or How Hyperloop Can Reshape the Future of Transportation By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:25:00 +0000 Hyperloop: a bunch of tubes, right? Well, that, plus some crazy engineering, magnetic levitation, giant vacuums and yep, tubes that could someday fling us around at near supersonic speeds. Full Article
or Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It) By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Many fake news peddlers didn’t care if Trump won or lost the election. They only wanted to pocket money. But the consequences of what they did shook the world. This is how it happened. Full Article
or WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tracy Morgan Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:09:00 +0000 "Fist Fight" star Tracy Morgan answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
or Inside the Fake News Factory of Macedonia By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 In the aftermath of the US elections, documentary photographer Guy Martin travelled to Veles, Macedonia to find out why this small town became the heart of the fake news scandal. These are the photos he took. Full Article
or Step Into the VOID, Where VR Merges With the Real World By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 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. Full Article
or Take a 360-Video Tour of a Magnus Walker's Sweet Porsches By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Magnus Walker doesn't just collect Porsches, he reinterprets them. Tuning their engines, modifying their bodies, painting them in vivid racing livery, and installing bespoke tartan seat panels. So what's stopping you? Immerse yourself into his garage. Full Article
or Inside the World's Largest Wind Tunnel By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 It’s 80 feet high, 120 feet wide, that's large enough to hold a Boeing 737. Now trucking companies are using the wind tunnel to make their massive machines more efficient. Full Article
or Tech Support - Gordon Ramsay Answers Cooking Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Gordon Ramsay uses the power of Twitter to answer some common cooking questions. Full Article
or Check Out Beautiful Sonar Images of the Seafloor Near Hawaii By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Scientists have mapped the seafloor near Hawaii with huge blasts of sonar. It's beautiful AND educational! Full Article
or Blackjack Expert Explains How Card Counting Works By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 20:00:00 +0000 There's a lot more to counting cards in Blackjack than meets the eye. Mike Aponte, former member of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team, takes us through the complicated process of counting cards. Full Article
or Are You Ready to Switch for Nintendo? By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Nintendo's latest game machine is half living-room, half handheld. Get you a console that can do both. Full Article
or SF’s Wild SoundBox Is a Symphony Like You’ve Never Heard Before By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 San Francisco’s renowned orchestra has turned an acoustically disastrous rehearsal space into the city’s hottest classical music venue. Full Article
or Star Wars Fans Wait for Days to See This Bonkers SXSW Poster Exhibit By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Star Wars fans waited for days to get into the Mondo Gallery in Austin, for an exhibition of limited edition prints from a galaxy far, far away by artist Michael Mitchell. Full Article
or Flight Lab - Climb Aboard a Boeing 747 That NASA Turned Into the World's Biggest Flying Telescope By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 To get the best space observations possible, NASA scientists fly around the world in a highly modified 747 carrying a giant telescope. Full Article
or Celebs Guess Real or Fake Tech News at SXSW By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It's hard to tell what's real or fake today. Celebrities at SXSW sat down with WIRED and tried their best to guess which headlines from the tech news world are real and which are fake. Sad! Full Article
or Tech Support - Ken Jeong Answers Medical Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer some common medical questions. Full Article
or Star Wars Director Reveals the Secrets Behind Rogue One's Final Vader Scene By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It could very well be the best scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story— Darth Vader violently pursuing rebels as they try to escape with the Death Star plans. But, as Director Gareth Edwards reveals, the scene fans saw in theaters almost didn't happen. Full Article
or The Single-Celled Stentor Could Hold the Secret to Human Regeneration By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Meet the stentor, a gigantic single-celled organism that can regenerate and ink like a squid. Full Article
or Ridley Scott Reveals the Origin of His AI Characters in the Alien Saga By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Director Ridley Scott has featured several AI characters in his films. His most recent is Walter in Alien: Covenant. WIRED caught up with Ridley, his son Luke and the President of AMD to talk about AI. Full Article
or Does Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer Really Work? Let's Ask Science By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Your phone might automatically dim its blue light at night. But does this really help you fall asleep? Full Article
