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Climb Inside Uber's Self-Driving Car—Its Next Big Disruption

The ride-sharing giant is in Pittsburgh for its latest big move: the country’s first autonomous taxi service. Select Uber users can now ride in self-driving cars, with humans at the wheel for an emergency.




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Tinker Hatfield Draws WIRED's October Cover

Nike shoe guru Tinker Hatfield draws WIRED's October cover featuring his design inspirations for the power-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 shoe.




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Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart & Mamrie Hart Show Us The Last Thing on Their Phones

Stars of the upcoming film "Dirty 30", Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart show us the last thing they did on their phones. The Holy Trinity unveils what they last googled, how many alarms they have, and their favorite emojis.




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Building Games For Virtual Reality Storytelling | Breaking Through

Virtual Reality is the next frontier in entertainment, but it’s so new that the rules are still being written. No one knows the best way to develop, advertise, or create yet – and that’s what makes it so exciting.




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Meet the Pixel, Google's Answer to the iPhone

Google enters the phone fray with the Pixel, a premium Android smartphone with all the features of an iPhone plus Google Assistant and a headphone jack.




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Google's Self-Driving Cars Have Clocked 2 Million Miles

By this point, self driving cars are a common sight in Silicon Valley and Google’s fleet of nearly 60 autonomous cars hit a milestone: They have now clocked more than two million miles of driving on public streets.




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Step Inside Boeing’s Elaborate New 737 Test Plane

Boeing is putting its newest plane, the 737 MAX, through a grueling series of test flights. Onboard, instead of seats and a meal service, a team of engineers captures data on its performance, and eats snacks from a cooler.




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Predators: Chameleons Have Killer Fast Tongues

Chameleons are deceptively great hunters, with a tongue that can snipe prey in a split-second.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Jobs

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss how artificial intelligence might up-end economies and how societies can adapt.




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The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on How We'll Embrace Self-Driving Cars

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss ethical concerns around artificial intelligence used in self-driving cars.




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Data Reveals the American Dream Is Alive and Well—in Canada

At the White House Frontiers Conference, Raj Chetty, an economist at Stanford University described where the 'American dream' is thriving the most and seems like it's across US the border.




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Nikola Tesla and Wireless Charging

Telsa was a wacky guy with some far-fetched ideas, but many of theories about how electricity could work would eventually prove to be dead on.




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Secretary of State John Kerry Knows What A Messy Election Feels Like

When WIRED sat down with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry right after the second Presidential debate, he shared a few thoughts on what it's like to run for President.




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Immigration in America Isn’t What the Politicians Tell You

Politicians make a lot of wild claims about undocumented immigrants in the United States. Our advice? Take a deep breath and have a look at what the numbers tell you.




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John Kerry on How the Paris Climate Agreement Could Help Fight Terrorism

US Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ways that recently signed UN climate agreement will spur innovations in renewable energy across the globe, including terror hotspots.




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Elon Musk Says Every New Tesla Will Drive Itself

Elon Musk wants you to take your hands off the wheel, foot off the gas, and let him do the driving. Rather, let his cars take over.




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The World's Largest Telescope

China has built the world's largest radio telescope and they're using it to observe outer space.




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Meet the Psychedelic Shrimp That Power-Lifts Starfish

The harlequin shrimp is all dressed up in a festive clown suit…a clown suit of murder.




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Uber's Self-Driving Truck Delivers 50,000 Beers

A truck carrying 50,000 beers spent two hours driving itself down a Colorado highway.




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Polaroid SX-70 vs Canon Rebel T5: How Do They Compare?

The Polaroid SX-70 was the go-to camera for instant photography, and the Canon Rebel T5 is currently one of the most popular DSLRs on the market. What's changed since then?




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These Self-Flying Helicopters Team Up to Fight Fires and Save Lives

Two Lockheed Martin helicopters, with help from a pair of drones, join forces to fight fires and save lives.




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Bumped Off Your Flight? Know Your Travel Rights

It's bound to happen to you— your flight is cancelled, delayed or the airline bumps you. That's why it's important to know your rights when your travel plans go astray.




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Thermal Imaging Tech Helps Protect Endangered Wildlife

World Wildlife Fund is using thermal imaging technology and artificial intelligence to see and capture wildlife poachers as they stalk endangered animals in the dark.




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How to Make Deliciously Safe Eggnog With Raw Eggs and Booze

You wish you liked eggnog more than you do, right? Well, with this recipe and a few science tricks, you'll make eggnog that is not only delicious but brilliantly boozy too.




