A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Wiredby Jorge Garay12d ago
Earth's days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades.
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top 66%Prime Day Hasn’t Started Yet, but I’ve Already Found Deals Worth Buying
Wiredby Louryn Strampe12d ago
Amazon Prime Day deals are back, baby. The second sale of the year is officially dubbed Prime Big Deal Days and will arrive on October 6 and 7.
Thieves Stole ‘Nvidia’ Trailers. They Got 20 Tons of Sand
Wiredby Aarian Marshall, Paresh Dave13d ago
On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance.
Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Designate Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
Wiredby Paresh Dave13d ago
Anthropic lost a legal battle to overturn one of the supply-chain risk labels that the US Department of Defense slapped on the company, as a federal appeals court in DC on Friday refused to...
War Bros Didn’t Always Rule Silicon Valley
Wiredby Steven Levy13d ago
In September 2015, the Founders Fund hosted a retreat at an eco-resort in British Columbia. Most of the attendees were VCs and people from the companies the firm was backing, but they also invited...
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Get Musk and X out of a $137 Million EU Fine
Wiredby Isabella Ward13d ago
The US government is trying to get Elon Musk and his social media platform X out of a $137 million fine by the European Union in an escalation of its criticism of the bloc’s tech rules.
Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections
Wiredby Jason Parham13d ago
This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past.
‘Primetime’ Exposes the Ego-Driven Core of Vigilante Pedophile Hunting
Wiredby Manisha Krishnan13d ago
Child predators are arguably the most reviled demographic in society. So when someone like Chris Hansen, the former NBC Dateline journalist and host of the To Catch a Predator series, decides to...
How to Record Your Screen on Any Phone
Wiredby David Nield13d ago
There are numerous reasons why you might want to record what’s happening on your phone. Maybe you’re having a problem with an app and you want to share what’s going wrong with a tech-savvy friend...
16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know
Wiredby Chris Haslam, Jeremy White13d ago
Slate Auto Fastback SUV Tisha Johnson is a rarity in the car world: an automotive design leader who is not a man.
Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?
Wiredby Tommy Craggs13d ago
The offers had come in earlier that day. Paulina Borsook, 72, allowed herself a flash of excitement before returning to the question of what had ruined her life.
Nearly a Decade Later, the Electric Tesla Semi Is Here
Wiredby Aarian Marshall13d ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now.
Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
Wiredby Julian Chokkattu14d ago
Google has been trying to have its AI assistant make phone calls on your behalf for almost 10 years. Remember Duplex?
An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later.
Wiredby Isabella Ward14d ago
Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal in the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a government website.
SeaWorld Wants to Make You Horny
Wiredby Ej Dickson14d ago
When you think of SeaWorld, you most likely think of orcas, school trips to the aquarium, or eating chicken fingers while contemplating the ethics of marine mammal captivity.
The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why
Wiredby WIRED14d ago
When Francesca Duncan decided to take a look at what was going on in postmenopausal ovaries, she assumed she wouldn’t find much of interest.
Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane
Wiredby Dennis Mersereau14d ago
A powerful nor’easter developing this week will bring wicked winds, rough surf, and heavy rains to coastal communities from North Carolina to Nova Scotia.
Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
Wiredby Elana Klein14d ago
Engaged in a flirtatious conversation at a bar in Manhattan, 23-year-old Gary stood with a Guinness in hand as he explained to a woman why he took an engineering job at Palantir, the data analytics...
Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon
Wiredby Ritsuko Kawai14d ago
Venus has nearly the same mass, size, and structure as Earth, which has led astronomers to believe it should have a moon, but it doesn’t.
Scientists Detect Radio Signals from an Exoplanet for the First Time in History
Wiredby Jorge Garay14d ago
Approximately 63 light-years from Earth lies a planetary system so young that its less than 1 percent as old as our solar system.