Symbols fail us. Case in point: Headlines this week reporting that California senator Kamala Harris was suspending her presidential campaign and, in doing so, ceding her chance to become the first black woman to win the Democratic Party’s nomination. When Harris initially announced her bid on Martin Luther King Day, less than a year ago,…
DetailsSellers are faking and rocket boosters are shaking, but first: a cartoon about when keto goes wrong.Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less.Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here!Today’s NewsSpaceX will bring the science of fire, mice, and beer to the ISSSpaceX successfully…
DetailsFor the last decade, the hackers behind Evil Corp have led a sustained assault on the bank accounts of thousands of victims across dozens of countries. By steadily evolving malware known as Bugat, they indiscriminately siphoned tens of millions of dollars from unwitting victims. Thursday, the FBI indicted Evil Corp’s alleged leader: Maksim V. Yakubets,…
DetailsGood day, and welcome to The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of the biggest news in pop culture. What’s happening in the world right now? To start, people are showing up in big numbers to watch Watchmen. Also, Taylor Swift is (maybe) going to the Sundance Film Festival, and there’s a new Mulan trailer. Let’s dive in.Watchmen…
DetailsWhen residents of Hawaii fled the massive eruption of the Kilauea volcano in May 2018, volcanologist Cheryl Gansecki and colleagues grabbed a homemade metal shield, tough boots, and shovels. The blast was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do some amazing science—the Super Bowl of volcanoes.Today, Gansecki and two other squads of scientists have published their findings…
DetailsFor the last year, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been circling a large asteroid named Bennu that regularly passes uncomfortably close to Earth. The spacecraft has been painstakingly mapping the asteroid’s rocky surface using a suite of cameras and other instruments that will help it determine where to land next year. Once NASA selects a final…
DetailsA year after launching its self-driving ride-hail program, Waymo is offering an iOS version of its app in the App Store, making it easier for iPhone users to catch a robotic ride in the Phoenix suburbs. The announcement from the Alphabet company, born in 2009 as Google’s Project Chauffeur, represents one more small step on…
DetailsHave you heard the good news? Self-driving cars will solve all our problems. If you believe the headlines, autonomous vehicles will reduce traffic congestion, improve commutes, save lives, and even solve “the loneliness epidemic.” Proponents of the technology often add another item to that list: these miracle automobiles will increase autonomy for older people. “Driverless…
DetailsDespite historic breach after historic breach, our personal data largely remains unprotected and up for grabs.Late last month, WIRED reported that 1.2 billion personal records—from social media handles and email addresses to phone numbers—were left exposed in an easily accessible database. The records were discovered by security researcher Vinny Troia, who also revealed that the…
DetailsThere are reports coming out of the UK that at least a dozen people who bought a Nintendo Switch as part of Amazon’s Black Friday sales did not get sent a Nintendo Switch. Instead, they’ve received everything from air freshener to photopolymer resin instead.The Mirror has been rounding up some of the complaints, which have…
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