Lauren Goode 2020-10-20 09:00:00 www.wired.com You’re probably stressed out as you’re reading this. Most people I know right now are stressed out. Maybe the last thing you’re thinking about is…
Eric Adams 2020-10-19 11:00:00 www.wired.com Ultimately, Webb says, the limiting factor on the road that morning wasn’t the car—its 5.9-L twin-turbo V8 was still good for at least another 20…
Kate Knibbs 2020-10-19 08:00:00 www.wired.com “Every period has its great men, and if these are lacking, it invents them.” Those are the words of philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius. Or, well,…
Tom Simonite 2020-10-18 19:00:00 www.wired.com Michael Shuffet didn’t waste any keystrokes when responding to a message about the automated email writer he’s building. He tapped out “Yes 45m” and clicked…
Gareth Morinan 2020-10-15 08:00:00 www.wired.com The evidence was mounting against Pikachu, but to play devil’s advocate, I must point out that viral memes can indeed appear from nowhere, and yield…
Tom Simonite 2020-10-15 08:00:00 www.wired.com On the internet nobody knows where or when you took that photo of a dog. Images can be reused and remixed online without a trace—helpful…
Lauren Goode 2020-10-13 15:32:26 www.wired.com Some consumers won't care as much about the chip advancements, except as it pertains to the camera improvements. The iPhone 12 has a 12-megapixel ultrawide…
Brian Barrett 2020-10-13 17:25:57 www.wired.com What’s the difference between the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12? About three square inches of display. That’s it. Everything else is the same.…
Michael Calore, Boone Ashworth 2020-10-13 14:51:44 www.wired.com A new HomePod was also unveiled Tuesday. Like the previous model, 2018’s original HomePod, the new smart speaker is covered in delicate mesh…
David Nield 2020-10-13 07:00:00 www.wired.com If you go to the app menu and then choose Settings, you can switch between a PIN, fingerprint recognition and iris recognition for verifying your…
Rhett Allain 2020-10-13 09:00:00 www.wired.com Yes, there is indeed climate change. There's no question that we (the humans) have been putting a whole bunch of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere…
Kevin Hartnett 2020-10-11 08:00:00 www.wired.com “In one crazy weekend I spent 12 hours a day [on it],” she said. “It was totally addictive.”Other mathematicians talk about the experience the same…
David Nield 2020-10-11 07:00:00 www.wired.com LeechBlock NG for Chrome and Firefox isn't quite as comprehensive as BlockSite, but it does the job, and it's free to use. If you just…
Amit Katwala, WIRED UK 2020-10-10 10:00:00 www.wired.com The world might be strange and confusing, but there are still some things you can rely on. Every autumn, a chill comes into…
Matt Burgess, WIRED UK 2020-10-09 09:00:00 www.wired.com For the past three years, the world of running has been obsessed with one technology: carbon-fiber plates. The springy plates that help to…
Whitson Gordon 2020-10-08 09:00:00 www.wired.com Digital stores like Steam have turned gaming into a chore. For years, I bought more games than I could possibly play, which fundamentally changes how…
Rhett Allain 2020-10-08 10:00:00 www.wired.com Putting this together with the net force, you get the momentum principle. It's kind of a big deal in physics. Illustration: Rhett Allain So, it…
Scott Gilbertson 2020-10-08 08:00:00 www.wired.com Modern smartphones are truly remarkable devices. Their processors are more powerful than the ones that landed men on the moon, and the onboard cameras boast…
Whitson Gordon 2020-10-06 08:00:00 www.wired.com The human eye has a relatively wide field of view—you can see someone approaching from the side through your peripheral vision. When you're playing a…
Arielle Pardes 2020-10-06 06:00:00 www.wired.com For years, Instagram has been on a mission to make itself the nicest place online. It’s a quixotic mission for a social media company, especially…
Rhett Allain 2020-10-01 10:00:00 www.wired.com I never knew this existed, but I shouldn't be surprised anymore. There's this event called the Red Bull 400. The idea is to "run" a…
Sonner Kehrt 2020-09-29 07:00:00 www.wired.com The Czech incident made it clear to Zaidenberg that his fears were justified. Israel was in the process of locking down, and he knew he…
David Nield 2020-09-27 07:00:00 www.wired.com If you're lucky enough to be in the first batch of recipients, you might already have Android 11 up and running on your phone; if…
Lauren Goode 2020-09-24 20:14:52 www.wired.com Tech product launches in the year of 2020 involve a kind of perspective whiplash that makes it more difficult than usual to decide whether or…
Rhett Allain 2020-09-23 09:00:00 www.wired.com If I select a portion of the data at the beginning of the video, I can use a linear fit to determine the slope of…
Scott Gilbertson 2020-09-22 06:00:00 www.wired.com OBJECTIVEEvery device on your network is bombarded 24/7 with malware, banner ads, pop-ups, and activity-tracking scripts. All that extra cruft slows down your browsing. But…
Jess Grey 2020-09-22 08:00:00 www.wired.com It will also be able to render and run games at 4K without any upscaling. That means your games are going to be tack-sharp and…
David Nield 2020-09-20 07:00:00 www.wired.com This new iOS 14 feature gives your iPhone a different MAC address every time it connects, making it much more difficult for this sort of…
Jess Grey 2020-09-16 17:00:00 www.wired.com I live in Oregon, and my state is on fire. The sky outside my window is a ruddy yellow-brown, imagine the foggiest day of your…
Terry Virts 2020-09-15 08:00:00 www.wired.com I liken the experience of landing in a space shuttle to a nice, smooth Air Force landing. But let’s go back to EI (400,000 feet…
David Nield 2020-09-13 07:00:00 www.wired.com Whether your computer runs Windows, macOS, or Chrome OS, you have options for how you log in. And your choice doesn't only affect how convenient…
Parker Hall 2020-09-07 07:00:00 www.wired.com In the last five years, I've tested beautiful projectors, audiophile-grade turntables, and nearly every pair of wireless headphones worth listening to for my job, and…
David Nield 2020-09-06 07:00:00 www.wired.com There's nothing quite as advanced in terms of tab management in the other major browsers at the moment. Right-click on a tab to see the…