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2021-05-11 11:00:00 |
How Amazon Paid Unwitting Civilians to Make Alexa Smarter (lien direct) |
In 2011, Jeff Bezos dreamt up a talking device. But making the virtual assistant sound intelligent proved far more difficult than anyone could have imagined. |
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2021-05-11 11:00:00 |
The Cicadas Are Coming. Let\'s Eat Them! (lien direct) |
Why not embrace Brood X as the free-range, sustainable source of protein that it truly is? |
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APT 10
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2021-05-11 11:00:00 |
This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia (lien direct) |
For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down. |
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2021-05-11 11:00:00 |
How to Take a Slick, Professional Headshot With Your Phone (lien direct) |
Snapping that perfect self-portrait on your phone is a skill. Here's how to do it, according to the experts. |
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2021-05-11 11:00:00 |
Get Your Hands on Some of Our Favorite Sex Toys (lien direct) |
May is National Masturbation Month, and sales from two of our favorite brands will help you perfect your self-love. |
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2021-05-11 00:15:30 |
DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline-and Created an Unholy Mess (lien direct) |
As the White House gets involved in the response, the group behind the malware is scrambling. |
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2021-05-10 22:16:29 |
US Teens Can Get Their Covid Shot. What\'s Next for Schools? (lien direct) |
Kids as young as 12 are now authorized for Pfizer's shot. That could make it easier for campuses to reopen this fall-but it introduces a whole new set of decisions. |
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2021-05-10 21:03:03 |
Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet (lien direct) |
Emails from the Epic Games lawsuit show Apple brass discussing how to handle a 2015 iOS hack. The company never notified affected users. |
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2021-05-10 15:00:00 |
Black and Queer AI Groups Say They\'ll Spurn Google Funding (lien direct) |
The move is the latest fallout following the departures of the heads of the company's ethical AI research team and a recruiter. |
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2021-05-10 13:00:00 |
Ann Takamaki From Persona 5 Was Exactly Who I Needed to See (lien direct) |
My community wasn't always accepting of my mixed Asian heritage. Turns out, neither was Ann's. |
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Heritage
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2021-05-10 13:00:00 |
2 Baseballs Collided at an MLB Game. How Did That Happen? (lien direct) |
During a pregame warmup, Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper batted a line drive right into a ball zooming in from the outfield. It's not impossible, but it's a long shot. |
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2021-05-10 12:00:00 |
One Thing Covid Didn\'t Smash to Pieces? Monster Movies (lien direct) |
If you liked Godzilla vs. Kong, there's more-and better-where that stupid mindless clobberfest came from. |
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2021-05-10 11:00:00 |
How to Use Tech to Capture Your Family History (lien direct) |
Our elders have rich stories to share. There's no better time than now to sit down and hit Record. |
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2021-05-09 18:36:42 |
4 Rugged French Presses for Your Coffee-Fueled Summer Escape (lien direct) |
Whether you're an avid camper or vacation home–renter, try one of these glass-free French presses made for traveling. |
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2021-05-09 18:36:13 |
Hitting the Road This Winter? Take Your Kitchen With You (lien direct) |
Pas de details / No more details |
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2021-05-09 13:00:00 |
The Best Camping Gear to Jump-Start Your Adventures (lien direct) |
Enjoy nature with WIRED's favorite outdoor products and essentials. |
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2021-05-09 12:00:00 |
What If Gravity Is Actually a Double Copy of Other Forces? (lien direct) |
An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity. |
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2021-05-09 12:00:00 |
What\'s Google Floc? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy? (lien direct) |
There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web-or whether they should be able to target us at all. |
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2021-05-09 11:00:00 |
Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good! (lien direct) |
The tech giant wants to push its billions of users-and the rest of the industry-to enable multifactor authentication by default. |
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2021-05-09 11:00:00 |
25 Last-Minute Mother\'s Day Gifts on Sale Now (lien direct) |
Mom deserves breakfast in bed, but she may like these discounts on WIRED-recommended gear too. |
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2021-05-08 21:33:57 |
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware (lien direct) |
An attack has crippled the company's operations-and cut off a large portion of the East Coast's fuel supply-in an ominous development for critical infrastructure. |
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2021-05-08 13:00:00 |
Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good (lien direct) |
Plus: A Peloton data leak, Russian hacker details, and more of the week's top security news. |
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2021-05-08 12:00:00 |
Microsoft\'s 15-Inch Surface Laptop 4 Is a Battery Champion (lien direct) |
This fourth-gen notebook lacks Thunderbolt and has a spongy keyboard, but it delivers where it matters most. |
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2021-05-08 12:00:00 |
ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality (lien direct) |
The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people's names without their consent. |
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2021-05-08 12:00:00 |
What\'s the Point of Wasps, Anyway? (lien direct) |
A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role-and their venom might even be useful to people. |
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2021-05-08 11:00:00 |
These 5 Great Weighted Blankets Are on Sale Right Now (lien direct) |
