For a real estate investor or developer who has chosen to grow their business by building a website, the term “Search Engine Optimization” or “SEO” will likely come up in any initial research you have done. This concept is critical if you want your website to show up for searches entered into search engines, but…
DetailsConversations on the final day of this year’s WIRED25 event revolved around the existential mess that has characterized 2020: Covid-19, election integrity, California wildfires. But the experts who came together to share their insights into these problems, and the work they have been doing to confront them, also communicated a sense of genuine optimism. SUBSCRIBESubscribe…
DetailsThe US recorded its first coronavirus case on January 20, 2020. Taiwan recorded its first case the next day. Now, more than eight months later, as the virus has infected 7.2 million Americans and killed more than 205,000, Taiwan has all but returned to normal. Movies, baseball games, concerts attended by tens of thousands of…
DetailsNear the end of last night’s catastrophic “presidential” debate, moderator Chris Wallace lobbed a surprising question at Donald Trump: “What do you believe about the science of climate change? And what will you do in the next four years to confront it?”It was surprising because, for one thing, it wasn’t on the list of questions…
DetailsIn an alternate universe, where the WIRED25 event could safely have been held in person, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci would have been greeted like a rock star. A strange combination of A-list celebrity and level-headed grandfather, Fauci has gamely taken up the position of trusted voice amid the maelstrom…
DetailsInside an ordinary-looking home, a robot suspended from the ceiling slowly expands arms holding a sponge, before carefully wiping a kitchen surface clean. Nearby, another robot gently cleans a flat-screen television, causing it to wobble slightly.The cleaning robots live inside a mock home located at the Toyota Research Institute in Los Altos, California. The institute’s…
DetailsThe last nine months—the Long March of 2020—have been a litany of disasters: pandemic coronavirus, uncontrolled wildfires, punishing hurricanes and a derecho, paramilitary violence at protests for racial justice. But amid all that, amid a smog of disinformation hovering above it all, it’s easy to forget that back in January and February, everyone knew bad…
DetailsIn the closing section of last night’s unhinged presidential debate, moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace raised a discussion about election integrity. “What are you prepared to do to reassure the American people that the next president will be the legitimate winner of this election?” he asked. In keeping with his prior statements and…
DetailsGoogle’s fall hardware events are typically more understated than some of its competitors, lacking the theatrics of Samsung events, the iHype of Apple launches, and the rapid-fire deluge of Amazon announcements. And this year, that was for good reason; we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and Google said it wanted to make its product…
DetailsGoogle has a pair of new phones, the Pixel 4A 5G and Pixel 5, and they’re two of four products the company unveiled today at its brisk and brief virtual event.Competitors like Microsoft, Samsung, Motorola, and LG have shipped experimental phones this year, touting dual displays or folding and swiveling screens. But 2020 isn’t the…
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