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How Tesla's Self-Driving Autopilot Actually Works

Exploring everything from the radars and camera to the Mario Kart easter egg, our roadtrip shows Tesla’s autopilot works well—but it's no self-driving wunderkind.




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Meet the Many Insects That Insist on Being Sticks and Leaves

A surprising number of insects look like sticks and leaves. But nobody created them that way—they’re the product of the wonderful processes of natural selection.




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Six Scientists Lived in a Tiny Pod for a Year Pretending They Were on Mars

It sounds nuts, and maybe you have to be, but six scientists completed a yearlong NASA-funded Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.




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What It Takes to Turn a Vintage Wreck Into a Racecar

Dave Hogye spent four and a half years turning a rusted out 1959 Triumph into a beautiful race car. He then risked all that hard work, took it to the track and pushed it full throttle.




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Garmin's New Action Cam Versus GoPro's Hero4

Must be action cam season again and now Garmin has stepped into the game with it's Virb Ultra 30. It doesn't do a bad job when matched against the GoPro Hero4.




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These Aren’t Minions. They’re Robots That Swim Around Solving Mysteries

Scientists just released robots that look like Minions into the Pacific Ocean. The little bots are on a mission to unravel one of the great mysteries of the sea: what the hell are marine larvae up to?




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Buckle Up for a First-Person View of a Pro Drone Pilot

Charpu is one of the best drone pilot's in the world. WIRED spent an afternoon with him capturing some of his craziest drone stunts.




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Everything Apple Just Debuted, From the iPhone 7 to a New Watch

From a new version of the Apple Watch to the jet black iPhone 7, here's everything the tech giant announced at its latest event.




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Design FX - Inside Pete’s Dragon's Amazing Visual Effects

Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of Pete's Dragon. How were the team at WETA able to make Elliot (the titular dragon) appear invisible? Mike Seymour breaks down the techniques used to accomplish this spectacular effect.




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The Crabs That Stick Camouflage All Over Their Bodies? It’s Called Fashion

Meet the decorator and urchin crabs, crafty little critters that don’t just sit around waiting to get eaten. They deck themselves out with some serious outfits.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Chelsea Handler Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions

Chelsea Handler hangs with WIRED to answer the internet’s most Googled questions about herself.




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The WIRED review: The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

While the iPhone 7 may seem like just a faster, brighter, splash-proof version of the 6s, there are some serious improvements. Here's our take on Apple's latest offering.




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Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Shailene Woodley Say Privacy Is No Longer A Human Right

'Snowden' stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley discuss the making of their new movie, and talk about how technology has essentially taken away our right to privacy.




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Chevy's Electric Car Travels Farther Per Charge Than Tesla's Model S

General Motors has promised that the Chevrolet Bolt, its affordable, long-range electric car, would deliver at least 200 miles on a charge and cost no more than $30,000. WIRED put it to the test.




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Climb Inside Uber's Self-Driving Car—Its Next Big Disruption

The ride-sharing giant is in Pittsburgh for its latest big move: the country’s first autonomous taxi service. Select Uber users can now ride in self-driving cars, with humans at the wheel for an emergency.




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Virtual Boy vs Oculus Rift Throwdown

In this episode, watch as we tear down Nintendo's Virtual Boy and the Oculus Rift. Virtual reality of the 90's versus virtual reality of today!




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Design FX - How Orphan Black Creates Convincing Clones

Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of BBC America's Orphan Black. Mike Seymour breaks down how the team at Intelligent Creatures and Emmy Award nominated actress Tatiana Maslany work together to create convincing clones; with a combination of visual effects, rotoscoping, and incredible acting ability.




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Tinker Hatfield Draws WIRED's October Cover

Nike shoe guru Tinker Hatfield draws WIRED's October cover featuring his design inspirations for the power-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 shoe.




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Food Myths: Do Carrots Improve Your Eyesight?

Your parents always told you to eat your veggies, especially carrots if you want good eyesight. But can they really improve your vision? WIRED takes a look.




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First Look: Here’s How Tesla Improved its UI and Autopilot

One push of a button and 140,000 Tesla owners get a new user interface, improved Autopilot, and some clever new abilities. WIRED takes Tesla's new system for a spin.




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Tinashe on MTV’s First Live Music Show in 20 Years

MTV's new live music show 'Wonderland' is their first return to live music programming in 20 years. Headliner Tinashe talks about how the multi-platform broadcast of the show reflects our present media landscape.




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Review: We Filmed This Entire Video Using the iPhone 7

The iPhone 7 Plus is touted as *the* mobile low-light camera. It’s got dual lenses, an f/1.8 aperture, image stabilization, and an even brighter flash. But how much better is it? We tested it out by filming this entire video with iPhone 7.




