on governing the internet: The initiative might not have counted the US as a signatory, but did include Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and others.

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How Air Astana Pilots Landed a ‘Completely Uncontrollable’ Jet

When the pilots of Flight 1388 lost control of their Embraer 190, they spent a scary two hours in the air over Portugal before making it down safely.

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RIP Stan Lee, the Man Who Made Comics Cool

The avuncular, controversial longtime writer and publisher of Marvel Comics dies in Los Angeles.

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The Best of Stan Lee’s Marvel Comic Books

From the first hundred issues of Fantastic Four to the genesis of the Incredible Hulk, these comics define some of the very best of Stan Lee's canon.

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The US Is the Only Country Where There Are More Guns Than People

The US has worst rate of gun violence among all developed countries, and still we fail to regulate.

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Ableton Loop Is More of a EDM Networking Event Than a Rave

Now in its fourth year, the conference moved its festivities to Los Angeles, where hundreds of aspiring musicians convened to learn new tricks.

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RIP Stan Lee: What 20 Years of Lunches With the Comics Legend Taught Me

From his love of the Cheesecake Factory to his take on religion, writer Jim McLauchlin looks back on two decades of conversations with the Marvel Comics chairman emeritus.

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'Masterminds,' Episode 2: Making a Stormtrooper Out of Bodies Is Easier Than You'd Think

At least, it is if you’re in Pilobolus, a dance company that specializes in shadowy illusions.

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Photo Gallery: When the Baby in Family Photos Is a High-End Silicone "Reborn"

Berlin-based photographer Lena Kunz set out to chronicle the world of meticulously crafted baby dolls and the people who love them.

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25 Amazing Holiday Gift Ideas Under $25

Whether you're shopping for travelers, coffee-lovers, or phone addicts, just because you're cheap doesn't mean your holiday gifts can't be awesome.

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25 Amazing Holiday Gift Ideas Under $25

Whether you're shopping for travelers, coffee-lovers, or phone addicts, just because you're cheap doesn't mean your holiday gifts can't be awesome.

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Why UX Designers Should Consider the Role of Sound Design

Opinion: Science shows the sound of TV streaming or a chip reader blaring can be as distressing as nails on a chalkboard.

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Why UX Designers Should Consider the Role of Sound Design

Opinion: Science shows the sound of TV streaming or a chip reader blaring can be as distressing as nails on a chalkboard.

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The Flu Shot Needs Fewer Stats and More Stories

It's hard to entice people with a calm portrayal of a crisis avoided, so more medical officials are employing a technique long used by anti-vaxxers: personal narrative.

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The Risk That Ebola Will Spread to Uganda Is Now ‘Very High’

With the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continuing to spread, neighboring Uganda deploys its health care defenses.

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The Pink Tax Means Women Spend More Than Men to Get Around NYC

New research suggests women in New York spend up to $50 a month more than men do on transportation, largely to feel safe and avoid harassment.

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Rural Kids Face an Internet 'Homework Gap.' The FCC Could Help

Many students trek to classrooms or local businesses to do their homework. Going without isn’t an option.

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These Wind Patterns Explain Why California's Wildfires Are So Bad

The Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire share an origin in the jet stream, which has produced extreme winds that are spreading the flames and hampering firefighting efforts.

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Tesla's Booming Model 3 Sales and More Car News This Week

Elon Musk puts Tesla in the black, cities rein in scooters, and a car engineer spends a lot of time throwing up.

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The White House's Fake-News Shenanigans Top This Week's Internet News Roundup

Oh, these crazy elections. Oh, that crazier White House.

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11 Best Google Speakers, Ranked by Price (Holiday 2018)

An Amazon Echo may be tempting, but these Google Home speakers may be a better buy.

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11 Best Google Speakers, Ranked by Price (Holiday 2018)

An Amazon Echo may be tempting, but these Google Home speakers may be a better buy.

