Covid Vaccines in Phase III, New Risk Calculators, and More Coronavirus News
[ad_1] More vaccines enter Phase III trials, researchers continue to learn about the long-term impacts of Covid-19, and risk calculation...
The Best Chrome Extensions to Prevent Creepy Web Tracking
[ad_1] Almost every site you visit tracks you to try and link your browsing history to your interests and, in...
How Teachers Can Foster Community in Online Classrooms
[ad_1] The school year is difficult for both teachers and students, to say the least. Some districts are using a...
Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks as US Election Looms
[ad_1] Facebook announced on Thursday that it has taken down three "coordinated inauthentic behavior" networks promoting disinformation that included nearly...
The Ring Always Home Cam Flies Around Inside Your House
[ad_1] Tech product launches in the year of 2020 involve a kind of perspective whiplash that makes it more difficult...
Federal Executions During Covid-19 Put Innocent Lives at Risk
[ad_1] Christopher Vialva grew up on death row. In 1999, at age 19, Vialva, along with a few other teenagers,...
Alexa Now Has Its Own Questions for You
[ad_1] When Amazon released the Echo smart speaker in 2014, people still marveled at the convenience of voice-controlled computing. Now...
A Trump-Biden Debate Without Climate Change Is Inexcusable
[ad_1] A brief sample of recent climate news: record-setting heat waves, including a 121-degree day in Los Angeles; apocalyptic wildfires...
We Need to Talk About Talking About QAnon
[ad_1] We need to talk about talking about QAnon. So far, news coverage has focused on describing the phenomenon, debunking...
California Plans to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
[ad_1] California governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday that sets an ambitious plan to eliminate sales of gas-powered...
WIRED25 Day 2: How to Build a More Resilient World
[ad_1] On the second day of the WIRED25 three-part virtual speaker series, topics ranged from the disastrous effects of the...
CryptoHarlem’s Founder Warns Against ‘Digital Stop and Frisk’
[ad_1] This year, many people braved the risk of coronavirus infection to protest police brutality in Black neighborhoods, but physical...
Meet Curly, the Curling Robot That Beats the Pros
[ad_1] No two ice sheets have ever been laid down the exact same way, both because of this random bumpiness,...
The Cool Physics of a Supersonic Baseball
[ad_1] If I select a portion of the data at the beginning of the video, I can use a linear...
How to Watch WIRED25 2020
[ad_1] So far, 2020 has made the future seem scary, if not unimaginable. But it’s still possible to feel excited...
Where Was the Battery at Tesla’s Battery Day?
[ad_1] “Large format reduces all the ‘inactive’ materials, like packaging. So pack-level energy density will improve and cost will come...
Elon Musk Promises a $25,000 Tesla in 3 Years—Again
[ad_1] What happens when you load more than 200 Tesla shareholders—increasingly rich shareholders—into a Fremont, California, parking lot, and set...
Covid-19 Support Groups Are a Potential Research Gold Mine
[ad_1] Unless you or someone you know has contracted Covid-19, you’re likely just being exposed to the major coronavirus news:...
179 Arrested in Massive Global Dark Web Takedown
[ad_1] It’s one of the largest global dark web takedowns to date: 179 arrests spread across six countries; 500 kilograms...
To Clean Up Comments, Let AI Tell Users Their Words Are Trash
[ad_1] Comment sections have long acted like the wiry garbage cans of news websites, collecting the worst and slimiest of...