The Best Smart Plugs to Help Modernize Your Home

An internet-connected plug can give any basic appliance a brain. Here are our favorites (and a few we don't like).

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Banning White Supremacy Isn’t Censorship, It’s Accountability

Claiming that deplatforming racists violates First Amendment rights shows a distorted understanding of how speech, race, and power work online.

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Power Up Anywhere With Our Favorite Portable Chargers

Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, or device running with these handheld power banks.

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How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide

To understand how universes might inflate and bump into each other in the hypothetical multiverse, physicists are studying digital and physical analogs of the process.

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The Best Apps to Build Better Habits (and Stick to Them)

Don't let your resolutions flame out. These tech tools help keep you on track.

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Sweet Jesus, Can Someone Just Tell Me What to Cook Every Day?

Fed up with pandemic-fueled meal-prep anxiety, I asked the Gray Lady to send me a weekly email telling me precisely what to buy and cook. It was the right move.

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The Best VPNs to Protect Yourself Online

It won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but a virtual private network can help make you a less tempting target for hackers.

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Update Your iPhone and iPad Now If You Haven't Recently

Plus: A ransomware arrest, a dating site data leak, and more of the week's top security news.

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Dozens of Egyptian Tombs Will Be Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis

Archaeologists found the entrance to the unexplored burial shaft earlier this week.

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A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990

A global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015.

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In Praise of Positive Reinforcement for Your Pets

You want to reward good behaviors, not use tools to punish negative ones.

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Apple Fixes One of the iPhone's Most Pressing Security Risks

By hardening iMessage in iOS 14, the company has effectively cut off what had been an increasingly popular line of attack.

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The 14 Best Weekend Deals on Speakers, Video Games, and More

You'll find discounts this week on audio equipment, our favorite video calling device, TVs, and movies.

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What the Arab Spring Can Teach Us About GameStop

Ten years ago, democracy protestors used social media to organize against an oppressor. But ultimately, the powerful came out ahead.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Is a Lot Better Than You'd Expect

The animated half-hour series is full of in-jokes and obscure references that will challenge even the most hardcore Trekkie.

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Facebook and Apple Feud Over the Future of the Internet

It turns out Tim Cook blames Mark Zuckerberg for undermining democracy, too.

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Coffee Talk Has Become a Quiet Success in a Turbulent Year

It’s the one-year anniversary of players creating custom drinks and having conversations with vampires, werewolves, and more in this narrative-driven game.

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A Vaccine Enrollment Mess of Epidemic Proportions

Plus: The Healthcare.gov rescue, the year’s biggest game changer, and a wake-up call for Wall Street.

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GameStop Makes This a Good Time to Rewatch 'The Big Short'

It won’t help you understand the mess any better than you already do, but it could help you untangle the mania behind it.

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Your Covid Vaccine Questions, Answered

This week, we field listener queries about the vaccine’s rollout, how state and local governments are handling distribution, and when you’ll get your shot.

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A New Way to Restore Hand Mobility—With an Electrified Patch

In a clinical trial, wearing a small stimulator on their necks helped people with quadriplegia build back movement they had lost years ago.

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The Jabra Elite 85t Are Premium Earbuds Made To Last

The company's latest in-ears have a two-year water damage warranty, wireless charging, noise canceling, and a mighty cozy fit.

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How I Found the Right Therapist When My Life Was Collapsing

So many of us are struggling with mental health because of the pandemic. These tips can help.

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Why Kids Matter in the Quest to Stamp Out Covid-19

Testing a vaccine on children takes longer and comes with more challenges. But inoculating kids can protect an entire population.

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Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’

A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language.

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This Encrypted Gun Registry Might Bridge a Partisan Divide

Researchers from Brown University have developed a system that could keep track of firearms while preserving privacy.

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Robinhood Restricts GameStop Trading—in a Bid to Save Itself

The online broker blocked users from trading several “meme stocks” on Thursday, as regulators take a close look at the WallStreetBets phenomenon.

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Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Spoken. It Hasn’t Solved Much

The board’s first content moderation decisions show how impossible its task—and Facebook’s—really is.

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Miami’s Mayor Woos Techies. What Does He Need to Succeed?

If anywhere could use innovation, it’s Miami—one of the country’s most unequal, environmentally vulnerable cities.

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9 Adventurers Died Mysteriously. A New Theory Explains Why

More than 60 years after the incident, scientists say they have new evidence pointing to a peculiar kind of avalanche as the culprit.

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Facebook Ad Services Let Anyone Target US Military Personnel

Researchers warn that an advertising platform with categories like “Army” and “United States Air Force Security Sources” could be abused.

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The Trump Administration Left Biden With a Rocket Dilemma

Mike Pence promised to land on the moon in 2024, but that’s fallen out of reach. So what now?

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The Scott Pilgrim Game Is So Nice They Released It Twice

Though the game has a fraught history, it was a true indie darling. And now it’s back, having aged surprisingly well, actually.

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Online Harassment Toward Women Is Getting Even More Insidious

From coded memes to deepfake porn, abusive disinformation campaigns are sliding past moderation tools. Platforms, Congress, and employers need to help women fight back.

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The Lasting Impact of Covid-19 on Homelessness in the US

The pandemic is hitting unhoused people especially hard. But the efforts that sprang up to address it could change their fates for the better.