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How the 'Betrayal Legacy' Board Game Tells a Story Over Time

Game designer Rob Daviau turned a popular horror-themed board game into a spine-chilling saga.

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How an Anonymous 4chan Post Helped Solve a 25-Year-Old Math Puzzle

A debate over the most efficient way to watch a cult classic TV series' episodes, in every possible order, lies at the heart of this mathematical breakthrough.

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How the 'Betrayal Legacy' Board Game Tells a Story Over Time

Game designer Rob Daviau turned a popular horror-themed board game into a spine-chilling saga.

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How to Safely and Securely Dispose of Your Old Gadgets

Keep your data private and the environment protected.

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Space Photos of the Week: The 6 Splendid Tails of Comet McNaught

It was a sensation when it was first spotted in 1744, but now we know much more about the effects of solar wind on comet dust.

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A Phony Elon Musk Scam, Foreign Malware Samples, and More Security News This Week

Compromised crypto, flawed SSDs, and more of the week's top security news.

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9 Best Robot Vacuums (2018): Pet Hair, Carpets, Hardwood Floors, and More

From no-frills cleaners to high-end automation, we have the ideal botvac for you.

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9 Best Robot Vacuums (2018): Pet Hair, Carpets, Hardwood Floors, and More

From no-frills cleaners to high-end automation, we have the ideal botvac for you.

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We Should Take Hollywood Disaster Movies More Seriously

More realistic films could raise awareness about real-world threats.

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18 Best Deals on Snow Gear This Week: REI, Backcountry, and More

Planning your winter ski vacations? Now is a great time to pick up all the snow gear you need.

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18 Best Deals on Snow Gear This Week: REI, Backcountry, and More

Planning your winter ski vacations? Now is a great time to pick up all the snow gear you need.

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The Brief History—and Uncertain Future—of Foldable Phones

Flexible displays aren't just gimmicks. They’re glimpses of the next great mobile frontier.

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YouTube Videos Keep Getting Longer to Drive Ad Revenue

Gone are the days of the 30-second clip. Today’s most viewed YouTube videos last 20 minutes or longer, a trend cemented by the platform's algorithms.

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Does Latinx Twitter Exist?

Black Twitter has grown into a vibrant digital community shaping political and cultural discourse. Does that place exist for Latinxs?

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A Jaguar Engineer's Vomit-y Teacups Ride Could Help Cure Car Sickness

Jaguar Land Rover is investigating how to detect and curtain motion sickness, and that meant emptying an engineer's stomach a few times.

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The Brief History—and Uncertain Future—of Foldable Phones

Flexible displays aren't just gimmicks. They’re glimpses of the next great mobile frontier.

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Stay Inside, Californians: Wildfire Smoke Is a Big Health Risk

Here's how smoke travels to your lungs and enters your bloodstream—and how you can protect yourself.

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How 'IRL Iron Man' Richard Browning Designed His Jetpack Racing Suit

The British thrill-seeked endured more than a few crashes—and broke some concrete—on the way to designing the jetpack suit he's now using to launch a racing league.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Darren Aronofsky on Spheres and VR

The director of Mother! and Black Swan talks about the new VR series, Spheres, which he produced.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Darren Aronofsky on Spheres and VR

The director of Mother! and Black Swan talks about the new VR series, Spheres, which he produced.

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Camp Fire: The Terrifying Science Behind California’s Massive Blaze

Lots of wind along with very dry vegetation turned the Northern California wildfire into a high-speed menace that tore through Paradise and Butte County.

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Sue Gordon: Silicon Valley Should Work With the Government

In an expansive on the record interview with WIRED, principle deputy director of national intelligence made her pitch for public-private partnerships.

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The Secret Tools Magicians Use to Fool You

Louis De Belle photographed 32 gimmicks for his new book *Disappearing Objects*.

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Was a Star Wars Escape Pod Really Just a KFC Bucket?

We can use video analysis to test whether an escape pod carrying R2-D2 and C-3PO in the first Star Wars movie was modeled using a KFC bucket, as one theory claims.