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Building Games For Virtual Reality Storytelling | Breaking Through

Virtual Reality is the next frontier in entertainment, but it’s so new that the rules are still being written. No one knows the best way to develop, advertise, or create yet – and that’s what makes it so exciting.




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NASA Finds More Evidence of Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa

It's not aliens. So everyone calm the heck down. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA caught sight of water plumes bursting out from Europa’s icy surface. If any Europeans are lurking beneath the moon's surface, they just got a whole lot easier to reach.




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NASA's Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with an ingenious solution to take better photographs of ultra-bright stars; a baseball diamond-sized folding shade that blocks out a star's powerful rays.




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Meet the Kinkajou, the Tree-Loving Mammal With an Identity Problem

It may look like a monkey, with its prehensile tail and predilection for chewing with its mouth open—but don't be fooled.




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Google Home Is The Assistant That Will Never Leave You Alone

Google Home is part Bluetooth speaker, part Google Assistant, all Amazon Echo competitor. For $129, it brings super-powered voice control into every nook and cranny of your house.




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Google's Daydream View Is a VR Eye Pillow

Google's new $80 Daydream View isn't just a more integrated VR headset for mobile devices, it's also way comfy.




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Google's Self-Driving Cars Have Clocked 2 Million Miles

By this point, self driving cars are a common sight in Silicon Valley and Google’s fleet of nearly 60 autonomous cars hit a milestone: They have now clocked more than two million miles of driving on public streets.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Blindspot's Jaimie Alexander Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Jaimie Alexander hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about herself.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - GoPro's New Cameras (Hero5 Black and Session) Full Review

GoPro's new 4K cameras, the Hero5 Black and Hero5 Session, aim to deliver the best GoPro experience yet. Brent Rose takes them through their paces, and compares the Hero5 to Garmin's impressive Virb Ultra 30.




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Predators: Chameleons Have Killer Fast Tongues

Chameleons are deceptively great hunters, with a tongue that can snipe prey in a split-second.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama Guest-Edits WIRED's November Issue

Like WIRED, our 44th president is a relentless optimist. President Barack Obama focuses on the future and the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome to move forward.




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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 Bureaucracy VS. Moonshots

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss where the center of artificial intelligence research is and where it might be.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on How We'll Embrace Self-Driving Cars

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss ethical concerns around artificial intelligence used in self-driving cars.




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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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Musket vs. AR-15: How Do They Compare?

The Brown Bess musket was a staple during the Revolutionary War, and the AR-15 is currently one of the most popular semi-automatic rifles in the world. What's changed since then?




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Elon Musk Says Every New Tesla Will Drive Itself

Elon Musk wants you to take your hands off the wheel, foot off the gas, and let him do the driving. Rather, let his cars take over.




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3 Amazing Robots You’ve Never Seen

UCLA Robotics lab shows off their newest and most innovative projects, including robots who search for mines and cannot fall down.




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WIRED Movie Review: Jack Reacher, Never Go Back

Jack Reacher, Never Go Back is worth checking out if you like hammy, uncomplicated action films.




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Uber's Self-Driving Truck Delivers 50,000 Beers

A truck carrying 50,000 beers spent two hours driving itself down a Colorado highway.




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The Future of Driverless Cars

Our future may be filled with driverless cars. Here's a look at some of the ingenious ways we can make riding in a driverless car a more engaging experience.




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Picking Pumpkins, The Pumpkin Harvest Process

McGrath Brothers Great Pacific Pumpkins produce over a million pounds of pumpkins a year. A McGrath Brothers farmhand takes us through a pumpkin's journey; from seed to the store shelves.




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Robotics Expert Breaks Down Movie Robots

Wall-E, Terminator, Eva. Which beloved moves robots are realistic to create and which are a far stretch? Our expert breaks it down.




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NASA Engineers Show You How To Carve a Pumpkin

NASA can build rockets and land on the moon, but can they carve the ultimate Halloween pumpkin?




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How Fast Are Bats? Faster Than You Even Know

You know bats---the flighty mammals that find their way around with sonar and eat bugs. But bats have a little secret I'd like to share with you: They can be astonishingly fast.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic Pro Full Review

*UPDATE* We have looked into the focus issues and have altered our choice accordingly. Please read the updated review at WIRED.com for the full explanation: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/gopro-karma-vs-dji-mavic-pro/ GoPro has entered the drone game, delivering a sleek, foldable device that can fit inside a backpack. Brent Rose compares GoPro's offering with the Mavic Pro; DJI's impressive new foldable drone.




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This Robot Smokes Cigarettes So Rats Don't Have To

Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have built a robot that can smoke cigarettes just like a human to better understand lung diseases. You're welcome, smoking lab rats.




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The Middle Class Is in Trouble, and These Numbers Prove It

The 45th President of the United States has a big task ahead. Something is happening to the middle class and it's not good.