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The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York

San Francisco, Oakland, and other cities have enacted moratoriums on government use of the tech. New York looks like a harder sell.

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How to Buy Used Gear on eBay—the Smart, Safe Way

Gracefully avoid sketchy situations and score a deal on the post-holiday gadget turnover.

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May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?

Whenever a new virus emerges—be it HIV or SARS-CoV-2—a few lucky people put up a potent natural defense. Monoclonal antibody drugs let them share the health.

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Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren't Enough to Move Forward

To achieve true unity, we must contend with the underlying cause of our division—decades of conspiratorial messages, and sophisticated networks to spread them.

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Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar

Big grocery chains relied on app-based delivery companies at the start of the pandemic. Now grocers’ priorities have shifted.

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How to Mix and Match Wireless Smart Speakers With Ease

Yes, you can use devices from different brands. And yes, location definitely matters.

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Fleeing WhatsApp for Privacy? Don't Turn to Telegram

Because the chat app doesn't encrypt conversations by default—or at all for group chats—security professionals often warn against it.

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Stop Calling Everyone a Tech Bro

Silicon Valley’s problem is not an excess of frat-house behavior. It’s much worse.

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These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer

During the pandemic, thousands of women have skipped scans and check-ups. So physicians tapped an algorithm to predict those at the highest risk.

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Cops Disrupt Emotet, the Internet's ‘Most Dangerous Malware’

A global operation has taken down the notorious botnet in a blow to cybercriminals worldwide.

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The Priority Apollo Gravel Bike Handles Both Roads and Mud

This light, versatile, and low-maintenance bicycle has reconciled me to the existence of gravel bikes.

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The Real Pleasure and Pain of Making Choices in Video Games

Life is chaos, but needing to control a fictional story can be stressful too.

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The Ethics of Vaccinating Teachers—and Keeping Schools Closed

Educators have lobbied to be prioritized for the Covid-19 vaccine, but they've also made the ethically questionable call to continue to wait to reopen.

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The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Are a Joy to Wear (and Hear)

The British audio brand's carbon fiber noise-canceling headphones have become my favorite quarantine companion.

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Heaven’s Vault: A Linguist’s Buried Treasure

Uncover the marvels of the Ancient language and explore the Nebula and the secrets contained within this indie game.

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To Beat China on Tech, Biden Will Have to Learn from It

If the president wants to win the race on 5G and other technologies, he'll need more than the support of America's traditional global allies.

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Worrisome New Coronavirus Strains Are Emerging. Why Now?

Across the globe, SARS-CoV-2 is evolving ways to evade the immune system and become more infectious. Blown pandemic response plans are to blame.

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A New Way to Trace the History of Sci-Fi’s Made-Up Words

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction turns a century of neologisms (and neosemes!) into a redefintion of the genre.

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North Korea Targets—and Dupes—a Slew of Cybersecurity Pros

The sweeping campaign took advantage of the collaborative spirit among researchers, with an unknown number of victims.

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It’s the Perfect Time to Switch to a Cheaper Phone Plan

If you’re a Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T subscriber, switching to these networks may save you a lot of money.

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The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions

What began as a Facebook group, and then a chat on Discord, soon became a massive campaign to remedy grueling working conditions across the industry.

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They Claimed the Covid Vaccine Made Them Sick—and Went Viral

On Facebook, videos of people reporting disturbing side-effects from the shots have been viewed by millions. Fact-checking efforts can't keep up.

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White Nationalism Is Far Worse Than a 'Disease'

Most analogies for racism as a pathology oversimplify its blight. Better diagnosing it means knowing how to treat it.

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I Love Reading 1980s Computer Magazines, and So Should You

It’s not just a nostalgia thing. Sifting through the past often leads to something new.

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Is It Time to Roll Out the Carbon-Eating Machines?

Facilities that suck carbon dioxide out of the air could be powerful weapons for fighting climate change. But their deployment requires a huge wartime-style investment.

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'2034: A Novel of the Next World War,' an Exclusive Excerpt

What if things escalated? What if communications were knocked out? What if cyberwar was just the start? A note about this special six-part series.

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2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea

“We've got a ship in duress that hasn't sent out a distress signal. Something doesn't add up.”

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Are Mass Clinics the Solution for Covid-19 Vaccination?

Mega-sites need a lot of personnel and pose problems of access and equity. But other vaccination campaigns might point us in the right direction.

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This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car

DALL-E drew laughs for creating images of a daikon radish in a tutu. But it builds on an important advance in computer vision with serious applications.

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The North Face Puts the Latest Road Running Tech on the Trail

The storied outdoor brand has introduced a new trail running shoe with speedy—and controversial—carbon-fiber plates in the soles.

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Apple’s Newest Fitness Feature: Celeb-Guided Outdoor Walks

The company's latest subscription product combines outdoor fitness with podcasting, though you'll need an Apple Watch to enjoy it.

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Could Bobbie Hold 2 Spaceships Together in The Expanse?

This scenario is very similar to a classic physics problem—but with more Martian armor.

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The Wilds Is Lost With Whip-Smart Teen Drama

Like its spiritual predecessor, Amazon’s new show is full of secrets. Unlike it, the series doesn’t get bogged down in solving mysteries.

