k All of the Big News from Facebook's F8 2017 By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:40:05 +0000 Everything you need to know from Facebook's F8 from augmented reality filters to messenger bots to virtual selfie sticks. Full Article
k What Can Facebook Do About Live Murders and Suicides? By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:42:59 +0000 Steve Stephens recorded himself murdering an innocent victim and then uploaded the footage to Facebook. The horrific act has put Facebook under immense pressure to do something, but can the company prevent broadcasting acts of violence without fundamentally changing the purpose of the social media platform. WIRED explores Facebook's limited options. Full Article
k Lilium’s Funky ‘Jet’ Could Make Flying Car Dreams a Reality By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:00:00 +0000 The Lilium personal jet is the latest entry in a growing field of what are essentially flying cars. The electric vehicle could soon be ferrying passengers using distributed propulsion. Full Article
k WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Salma Hayek & Eugenio Derbez Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'How To Be a Latin Lover' stars Salma Hayek and Eugenio Derbez answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
k If Robots Want to Work with Us, We Must Fix Four Problems By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:45:00 +0000 In the not too distant future, a robot could be working right beside you and that means human and machine need to learn how to interact seamlessly. Researchers at UC Berkeley are working on solving four fascinating problems with human-robot interactions. Full Article
k Robots & Us: When Machines Take the Wheel By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 01 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Autonomous driving technology could make getting around safer, more efficient, and less expensive. What will it mean for the millions of people who drive for a living and is it really ready for the road? Full Article
k What is a DDoS Hack and How Do You Avoid Them? By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 05 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 DDoS! It stands for distributed denial of service, a kind of attack that turns insecure, internet-connected devices into a sort of zombie army. So here's how you can avoid being part of that zombie army. Full Article
k Eliud Kipchoge Almost Breaks the Two-Hour Marathon By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 06 May 2017 00:03:13 +0000 Eliud Kipchoge fell short of running a marathon in under two hours. In a special Nike event, the long distance runner beat the current marathon world record coming in at 2 hours and 25 seconds, but because the event wasn't sanctioned it won't count. Here's how Nike controlled every variable in an attempt to break two. Full Article
k This Is What $250 Billion Actually Looks Like By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 10 May 2017 22:11:17 +0000 Apple recently announced that they have a $250 billion in the bank. This is what that amount of money actually looks like. Full Article
k Mysterious Fungi Bring a West Virginia Forest Back to Life By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 In West Virginia, the Nature Conservancy is bringing back forests with the help of a very special fungus. Full Article
k The Wind-Slicing GT Puts Ford Back in the Supercar Game By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 12 May 2017 04:05:00 +0000 The new Ford GT is the spiritual successor to the GT40 which dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s. Full Article
k Watch Steve Jobs Pitch the Cupertino City Council on Apple Park By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:30:00 +0000 In his last public appearance, Steve Jobs makes his pitch for Apple's new campus at a June 2011 Cupertino City Council meeting. Full Article
k Tech Support - Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan Answers Overwatch Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 17 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Game designer Jeff Kaplan uses the power of Twitter to answer some common "Overwatch" questions. Full Article
k All the Slick Stuff From Google I/O 2017 By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 18 May 2017 00:32:51 +0000 From Google Lens to the the company's new artificial intelligence chip here are the big announcements from Google I/O 2017's first day. Full Article
k How a Bunch of Students Set a New Rocket Record By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 19 May 2017 11:00:00 +0000 A group of students from USC have set a new rocket record and they aren't stopping there. Full Article
k Robots & Us: The Future of Work in the Age of AI By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 22 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Robot co-workers and artificial intelligence assistants are becoming more common in the workplace. Could they edge human employees out? What then? Full Article
k Time To Ditch Our Cars and Start Riding Cargo Bikes By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Utility bikes really have the potential to be the future of transport in American cities. Here's why. Full Article
k Worried About Your Weak Passwords? Here's How to Fix Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 29 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Inside the Absurd Distillery Where They Make '20-Year' Rum in Six Days By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 30 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k How to Make Your Browsing Data More Private than a Thousand Incognito Windows By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Thanks to an assist from Congress, your cable company has the legal right to sell your web-browsing data without your consent. This is how to protect your data from preying eyes. Full Article
k How To Battle Trolling Ad Hominem Attacks Online By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 An internet troll's favorite way to argue? Ad hominem, of course! This is your guide to spotting bad arguments on the internet and how to fight them. Full Article
k Meet HomePod, Apple's New Siri-Enabled Speaker By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Apple has unveiled the HomePod, a $350 wireless speaker with Siri baked right in. Full Article
