Last week’s episode of the Get WIRED podcast introduced listeners to Direct Action Everywhere—one of the most radical animal-rights organizations around—and the group’s leader, Wayne Hsiung. We learned how the group has been utilizing VR cameras to capture footage so immersive, viewers literally can’t escape the sights and sounds of a factory farm.This week, WIRED…
Google’s hidden Dinosaur runner game that pops up in Chrome when people are offline is a treasured Easter egg for Chrome users, but it was arguably in need of an update. Enter a modded version of the game called Dino Swords, created by a partnership between Internet collective MSCHF and 100 Thieves that gives the…
In a hastily-called press conference Sunday evening, President Donald Trump and the heads of the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Human Services announced what the president had touted as a “breakthrough” in treating the pandemic disease Covid-19. That breakthrough turned out to be a change in the bureaucratic status of convalescent…
Dungeons & Dragons is getting a new book of rules, subclasses, and mechanics this fall, Wizards of the Coast announced on Monday. The book, titled Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, follows in the tradition of 2017’s Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, adding fresh gameplay options to the existing setting rather than a new setting. Also like Xanthar’s…
Researchers have found what they believe is a previously undiscovered botnet that uses unusually advanced measures to covertly target millions of servers around the world. ARS TECHNICAThis story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED’s parent company, Condé Nast.The botnet…
A team of mathematicians has finally finished off Keller’s conjecture, but not by working it out themselves. Instead, they taught a fleet of computers to do it for them. Original story reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication of the Simons Foundation whose mission is to enhance public understanding of science by…
You may have noticed an uptick in red bumps in the areas of your face that your mask covers. It doesn’t matter if you’re someone who regularly get breakouts or if you have nearly perfect skin, mascne, or mask acne, is an unfortunate side effect of the daily mask-wearing we’re all doing to slow the…
In July 2019, police rushed to the home of 32-year-old Silvia Galva. Galva’s friend, also in the home, called 911, claiming she overheard a violent argument between Galva and her boyfriend, 43-year-old Adam Crespo. The two lived together in Hallandale Beach, Florida, about 20 miles from Miami.When officers arrived, Galva was dead, impaled through her…
Home News Spaceflight SpaceX’s Crew-1 Crew Dragon space capsule is seen nearly complete at the company’s Hawthorne, California facility. (Image: © NASA/SpaceX) SpaceX is forging ahead with preparations for its next NASA astronaut mission, currently slated for a late October launch.The Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Crew-1 flight to the International Space Station…
Bloatware doesn’t sound pleasant, but it’s a fairly mild condition: It’s those apps that come preinstalled on your smartphone that you definitely didn’t ask for and probably don’t want. They’re often used by manufacturers to push their own apps and services on top of (or instead of) what the smartphone offers by default. The term…