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JLab Audio Flex Sport Review: Over-Ear Workout Headphones You'll Love

Most over-ear workout headphones are preposterous. But not these.

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From N.K. Jemisin to *We Are the Nerds*, Our Favorite End-of-Year Books

The fourth quarter of the calendar is always a doozy—but we've sifted through the best new releases to stock your shelf (or e-reader) with.

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JLab Audio Flex Sport Review: Over-Ear Workout Headphones You'll Love

Most over-ear workout headphones are preposterous. But not these.

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7 Best Streaming Devices for 2018 (4K or HD): Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV

We compare the best media streaming devices for 4K HDR or HD TVs from Roku, Google, Apple, and Amazon.

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Blizzard's 'Diablo: Immortal' Announcement Did Not Go Well

Nor did Nintendo's racist-imagery snafu or Square Enix's 'Final Fantasy' expansion plans. Plenty of wrong to go around!

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7 Best Streaming Devices for 2018 (4K or HD): Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV

We compare the best media streaming devices for 4K HDR or HD TVs from Roku, Google, Apple, and Amazon.

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Don’t Want to Fall for Fake News? Don’t Be Lazy

An MIT professor argues that misinformation boils down to one simple thing: mental laziness, exacerbated by social media.

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Monkeywrenching Vandals Are Reinventing Climate Activism

Angry about climate change, activists shut down an oil pipeline in Minnesota—and then tried to convince a jury that their illegal actions were necessary.

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Google 'Arbitration Optional' Harassment Plan Limits Groups

Organizers of last week's walkout say ending mandatory arbitration for individual harassment claims still thwarts collective action, among other concerns.

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Virgin Hyperloop One Gets a New CEO: Jay Walder

The former head of New York, London, and Hong Kong transit signs on with the hyperloop company.

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There's Going to Be a 'Breaking Bad' Movie (and Other Culture News)

Plus: 'Swamp Thing' casting details, the 'Missing Link' trailer, and more.

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How an InfoWars Video Became a White House Tweet

A video distributed by Sarah Sanders to justify revoking the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta was altered in ways that made it misleading.

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Bees Are Dying Off. Tiny QR Code Backpacks May Help Save Them

A novel system monitors the dynamics of colonies exposed to imidacloprid, a neurotoxin that belongs to the infamous neonicotinoid group of pesticides.

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The Illusion Fueling the Post-Midterms Conservative News Machine

It's all about perception.

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Facebook Dating Is Rolling Out. Here’s How It Differs From Tinder

Facebook starts publicly testing its dating service with users in Colombia today.

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Facebook Dating Is Rolling Out. Here’s How It Differs From Tinder

Facebook starts publicly testing its dating service with users in Colombia today.

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Aristotle Was Wrong—Very Wrong—But People Still Love Him

Centuries-old ideas about force and motion have an intuitive appeal that is enduring but oh-so-incorrect, as these simple experiments show.

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (2018) Review: Impressive Features, Design

Microsoft’s ultralight PC is back with faster processing and longer, 10-hour battery life.

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Radars, Cameras, and Lidar. How Self-Driving Cars See the Road

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (2018) Review: Impressive Features, Design

Microsoft’s ultralight PC is back with faster processing and longer, 10-hour battery life.

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Bugs in DJI Drones Could Have Exposed Photos and User Data

Researchers found that they could compromise DJI's single sign-on tokens, similar to the issue behind Facebook's massive breach this September.

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Thanksgiving Tip: Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line Adds Alexa

This Thanksgiving season, the Butterball hotline adds Amazon Alexa to its turkey toolkit, among other new features.

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Thanksgiving Tip: Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line Adds Alexa

This Thanksgiving season, the Butterball hotline adds Amazon Alexa to its turkey toolkit, among other new features.

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Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out (2018): Bose, Sennheiser, Beats, and More

Looking for a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, wireless buds to help you rock your inner jock? We have you covered.