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Vizio's Rotating Soundbar Fills the Room With Great Surround

The flagship (and expensive) Elevate has rotating drivers for when you play Dolby Atmos-supported movies or shows.

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Stop Ignoring the Evidence on Covid-19 Treatments

The studies are in, and for many patients convalescent plasma should be out. So why do doctors having such a hard time letting go?

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New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care

Machine learning programs trained with patient reports, rather than doctors', find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people.

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Sun-Loving Bacteria May Be Accelerating Glacial Melting

Scientists find that cyanobacteria cause sediments on glaciers to clump, thus absorbing more sunlight. It's not great news for fans of lower sea levels.

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The Truth About North Korea's Ultra-Lockdown Against Covid-19

The country has turned inward more than ever, leaving the true impact of the pandemic a mystery.

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A Beginner’s Guide for Working Out at Home

You can start by doing a few push-ups in your pajamas. Also, Chris Hemsworth has a workout app.

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The Secret Ingredient That Powers Supernovas

Three-dimensional computer simulations have solved the mystery of why doomed stars explode at all.

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Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone

Zombie versions of Adobe’s troubled software can still cause problems in systems around the world.

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How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails

Google, Microsoft, or Apple may deliver and store your emails, but the most valuable ones deserve a second home, just in case.

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D&D Must Grapple With the Racism in Fantasy

And getting rid of it will take a lot of work.

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The Best Mouse for Every Kind of Gamer

Whether you’re into esports or casual fragging, these are the greatest gaming mice we’ve tested.

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The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers

Plus: A security company creeper, Biden’s cyberteam, and the rest of this week’s security news.

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Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems

The line between browsers and password managers is blurring.

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A New Project Maps the Pacific Coast's Critical Kelp Forests

Using sea charts and satellites, the effort will trace how the kelp beds are changing in response to global warming and commercial harvesting.

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The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Neck

Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level.

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How Do You Define Electric Field, Voltage, and Current?

And what does that mean for making a little wire LED man light up?

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The 13 Best Weekend Deals on Laptops, Smartwatches, and More

Now is a good time to grab some sweet Switch games, Apple’s Magic Keyboard, or an Apple Watch Series 6 at a discounted price.

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A Fight Over GameStop's Soaring Stock Turns Ugly

The denizens of the Wall Street Bets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short-seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.

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Biden Gets to Work, Vaccine Guidelines Change, and More

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Let Fire Stations and EMS Crews Administer Covid Vaccines

They're more trusted and better distributed than pharmacies, and they're built for emergencies.

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A Year Ago I Asked: How Bad Could Covid Get? Now We Know

No one was calling it a pandemic yet, at least publicly. Then came more troubling evidence about transmission, as the US ignored warning signs.

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People Still Really Love the Apple II

The computer ceased production in 1993, but fans are still making games for it.

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The Bernie Sanders Meme Proves the Internet Is Resetting

Well, that and the fact that @POTUS now follows Chrissy Teigen.

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Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency

During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.”

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How to Reboot Your Burnt-Out Brain

This week, we round up tips for staying organized, energized, and mostly sane as we all ride out the rest of the pandemic.

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President Biden, Please Don't Get Into Carbon Farming

This is not the solution to our climate problems; it's a sweetheart deal for Big Ag.

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The Swashbuckling Escapism of Sid Meier’s Pirates!

The legendary developer’s new memoir brought back poignant memories of one of his most famous games—and of the hours I played with my dad.

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An Internet Without Trump

With Donald Trump no longer the heart of online discourse, there's room for a powerful shift.

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The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic

Researchers and airlines that obsessed over efficiency have spent the past year worrying about safety too.

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Alphabet Is Grounding Loon—but Won't Call It a Failure

Plus: The moonshot’s launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era’s inaugural meme.

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He Made a Viral Bernie Meme Site. Now He Has to Keep It Going

Nick Sawhney's “Bernie Sits" puts Sanders anywhere on Google Street View.

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Facebook's Oversight Board to Decide on Trump Ban

Facebook has to decide whether to give the ex-president his bullhorn back. It won't make that call by itself.

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Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm?

Scientists say they've got 20-million-year-old evidence of giant worms that hunted in pretty much the most nightmarish way possible.

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Cheaper Yet Refined, Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Phones Are Great

The price tag might still make you blink, but Samsung’s new flagship has one of the best cameras in a smartphone.

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The Best Phones With an Actual Headphone Jack

3.5-millimeter audio jacks are endangered, but they’re not extinct. Here are some of our favorite smartphones that still let you plug in.

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These Recharge Rooms Are Helping Health Care Workers Cope

Using voice-activation tech and nature-inspired soundscapes, these space are designed to give medical workers some respite from the Covid-19 front lines.

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How One Rabbi Uses Roleplaying Games to Build Community

Spirituality is only one tool in this community leader's toolkit for bringing people closer together. Character sheets are another.

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This Chinese Lab Is Aiming for Big AI Breakthroughs

China produces as many artificial intelligence researchers as the US, but it lags in key fields like machine learning. The government hopes to make up ground.

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The US Rejoins the Paris Climate Accord. Will It Matter?

Biden’s first-day actions signal that he’s serious about global warming. But he’s got to make up for four years of lost time.

