How Gravity Turns Me Upside Down
By KC Cole My favorite force belittles me—literally—but also inspires new ways to get high. Source:: Wired
TECHNOLOGY
China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
By Jennifer Conrad Companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were once regarded with national pride. Now they’re being slapped with fines and other penalties. Source:: […]
Covid Is Pulling the Plug on Beloved Japanese Arcades
By John Learned Once home to vibrant live competitions, gaming centers have been bleeding out since before the pandemic. Lockdowns could leave them KO’d for […]
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones
By Mark Harris The latest weapons in the global information war are fake vessels behaving badly. Source:: Wired
A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part III
By Jason Parham Joy and pain, harmony and discord, organization and chaos—there’s no single way to define Black Twitter’s complex, ongoing legacy. Source:: Wired
The Cost of Preventing Deaths by Climate-Driven Heat
By Eric Niiler A new formula measures the “mortality cost of carbon,” and how much would have to be removed from the atmosphere to save […]
Activision Blizzard Employees Walk Out Over Sexism Complaints
By Cecilia D’Anastasio “We love our jobs, but our jobs don’t love us back,” one worker told WIRED. “So we’re trying to change that.” Source:: […]
Toyota Whiffed on EVs. Now It’s Trying to Slow Their Rise
By Tim De Chant, Ars Technica In a bid to protect its investments in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, the carmaker is lobbying against the […]
How Nothing Designed ‘Ear 1s’ to Beat Apple AirPods
By Jeremy White, Wired UK The head of design at Nothing explains how their product could take on Apple’s all-conquering wireless earbuds, at a fraction […]
Extreme Heat Could Also Mean Power and Water Shortages
By Eric Niiler An extraordinary drought in the West, plus dry lakes and reservoirs, mean there will be less water for farms, hydroelectric energy, and […]