k Lamborghini Toasted the World's Toughest Track with Air Instead of Horsepower By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Tech Support - Nick Offerman Answers Woodworking Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Nick Offerman uses the power of Twitter to answer some common woodworking questions. Nick's book Good Clean Fun and film The Hero are both out now. Full Article
k Obsessed - Meet the 89-Year Old Who Built a Train in His Backyard By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The future of train transportation might be pneumatic tubes and magnets. Meet the 89-year old entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the railroad with a modern twist on a very old train idea. Full Article
k Watch the F-35 Fighter Jet Make Its First Public Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000 The F-35 is the most expensive weapons system, ever. After years of delays, the fighter jet just made its first public flight at the Paris Air Show. Full Article
k Watch How Hackers Took Over a Ukrainian Power Station By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Watch as hackers take over the mouse controls of Ukrainian grid operators, part of a breach that caused a blackout for a quarter million people. Full Article
k Techies Are Using Ketamine to Fight Their Depression By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Sean Spencer is a pretty successful entrepreneur in LA's startup community but he also struggles with depression. He and many others use ketamine to help with their lows. Full Article
k Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France. Full Article
k How the Internet Tricks You Into Thinking You're Always Right By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:58:37 +0000 A guide to busting through confirmation bias, the cognitive fallacy that's destroying our discourse. Full Article
k WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Steve Carell & Kristen Wiig Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Despicable Me 3' stars Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
k How Nike Nearly Cracked the Perfect Marathon By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Runners have been trying to break through the 2 hour marathon mark for decades. Here's the incredible science behind how Eliud Kipchoge came within 25 seconds in Nike's Breaking2 project. Full Article
k How to Stop the New York City Subway Apocalypse By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 New York City's subway is overcrowded and late. And that's just the beginning. Here's how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could get the system back on track. Full Article
k Inside the High-Tech Flag Football League That's Taking on the NFL By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:30:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down 'Atomic Blonde' Fight Scene By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 'Atomic Blonde' stunt coordinator and second unit director Sam Hargrave breaks down every stunt in the film's Berlin flat fight scene. Full Article
k Watch a Homemade Robot Crack a Safe in Just 15 Minutes By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Nathan Seidle’s wife gave him this already locked safe as a gift with no combination. Weird present, but he loves a good challenge. So he built a safecracking robot. Full Article
k The Full Video of a Robot Cracking a Safe By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Watch this safe-cracking robot open a safe in 15 minutes. Full Article
k How a Hacker Fired a Locked Smart Gun with $15 of Magnets By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:32:00 +0000 The Armatix iP1 pistol and its RFID watch, are sold as one of the most secure firearm systems available. But a hacker, who goes by 'Plore', has found flaws in the Armatix that entirely defeat its security measures. Full Article
k Elon Musk's Master Plan Culminates in the Tesla Model 3 By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Leaked Audio of Q&A With Jared Kushner By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to congressional interns in an off the record meeting, including about his work in the Middle East. Full Article
k Magician Breaks Down How Illusions Work By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Magician David Kwong breaks down magic into what he calls the "7 Principles of Illusion" and explains what goes into the execution of a magic trick. Full Article
k Full Leaked Audio of Jared Kushner Q & A By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:14:21 +0000 Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to congressional interns in an off the record meeting, including about his work in the Middle East. Full Article
k The Priority Continuum Onyx Is a City Bike That Doesn’t Suck By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The Priority Continuum Onyx sports a continuous variable transmission hub, a grease-free belt drive and powerful disk brakes. It's the sort of solid, non-fussy town bike that turns casual riders into commuters. Full Article
k Wanna See the Solar Eclipse? Here's What You Have to Know By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Shaping Smarter Cities - Urban Farming in Tokyo By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:23:48 +0000 How do we feed a growing population in areas where land is scarce? Produced for Mouser Electronics by the WIRED Brand Lab Full Article
k Plankton 'Mucus Houses' Could Pull Microplastics From the Sea By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:24:26 +0000 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. Full Article
k Watch London Workers Build 54 Escalators in a 2-Minute Timelapse By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The latest stage in London's Crossrail project: getting it ready for the people. Full Article
k Instagram's Bold Plan to Block Hateful Comments Using AI By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
k Technique Critique - Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down Actors Playing Real People By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate? Check out more from Erik here: http://www.eriksinger.com/ Full Article
k Tech Support - Bungie's Luke Smith Answers Destiny Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:00:00 +0000 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? Full Article