Why People Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit
Police interrogations are built on the assumption that innocent people never confess to crimes they didn’t commit. But false confessions…
10 Years After An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore May Actually Be Winning
In this exclusive WIRED interview, Al Gore weighs in on the presidential election, the Iraq war, and, of course, the…
A Severed Head, Two Cops, and the Radical Future of Interrogation
A novel interrogation technique borrowed from the war on terror is transforming the art of detective work: Shut up and…
The legal mumbo jumbo on popular mobile apps can take over 24 hours to read
Have you ever been put off by the lengthy “terms and conditions” and privacy policies of mobile apps and other…
Back in black: Sony expects to make a little money from its smartphones this year
It looks like the worst is over for Sony’s mobile business, at least for now. Sony published its forecast for…
Cray wants to light a fire under your big data
It’s no secret that analytics is eating the enterprise world, but if there’s anything in perpetually short supply, it’s speed.…
This site aims to be the Yelp of the SaaS world
Online reviews have already transformed the way people choose everything from restaurants to respiratory therapists, and now SaasGenius wants to…
Facebook denies bias in Trending Topics, but still promises changes
Facebook on Monday denied any evidence of ‘systematic political bias’ in the selection or prominence of stories included in its…
Heck, we're just happy it didn't burst into flames
User marches up to this IT pilot fish’s desk with a piece of equipment in her hand — and she’s…
13 things you need to know about MU-MIMO Wi-Fi
It’s been nearly 20 years since Wi-Fi made its debut, and one of its most significant innovations to date is…