Apple’s Software Strategy Is More Important Than Ever

As it heads into its annual developer conference next week, Apple's focus needs to stay on bits, not atoms.

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The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India

A new proposal by India's telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed.

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The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here

Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.

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Star Wars Has a Fandom Problem

The racist messages sent to Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram are just the latest in a series of incidents directed at actors in the franchise.

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The New Frontier of Prosthetics? Tech for Independent Living

For many, “prosthetics” means wheelchairs and hearing aids. Adults with cognitive disabilities are pioneering a new paradigm for assistive technology.

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Arctis' Nova Pro Wireless Sound Great, Unless You're Speaking

This do-everything gaming headset has a price tag to match. Just make sure you get the right model, and that you don't need a high-end mic.

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Welcome to the Great Reinfection

A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal.

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The Star Wars Galaxy Is Burdened With Backstory

Making whole shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi just to fill in plot holes is wildly unnecessary.

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This Is What Flying Car Ports Should Look Like

It might be years before flying cars take to the skies, but designers and engineers are already testing the infrastructure they’ll need to operate.

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Volodymyr Zelensky on War, Technology, and the Future of Ukraine

In a one-on-one interview with WIRED, the embattled president expresses clarity amidst the chaos.

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I’m Embarrassed by How Much I Enjoy Merge Mansion

Mobile games are designed to hook you, and I’ve fallen for it.

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Hiking 101: Everything You Need to Head for the Hills

From cooking breakfast on a camp stove to sleeping comfortably under the stars, here’s all the gear you need to embrace the great outdoors.

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Can Disgusting Images Motivate Good Public Health Behavior?

Graphic images have long been tools of campaigns against smoking and STDs. Researchers want to know if can they work for infectious diseases like Covid.

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‘Civic Fan Fiction’ Makes Politics a Dysfunctional Team Sport

The internet’s fandom-generating culture creates fantasies of the powerful that imprison us in their delusions.

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The Trendy, Spendy Future of Tech-Enabled Indoor Farming

Apps and sensor-laden gadgets are helping farmers shift from the fields to indoor food-growing operations. But these innovations still don’t make it easy.

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The Race to Hide Your Voice

Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.

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Rising Food Prices Will Make Obesity Rates Worse, Not Better

When faced with food insecurity, studies show that people gravitate toward cheap, energy-dense meals that are bad for their health.

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How the Kremlin Infiltrated Russia’s Facebook

VKontakte was created to empower free speech, but it has instead enabled government censorship and arrests.

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Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct

Google employees claim a senior researcher fired earlier this year sought to undermine two more junior AI researchers by suggesting their results were wrong or even falsified.

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How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers

Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit.

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