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2021-05-01 13:00:00 |
A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police-Then Pivoted to Extortion (lien direct) |
Warrantless searches, tracking troops, and more of the week's top security news. |
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2021-05-01 12:00:00 |
You Will Die a Lot in Returnal. It\'s Worth It (lien direct) |
The game is the roguelike genre at its best-and it's an exciting vision of things to come. |
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2021-05-01 11:00:00 |
The 15 Best Weekend Deals on iPads, Espresso Machines, and More (lien direct) |
Out with the old, in with the new. It's a good time to grab a laptop or a robot vacuum at a discounted price. |
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2021-05-01 11:00:00 |
Seth Rogen\'s Record Player Is a Visual (and Aural) Treat (lien direct) |
Looks are important when shopping for a record player, and this fresh design from the cannabis company Houseplant delivers. |
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2021-05-01 11:00:00 |
Even Calibri\'s Creator Is Glad That Microsoft Is Moving On (lien direct) |
Microsoft is switching up its default font for the first time since 2007. |
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2021-04-30 17:52:54 |
New Guidance for the Vaccinated, a Crisis in India, and More (lien direct) |
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. |
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2021-04-30 16:00:00 |
The Left Hand of Darkness Is a Sci-Fi Classic (lien direct) |
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 novel is one of the genre's most important explorations of gender. |
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2021-04-30 14:00:00 |
A Wildlife Photographer Critiqued Our New Pokémon Snap Photos (lien direct) |
WIRED asked Melissa Groo, an acclaimed conservation photographer and author, to judge our snapshots of wild Pichus and Torchics. It didn't go well. |
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2021-04-30 13:00:00 |
\'The Handmaid\'s Tale\' Hits Hard in Covid-Era America (lien direct) |
Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book has always felt of-the-moment-now more than ever. |
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2021-04-30 13:00:00 |
Amazon\'s AI Guru Is So Totally Over the Turing Test (lien direct) |
Plus: Robot reporters, Apple's post-Jobs essence, and an Unhappy Gilmore TikTok. |
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2021-04-30 12:00:00 |
The Race to Save St. Mark\'s Basilica From Salty Floodwaters (lien direct) |
As Venice faces a four-foot sea level rise, the historic cathedral-and its marble-could succumb to damaging tides. |
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2021-04-30 12:00:00 |
New Pokémon Snap Doesn\'t Want Your Avant-Garde Photography (lien direct) |
The successor to the 1999 classic is a fun romp through a new Pokémon landscape, but don't expect a revolutionary approach to photography. |
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2021-04-30 12:00:00 |
Adam Savage\'s Apron Is Tailor-Made for Your Toughest Projects (lien direct) |
Whether you paint nails or houses, the Savage Industries Apron can stylishly and comfortably hold all your tools. |
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2021-04-30 12:00:00 |
Google\'s Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling (lien direct) |
Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising. |
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2021-04-30 11:00:00 |
Black Pain Will Never Stop Trending (lien direct) |
From the Oscar-winning Two Distant Strangers to lived reality to social media, the spectacle of trauma is unrelenting. |
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2021-04-30 11:00:00 |
New York Returns Its Police \'Robodog\' After a Public Outcry (lien direct) |
City residents and elected officials pushed back after videos showed the Boston Dynamics robot in action. |
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2021-04-30 11:00:00 |
How User Data Privacy and Antitrust Law Got All Tangled Up (lien direct) |
This week, we look at how the latest iPhone software update ties into the debate about regulating big tech. |
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2021-04-30 11:00:00 |
How One Naughty Bird Cheats With Fancy Feather Structures (lien direct) |
For male tanager birds, carotenoid feather pigments just aren't flashy enough. They have another way to make their colors really pop. |
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2021-04-29 12:00:00 |
Hitman 3 Is a Beautifully Executed Finale (lien direct) |
The final chapter of the trilogy is a master class in level design for Agent 47's murderous escapades. |
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2021-04-29 12:00:00 |
9 Upgrades We\'d Love to See in the Next Nintendo Switch (lien direct) |
If it got better visuals, extended battery life, and Bluetooth support, a new Switch would go from a Maybe to a Must-Buy. And we pray for an end to Joy-Con drift. |
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2021-04-29 11:00:00 |
How to Win a Hot Wheels Derby on a Moving Treadmill (lien direct) |
Sure, you could just crank up the speed and let chance have its way. But there's also a reason why some cars go fast and others flip over the sidewall. |
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2021-04-29 11:00:00 |
How Pixar Uses Hyper-Colors to Hack Your Brain (lien direct) |
The animation studio's artists are masters at tweaking light and color to trigger deep emotional responses. Coming soon: effects you'll only see inside your head. |
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2021-04-29 11:00:00 |
The WFH Exodus Creates an Opportunity for Small Cities (lien direct) |
Workers from urban centers will continue to work from home, at least part-time. Officials and developers are planning the shops and services they'll want. |
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2021-04-29 10:00:00 |
An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds (lien direct) |
A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity's biggest problems. Good luck. |
Ransomware
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2021-04-28 20:35:00 |
\'Miami Tech Week\' Wasn\'t Planned. But the Hype Is Infectious (lien direct) |
Founders and funders are flocking to the beach for an impromptu event that some are calling "South by Southeast." |
