ir 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Drones! Drones! Drones! By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Drones will go into wide commercial use in 2017. Package deliveries are a couple of years away but expect a lot more drone media coverage. Full Article
ir 2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: VR Is Coming to an Arcade Near You By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 It's unlikely that you'll buy a VR rig in 2017, instead you'll go 'VRing' by buying a ticket to a virtual gaming theme park or experience. Full Article
ir Stunning 3-D Animation Reveals How a Drone Moves Air By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Here's what air looks like when its swirling around a DJI Phantom 3 drone in flight. The 3D animation is more than just a cool rendering, it's purpose is to help designers create faster, quieter drones. Full Article
ir If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:58:50 +0000 To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them. Full Article
ir Meet the Bird That Soars Thousands of Miles at a Time By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 The albatross has an 11-foot wingspan and a serious wanderlust, flying thousands of miles nonstop. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Tracy Morgan Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:09:00 +0000 "Fist Fight" star Tracy Morgan answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
ir These Autonomous Wheelchairs Are the Future of Mobility By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 At MIT, they are creating an autonomous wheelchair that can navigate streets and buildings to allow people with limited mobility to travel without having to worry about obstructions or other hazards. Full Article
ir The Here One Buds Versus Apple's AirPods By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 It's gonna be an interesting race between the AirPods and the Here Ones. Both have some great pros, but they both also have some serious cons. Here's a closer look the top two wireless earphones. Full Article
ir Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:00:00 +0000 "Get Out" stars Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya gather up their courage and show us the last things they did with their phones. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:29:00 +0000 Elmo, Big Bird, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, and Oscar the Grouch hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about 'Sesame Street' and themselves. New episodes of Sesame Street’s 47th season air every Saturday on HBO, and viewers can watch Sesame Street everyday on HBO Family and PBS Kids. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Samuel L. Jackson Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000 "Kong: Skull Island" star Samuel L. Jackson answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. Full Article
ir What We Know About Trump's Airplane Electronics Ban By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 The Trump Administration has ordered nine airlines flying direct routes to the US to block passengers from carrying large gadgets into the plane cabin. The UK has followed with a similar ban. Here's what you need to know about the ban. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Ryan Reynolds & Jake Gyllenhaal Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Life' stars Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal waste some time with WIRED and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir Star Wars Director Reveals the Secrets Behind Rogue One's Final Vader Scene By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 It could very well be the best scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story— Darth Vader violently pursuing rebels as they try to escape with the Death Star plans. But, as Director Gareth Edwards reveals, the scene fans saw in theaters almost didn't happen. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Chris Evans Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Gifted' star Chris Evans takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. 'Gifted' co-star Mckenna Grace joins Chris, and together they find out that the Internet is obsessed with Chris Evans' driving skills. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Going in Style' stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Anne Hathaway & Jason Sudeikis Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'Colossal' stars Jason Sudeikis and Anne Hathaway answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir Inside the Plane Graveyard Training Future Air Crash Investigators By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 USC houses a collection of twisted, burnt, jagged aircraft wrecks in a warehouse outside Los Angeles and it's where they train students to act as detectives in helicopter and plane crashes. Full Article
ir The Crazy Choreography of Free Fire's Massive ’70s Shootout By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 From mustaches to muzzle flashes, Ben Wheatley's kinetic action-comedy is a meticulously planned affair. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Salma Hayek & Eugenio Derbez Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 'How To Be a Latin Lover' stars Salma Hayek and Eugenio Derbez answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Amy Schumer & Goldie Hawn Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 09 May 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Snatched' stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir Mysterious Fungi Bring a West Virginia Forest Back to Life By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 11 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 In West Virginia, the Nature Conservancy is bringing back forests with the help of a very special fungus. Full Article
ir Inside LAX During the Most Ambitious Airport Move, Ever By www.wired.com Published On :: Sun, 14 May 2017 23:33:40 +0000 We’re behind-the-scenes at Los Angeles’ airport, which is in the middle of five days of upheaval as 21 airlines swap terminals in the dead of night. Full Article
ir 8 People Test Their Accents on Siri, Echo and Google Home By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Wood and Matt Kirshen test the limits of everyday AI against a variety of accents in linguistics tests designed to determine which AI is the best at understanding the most people. Featuring Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Siri. Full Article
ir AlphaGo Wins First Go Game in China with New AI Architecture By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 23 May 2017 21:26:38 +0000 DeepMind's AlphaGo artificial intelligence system beat the world's top Go player in Wuhzen, China with a new architecture that the company says is more efficient in both energy use and computing power. Full Article
ir Out of Office with Brent Rose - Trying Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Echo, Cortana and Google Assistant By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Brent Rose takes Google Assistant, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cortana and Apple's Siri out for the ultimate test drive; which AI has the best sense of humor? How will a human audience respond to a stand-up set written entirely by smart gadgets? Full Article