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The US Rejoins the Paris Climate Accord. Will It Matter?

Biden’s first-day actions signal that he’s serious about global warming. But he’s got to make up for four years of lost time.

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Parler Finds a Reprieve in Russia—but Not a Solution

The far-right platform still hasn't found a US-based home. Where it lands could have serious consequences for its users' privacy.

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The Strange Theater of Watching the Inauguration Online

Few people could witness Joe Biden and Kamala Harris get sworn in in person. Instead, we watched (and tried to make sense of it all) online.

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A Site Published Every Face from Parler's Capitol Riot Videos

Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.

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Social Media Bans Are Really, Actually, Shockingly Common

Booting Trump didn’t set a precedent. From Yelp to Uber to Airbnb, platforms regularly ban users and content, but too often behind the scenes.

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WIRED’s Picks for the 10 Books You Have to Read This Winter

It’s cold and you’re probably still quarantined. Time to get reading. Start with these tales of reimagined histories and cloned partners.

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Looking for a Tablet? These Are Our Absolute Favorites

We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Windows devices.

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How to Get Great Tech Support—From Home

If you're in your home office for the long haul,  you can still get the TLC you need for your IT. Here are some options.

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Vaping Won't Keep Young People From Smoking Cigarettes Later

It won't prevent teens from later becoming smokers. But some health experts say that focusing on the risk of addicting new smokers cuts off a chance to help adults quit.

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Biden’s Covid Plan Will Define His Presidency

It’s not just about the pandemic. How the new administration handles Covid-19 will be a test of every one of its policies—and its values.

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Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan

The company’s software can sift through enormous amounts of data, and those metrics can be used to make life-or-death decisions.

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14 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and More

It’s a long weekend. These discounted picks will help you sit down, tune out, and tune in to your screens to while away the time.

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Virtual CES Was As Surreal As We All Suspected It Would Be

Should it have happened at all?

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How to Bust Your Spotify Feedback Loop and Find New Music

Does the algorithm know you too well? Here’s how to shake up your recommendations for a more varied listening experience.

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It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Mental Health Is Suffering

If you’re thinking, “Oh, I just need to suck it up,” stop. What you’re feeling is real. Here’s how to cope.

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Share Streaming Accounts? Set Up Separate User Profiles

Here's how to keep your recommendations and history at least semi-private. No one needs to know how much Bridgerton you watched.

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Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too.

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What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity

Everyone in the game may be hot, but some of the characterizations we see aren't as subversive as you might think.

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The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster's 'Pokémon Snap' Station

Nintendo is releasing a new version of the game in April. But nothing can replace the magic of the rental store's printed-out pocket monsters.

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Watch Highlights From WIRED's CES Conversations

Check out the replays of our talks with former US defense secretary Ash Carter, Nobel laureate Jennifer A. Doudna, Slack CEO Scott Butterfield, and more.

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Robot Toilets, Vibrating Headbands, and Other Oddities at CES

This week, we recap the news, trends, and stand-out gadgets from the first-ever virtual CES.

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How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S21—and Which One to Get

Should you go Ultra or snag the S21+? We break down the differences between the company’s new phones and round up the best deals.

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I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill

A sprawling tactical industry is teaching American civilians how to fight like Special Ops forces. By preparing for violence at home, are they calling it into being?

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CES 2021 Highlights: 79 Gadgets and Glimpses Into the Future

The consumer electronics show was virtual this year, and the WIRED Gear crew watched all the Zooms to bring you this list of nearly 80 products, trends, musings, and photos.

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The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

The robo-vessel will map the ocean floor, and its solar-powered sensors will sample fish DNA and collect climate data.

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Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This

Platforms are scrambling to avoid being used by right-wing extremists targeting the inauguration. But the seeds of this crisis were sown long ago.

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Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

Plus: Zuckerberg’s community manifesto, how to hold platforms accountable, and an accidental admission in Congress.

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AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

A Harvard medical student submitted auto-generated comments to Medicaid; volunteers couldn’t distinguish them from those penned by humans.

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Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG

Sure, the metaphor is imperfect. But as the encyclopedia enters its 20th year, it's worth reflecting on the "rules of the game"—and how they might change.

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The DC Riot Is the Sandy Hook of the Disinformation Crisis

After the 2012 mass shooting, many asked: If this doesn’t lead to change, can we ever expect change? We should be asking the same of the insurrection.

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Adorable Fish Bots Get Schooled in How to Swarm

Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly complex tasks.

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The Future of Phone Design: Flexible Screens That Roll Up

At CES 2021, two companies showed off concepts for a rollable phone. This year, expect this new category of devices to greatly expand.

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How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption

New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.

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Scientists Have Sequenced Dire Wolf DNA. Thanks, Science!

The creatures made famous by Game of Thrones went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now geneticists know a little more about where they come from.

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How to Bust Your Spotify Feedback Loop and Find New Music

Does the algorithm know you too well? Here’s how to shake up your recommendations for a more varied listening experience.

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The 7 Best Drones for Every Budget

Whether you want to battle Star Wars spaceships or shoot a cinematic masterpiece, one of these picks is going to be perfect for you.

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It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Mental Health Is Suffering

If you’re thinking, “Oh, I just need to suck it up,” stop. What you’re feeling is real. Here’s how to cope.

