While You Were Offline: #HillarySoQualified Quickly Turns Into #HashtagSoHijacked
This week the Internet (internet?) was transfixed by a man who adopted a dog in a videogame. For good reason.…
Layer3 TV’s Crazy Plan to Take on Comcast and Reinvent Cable
The plan to take over the biggest screen in your house isn’t riffing on Netflix. It’s riffing on Comcast. And…
Come to Hong Kong for the Culture, Stay for the Enormous Laser Show
This year, Art Basel held it’s second event in Hong Kong. Here’s what to do in the city in between…
Outlander Is Back, But the Sex Isn’t—Yet
Starz’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling fantasy romance series has returned for its second season—and so far, so celibate. The…
If Smiling Made a Noise, This Is What It’d Sound Like
Artist Ben Vida made music by interpreting his subjects’ smiles and blinks. The post If Smiling Made a Noise, This…
A Map of the Brain Could Teach Machines to See Like You
A race to decipher the brain’s algorithms could revolutionize machine learning. The post A Map of the Brain Could Teach…
Orphan Black Doesn’t Think Human Cloning Is Such a Big Deal
Sci-fi doesn’t have the best record for portraying cloning in a realistic way. One exception? “Orphan Black.” Here’s a bioethicist…
Space Photos of the Week: A Star Proves It’s Hip to Be Square
Space photos of the week, April 3–9, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: A Star Proves It’s Hip…
Security This Week: The Panama Papers Law Firm Had Seriously Shoddy Security
Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which…
Beyond the Panama Papers: See Inside the World’s Tax Havens
The financial world has dozens of hiding places. Here’s what they look like. The post Beyond the Panama Papers: See…