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Robots & Us: The Augmented Self

Technology – from steel to server farm – has always changed what it means to be human. But what happens as we meld with ever more capable machines?




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Tech Support - Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan Answers Overwatch Questions From Twitter

Game designer Jeff Kaplan uses the power of Twitter to answer some common "Overwatch" questions.




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Robots & Us: The Future of Work in the Age of AI

Robot co-workers and artificial intelligence assistants are becoming more common in the workplace. Could they edge human employees out? What then?




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Phishing Scams Aren't Just for Gullible Grandparents Anymore

Phishing scams are getting more and more sophisticated, to the point where they’re fooling even security experts. Here's how to avoid them.




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Google's AlphaGo Notches Another Win for AI

Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence system edged out the best human Go player for a 2-0 win. But it is also playing with and against teams of professional human players.




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Worried About Your Weak Passwords? Here's How to Fix Them

Look, we get it. Remembering dozens and dozens of different passwords for different sites is next to impossible. But that doesn’t mean you should be reusing your passwords. That’s just asking for trouble.




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Inside the Absurd Distillery Where They Make '20-Year' Rum in Six Days

Obsessive distiller Bryan Davis invented a contraption for aging booze fast. His goal: to create highly engineered, rapidly prototyped sprits that are unlike any you've tasted before.




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Here's Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2017

At Apple's annual WWDC conference CEO Tim Cook and others unveiled its most powerful Mac yet, a long-awaited Siri speaker, and tons of new software upgrades across all of the Apple platforms.




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Meet HomePod, Apple's New Siri-Enabled Speaker

Apple has unveiled the HomePod, a $350 wireless speaker with Siri baked right in.




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Google's Plan to Use Ads to Sway ISIS Recruits | WIRED BizCon

Yasmin Green leads a team at Google which has developed tools to help journalists stay secure in authoritarian regimes, to combat cyber bullying, and to help people before they become radicalized by extremist ideology. At the WIRED business conference, Green shared the company's strategies to sway ISIS recruits before it's too late.




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The Story Behind Google's Super Chip | WIRED BizCon

Five years ago, as its voice recognition tech took off, Google realized it would have to double its server space to handle even three minutes of speech from every Android user. Even Google couldn't afford that. So Urs Hözle and his team built a super chip to parse all that data more efficiently.




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AI Won't Replace Doctors, It'll Help Them | WIRED BizCon

Google is poised to begin a grand experiment in using machine learning to widen access to healthcare. If it is successful, millions of people with diabetes could avoid losing their sight. Lily Peng from Google Brain explained at the WIRED Business Conference how technology like this would help doctors, not replace them.




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The One Thing the Architect of Apple's New HQ Would Change | WIRED BizCon

Ask Norman Foster what, if anything, he’d like to change about Apple’s new headquarters, and he’ll need a moment to think. The famed architect, whose firm spent the last eight years perfecting plans for Apple’s massive campus, is mostly pleased with the results. But there is one thing he'd change.




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Lamborghini Toasted the World's Toughest Track with Air Instead of Horsepower

Supercars are usually super thanks to monstrous power. The engineers at Lamborghini turned to some smart air scooping tricks to send the production Huracan around the Nurburgring track in record time.




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Meet 4 of NASA's Newest Astronaut Candidates

Twelve new astronaut candidates just joined the ranks of those with the right stuff. Picked from a pool of 18,000 they may be among the first to journey to Mars. Four spoke with WIRED about getting the call and what they hope to accomplish.




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Now Amazon's Alexa Can Show You Things

Instead of just yelling at you, Amazon's Alexa now can show you things with a new flashy screen. Here's WIRED's review of the Amazon Echo Show.




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How the Internet Tricks You Into Thinking You're Always Right

A guide to busting through confirmation bias, the cognitive fallacy that's destroying our discourse.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Steve Carell & Kristen Wiig Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Despicable Me 3' stars Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Will Ferrell & Amy Poehler Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'The House' stars Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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Inside the High-Tech Flag Football League That's Taking on the NFL

Jeff Lewis, a former Wall Street guy, is the founder of the American Flag Football League. It’s a new, teched-out version of the game and he believes it's the future of football.




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A Timeline of Uber's Unfolding

Uber's crises have come so fast that they've piled on top of one another. We've laid out some of the companies most infamous milestones.




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Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down 'Atomic Blonde' Fight Scene

'Atomic Blonde' stunt coordinator and second unit director Sam Hargrave breaks down every stunt in the film's Berlin flat fight scene.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Al Gore Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions on Climate Change

Politician and activist Al Gore answers the Internet's most searched questions about climate change.




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Elon Musk's Master Plan Culminates in the Tesla Model 3

The Tesla Model 3 isn’t just a new electric car, it’s the culmination of over a decade of careful strategic planning to achieve Elon Musk’s goal: to accelerate humanity’s transition to sustainable energy.