or Boeing's New 787-10 Takes Off, Bound for Testing Hell By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The latest, longest variant of the tech-stuffed, efficiency-focused Dreamliner took off from Boeing’s new factory in Charleston, South Carolina and this is just the beginning of testing hell for the new 787-10. Full Article
or In Memoriam: Twitter Egg Edition By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 With the social-media platform killing off its infamous avatar, we pay our respects to the departed Twitter eggs. Full Article
or Flight Lab - This NASA Drone Flies Over Hurricanes For Better Weather Forecasts By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:53:00 +0000 NASA takes retired Global Hawk military drones and sets them up to fly dangerous missions monitoring some of the most extreme storms for better weather data. Full Article
or Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 19:03:49 +0000 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. Full Article
or WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Going in Style' stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
or Inside the Plane Graveyard Training Future Air Crash Investigators By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 USC houses a collection of twisted, burnt, jagged aircraft wrecks in a warehouse outside Los Angeles and it's where they train students to act as detectives in helicopter and plane crashes. Full Article
or Robots & Us: A Brief History of Our Robotic Future By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Artificial intelligence and automation stand to upend nearly every aspect of modern life, from transportation to health care and even work. So how did we get here and where are we going? Full Article
or Tech Support - Bill Nye Answers Science Questions From Twitter By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer some common science questions. Check out Bill's new show on Netflix "Bill Nye Saves The World" premiering April 21st! Full Article
or NASA Is Sending Cassini out with a Funeral Fit for Scientific Royalty By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Twenty years ago, the Cassini spacecraft blasted off from earth on an epic journey to find out more about Saturn. Now that journey comes to a glorious end. Full Article
or The Crazy Choreography of Free Fire's Massive ’70s Shootout By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 From mustaches to muzzle flashes, Ben Wheatley's kinetic action-comedy is a meticulously planned affair. Full Article
or 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
or How NASA Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Ever Seeing Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Every time a new exoplanet is discovered, the announcement is accompanied by an artist’s rendering of that world. So when scientists recently discovered the seven exoplanets of Trappist-1, NASA's visual artists had their work cut out for them. Full Article
or The Unsettling Performance That Showed the World Through AI’s Eyes By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Artist Trevor Paglen is best known for images of the security state – drones, spy satellites and rendition planes – For a new work commissioned by the Cantor Arts Center he's collaborated with Kronos Quartet and Obscura Digital to look under the hood of artificial intelligence and machine vision. Full Article
or 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
or 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
or Inside LAX During the Most Ambitious Airport Move, Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 14 May 2017 23:33:40 +0000 We’re behind-the-scenes at Los Angeles’ airport, which is in the middle of five days of upheaval as 21 airlines swap terminals in the dead of night. Full Article
or 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
or 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
or 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
or Phishing Scams Aren't Just for Gullible Grandparents Anymore By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 23 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Phishing scams are getting more and more sophisticated, to the point where they’re fooling even security experts. Here's how to avoid them. Full Article
or Out of Office with Brent Rose - Trying Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Echo, Cortana and Google Assistant By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Brent Rose takes Google Assistant, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cortana and Apple's Siri out for the ultimate test drive; which AI has the best sense of humor? How will a human audience respond to a stand-up set written entirely by smart gadgets? Full Article
or Google's AlphaGo Notches Another Win for AI By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 19:00:48 +0000 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. Full Article
or 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
or 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
or The Story Behind Google's Super Chip | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:15:29 +0000 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. Full Article
or AI Won't Replace Doctors, It'll Help Them | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:14:58 +0000 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. Full Article
or 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
or 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
or Why You Can Never Argue with Conspiracy Theorists By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Alex Jones is not the only guy making a career out of conspiracy theories. They are everywhere on the internet and here's why you have no choice but to ignore them. Full Article
or 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