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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on Fixing Government With Technology

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama discusses what he’d like to see technology solve in government with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on the True Meaning of Star Trek

POTUS is a Trekkie! WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the original Star Trek series and what it reveals about our common humanity.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on What AI Means for National Security

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the challenges of cyber security in the age of artificial intelligence.




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Data Reveals the American Dream Is Alive and Well—in Canada

At the White House Frontiers Conference, Raj Chetty, an economist at Stanford University described where the 'American dream' is thriving the most and seems like it's across US the border.




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Meet the Giant Robot That Builds Boeing’s Airplane Wings

Building something as large as a 737 wing takes an even bigger machine. Boeing’s Panel Assembly Line (PAL) is the 60 ton, 20 feet tall, friendly robot that always lends a rather large hand.




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Secretary of State John Kerry Knows What A Messy Election Feels Like

When WIRED sat down with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry right after the second Presidential debate, he shared a few thoughts on what it's like to run for President.




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Immigration in America Isn’t What the Politicians Tell You

Politicians make a lot of wild claims about undocumented immigrants in the United States. Our advice? Take a deep breath and have a look at what the numbers tell you.




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John Kerry on How the Paris Climate Agreement Could Help Fight Terrorism

US Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ways that recently signed UN climate agreement will spur innovations in renewable energy across the globe, including terror hotspots.




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Meet the Psychedelic Shrimp That Power-Lifts Starfish

The harlequin shrimp is all dressed up in a festive clown suit…a clown suit of murder.




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The Easter Eggs Inside the 'Mind' of Google Home

The $129 Home smart speaker plays a vital role in Google’s futuristic vision of “a Google for everyone” powered by its omnipresent Assistant. It sounds like a big deal, but we decided to have some fun with the new assistant instead.




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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May gather up their courage and reveal the last things they did with their phones.




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How Social Media Is Shaping Activism in America

Within the space of 72 hours, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five Dallas police officers were shot and killed. WIRED looks the three days that shook America and the role live-streaming, video and social media played in the tragedies.




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Snap's Spectacles Are the First Camera We Actually Want to Wear

Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, just released its sunglasses with built-in cameras. They're tough to get, but fun to use and they just might be the first face computer you'll actually want to wear.




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Whether It's Farmed or Wild, Here's How to Cook Your Salmon Right

If you overcooked your pan-seared salmon, you may be tempted to blame it on the type of salmon you bought, but none of that matters if you understand the chemistry of how this colorful fish cooks.




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Meet the Arapaima, the Swimming Tank of the Amazon

What's 10 feet long, 440 pounds, and armored like a tank? The arapaima, perhaps the most peculiar fish in the Amazon.




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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Race Toy Cars

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May put their driving skills to the ultimate test...by racing toy cars.




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Remembering Space Pioneer John Glenn: 1921-2016

In 1962 astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. The feat paved the way to US dominance in the space race and the mission to the moon. Glenn, ever a champion of human exploration, died December 8, 2016.




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Surviving Family Occasions with Tips From Google's Mindfulness Mentor

Family occasions are stressful especially around the holidays.Google's Chade-Meng Tan shares some mindfulness tricks that'll keep you sane.




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Airbus' Futuristic Jet Concept Comes With Flying Spas and Bars

The Transpose concept uses modular architecture to keep life in the sky fresh and comfortable.




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Meet the Blind Man Who Convinced Google Its Self-Driving Car Is Finally Ready

Google is getting serious about self-driving cars. So serious that it put a legally blind man in one that drove him around safely on his own. The successful trip means that the tech giant can now launch its own self-driving car company, which it's calling Waymo.




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How to Fight the Bad Logic of the Internet | Argument Clinic

There's a lot of bad logic out there. WIRED's Jason Tanz explains how to spot and fight the dumbest arguments online.




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How Alan Tudyk Became Rogue One's K-2SO

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" star Alan Tudyk plays K-2SO, an Imperial droid who was reprogrammed and finds himself with the rebellion. Alan explains what it was like controlling K-2SO, and how they went about making the best movie they could.




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Some of the Cool Gadgets at CES 2017

CES isn’t just giant TVs and smart washing machines from big brands. Here are a few of the neatest items and accessories we’ve come across this year.




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Struggling with Dry January? Here Are Awesome Non-Alcoholic Alternatives

After a boozy holiday season quitting alcohol for January sounds like a good idea, but it's not that easy. We've found some legitimate, non-alcoholic drinks for your beer, wine and spirit cravings.