Weighted blankets are comforting, but they're usually pricey. We found discounts on one for kids, a King-sized model, and more. |
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2021-05-08 11:00:00 |
Want to Grow Your Own Food? Try a Hydroponic Garden (lien direct) |
Today's home kits are stylish, smart, and easier to use than ever. Here's how to get started. |
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2021-05-07 21:45:34 |
Trump Abused the System. Facebook Created It (lien direct) |
The company's oversight board failed to mention one thing in its ruling this week: Facebook's responsibility for making the tools to wield undue influence and power. |
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2021-05-07 20:33:14 |
Twitter\'s Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable (lien direct) |
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time. |
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2021-05-07 17:56:18 |
Pfizer\'s FDA Request, Vaccine Diplomacy, and More News (lien direct) |
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. |
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★★
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2021-05-07 16:00:00 |
Sci-Fi About Overpopulation Was Way Off (lien direct) |
In his new book, political reporter Matthew Yglesias imagines a future America that's revitalized itself by tripling its population. |
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2021-05-07 14:47:15 |
Epic v. Apple and the Plan to Avoid \'Looking Like the Baddies\' (lien direct) |
This week's antitrust trial against Apple reveals in new detail how the Fortnite developer aimed to take on the industry's titans. |
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2021-05-07 13:00:00 |
The Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce Memes Are Freaking Me Out (lien direct) |
Get LOLs out of anything else, I'm begging you. |
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2021-05-07 13:00:00 |
The Powerful, Complicated Women of Resident Evil (lien direct) |
Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu is only the latest in a long line of the series' strong-and sometimes conflicted-female characters. |
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2021-05-07 13:00:00 |
Why Amy Klobuchar Just Wrote 600 Pages on Antitrust (lien direct) |
Plus: The iPhone before the App Store, the threat of digital enhancement, and the unlikely darling of the liberals. |
Threat
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2021-05-07 12:00:00 |
Resident Evil Has Had a Rocky Relationship With Multiplayer (lien direct) |
When this iconic horror franchise veers from single-player stories, the results are often scary-and not in a good way. |
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2021-05-07 12:00:00 |
Here\'s the Truth About Section 230 (lien direct) |
This week, we go deep on the law that shaped the modern internet with our resident legal eagle, Gilad Edelman. |
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2021-05-07 12:00:00 |
Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation (lien direct) |
To test bats' sense of the speed of sound, researchers put them in an atmosphere that alters it. No word on whether the helium made the bats sound funny. |
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★★★
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2021-05-07 11:00:00 |
Apollo\'s Ghost E-Scooter Is So Powerful, It\'s Scary (lien direct) |
This electric kick scooter is heavy and spendy, but its dual motors can get close to 40 miles per hour. |
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2021-05-07 11:00:00 |
Sisters With Transistors Puts Women Back Into Music History (lien direct) |
The documentary follows the women who, throughout the 20th century, captured the sound of a newly electrified world. |
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2021-05-07 11:00:00 |
The Wolf Tree and the World Wide Web (lien direct) |
In this essay from Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard reflects on parenting, climate change, and the networks at the heart of the forest. |
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2021-05-06 15:00:00 |
Sharks Use the Earth\'s Magnetic Field Like a Compass (lien direct) |
Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it. |
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2021-05-06 13:00:00 |
Here\'s a Calendar Trick to Ease Post-Pandemic Reentry (lien direct) |
Ready or not, the world is opening up. Creating a daily rhythm calendar can help you take it all in at your own pace. |
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2021-05-06 12:00:00 |
KEF\'s New Wireless Bookshelf Speakers Are Modern Marvels (lien direct) |
The KEF LS50 Wireless II are audiophile-grade companions for the streaming era. And they play nice with TVs too. |
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2021-05-06 12:00:00 |
What a Crossword AI Reveals About Humans\' Way With Words (lien direct) |
Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving automaton, came out victorious at last week's national tournament-but human solvers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet. |
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2021-05-06 11:00:00 |
Everything You\'ve Heard About Section 230 Is Wrong (lien direct) |
These hallowed 26 words shield internet companies from being held responsible for what people post and share. But the web's most sacred law is a false idol. |
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2021-05-06 11:00:00 |
15 Last-Minute Deals on Mother\'s Day Gifts (lien direct) |
We couldn't find a discount on breakfast in bed, but these WIRED-recommended products are the next best thing. |
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2021-05-06 11:00:00 |
The Statistical Secrets of Covid-19 Vaccines (lien direct) |
They're really very good, and they're the only way out of the pandemic. But a tour through the numbers could bring the vaccine-hesitant into the tent. |
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2021-05-06 11:00:00 |
Twitter Group\'s Offer India a Covid-19 Lifeline (lien direct) |
Hashtags have provided a kind of emergency hotline-but the need for mutual aid on social media is also a rebuke to the government. |
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2021-05-06 10:00:00 |
To Make These Chips More Powerful, IBM Is Growing Them Taller (lien direct) |
The company reveals a process that it says can cram two-thirds more transistors on a semiconductor, heralding faster and more efficient electronic devices. |
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