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Meet the Blind Man Who Convinced Google Its Self-Driving Car Is Finally Ready

Google is getting serious about self-driving cars. So serious that it put a legally blind man in one that drove him around safely on his own. The successful trip means that the tech giant can now launch its own self-driving car company, which it's calling Waymo.




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The Enduring Mystery of What the Hell's in LaCroix

LaCroix is the fizzy water of the moment. It's just H2O, CO2, and natural flavor. But what's "natural flavor" and is it safe to consume by the daily 12-pack? Asking for a friend.




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Hyundai's Exo-Skeleton Makes Everyone an Iron Man

Hyundai, the car manufacturer, is getting into other forms of mobility and work with its two new exo-skeletons.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Self-Driving Vehicles Are Around the Corner

WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment Alex Davies lays out the five biggest disruptions coming to the world of transport.




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CES 2017 - Car Designers Remake the Steering Wheel for the Age of Autonomy

In a world where cars drive themselves, the steering wheel must go way beyond 10 and 2.




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Dear Angelica Teaser

A teaser for Oculus Story Studio's new virtual reality film 'Dear Angelica,' which was made with the company's VR illustration tool, Quill.




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The Adorable Little Fish With a Suction Cup for a Belly

Meet the lumpsucker, the tiny fish that sucks at swimming but is great at suctioning.




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The Evolution of the Selfie With Nina Dobrev

In xXx: Return of Xander Cage, The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev plays tech geek Becky Clearidge. So, who better to take us through the history of selfies? Using phones like the infamous Nokia brick and the modern iPhone, Nina tries her best to snap her way through camera phone history.




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Meet America's Newest, High-Techiest Weather Satellite

The GOES-16 atmospheric satellite is a super-powered machine that can predict the future. At least as far as weather is concerned.




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Inside the YouTube-Fueled, Teenage Extravaganza That Is Beautycon

A look at the industry-shaking in real life meet up of beauty world influencers, their fans and the brands that compete for their attention.




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If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them

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.




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These Autonomous Wheelchairs Are the Future of Mobility

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.




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UPS Has a Mother-Truck of a Delivery Drone Idea

UPS's futuristic delivery drones will be loaded inside the truck then fly out of and return to a roof port that would make any Bond villain jealous.




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Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

"Get Out" stars Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya gather up their courage and show us the last things they did with their phones.




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Inside the World's Largest Wind Tunnel

It’s 80 feet high, 120 feet wide, that's large enough to hold a Boeing 737. Now trucking companies are using the wind tunnel to make their massive machines more efficient.




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So Cellphones Cause Cancer, Right? That Ain't What Science Says

Your grandparents might have warned you that cellphones cause brain cancer. Well, that's not at all what science says.




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The 1955 Citroën DS Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

The 1955 Citroën DS is the auto industry's platypus: bizarre, delightful, innovative, and, if not inimitable, never imitated. WIRED's Jack Stewart took both the DS and SM for a spin.




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The Satellite That Spies on America's Lightning

The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that will help them alert the public to dangerous weather.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Samuel L. Jackson Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

"Kong: Skull Island" star Samuel L. Jackson answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself.




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Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

The Connectome is a comprehensive diagram of all the neural connections existing in the brain. WIRED has challenged neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri to explain this scientific concept to 5 different people; a 5 year-old, a 13 year-old, a college student, a neuroscience grad student and a connectome entrepreneur.




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Self-Driving Cars Won't Save Everyone. In Fact, They'll Kill

Self-driving cars will totally eliminate traffic deaths, right? Nope. In fact, on rare occasions they'll choose to kill.




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Flight Lab - Climb Aboard a Boeing 747 That NASA Turned Into the World's Biggest Flying Telescope

To get the best space observations possible, NASA scientists fly around the world in a highly modified 747 carrying a giant telescope.




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Celebs Guess Real or Fake Tech News at SXSW

It's hard to tell what's real or fake today. Celebrities at SXSW sat down with WIRED and tried their best to guess which headlines from the tech news world are real and which are fake. Sad!




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It Takes 60,000 Rivets and Two Robots to Build a Boeing 777 Fuselage

It’s tough work for pairs of humans who install each of the 60,000 rivets that keep Boeing's 777 from falling apart in midair, so they’re getting some help from pairs of robots on the plane production line.




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What We Know About Trump's Airplane Electronics Ban

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.




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Flight Lab - Inside NASA's Prototype Lab Where Model Planes Take Flight

Walk into NASA Armstrong's Sub-scale Research Lab and see the future of flight in miniature. The lab's model airplanes are used to test cutting edge aeronautical ideas like crash-avoidance and more efficient rocket launches.