The Lawsuit That Could Pop Alphabet’s Project Loon Balloons
WIRED In a reversal of Alphabet’s case against Uber, a competitor just scored a big win against Alphabet’s Project Loon…
Wolfram Alpha Is Making It Extremely Easy for Students to Cheat
WIRED Teachers are being forced to adapt to Wolfram Alpha, which executes homework perfectly and whose use almost impossible to…
Why You Will One Day Have a Brain Computer Interface
WIRED Brain computer interface is the hot new thing in tech—and Bryan Johnson things it could happen within the next…
What the Next Uber CEO Needs to Say
WIRED The cofounder of Zipcar argues that re-establishing trust is the only way for Uber’s bold plans to succeed. Source:…
Celebrate the 4th in the Most Northern City in America
WIRED The sun doesn’t set in the summer in Utqiagvik, Alaska. But locals prove you don’t need fireworks to be…
'Sci-Fi,' Dystopia, and Hope In the Age of Trump: a Fiction Roundtable With Jeff VanderMeer, Lidia Yuknavich, and Omar El Akkad
WIRED A wide-ranging discussion about how speculative fiction imagines the future—and grapples with the present. Source: WIRED
Airbus' New Black Boxes Will Eject From Crashing Planes, So They're Easier to Find
WIRED The deployable flight data recorders will help investigators locate wreckage, and work out what happened. Source: WIRED
Hot Dogs: What's the Right Way to Them, According to Science?
WIRED What is the perfect condiment for a hot dog? Science should be able to answer that. One writer goes…
Mr. Know-It-All: Should I Let My Spouse Look at My Browser History?
WIRED Your significant other probably doesn’t deserve to see your web wanderings—but why they want to look might say something.…
Juno Shatters Scientists' Jupiter Theories in Just 365 Days
WIRED NASA’s Juno mission DGAF about scientific expectations. Here’s what it’s accomplished after only a year in orbit. Source: WIRED