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2021-04-28 16:00:00 |
Google Fixes Two Annoying Quirks in Its Voice Assistant (lien direct) |
The AI just got a useful boost in understanding natural human speech. |
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2021-04-28 15:00:00 |
Melting Mountain Glaciers May Not Survive the Century (lien direct) |
Scientists crunched 20 years' worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn't good. |
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2021-04-28 12:00:00 |
Ford\'s Ever-Smarter Robots Are Speeding Up the Assembly Line (lien direct) |
A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways. |
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2021-04-28 12:00:00 |
How Porn\'s Racist Metadata Hurts Adult Performers of Color (lien direct) |
Despite the massive innovations tech has brought to the industry, nonwhite creators remain confined to a rigid, outdated classification system. |
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2021-04-28 12:00:00 |
The GPU Shortage Deepened My Existential Dread (lien direct) |
When my teenager couldn't find a video card, he declared that everything was meaningless. Turns out, in the lonely months of quarantine, he was right. |
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2021-04-28 12:00:00 |
Amazon\'s Latest Echo Dot Is at Its Cheapest Sale Price (lien direct) |
Dot discounts aren't infrequent, but this is the best deal we've seen on it since the holidays. |
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2021-04-28 11:00:00 |
Want to Build a Home Theater? Start With This Soundbar (lien direct) |
Polk's expandable soundbar system is a good starting point for slowly building a true surround sound experience. |
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2021-04-28 11:00:00 |
He\'s a WWE Pro and a Vtuber. Those Worlds Aren\'t So Different (lien direct) |
Brennan Williams wrestles as Mace but streams as an animated character named Jibo. It's all kayfabe, and a little bit not. |
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2021-04-28 11:00:00 |
Help! Should I Be More Ambitious? (lien direct) |
What does it mean if you don't want to climb the ladder? Megan weighs in. |
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2021-04-27 22:20:03 |
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin (lien direct) |
The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him. |
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2021-04-27 20:57:08 |
Remember When You Could See Inside a Gaming Console? (lien direct) |
Translucent devices like the Game Boy Color made a tacit promise to players: Everything the light touches is yours. But the future seems to be a black box. |
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2021-04-27 13:00:00 |
Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Invasive (lien direct) |
Registries are essential to reopening schools. Apps act as invasive bouncers that could block many communities out of essential spaces. |
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2021-04-27 13:00:00 |
AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers (lien direct) |
Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it. |
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2021-04-27 13:00:00 |
The King of Fighters Lives On in China and Latin America (lien direct) |
A combination of international politics, tariffs, and piracy turned this beloved arcade game into a cultural phenomenon. |
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2021-04-27 12:00:00 |
On Social Media, American-Style Free Speech Is Dead (lien direct) |
Major platforms' policies aren't actually inspired by the First Amendment. This legal scholar says that's a good thing. |
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2021-04-27 12:00:00 |
Netflix\'s Yasuke Is an Action-Packed Step Forward for Anime (lien direct) |
The series uses the little-known story of a Black samurai for a show intended to introduce a new generation to the form. |
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2021-04-27 11:00:00 |
The \'Vaccine\' Emoji Gets a New Look This Week (lien direct) |
Originally designed as a syringe, the emoji is becoming more popular as people get vaccinated. Apple's latest redesign reflects this evolution. |
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2021-04-27 11:00:00 |
This Human-Sized Origami Reimagines Emergency Shelters (lien direct) |
When flat, the structure is about the size of a twin mattress. But when it's inflated, walls widen, and a roof snaps into place. |
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2021-04-27 11:00:00 |
5 Great Next-Gen PS5 Games You Can Play Now (lien direct) |
Only a few titles for Sony's new PlayStation console really take advantage of the powerful hardware. Here are our favorites. |
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2021-04-26 22:39:47 |
Hackers Used \'Mind-Blowing\' Bug to Dodge macOS Safeguards (lien direct) |
The vulnerability was patched Monday, but hackers had already used it to spread malware. |
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2021-04-26 13:00:00 |
This Researcher Says AI Is Neither Artificial nor Intelligent (lien direct) |
Kate Crawford, who holds positions at USC and Microsoft, says in a new book that even experts working on the technology misunderstand AI. |
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2021-04-26 12:00:00 |
35 Years Later, Studies Show a Silver Lining From Chernobyl (lien direct) |
One new study found that radiation exposure didn't genetically harm future generations, while another offers insights into how radiation causes thyroid cancer. |
Studies
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2021-04-26 11:00:00 |
The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You (lien direct) |
Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here. |
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2021-04-26 11:00:00 |
How Stardew Valley Bridged a Connection to My Grandfather (lien direct) |
Gardening in this relaxing, chill game bought me back to my childhood, but broke my heart when I had no choice but to grow up and face reality. |
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2021-04-26 11:00:00 |
Covid Lockdowns Prevented Other Infections. Is That Good? (lien direct) |
The “hygiene hypothesis” says early contact with microbes trains our immune systems. But what happens after a year of distancing? |
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