Fed-Up, Freaked-Out Americans Find Comfort in Politics Podcasts
In a year of accusations and scandals, listeners have flocked to a medium that prides itself on authenticity and intimacy.…
Review: Google Home
Home is where the heart is, or at least where the Google Assistant is. The post Review: Google Home appeared…
The Ocean’s Robots May Soon Enjoy High-Speed Internet
For scientists talking to submarines, robots, and other instruments, data travels at dial-up speeds of single bytes per minute—far slower…
Uber’s Discrimination Problem Is Bad News for Public Transit
Government alliances make the sharing economy’s implicit bias problem a much bigger deal. The post Uber’s Discrimination Problem Is Bad…
Strikingly Imaginative Structures for Housing LA’s Homeless
Designing for the homeless—and learning from them The post Strikingly Imaginative Structures for Housing LA’s Homeless appeared first on WIRED.…
Cadillac’s All-Seeing Rearview Mirror Peers Into the Future of Cars
The digital display rethinks and improves how the driver interacts with and sees the world around him. The post Cadillac’s…
WIRED Book Club: Time for a Break. Time for Comics!
This time around, our little book club is diving into Kelly Sue DeConnick’s ‘Bitch Planet’ and ‘Sex Criminals’ by her…
Big AT&T Deal Proves It’s Time to Stop ‘Zero-Rating’
AT&T’s $85.4 billion deal to acquire media giant Time Warner spotlights a hole in American Internet policy: zero-rating. The post…
The Amazon Rapids App Gets Kids Reading—But It Can’t Replace Books
Pediatricians and early childhood educators say it’s great to experiment with new reading formats. But Amazon Rapids still can’t replace…
The Dismal Science of the Standing Rock Pipeline Protests
If successful, the Standing Rock protest could be a minor boon for the economics of weaning the world off oil.…