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The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

The robo-vessel will map the ocean floor, and its solar-powered sensors will sample fish DNA and collect climate data.

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What You Lose When You Turn Into an Animal

In Pixar’s new film, Soul, the protagonist wakes up in the body of a cat. It’s a common enough trope—but it gets messier the more you think about it.

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Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’

Over the course of his presidency, he managed to be consistently wrong, outrageous, and dangerous in equal measure. We look back at his most notorious remarks.

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Covid, Schools, and the High-Stakes Experiment No One Wanted

Reopening in the fall was a massive gamble. At one high-poverty elementary school, navigating the risks paid off.

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Why Do Exploding Barrels Make Video Games So Much More Fun?

Elemental reactions, like shooting a dynamite-filled barrel or using an ice spell to cross a stream, are an important way for designers to bring worlds to life.

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Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket From a 747

Launching rockets from planes is a decades-old concept that never really took off. Billionaire Richard Branson thinks its time has come.

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The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital Design

Our nation’s failure to invest in information technology has severely limited our Covid response. A federal chief experience officer could change that.

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17 Bags, Backpacks, Cubes, and Straps to Protect Your Camera

There are dozens of ways to tote around your photo and video gear. We’ve reviewed our favorites.

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Want to Write a Book This Year? These Tools Can Help

We spoke to two award-winning authors for their tips on how to make it from start to finish. Here's how they take notes, organize chapters, and—yes—get comfy.

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The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips

Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?

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Share Streaming Accounts? Set Up Separate User Profiles

Here's how to keep your recommendations and history at least semi-private. No one needs to know how much Bridgerton you watched.

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Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too.

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Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed

If the Covid vaccine push has proved anything, it’s that big government works.

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If Covid-19 Did Start With a Lab Leak, Would We Ever Know?

The two major investigations into the origins of the pandemic are compromised by potential conflicts of interest. Those problems need to be fixed—fast.

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The FBI Has Made Over 100 Arrests Related to the Capitol Riot

Plus: A dark web takedown, a bitcoin scam, and more of the week's top security news.

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What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity

Everyone in the game may be hot, but some of the characterizations we see aren't as subversive as you might think.

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DJI's Latest Compact Drone Is a Blast to Fly

The Mini 2 is still lightweight yet has enough flying power for some windy conditions, and it comes equipped with a better camera.

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The Physics of Reddit's Spinning Solar System Icon

If the dots on the loading screen were planets, is their motion realistic? And can we actually model it?

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The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters

As tech companies scramble to tackle the extreme far-right, police and law enforcement are encasing Washington, DC, in a ring of steel.

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Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?

In botanic gardens around the world, the reproductive future of the famously smelly plant is threatened. A new collaborative program wants to save it.

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Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This

Platforms are scrambling to avoid being used by right-wing extremists targeting the inauguration. But the seeds of this crisis were sown long ago.

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The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster's 'Pokémon Snap' Station

Nintendo is releasing a new version of the game in April. But nothing can replace the magic of the rental store's printed-out pocket monsters.

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14 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and More

It’s a long weekend. These discounted picks will help you sit down, tune out, and tune in to your screens to while away the time.

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Virtual CES Was As Surreal As We All Suspected It Would Be

Should it have happened at all?

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Faster Vaccinations, New Mutations, and More Coronavirus News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Watch Highlights From WIRED's CES Conversations

Check out the replays of our talks with former US defense secretary Ash Carter, Nobel laureate Jennifer A. Doudna, Slack CEO Scott Butterfield, and more.

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Ex-CISA Head Chris Krebs: ‘Impeachment Is the Right Mechanism’

In an interview with WIRED, the famously fired DHS official shared insights on election security, disinformation, SolarWinds—and what to do about Trump.

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With Discovery, Star Trek Is Finally Moving Forward

The show's third season jumps forward 1,000 years into the future. It helped the show not stay mired in old ideas.

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Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

Plus: Zuckerberg’s community manifesto, how to hold platforms accountable, and an accidental admission in Congress.

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Hackers Used Zero-Days to Infect Windows and Android Devices

Google researchers say the campaign, which booby-trapped sites to ensnare targets, was carried out by a “highly sophisticated actor.”

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Robot Toilets, Vibrating Headbands, and Other Oddities at CES

This week, we recap the news, trends, and stand-out gadgets from the first-ever virtual CES.

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2020 Was the One of the Hottest Years on Record

Officials from NASA and NOAA say the warming of both the planet’s air and water are driving weather disasters.

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AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

A Harvard medical student submitted auto-generated comments to Medicaid; volunteers couldn’t distinguish them from those penned by humans.

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Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG

Sure, the metaphor is imperfect. But as the encyclopedia enters its 20th year, it's worth reflecting on the "rules of the game"—and how they might change.

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How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S21—and Which One to Get

Should you go Ultra or snag the S21+? We break down the differences between the company’s new phones and round up the best deals.

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Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19

Researchers are finally getting good data on how severely SARS-CoV-2 affects children and how they transmit it. What does it mean for reopening classrooms?

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I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill

A sprawling tactical industry is teaching American civilians how to fight like Special Ops forces. By preparing for violence at home, are they calling it into being?