ir Meet HomePod, Apple's New Siri-Enabled Speaker By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Apple has unveiled the HomePod, a $350 wireless speaker with Siri baked right in. Full Article
ir Google's Plan to Use Ads to Sway ISIS Recruits | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:09:45 +0000 Yasmin Green leads a team at Google which has developed tools to help journalists stay secure in authoritarian regimes, to combat cyber bullying, and to help people before they become radicalized by extremist ideology. At the WIRED business conference, Green shared the company's strategies to sway ISIS recruits before it's too late. Full Article
ir The Story Behind Google's Super Chip | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:15:29 +0000 Five years ago, as its voice recognition tech took off, Google realized it would have to double its server space to handle even three minutes of speech from every Android user. Even Google couldn't afford that. So Urs Hözle and his team built a super chip to parse all that data more efficiently. Full Article
ir AI Won't Replace Doctors, It'll Help Them | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:14:58 +0000 Google is poised to begin a grand experiment in using machine learning to widen access to healthcare. If it is successful, millions of people with diabetes could avoid losing their sight. Lily Peng from Google Brain explained at the WIRED Business Conference how technology like this would help doctors, not replace them. Full Article
ir Amazon Now Considers Itself an AI Company | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:14:05 +0000 Speaking at the WIRED Business Conference, Amazon SVP of Devices, David Limp confessed that if Amazon is to continue to thrive in the future, it has to consider itself an AI company. Full Article
ir The One Thing the Architect of Apple's New HQ Would Change | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:19:50 +0000 Ask Norman Foster what, if anything, he’d like to change about Apple’s new headquarters, and he’ll need a moment to think. The famed architect, whose firm spent the last eight years perfecting plans for Apple’s massive campus, is mostly pleased with the results. But there is one thing he'd change. Full Article
ir Crispr Is Already Changing the Food We Eat | WIRED BizCon By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:45:52 +0000 At the WIRED Business Conference, Jennifer Doudna, Co-Inventor of CRISPR-Cas9, shared some of the ways the gene editing tool is already changing agriculture. Full Article
ir Lamborghini Toasted the World's Toughest Track with Air Instead of Horsepower By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Supercars are usually super thanks to monstrous power. The engineers at Lamborghini turned to some smart air scooping tricks to send the production Huracan around the Nurburgring track in record time. Full Article
ir Why You Can Never Argue with Conspiracy Theorists By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Alex Jones is not the only guy making a career out of conspiracy theories. They are everywhere on the internet and here's why you have no choice but to ignore them. Full Article
ir Watch the F-35 Fighter Jet Make Its First Public Flight By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000 The F-35 is the most expensive weapons system, ever. After years of delays, the fighter jet just made its first public flight at the Paris Air Show. Full Article
ir Techies Are Using Ketamine to Fight Their Depression By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Sean Spencer is a pretty successful entrepreneur in LA's startup community but he also struggles with depression. He and many others use ketamine to help with their lows. Full Article
ir Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0000 If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Steve Carell & Kristen Wiig Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 'Despicable Me 3' stars Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Will Ferrell & Amy Poehler Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:40:00 +0000 'The House' stars Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir Watch the Hyperloop Complete Its First Successful Test Ride By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:20:00 +0000 The Hyperloop is one step closer to becoming a reality. If it works, the new form of transportation could mean a journey from LA to San Francisco would take just 50 minutes. Full Article
ir How a Hacker Fired a Locked Smart Gun with $15 of Magnets By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:32:00 +0000 The Armatix iP1 pistol and its RFID watch, are sold as one of the most secure firearm systems available. But a hacker, who goes by 'Plore', has found flaws in the Armatix that entirely defeat its security measures. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Al Gore Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions on Climate Change By www.wired.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Politician and activist Al Gore answers the Internet's most searched questions about climate change. Full Article
ir Atomic Blonde Stairway Fight By www.wired.com Published On :: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 An exclusive clip from Atomic Blonde. Full Article
ir WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000 "The Dark Tower" stars Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves. Full Article
ir Rare Films of Nuclear Bomb Tests Reveal Their True Power By www.wired.com Published On :: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Nuclear physicists are using film scanners and computer analysis on old bomb test footage to uncover the weapons' secrets. Full Article
ir Whistling to Direct a Border Collie By www.wired.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Lo: move a little clockwise Lo-High: move further clockwise High-Lo-High (fast): move a little counter-clockwise High-Lo-High (slow): move further counter-clockwise High: hold that line, slow down Two mid notes: walk on to the sheep High falling: lie down Full Article
ir HardWIRED: So, What Is a Robot Really? By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Introducing HardWIRED, a new video series about the robots that are poised to take over the world. In the first episode WIRED explores what qualifies as a robot in the first place. Full Article
ir Why Two-Legged Robots Aren't a Total Disaster | HardWIRED By www.wired.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 23:49:29 +0000 Nothing in robotics is as unintentionally hilarious as watching a biped fall. But roboticists are making progress- like with this machine named Cassie. Full Article
ir 'The Current War' First Trailer By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:39:08 +0000 Electricity powerhouses Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse race to bring electricity to the world in 'The Current War,' hitting theaters Nov. 24. Full Article