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Clever Tech Keeps America's Disabled Farmers on the Job

One in five American farmers has some sort of disability, and they rely on a cornucopia of tools from services like AgrAbility and Breaking New Ground to keep putting food on everyone's table.

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Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out (2018): Bose, Sennheiser, Beats, and More

Looking for a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, wireless buds to help you rock your inner jock? We have you covered.

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The House Science Committee May Soon Become... Pro-Science

“Hopefully we will no longer see the science committee used as a messaging tool for the fossil fuel industry,” says Rep. Bill Foster, a science committee member.

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Midterm Elections 2018: Voters Chipped Away at Gerrymandering

A series of successful ballot initiatives should create more districts where voters get to choose their representatives---not the other way around.

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San Francisco Sets a New Tech Trend: Tax the Companies

Proposition C, which will raise an additional $300 million a year for homeless services, was approved with roughly 60 percent of the vote.

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Photos: New Yorkers Wait 'on Line' to Vote in Midterms

In the face of big lines, bad weather, and extra-long ballots, perseverance is key.

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Boeing Issues Safety Warning After a Fatal 737 MAX Nosedive

The plane builder wants pilots to brush up on what to do if a faulty sensor sends a 737 MAX into a dive.

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How to Hack an Election (Without Touching the Machines)

In 2018, we should worry less about bot-nets and more about the oldest political tricks: misdirection, misinformation, and outright voter suppression.

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Midterm Elections 2018: Net Neutrality Faces New Uncertainty

The next Congress could have majorities in both houses that support net neutrality, but the outlook for legislation is bleak.

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Samsung's Folding Galaxy Smartphone Concept Bends All the Rules

At a developer event today, Samsung showed off a smartphone with a folding screen that points to a possible future for mobile computing.

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Samsung's Folding Galaxy Smartphone Concept Bends All the Rules

At a developer event today, Samsung showed off a smartphone with a folding screen that points to a possible future for mobile computing.

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Midterm Election Voters Shot Down a Carbon Tax, But It'll Rise Again

Washington voters will likely shoot down a ballot initiative that would tax carbon emissions, but carbon pricing is still likely to reach the US.

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Midterm Election Voters Still Shrug Over Climate Change

Major environmental ballot measures passed in Florida and Nevada, but not in Washington and Arizona.

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Photo Gallery: Capturing Scotland in the Midst of Its Green Renewal

Forget haggis, whisky, and 'Braveheart.' This photo gallery shows the real Scotland—a country in eco-transition.

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Kindle Paperwhite Review (2018): Our Favorite E-Reader Gets Better

The new device has a sleeker design, more storage, an updated processor—and now it’s waterproof.

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Kindle Paperwhite Review (2018): Our Favorite E-Reader Gets Better

The new device has a sleeker design, more storage, an updated processor—and now it’s waterproof.

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Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You?

These are the Best Amazon Fire tablets. Do you use it around the house? Is it for your kids? Should you buy the Fire HD 8, the Fire HD 10, or another model? We've got the answers.

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Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You?

These are the Best Amazon Fire tablets. Do you use it around the house? Is it for your kids? Should you buy the Fire HD 8, the Fire HD 10, or another model? We've got the answers.

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New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes

This month, HawkEye360 will send up satellites that monitor the radio transmissions of ships, planes and other things on Earth, allowing them to be tracked by their communications.

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Booming Model 3 Sales Are Taking Tesla Mainstream

Elon Musk's Model 3 is the 19th best-selling vehicle in the country, as 15-year-old Tesla moves beyond its niche.

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Midterm Elections 2018: What the Election Results Mean for Big Tech

The tech industry faces a notably less cozy environment in the Senate after election night, but the biggest changes could come under a Democratic House.

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Midterm Elections 2018 Give Legal Weed Even More Momentum

A win for marijuana in Michigan, Utah, and Missouri may foreshadow a win for cannabis nationwide.

