For some time now, Westworld has felt like HBO’s troubled child. Just before its launch in October 2016, it was expected to be “the next Game of Thrones,” but after an uneven first season and a second one that was almost ambitiously incoherent, it did not live up to that hype. Having a break between…
The world is transfixed by the novel coronavirus outbreak spreading around the globe. It is becoming clear that increasingly draconian lockdown measures and travel restrictions are often too little, too late. Public health officials are pointing out that, at this point, containment is akin to shutting the barn door after the horses have left.However, in…
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, it has prompted thousands of people to isolate themselves to avoid spreading the virus. This week on Gadget Lab, we look at what happens when schools and universities close, conferences get canceled, and employees are told to work from home en masse. Then, we talk with WIRED digital director…
NEW YORK (AP) — You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus.You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live for two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.…
It wasn’t that long ago when Kendall Long and Joe Amabile announced they broke up. The former Bachelor in Paradise couple was living together before they split. Now Long is talking about how awkward it was to still live together after making their decision to go their separate ways. Kendall Long and Joe Amabile broke…
Last March, MacRumors received an anonymous tip claiming that Apple would announce new iPad, iMac, and iPod models with three consecutive days of press releases the following week, and that information proved to be two-thirds accurate with new iPad Air and iPad mini models announced on Monday, March 18 and an iMac refresh on Tuesday,…
As the number of new coronavirus cases begins to decline in China, there are new fears that Europe may emerge as a center of the global pandemic. Outbreaks in Italy, Spain and Germany led President Donald Trump to announce new restrictions on visitors from 26 European countries (except the UK), for the next month. The…
Consider the humble electric hand dryer. First introduced in the 1920s, the contraption was advertised as a cheaper, more sanitary alternative to towels. Today, hand dryers are an $800 million industry and have become ubiquitous fixtures in restrooms around the world despite lingering controversy over whether they’re as hygienic as paper towels—a dispute given new…
Teens cough theatrically while their crushes spring away from them, retreating into their hoodies like turtles into their shells. Men and women walk up to each other on the street, stretch their arms out for hugs and their faces forward for kisses, only to jump back at the last moment and bump their feet together…
Covid-19 was officially declared a pandemic Wednesday, and stocks officially entered a bear market, falling more than 20 percent from their peak just last month. The two milestones are related. Even in the best of times, markets are tuning forks not just for the sound of economic activity but for public sentiment about the future.…