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Why TikTok (and Everyone Else) Is Singing Sea Chanteys

It has a lot to do with unity—and a little something to do with earworms.

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Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation?

Computational biologists used an algorithm meant to model human language to instead predict how viruses could evolve to evade the immune system.

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Samsung Has New Galaxy Phones (and New Earbuds Too)

A trio of new Android phones—the S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra—are joined by new Bluetooth earbuds and a Tile-like tracker.

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The DC Riot Is the Sandy Hook of the Disinformation Crisis

After the 2012 mass shooting, many asked: If this doesn’t lead to change, can we ever expect change? We should be asking the same of the insurrection.

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How Old-School Text Adventures Inspired Our Virtual Spaces

MMORPGs and even social media can trace their roots to games that used simple text commands to construct vivid, fantastical worlds.

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An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes

The model had shown promise in Flint before officials rebelled. Now Toledo is using it, while incorporating more public input.

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Crime Rates Dropped in 2020—Just as They Did in 1918

An economist looks at public safety during the Covid lockdowns and also at the time of Spanish Flu.

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The Next Gen Console Games You Should Actually Care About

The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have some great games coming this year—assuming schedules hold. Here's a quick rundown of some great ones.

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The 15 Best Devices From CES That You Can Buy Now

Much of the trade show’s flashy tech will never hit store shelves, but here are a few gadgets that are already available.

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The Local Politics of Airbnb’s Ban on DC Rentals

Residents and city officials traumatized by last week’s unrest fear a repeat for Biden’s inauguration.

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These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing

Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly complex tasks.

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The Future of Phone Design: Flexible Screens That Roll Up

At CES 2021, two companies showed off concepts for a rollable phone. This year, expect this new category of devices to greatly expand.

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How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption

New research has dug into the openings iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.

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Scientists Have Sequenced Dire Wolf DNA. Thanks, Science!

The creatures made famous by Game of Thrones went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now geneticists know a little more about where they come from.

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How a Decade-Old Game Helped Me Cope with Seasonal Depression

During a bleary fall and winter, the open world of Skyrim gave me the motivation and joy I couldn't find in the real world.

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How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off

The premise is convenient. But the e-commerce giant's privacy track record isn't exactly inspiring.

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The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party

Don’t be a young, healthy, single man. That’s our first piece of advice.

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Lucasfilm Games' New Partnerships Mean the Galaxy's the Limit

The Disney-owned company just announced a new Star Wars title coming from Ubisoft and an Indiana Jones game from Bethesda. And that's just the beginning.

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The Parler Bans Open a New Front in the 'Free Speech' Wars

Apple, Google, and Amazon booted the site from their own platforms. But who moderates the moderators?

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The Best of CES 2021

These are the products, prototypes, and ideas that did the best job of signaling the future at this year’s consumer tech showcase.

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Bugsnax Is Keeping Me Going (and It Might Just Help You Too)

The island quest-style game is perfect for this "casual gaming" moment.

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The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces a Two-Shot Problem

Millions of follow-up doses have been languishing in freezers, causing a massive logjam—and not everyone likes the ideas for a fix.

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In Minecraft, All the Server's a Stage

A pixelated political drama has played out in the sandbox game since May—drawing millions of viewers in the process.

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The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker

His emaciated body was discovered in a tent, just a few miles from a major Florida highway. His identity—and troubled past—were discovered by the internet.

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There’s No Excuse to Ignore Warnings of Domestic Terrorism

The insurrection at the Capitol was planned on social media—and more plans are still being made in broad daylight across the internet.

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My Quest to Survive Quarantine—in Heated Clothes

Cold weather sucks even more when a pandemic makes it nearly impossible to socialize inside. But I found a hack.

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An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data

The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video.

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It's a Big Year for ‘Clean Tech’ at CES

Pandemic-inspired sanitizing technology is everywhere. Even if the science behind the gadgets is sound, it's smart to be skeptical.

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The Arctic Ocean Is Teeming With Microfibers From Clothes

Scientists find an average of 40 microplastic particles per cubic meter of the northern water. The likely source? The synthetic clothing in our washing machines.

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Postapocalyptic Video Games Saved Me From Pandemic Despair

Stories of people clawing their way back from despair, bonding together, and having fun in the process are exactly what we all need right now.

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Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants

But it’s still using intonation and behavior to assist with hiring decisions.

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Omori Is the Horror RPG of Your Dreams (or Nightmares)

As an elegant exploration of psychology and grief, it has the promise of Undertale—and it might have slipped under your radar.

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Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues

The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues.

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How Many Microcovids Would You Spend on a Burrito?

Six nerdy roommates used public health data to create an online Covid-risk points system for every activity—and protect their pandemic pod.

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A Startup Will Nix Algorithms Built on Ill-Gotten Facial Data

The FTC applies a novel remedy, going a step further than simply deleting the source photos.

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Mobileye Puts Lidar on a Chip—and Helps Map Intel's Future

It's been a rocky stretch for the chipmaker. But a bright spot was on display at this year's CES.

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Listening to Black Women: The Innovation Tech Can't Crack

Tech creators and journalists ignore the insights and experiences of Black women—and fail to see the harm of their "innovations."

