Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Final Space wrapped up its second season earlier this fall. Courtesy of Adult SwimThe science fiction cartoon Final Space, which recently completed its second season, has a lot going for it, including beautiful animation, great music, and a stellar voice cast. But humor writer Tom Gerencer says…
DetailsWhatever the future role of computers in society, Jeff Dean will have a powerful hand in the outcome. As the leader of Google’s sprawling artificial intelligence research group, he steers work that contributes to everything from self-driving cars to domestic robots to Google’s juggernaut online ad business.WIRED talked with Dean in Vancouver at the world’s…
DetailsThe first thing you need to know is a too-long acronym, one that sits—almost literally—in the center of every US street: MUTCD. It stands for the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, which is the guiding light for the nation’s transportation engineers. Why are stop signs always red octagons? MUTCD. Why…
DetailsThe Nintendo Switch eShop is currently hosting a special sale to celebrate The Game Awards 2019, which took place earlier this week, and like previous years, it was jam pack full of announcements, reveals, and of course awards to give out. More specifically, to celebrate the yearly award show, Nintendo is currently hosting a special…
DetailsThis weekend’s Red Dead Redemption 2 update isn’t just about running a moonshine business — it’s also about bringing more parity between PC and console players. PS4 players now have access to the Photo Mode and Story Mode features that premiered first on computers. The photo option is fairly self-explanatory if you’ve seen features like…
DetailsWith the release of the Mac Pro this week, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro last month, Apple’s deskbound MacOS machines have been pushing the price point higher and higher, with increased specs for professional users. What about those at the lower end of the portfolio, looking for an alternative to a Windows 10 laptop, those who…
DetailsGreetings, and welcome to Replay, WIRED’s collection of all of the week’s biggest gaming news. This particular installment is the Game Awards edition, featuring a bevy of new announcements, and the newly named next-gen Xbox console. Let’s get to it.The New Xbox Console Has a Name and a Questionable ShapeCongratulations, Microsoft. You’ve given birth to…
DetailsSeas rage and the land grows weak. Pollutants cake the air. Fires, droughts, and outbreaks surge with a kind of unsympathetic wildness. The very earth oozes an irreversible, clotting heat. It’s agitated, ailing, and on the brink of complete and ineluctable devastation. From this hellish man-made calamity, one voice ruptures the breach. Sometimes, one voice…
DetailsThe mantis shrimp is one of evolution’s greatest hits—literally. This pugnacious crustacean (not technically a shrimp) cocks back its hammer-limbs and smashes prey with such ferocity, a shockwave blows the claws clean off crabs and crumples clamshells like they were papier-mâché. Really, there isn’t much on the tropical seafloor that the mantis shrimp can’t destroy…
DetailsBy most accounts the Nike Pro Women’s Hijab has been a success. Launched in December 2017 and targeting female Muslim athletes, the lightweight headpiece has been worn by German boxer Zeina Nassar, American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, and Emirati figure skater Zahra Lari, all of whom fed into Nike’s prototypes. The $35 sports hijab remains popular,…
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