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Why Is Our Solar System Flat?
It started as a big old ball of dust, so how did it end up like...
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Google Filing Reveals It Slashed Spending on Acquisitions in 2023
As interest rates and antitrust pressure climbed in 2023, Alphabet made no major acquisitions for the...
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We Wear Slippers All Day—Here are Our Faves, From $9 to $150
Our Reviews team has picked 10 pairs of slippers we love, ranging from expensive Uggs to...
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Learn to Pedal Like the Pros on This Ultrasmart Stationary Training Bike
The Wattbike Atom forces you to make every second of your workout count. Designed in the...
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Craig Wright Claims He’s Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Can He Prove It in Court?
A judge will determine whether computer scientist Craig Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin. The network's...
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What Meta’s Fediverse Plans Mean for Threads Users
We spoke with a product manager at Meta to learn how the company plans to bring...
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A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin
Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made...
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Is There Lead in Your Reusable Water Bottle?
Stanley says it uses some lead in its “industry-standard” manufacturing process, so we asked if other...
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TikTok’s Missing Music Is Making Users Very Upset
Songs previously licensed from Universal Music Group artists are disappearing from TikTok. #SwiftTok may never be...
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9 Good Deals on Smartwatches, Robot Vacuums, and Video Games
Happy February! Welcome the leap month with these snazzy deals on tech and games.
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The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved
An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft...
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Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theorists Get Psyops All Wrong
Some prominent right-wing commentators say the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end...
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All the Settings You Should Change on Your New Samsung Phone
There are too many great features turned off by default. Rectify that with these tips.
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Here's How ASCII 'Barbie' Came to a Screen Near You
The ASCII Theater, a project from art collective MSCHF, takes movies and breaks them into text....
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A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire...
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I Tested a Next-Gen AI Assistant. It Will Blow You Away
WIRED experimented with a new form of voice assistant that can browse the web and perform...
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A Decapitation May Have Roots in Far-Right Border and Immigrant Paranoia
A man charged with murdering his father and showing his decapitated head on YouTube spent years...
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The Apple Vision Pro Lives Deep in the Uncanny Valley
This week, we learn what it feels like to use Apple's new mixed reality headset, and...
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Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube
Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report...
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Inside the Beef Industry’s Campaign to Influence Kids
Big Beef is wooing science teachers with webinars and lesson plans in an attempt to change...
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‘Over Time the Trust Will Come’: An Exclusive Interview With TikTok’s CEO
A few weeks ago, Shou Zi Chew sat down with WIRED to tell us how he’s...
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Hate Speech Proliferates on YouTube in India, Research Finds
In the lead up to India’s elections, researchers have discovered a deluge of divisive and hate-filled...
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YouTube, Discord, and ‘Lord of the Rings’ Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree
For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax...
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Linda Yaccarino Says X Needs More Moderators After All
X CEO Linda Yaccarino told US senators she’s hiring more trust and safety staffers. She didn’t...