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The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Russian Spy Group

Security researchers have found links between the attackers and Turla, a sophisticated team suspected of operating out of Moscow's FSB intelligence agency.

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The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations

A lot of thermal energy is trapped in the ocean. An ex-NASA researcher has figured out how it might generate unlimited clean power for aquatic robots.

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How to Get More Plant-Based Meat Onto Plates in 2021

The consequences of industrial livestock farming are severe. It's time for investors and policymakers to put resources toward the alternatives.

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2021 and the Conspiracies of Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson was wrong about the wetware implants (not that he wanted to make predictions), but you’re still rooting for his dark, techno-druggy future anyway.

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If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

Whether you are ejecting from a fighter jet or psyching yourself up for a meeting, plan for the worst—over and over and over again. And don't forget to breathe.

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CES Liveblog: Smart Home, Workout Tech, and So Many TVs

The consumer tech show is virtual this year, and the WIRED Gear crew is watching all the Zooms to bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of news from CES.

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A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life

Inside cells, droplets called condensates merge, divide, and dissolve. Their dance may regulate vital processes.

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The Best Cheap Phones for (Almost) Every Budget

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a phone these days. These are our favorite Android devices and iPhones for $200 to $500.

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6 Apps to Help You Trim Down Subscriptions—and Save Money

New year, new recurring subscriptions you've probably forgotten about. Here's how keep track of them.

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A Digital Picture Frame Is My Favorite Way to Keep in Touch

The devices have come a long way and are especially great right now, since they offer a way to connect with long-distance family.

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The SolarWinds Investigation Ramps Up

Plus:  Covid-19 contact tracing privacy, a Nissan source code leak, an and more of the week's top security news.

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What Would It Take to Run a City on 100 Percent Clean Energy?

Most claims of running on “clean” electricity come with caveats, and many technologies required for round-the-clock renewable energy aren’t quite ready yet.

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Amazon's Fitness Tracker Teaches You How to Be Nicer (Kinda)

The Halo is one quirky wearable. But its biofeedback can help your relationships … up to a certain point.

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The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins

A small group of king penguins have appeared on Martillo Island in Argentina. How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown.

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How Long Would It Take for a 747 to Stop, Like in Tenet?

The airplane in the movie is stripped down and doesn't have all of its brakes installed, making the calculations even more fun.

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The 14 Best Weekend Deals on Home Goods, Tech, and TVs

Start the new year right with a new Apple Watch Series 6 or a cast-iron skillet at a discounted price.

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The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance

The security state that failed to keep DC safe doesn't need invasive technology to meet this moment—it needs more civilian oversight.

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The 2 Tweets That Got Trump Banned Were Far From His Worst

The offending tweets cited in Twitter's statement seem tame compared to what the president has blasted from the platform in the past four years.

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The DC Insurrection Lays Bare the Fiction of America

The actions of rioters showed a need to hold on to a vision of the country that’s at odds with reality.

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A Virus Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years

A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016.

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Your Media Diet Will Never Be the Same

We have a glut of streaming options. But if recent events show us anything, it's that live TV news is far from obsolete.

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The Mandalorian Is Way Better in Season 2

The first season of the Star Wars series was good. But in the second, the visuals and writing make the jump to lightspeed.

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A Trump Ban Is Easy. Fixing Facebook and Twitter Will Be Hard

Plus: Dorsey in the Trump administration's early days, how to define privacy, and chaos in the Capitol.

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Get the Most Out of Your iPad With These Accessories

These are some of our favorite stands, cases, keyboards, and Pencils no matter which iPad you have.

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Trump Gets Suspended, but CES Does Not

This week, we analyze how the social media platforms reacted to the events of January 6. We also offer our preview of what to expect next week at CES.

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The Rise of Sierra Online Wasn’t Exactly a Fairytale

Founder Ken Williams opens up about his new book, video game design in the late 80s—and his regrets about selling the company.

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New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring

A bill would require firms to disclose when they use software to assess candidates, and vendors would have to ensure that their tech doesn’t discriminate.

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The DC Mobs Could Become a Mythologized Recruitment Tool

Wednesday’s riot in Washington was the result of conspiracy theories, anti-government sentiment, and online extremism—and it could start a movement.

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What to Expect From the First-Ever Virtual CES

The show must go on.

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How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?

The discovery of more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the US sparks a push for a long-overdue national genomic surveillance network.

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A Game Livestreaming Site Has Become an Extremist Haven

DC rioters used DLive to stream from the Capitol to thousands of people on Wednesday—and to get donations from them, too.

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Post-Riot, the Capitol Hill IT Staff Faces a Security Mess

Wednesday's insurrection could have exposed Congressional data and devices in ways that have yet to be appreciated.

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The Race to Preserve the DC Mob's Digital Traces

The pro-Trump mob that stormed the US Capitol livestreamed their actions. As social media platforms scramble to remove dangerous content, what will become of all that footage?

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Platforms Must Pay for their Role in the Insurrection

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have spent years fomenting and enabling yesterday's violence at the Capitol. Policymakers need to do something about it.

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Call Trump's Scheme for What It Is: Autocracy

Pundits and platforms have spent years mislabeling and under-appreciating threats to democracy. It led to the mob.

