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Prince Harry Hates Fortnite, How Hackers Use Facebook, And More News 09.04.2019 4:53

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Prince Harry is decidedly not here for Fortnite Like any soon-to-be-parent, Prince Harry is developing thoughts on parenting. And he's got some extreme ones when it comes to Fortnite. The prince said that the iconic video game is "more addictive than drugs or alcohol" and that not only should parents ban their kids from playing it, but it should be ba...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/8/19 08.04.2019 5:17

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So Long, Inbox! Try These Email Apps Instead 08.04.2019 9:02

In 2014, Google radically rethought how email should work. The ideas it introduced through its then new Inbox app—reminders! snoozing! bundles!—have since been absorbed into Gmail prime. At the time, though, bringing those features to the most popular email service on the planet served a surprisingly important purpose: helping people outside the power-user set expect more. Now Inbox is dead. You’v...

UPS Drones Are Now Moving Blood Samples Over North Carolina 05.04.2019 5:14

If you’re inclined to puns, you might say medical samples are the lifeblood of hospital systems. But if you actually work with them, you know they’re more of a headache. Because the same road traffic that keeps you from getting home keeps the couriers charged with moving these tissue and blood samples, collected by the millions daily and often in urgent need of analysis, from completing their miss...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/3/19 03.04.2019 4:41

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/2/19 02.04.2019 4:51

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Apple's AirPower Gets the Ax, Rickshaws Get a Boost, and More News 02.04.2019 4:50

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Pour one out for Apple's AirPower project Apple's AirPower, the company's infamous promise of a wireless charging option, is officially dead. Apple unveiled the project in 2017 to much applause, but balked when it came to giving an actual release date. Finally they've killed the project after concluding that it would "not achieve our high standards."...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 4/1/19 01.04.2019 6:16

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We Need More Videogame Folklorists 01.04.2019 7:30

Wes Locher recently published the book Braving Britannia, about the seminal MMO Ultima Online, which he played obsessively for five years. Unlike most videogame books, which focus on game design or gameplay strategies, Braving Britannia is an oral history, collecting fond reminiscences from dozens of players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/28/19 28.03.2019 4:53

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The War to Remotely Control Self-Driving Car Heats Up 28.03.2019 7:36

Even in the middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between slumber (rush-hour slogs) and frenzy (passing-happy speeding). It’s enough to make one eager for the day when robots rule the roads. And it’s more than enough to make me envy Evan Livingston, who doesn’t have to show up in person this meeting, held in a Lincoln...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/27/19 27.03.2019 5:15

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Us Broke a Lot of Box Office Records 27.03.2019 6:35

Look, we get it. If you saw the news at all over the weekend, you probably saw something about Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally turning over the findings of his 675-day Russia investigation. Entertainment news likely fell by the wayside. But that's why The Monitor is here: To fulfill your pop culture cravings. So, what'd you miss? Well, writer-director Jordan Peele's Us did very well for its...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/26/19 26.03.2019 5:08

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Safety-Obsessed Volvo Goes After Distracted, Speedy Drivers 26.03.2019 8:14

Volvo has had it up to här with drivers. The Swedish carmaker has spent decades building a reputation based on safety (and low-key luxury), but humanity’s taste for speeding, distraction, and impaired driving remains a threat no airbag, semi-autonomous system or moose-detection system can neutralize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Internet Loves Pete Bootyjig, Buddajudge—Buttigieg! 26.03.2019 10:53

The trick to pronouncing presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg's last name is to keep your lips almost totally puckered through all three syllables. At least, that's the only way I'm able to do it. If I can get my lips halfway between a pout and a whistle, and say it in one quick exhale, I can get it. Bood-eh-jedge, bood-eh-jedge, bood-eh-jedge. I learned this a few d...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/25/19 25.03.2019 6:04

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How Investigators Pull Data off a Boeing 737’s Black Boxes 25.03.2019 9:02

In the five days since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed a few minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard, regulators around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8. That’s a reaction to the fact that the circumstances of this disaster match those of Lion Air Flight 610, another 737 MAX 8, which crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing all 189 occupants....

Zodiac Ascending: Astrology Startups Reach for the Stars 22.03.2019 11:43

The day was young and full of promise, electrified by the moon in Sagittarius. An astrologer named Aliza texted me that I was on the cusp of a new cycle. It was time to tantalize my “Venusian sensibilities.” Power emoji: ðŸ’† I had found Aliza while beta-testing a new app, called Sanctuary. The app, designed to be the “Talkspace for astrology,” offers free daily horoscopes and, with a $20 monthly...

Review: Ooni Koda Pizza Oven 21.03.2019 7:45

I live in Portland, Oregon, a city in which notifying your host of your eating restrictions is just good manners. Maybe you too have friends who are vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free. Or lactose-intolerant, paleo, or perhaps adhering to my toddler’s diet, which is best described as “pepperoni.” In this fraught environment, pizza has saved our social life. Pizzas are customizable and dough is cheap...

Corporations Are Co-Opting Right-to-Repair 20.03.2019 7:19

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." As an advocate, organizer, and campaigner for preschool access, tax fairness, plastic pollution and other causes for the last 14 years, I’ve heard this saying many times. You tell it to your volunteers when it looks like your movement has hit a wall or when it looks like your opposition has the upper hand, and you...

Here's An Idea: Replace Trials with Virtual Reality Duels 19.03.2019 8:35

Ben Bova is the author of over a hundred science fiction books, and also served as editor for the legendary magazines Analog and Omni. In his short story “Bloodless Victory,” which appears in his recent collection New Frontiers, he depicts a future in which dueling makes a comeback thanks to sophisticated virtual reality technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/12/19 12.03.2019 5:22

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Scooter Startups Are Ditching Gig Workers for Real Employees 11.03.2019 8:04

In the earliest days of the new scooter sharing wave, when a new, Uber veteran-run company called Bird showed in southern California, working in the industry felt a bit like stumbling into the O.K. Corral. High school students scrapped for their chance to charge or fix scooters for between $10 and $20 a pop. “Mechanics” broke handlebars and wheels en masse, so they would be paid to patch them up....

Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/8/19 10.03.2019 4:55

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