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‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer
It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.
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Klara and the Sun Imagines a Social Schism Driven By AI
The Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks to WIRED about AI, Crispr, and his hopes for humanity.
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Microsoft-Led Team Retracts Disputed Quantum-Computing Paper
The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data.
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These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies
Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business.
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Watch Us Sing Sea Chanteys on Twitch With The Longest Johns
The WIRED crew will be playing a little Sea of Thieves too, matey.
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How to Figure Out the Mass of the Earth—With Balls and String
It involves calculating some very, very tiny numbers in order to find some super huge big ones.
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Climate Change Will Reshape Silicon Valley As We Know It
The next entrepreneurial revolution will arise to combat the crisis of our lifetime.
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The Political Advertising Black Box Must Be Destroyed
Federal law allowed Both the Trump and Biden campaigns to hide where their ad spending went. Either Congress or the FEC needs to close the loophole.
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The Game of Chess Had Patch Notes, Too
The fundamentals haven't changed much. But the rules have evolved over the centuries—from timer usage to the ways that pieces are moved.
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Ubisoft's Valhalla Is Too Long, Too Big, and Too Repetitive
In the latest Assassin's Creed installment, I'm playing a Viking during the Dark Ages. Why am I bored?
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Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive
Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.
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Black Tech Employees Rebel Against ‘Diversity Theater’
Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.
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The Tide Is High–and Getting Higher
A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts.
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The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive
What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.
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Welcome to Amazon's Future of Automatic Shopping. It's Weird
Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.
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Take Your Tunes Anywhere With Our Fave Bluetooth Speakers
These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.
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Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo Effect
A study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics and those who actually were.
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Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality
A new thought experiment indicates that quantum mechanics doesn’t work without strange numbers that turn negative when squared.
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The 55-Inch Q80T Is The Cheapest Samsung TV Worth Buying
This is a good mid-tier model, but it's still more expensive than the competition.
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Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine
Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it.
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