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2016 Was the Hottest Year on Record. Blame Humanity

Last year was the hottest year since scientists started keeping records in the 19th century. It's no fluke---because it's humanity's fault.




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Women in Tech Marched on Washington for More than Just Gender Equality

Women from Silicon Valley joined the thousands that marched on Washington DC to protest the Trump Administration. WIRED joins a group of women in tech on their journey to the Capitol to fight for science, climate change action, immigration rights and equality.




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Science of Teams: How MIT Media Lab Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality

The MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large challenges like fighting pollution and urban modeling; the latter of which is being solved by using a combination of lego bricks and augmented reality.




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Meet America's Newest, High-Techiest Weather Satellite

The GOES-16 atmospheric satellite is a super-powered machine that can predict the future. At least as far as weather is concerned.




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If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them

To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them.




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Meet the Robot that Presses Vinyl in 30 Seconds

These machines are the next-gen record presses our 21st century vinyl revolution has been waiting for.




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Meet the Bird That Soars Thousands of Miles at a Time

The albatross has an 11-foot wingspan and a serious wanderlust, flying thousands of miles nonstop.




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Step Into the VOID, Where VR Merges With the Real World

At the Utah-based "hyperreality" startup, they don't want to make the real world disappear—they want to bring it into your headset for a an all-new kind of adventure.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Elmo, Big Bird, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, and Oscar the Grouch hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about 'Sesame Street' and themselves. New episodes of Sesame Street’s 47th season air every Saturday on HBO, and viewers can watch Sesame Street everyday on HBO Family and PBS Kids.




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Meet the Little Star Trappist-1 and Its Exhilarating Planets

Astronomers have discovered seven dwarf planets orbiting a star 40 light years away from us. Not impressed? How about this — the planets may just be able to harbor life.




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The 1955 Citroën DS Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

The 1955 Citroën DS is the auto industry's platypus: bizarre, delightful, innovative, and, if not inimitable, never imitated. WIRED's Jack Stewart took both the DS and SM for a spin.




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Meet Baxter, the Charming Robot That Can Read Your Mind

You don't have to tell the Baxter robot that it's doing something wrong. You Just have to think it.




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The Satellite That Spies on America's Lightning

The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that will help them alert the public to dangerous weather.




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Meet the Remarkable Robot That Communicates Like No Other

Iorek the robot not only understands your commands and gestures, but it asks for clarification if it's confused.




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Tech Support - Ken Jeong Answers Medical Questions From Twitter

Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer some common medical questions.




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Flight Lab - We Trained to Become a NASA Research Pilot and It Ain't Easy

It takes a lot of training to become an elite NASA research pilot. WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a crash course in flying and rolling F-18 jets for science, of course.




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Does Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer Really Work? Let's Ask Science

Your phone might automatically dim its blue light at night. But does this really help you fall asleep?




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In Memoriam: Twitter Egg Edition

With the social-media platform killing off its infamous avatar, we pay our respects to the departed Twitter eggs.




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Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks

Last year, the San Francisco startup Allbirds released a shoe it calls the Wool Runner. This eco-friendly, merino wool sneaker exploded in popularity in Bay Area. Now, Allbirds is unveiling its second product, the Wool Lounger.




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Meet Vinobot, the Rover on a Mission to Help Feed Humanity

If a ballooning humanity wants to feed itself as global warming throws agriculture into disarray, it'll need the help of robots like Vinobot.




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Flight Lab - Check Out the New Far-Out Fliers of NASA's Famed X-Plane Program

For seven decades experimental X-planes have been developed and flown in the Mojave desert. NASA is now building the future of flight like an all electric plane and a quieter supersonic jet.




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Meet the Cute Little Robot That'll Soon Float Around with Astronauts

The Astrobee is a brilliant little robot that'll use puffs of air to autonomously float around the International Space Station.




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How to Get Started with Encrypted Messaging

It’s time to start using an encrypted messaging app. Why? Using end-to-end encryption means that no one can see what you’re sharing back and forth.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Amy Schumer & Goldie Hawn Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Snatched' stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.




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Watch the Little Robot That Taught the Big Robot Something New

Robots can learn to do tasks just fine. Getting different kinds of robots to share knowledge, though, is another challenge entirely.




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The Wind-Slicing GT Puts Ford Back in the Supercar Game

The new Ford GT is the spiritual successor to the GT40 which dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s.