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Even Mark Zuckerberg Has Had Enough of Trump

By freezing the president’s accounts, social media platforms finally drew a line. It only took a violent insurrection in the Capitol to get them there.

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Do I Have a Moral Obligation to Be On TikTok?

I'm only 30, and already feeling like I owe it to society to keep up.

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Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens

A new model estimates that by 2100, cities across the world could warm as much as 4.4 degrees Celsius. It’s a deadly consequence of the “heat island” effect.

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How to Find the Perfect Music and Podcasts, Faster

Choosing just the right thing to listen is tricky. Here's how to navigate your options and set the mood.

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These Are the 17 Must-Watch TV Shows of 2021

From Marvel hopefuls to mind-bending dramas, here are all the series you'll need to keep an eye on this year.

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Ticketmaster Pays Up for Hacking a Rival Company

Employees admitted to using stolen passwords and URL guessing to access confidential data.

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Razor’s E-Scooter Isn’t Much of a Kick

This electric scooter offers a stable ride at a relatively affordable price, though its bulky design isn’t the best for apartment-dwelling city slickers.

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Activists Publish a Vast Trove of Ransomware Victims' Data

WikiLeaks successor DDoSecrets has amassed a controversial new collection of corporate secrets and is sharing them in the name of transparency.

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Want a Better PC? Try Building Your Own

Assembling a computer yourself is a good way to learn about how it works. It’s also a lost art—one due for a revival.

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For Marginalized Groups, Being Studied Can Be a Burden

Academics often research minority communities in the hope of helping them. But too much time under the microscope can cause its own harms.

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The US Needs More Foreign Artificial Intelligence Know-How

Jason Furman, a top economic adviser to President Obama, says good ideas come from everywhere—but Trump has dissuaded tech workers from coming to the US.

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The Autonomous-Car Chaos of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge

The self-driving vehicles smashed, burned, flipped, and tipped. But the ambitious race through the Mojave launched an industry.

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There Should Be a Nobel Prize for Vaccine Logistics

Immunization against Covid-19 is not going perfectly, but at least it's going. Let's give credit where it's due.

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One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - January 2021

This month’s focus is on Zhang Zhan, who had been posting reports from Wuhan since early February. She was arrested in May.

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26 Movies We Want to See in 2021—One Way or Another

From Dune to Black Widow, a ton of films got delayed due to Covid-19. Here are the ones WIRED is hoping to see, whether at home or (finally) in a theater.

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A Farewell to Adobe Flash—and the Messy, Glorious Web

The software helped create an amateur internet. It’s a far cry from the glossy, corporate one we know now.

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Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human

Kick over this robot and it’ll quickly right itself—not because someone told it how, but because it taught itself to overcome the embarrassment.

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The Nokia 5.3 Is a Dependable Phone for Under $200

If your budget is tight, this Android smartphone is a smart buy.

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Twitch Is Having a Political Renaissance

Candidates and organizers are flocking to the platform, with the hope of reaching voters who would normally be disengaged.

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A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society?

In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization’s fate. Now their judge weighs in.

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Tenet Is a Must-Watch for Fans of Action Movies

Christopher Nolan's latest has lots of mind-bending action scenes, but not much character development.

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The UK Denies Assange's Extradition, Citing Suicide Risk

The ruling is based not on whether the Wikileaks founder violated the Espionage Act, but on the implications of subjecting him to the US carceral state.

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How to Upgrade Your Home Audio While You're Quarantined

Stuck home or not, it's always a good idea to invest in better sound. Our advice and gear recommendations can help.

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Wikipedia's Biggest Challenge Awaits in 2021

Changes proposed by the Wikimedia Foundation to diversify its community of editors raise existential questions for the online encyclopedia.

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In India, Smartphones and Cheap Data Are Giving Women a Voice

About 200 million women in the country are illiterate. But voice memo and image-sharing apps make it easier to connect, communicate, and run businesses.

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This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna

Researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the “Smellicopter.”

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Gear and Tips to Winter-Proof Your Home and Stay Warm

So you're freezing inside and outside. Our advice can fix that.

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The Milky Way Gets a New Origin Story

Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the history of our galaxy.

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This $40 Cast-Iron Pot Is the Secret to Baking a Perfect Loaf

An inexpensive, so-simple-it-hurts pan has come to rule our food writer's kitchen.

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Humanity Is in Danger of Becoming Obsolete in LX 2048

Director Guy Moshe talks about the ambitious scale and preternatural timeliness of his new sci-fi film.

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What a Victorian Disease Detective Proved About Urban Health

John Snow showed that London's cholera outbreak arose from bad water, not the moral failings of the poor. His legacy can help tackle new problems like Covid-19.

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Ways to Stay Sane and Relaxed During Quarantine

It’s hard to keep calm and carry on when trying not to lose your mind is a struggle. Here are a few tips to help you cope.

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Zoom Book Tours: 5 Authors on Publishing in a Pandemic

WIRED asked the writers of five of our favorite 2020 titles what it was like to release a book during Covid-19.

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How to Make the Most of a Virtual Therapy Session

And some Instagram resources to shore up your mental health, if therapy isn't an option right now.

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How to Cook in Your Tiny Kitchen (and Stay Sane)

Your cooking area is the size of a Game Boy. But with some strategic gear you can still whip up a storm of good food.

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