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Watch Samsung Unveil Its Folding Galaxy F Smartphone

We don't know how it works or how much it will cost, but we've heard it bends.

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Watch Samsung Unveil Its Folding Galaxy F Smartphone

We don't know how it works or how much it will cost, but we've heard it bends.

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Midterm Elections 2018: Voting Machine Meltdowns Are Normal—That’s the Problem

Americans watched their voting technology break down right in front of their eyes—or on social media—Tuesday, but it's too soon to tell if the problems reached historic proportions.

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A Runway Train Traveled 57 Miles Through Australia's Outback

Here's how engineers might have deliberately derailed it.

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Apple MacBook Air 2018: A Worthy Upgrade

Despite its resemblance to past MacBooks, Apple’s new ultra-thin laptop has enough improved features to warrant replacing your old one.

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Midterm Elections 2018: Georgia Voting Machine Issues Heighten Scrutiny on Brian Kemp

Voting machines in one polling place had no power cords. The problems follow a big purge of voter rolls by the secretary of state, who is running for governor.

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Midterm Elections 2018: The Blue Wave Meets Republican Gerrymandering

If Democrats take back the House on Tuesday, it will have been against all odds thanks to gerrymandering that has skewed so heavily toward Republicans.

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Midterm Elections 2018: Every Celeb and Brand That Told Me to Vote, Ranked

Tinder, Ariana Grande, The Rock, and many more are exhorting the masses to cast their ballots.

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To Keep Pace With Moore's Law, Chipmakers Turn to 'Chiplets'

AMD and Intel are combining modular pieces of silicon into a single chip, like assembling Lego blocks.

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Midterm Elections 2018: All the Hoaxes and Viral Misinformation

WIRED is looking out for the biggest stories, the most common hoaxes, and the likeliest sources of confusion as they emerge throughout the day.

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The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’

Alphabet's longevity lab Calico trawled through Ancestry's massive genealogy database to study human longevity—and found that DNA matters less than people have long believed.

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Best iPhone for 2018: Which Model Should You Actually Buy?

Picking the right iPhone has become an increasingly difficult choice, but this breakdown may help.

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Audi's A8 Sedan Rolls With the Punches to Make T-Bone Crashes Safer

The $84,000 luxury sedan can sense an impending crash and adjust its suspension to protect its occupants in under a second.

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Best iPhone for 2018: Which Model Should You Actually Buy?

Picking the right iPhone has become an increasingly difficult choice, but this breakdown may help.

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You Can Make Your Own Scale With a Rubber Band and a Ruler

Take some simple measurements, add a dash of algebra, and you basically have a way to measure an unknown mass.

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Milking Scooters for Cash Helps Cities Build for the Future

Cities are experimenting with fees for scooter companies desperate to leave their electric mobiles on their sidewalks. And that money could help them keep up with the evolving world of mobility.

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The Midterms Will Test a Blue Wave of Activist Apps

Startups like Swing Left and Crush the Midterms wanted to maximize volunteers’ impact. On Tuesday, they find out if it worked.

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'Homecoming' Discussion: We Need to Talk About That Ending

Surely we weren't the only ones holding our breath throughout Amazon's new series, right?

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The Entourage Effect: How THC and Other Weed Compounds Mix

Some call it the entourage effect: THC achieves its full effects only when it rolls with a crew of other compounds.

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To Curb Fake News and Hate, We Need a Little Less Speech

Speech on the internet must flow a little less freely if we care about harm or truth.

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Midterms 2018: The Unprecedented Effort to Secure Election Day

Ninety-four district election officers. Thirteen hundred electoral jurisdictions. Multiple law enforcement agencies. The fight to keep the midterms safe has an unimaginable scope.

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Apple MacBook Air 2018: A Worthy Upgrade

Despite its resemblance to past MacBooks, Apple’s new ultra-thin laptop has enough improved features to warrant replacing your old one.