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Leaked Audio of Q&A With Jared Kushner

Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to congressional interns in an off the record meeting, including about his work in the Middle East.




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Full Leaked Audio of Jared Kushner Q & A

Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to congressional interns in an off the record meeting, including about his work in the Middle East.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

"The Dark Tower" stars Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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Wanna See the Solar Eclipse? Here's What You Have to Know

On August 21, darkness will wash over America. But in a good way, we promise. Here's everything you need to know if you want to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse.




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Shaping Smarter Cities - Porto's Roving Hotspots

The city of the future calls for more connectivity. Porto company Veniam is leading that charge by incorporating a wifi mesh network to this old-world city. Produced for Mouser Electronics by the WIRED Brand Lab




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Plankton 'Mucus Houses' Could Pull Microplastics From the Sea

Watch the jellyfish-like larvacean capture tiny floating bits of plastic, enabling the pinkie-sized critter to eliminate the plastic as waste that falls to the seafloor.




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Instagram's Bold Plan to Block Hateful Comments Using AI

WIRED Editor-in-chief Nick Thompson sits down with Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom, to talk about the platform's bold plan to use AI to block hateful comments posted by trolls.




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Here's What Humanity Will Learn from the Solar Eclipse

America just witnessed the most fantastic celestial phenomenon human eyes can witness: a total solar eclipse. It was a national spectacle, but also a huge opportunity for science.




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Why It's Almost Impossible to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes

Spanish freediver Aleix Segura held his breath for 24 minutes and 3 seconds in 2016. How is that possible? Here's how.




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Tech Support - Bungie's Luke Smith Answers Destiny Questions From Twitter

Bungie's Luke Smith, design director of Destiny 2, answers Twitter's burning questions about the Destiny franchise. What if the loot cave still existed? How will characters transfer to Destiny 2? Did the wizard really come from the moon?




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Why Two-Legged Robots Aren't a Total Disaster | HardWIRED

Nothing in robotics is as unintentionally hilarious as watching a biped fall. But roboticists are making progress- like with this machine named Cassie.




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How Nuclear Weapons Have Evolved Since the 1940's

Today’s bombs are smaller in size but more powerful. They are also more likely to be delivered via intercontinental ballistic missiles, rather than dropped from aircraft. Here's how they've evolved into weapons that could wipe out entire cities.




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'The Current War' First Trailer

Electricity powerhouses Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse race to bring electricity to the world in 'The Current War,' hitting theaters Nov. 24.




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First Drive Review of Nissan's New Leaf Electric Car

Nissan’s new Leaf is an OK electric car—and that’s a great thing. The original Leaf was a global best seller. Now the 2018 LEAF has to compete with Chevy's Bolt and Tesla's Model 3. WIRED takes the car, and its semi-autonomous features, for a spin.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani and Fred Armisen Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

The LEGO Ninjago Movie stars Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, and Kumail Nanjiani take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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Tech Support - Jackie Chan & Olivia Munn Answer Martial Arts Questions From Twitter

'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' stars Jackie Chan and Olivia Munn use the power of Twitter to answer some common martial arts questions. Jackie also teaches Olivia how to karate chop some pieces of wood and defend herself from knife attacks.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tom Cruise & Doug Liman Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'American Made' star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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First Look at the 2018 Ford Mustang GT's Futuristic Dashboard

Rev it up with a choice of gauge styles. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT has an innovative digital display that could be the future of dashboards.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Josh Brolin & Taylor Kitsch Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Only the Brave' stars Josh Brolin and Taylor Kitsch take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. 'Only the Brave' premieres in theaters October 20th.




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Oculus' John Carmack Explains Virtual Reality in 5 Levels of Difficulty

The technology behind modern virtual reality is rapidly evolving, but what exactly helps create a better sense of realism and immersion? WIRED has challenged Oculus CTO John Carmack to explain the concept of realism in virtual reality to 5 different people; a child, a pre-teen, a college student, a grad student and a VR expert.




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Robot Love: How Design Studio Elastic Built WIRED's November Cover

For WIRED's November cover about love in the time of robots the magazine turned to Elastic, the design firm behind the opening credits for Game of Thrones, True Detective, and Westworld.




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Review: Google's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Smartphones

You Can't Buy a Better Android Phone Than the Pixel 2. In almost every way, the Pixel 2 is the iPhone of Android phones. And that's a compliment.




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Driving Design - The Technology Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation

Explore the tech moments that redefine what's possible with Designer Thomas Meyerhoffer, from the birth of the Internet to tomorrow's cutting-edge innovations.




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Zoom Through Seattle's Nearly Completed SR-99 Tunnel

Now that Bertha's done digging, the new underground highway is nearly ready for human travelers. Fly through the project from a drone's perspective.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matt Damon & Julianne Moore Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Suburbicon' stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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Watch the 1000 mph Bloodhound Rocket Car's First Run

The Bloodhound is a truly super supercar. It's designed to punch right through the sound barrier to over 1,000 miles per hour.