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Midterm Elections 2018: How to Find and Watch Results

Plus, how Siri, Alexa, and even Snapchat can keep you informed throughout the day.

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Midterm Elections 2018: How to Find and Watch Results

Plus, how Siri, Alexa, and even Snapchat can keep you informed throughout the day.

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How Right-Wing Social Media Site Gab Got Back Online

A company called Epik, whose CEO defended Gab, offered domain-hosting services, while Cloudflare continues to protect Gab from denial-of-service attacks.

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Trump’s ‘Racist’ Midterms Ad Backs Facebook Into a Corner

Facebook took down Donald Trump’s ad for violating its policies, but you can still watch the video on his profile.

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Einride's Electric, Driverless Truck Is Moving Stuff and Making Money

Einride, the startup now running a small robo-trucking service in Sweden, says that self-driving tech is a key enabler for electric propulsion.

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*The Walking Dead*'s Rick Grimes Gets a New Movie Series

The fan-favorite zombie-killer is getting a series of feature-length films.

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Is Our Love of True Crime Shows Really About Social Justice?

Networks and streaming services are placing viewers at the scene of the crime, but what's keeping them there?

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To Shake up Science, the Breakthrough Prizes Need More Than Money

Silicon Valley's tech-funded science awards are attempting to bring glory to basic research, but so far they have done little to challenge the status quo.

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Luxuriate in This Mechanic's Teardown of a 1974 Harley Davidson

The premier episode of WIRED's *[De]Constructed* takes a gleaming looking into the guts of a vintage Harley Davidson Shovelhead.

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HEY KNOW IT ALLS! Can I Vote Online?

Our in-house experts answer questions about your interactions with technology.

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Bitcoin Will Burn the Planet Down. The Question: How Fast?

A new paper concludes that it takes more than four times as much energy to mine $1 of bitcoin as mining $1 of copper.

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Best Fitness Trackers (2018): Fitbit, Suunto, Garmin, Nokia, Apple Watch

Do you need a wearable for skiing, or for counting your dance steps at a wedding? We've found the best for every body.

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Best Fitness Trackers (2018): Fitbit, Suunto, Garmin, Nokia, Apple Watch

Do you need a wearable for skiing, or for counting your dance steps at a wedding? We've found the best for every body.

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Star Wars News: Boba Fett Is Dead (Again)

And apparently, the Mandalorian is taking his place. Kind of.

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What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI

An MIT team built an algorithm to optimize bell times and bus routes. The furor around the plan offers lessons in how we talk to people with we talk to them about artificial intelligence.

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How Antivax PACs Helped Shape Midterm Ballots

With political action committees, the modern antivaccine movement is taking its fight for medical freedoms to the campaign trail. And that has public health experts worried.

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MoveOn Is Trying to Sway the Midterms With Facebook Ads

The progressive group wants to swing the 2018 elections with a strategy that bears some resemblance to Cambridge Analytica's.

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iPad Pro (2018) Review: Laptop Killer

Apple's new tablet gets closer to a PC than ever before.

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iPad Pro (2018) Review: Laptop Killer

Apple's new tablet gets closer to a PC than ever before.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking

Georgia's secretary of state is also its GOP gubernatorial candidate. And he just claimed that Democrats committed "cyber crimes."

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Astronomers Creep Up to the Edge of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

Hot spots have been discovered orbiting just outside the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center. Their motions have given us the closest look at that violent environment.

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Trump's 'Game of Thrones' Tweet Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

But don't forget about the president's attempts to stop birthright citizenship—or Kanye West's announcement that he's quitting politics.

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Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Go Human-Free, Plus More This Week in Cars

California lets self-driving cars go fully robo, Tesla upgrades Autopilot, Chevy makes an electric Camaro, and more.

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Cuisinart Extra-Large Rotisserie Fryer and Steamer Review

Fry up your holiday bird with far less risk of an oil fire.

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Why WhatsApp Became a Hotbed for Rumors and Lies in Brazil

If WhatsApp lacks Facebook’s most talked-about evil features, why is it still a weaponizable conduit for misinformation?

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Cuisinart Extra-Large Rotisserie Fryer and Steamer Review

Fry up your holiday bird with far less risk of an oil fire.

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Tesla's 'Navigate on Autopilot' Changes Lanes—With the Human's Help

The newly released "Navigate on Autopilot" makes choices about when to change lanes, but depends on the human's help—help that will make the system better in the long run.

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How to Control What Websites Can Do on Your Computer

If you're not careful, websites can grab all kinds of permissions you don't realize or intend. Take back control in your browser.

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'Red Dead Redemption 2': Reaching for Magic on the Shoulders of Indie Games

The idea of using slowness and inaccessibility to push against players bears a powerful resemblance to other corners of the gaming world.

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Space Photos of the Week: Ghost Nebula, Prepare to Die

Radiation from neighboring star Gamma Cassiopeiae leads to nebulas’ ruin

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A New Privacy Bill, Safer White Hat Hacking, and More Security News This Week

A CIA debacle, a new side channel attack, and more security news this week.

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'The Haunting of Hill House' Is 90 Percent of an Amazing Show

That other 10 percent, however...

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Apple Abandons the Mass Market, as the iPhone Turns Luxury

The average iPhone sold for nearly $800 in the most recent quarter; if the price keeps climbing at that rate, the average price may soon top $1,000.

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Intricate Maps Reveal What US Public Transit Gets Wrong—and Right

One obsessive planner, a bunch of data, and a lot of mapping flair makes for a stirring guide to US transport.

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15 of the Best Weekend Deals From Amazon, REI, and More

Start your holiday shopping early with deals on Alexa-enabled devices, Legos, smart TVs, and more.

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15 of the Best Weekend Deals From Amazon, REI, and More

Start your holiday shopping early with deals on Alexa-enabled devices, Legos, smart TVs, and more.

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Apple Will Keep Throttling iPhones. Here's How to Stop It

While it seemed like the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X might avoid the practice, Apple now says it will throttle them as well.

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We Need to Have an Honest Talk About Our Data

VR pioneer Jaron Lanier talks with WIRED about why the original architecture of the internet forced us into a kind of information trickery, and how we can fix it—to everyone’s benefit.

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Apple Will Keep Throttling iPhones. Here's How to Stop It

While it seemed like the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X might avoid the practice, Apple now says it will throttle them as well.

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Trump’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Tweet Is Odd, but Trademark-Infringing? Probably Not

Even if HBO wanted to issue a takedown, it's likely the network wouldn't have a strong legal claim.

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Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms

How to find accurate voting information for the midterm elections

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Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms

How to find accurate voting information for the midterm elections

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Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms

How to find accurate voting information for the midterm elections

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Gadget Lab Podcast: How Sonos Will Compete With, But Also Work With, Amazon and Google

An interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, taped at WIRED’s 25th anniversary festival.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: How Sonos Will Compete With, But Also Work With, Amazon and Google

An interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, taped at WIRED’s 25th anniversary festival.

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Hack Brief: Someone Posted Private Facebook Messages From 81,000 Accounts

The data appears to have been stolen with malicious browser extensions, and not by exploiting an issue with Facebook’s platform.

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Races to Watch on Election Night 2018

The outcomes of these contests could shape issues like net neutrality, data privacy, and the tech industry’s business practices for years to come.

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Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms

How to find accurate voting information for the midterm elections

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Coral One Review: Get a Handle on This Robovac

The combination handheld and robot vacuum might create more problems than it solves.

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Coral One Review: Get a Handle on This Robovac

The combination handheld and robot vacuum might create more problems than it solves.

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Robotaxis Are Coming. So Why Are We Still So Unprepared?

Opinion: We worry about glitchy driverless tech, but we *should* be worried about the remote human minders.

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New 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' Details Lead the Week in Gaming News

New characters! A story mode! Giant hands! No legs! Oh, the news goes on and on.

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Photo Gallery: Look Inside the Scrap Yards Sending Copper to China

When Christian Delfino's father ended up working as a sorter at the Tampa facility, the photographer saw an apt metaphor.

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Vizio P-Series 4K TV Review (2018): Top Quality, Palatable Price

We review the Vizio P-Series 4K LED TVs, which range from 55-75 inches (P55-F1, P65-F1, P75-F1).

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Julian Assange: The Real Houseguest of the Ecuadorian Embassy

As details of his democracy-bending relationship with Roger Stone break, Julian Assange is proving guests, like fish, stink after six years.

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'Homecoming' Creator Sam Esmail On Podcasts, Paranoia, and Julia Roberts

The TV auteur managed to get Roberts on the small screen for Amazon's prestige podcast adaptation.

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Vizio P-Series 4K TV Review (2018): Top Quality, Palatable Price

We review the Vizio P-Series 4K LED TVs, which range from 55-75 inches (P55-F1, P65-F1, P75-F1).

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The ‘Game of Thrones’ Final Season Is Shaping Up to Be a Beautiful Mess

We can't wait.

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The ISS Has a Supercomputer! Never Mind the Fried Disks

After a yearlong test, a supercomputer on the International Space Station has more or less survived and is ready to crunch data.

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An Aging Marathoner Tries to Run Fast After 40

Nicholas Thompson had been running marathons for years. At 42, he set out to reverse his slowing speeds with, science, tech, and new dedication.

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US Accuses Chinese Company of Stealing Micron Trade Secrets

The indictment alleges a state-owned company and rogue employees stole plans so China could make memory chips—further straining China-US relations.

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Learn to Fly Sikorsky's New Helicopter in Just 45 Minutes

The tablet- and joystick-controlled chopper is part of an effort minimize—and maybe someday eliminate—the role of the human pilot.

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HBO Goes Dark on Dish. Monopolist Move, or Publicity Stunt?

Critics of AT&T's Time Warner acquisition say their fears have been realized, as Dish blacks out HBO amid a contract dispute.

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How to Watch the WIRED25 Festival and Summit Talks

Couldn't be in San Francisco for our 25th anniversary bash? Here’s how you can relive the fun.

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Google Walkout Is Just the Latest Sign of Tech Worker Unrest

Workers around the globe protest company's handling of sexual-harassment claims.

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Russia Blames a Bad Sensor for Its Failed Soyuz Rocket Launch

An investigation into the crewed Soyuz rocket that aborted mid-flight blamed the incident on a handling error.

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The Sea May Be Absorbing Way More Heat Than We Thought

Scientists have developed a radical new method for measuring global warming-induced rising ocean temperatures: They aren't sampling water, but air.

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It's Now Easier to Use Uber Eats on Your Company’s Dime

Integrating Uber Eats into Uber for Business locks ever more customers into the ride-hailing's ecosystem in advance of an IPO.

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The Privacy Battle to Save Google From Itself

Interviews with over a dozen current and former Google employees highlight a commitment to privacy—and the inherent tensions that creates.

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LG V40 ThinQ Review: The Five-Camera Phone

LG's latest flagship phone has a camera for every finger on your hand.

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LG V40 ThinQ Review: The Five-Camera Phone

LG's latest flagship phone has a camera for every finger on your hand.

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'Prospect': A Lo-Fi, DIY Sci-Fi Film That's Better Than Its Big-Budget Brethren

The indie presents an alternative universe and an alternate Hollywood, one where directors make visual effects in their basements.

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Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate

GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.

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Will 'Deepfakes' Disrupt the Midterm Election?

Advances in machine learning allow almost anyone to create plausible imitations of candidates in video and audio, potentially sowing confusion.

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Apple's Heart Study Is the Biggest Ever, But With a Catch

The study enrolled a whopping 400,000 people, but it still won't answer researchers' biggest question: whether mass screening does more good than harm.

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