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Best Kindle (2023): Which Amazon Ebook Reader Should You Buy?

Here’s how Amazon’s ebook readers stack up—and which one might be right for you. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-kindle/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Amazon Fire Max 11 Review: An OK Tablet With Bad Software

It’s the nicest tablet the company has ever made, but it’s not worth your money. https://www.wired.com/review/amazon-fire-max-11-tablet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Scientists Are Gene-Editing Flies to Fight Crop Damage

The spotted-wing drosophila is a threat to fruit growers across the US and Europe. Crispr could thwart the pest’s numbers. https://www.wired.com/story/gene-editing-flies-to-fight-crop-damage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI

As artificial intelligence explodes, the field is expanding beyond the usual suspects—and the usual motivations. https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-humans-trying-to-keep-us-safe-from-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The US Is Exporting Anti-LGBTQ Hate Online

Conspiracy theories and misinformation with their roots in the American right are driving global anti-LGBTQ sentiment—and offline violence. https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-exporting-anti-lgbtq-hate-online/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

5 Ways to Make Your Instant Messaging More Secure

Make sure your chats are kept as private as you want them to be. https://www.wired.com/story/5-ways-to-make-your-instant-messaging-more-secure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

TikTok Keeps Removing Abortion Pill Content

Activists and health care workers say the platform routinely suppresses posts about the abortion pill, leaving US users without vital information. https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-abortion-content-censorship/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Deepfake Porn Reveals a ‘Pervert’s Dilemma'

What's the moral difference between indulging in a sexual fantasy about someone and watching a deepfake of them? https://www.wired.com/story/deepfakes-porn-philosophy-sexual-fantasy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Motorola Razr+ Review: A Revamped Classic

It's not hot pink, but this classic flip phone is cute and functional. https://www.wired.com/review/motorola-razr-plus/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Walmart and Amazon's Race to Rule Shopping

This week, we talk about how the two giants have changed the digital—and IRL—retail landscape over the course of their decades-long rivalry. https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-602/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Abortion Pill Use Is Surging Post-Dobbs. Now It’s Under Threat

Telehealth allowed patients in many US states to get abortion pills by mail. New legal challenges could block that access—but providers aren't giving up. https://www.wired.com/story/abortion-pill-use-is-surging-now-its-under-threat/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

How Christopher Nolan Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

The Oppenheimer director says AI is not the bomb. His new movie might still scare you shitless. https://www.wired.com/story/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-ai-apocalypse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Is a Witty Take on ‘Alien Outsiders’

In its lighthearted way, the movie joins the pantheon of movies where characters strive to understand the significance of the cosmic other. https://www.wired.com/story/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-review/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’

The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications. https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-deepfakes-disinformation-psychology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Best Websites to Show Off Your Portfolio of Work

Make sure the world at large can see how talented you are. https://www.wired.com/story/the-best-websites-to-show-off-your-portfolio-of-work/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

How Fighting Games Became a Haven for LGBTQ Gamers

Players of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena. https://www.wired.com/story/fighting-games-community-lgbtq-gamers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It

The UK's houses are still designed to retain heat. In an age of global warming, that needs to change. https://www.wired.com/story/uk-homes-heat-wave/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The US Navy, NATO, and NASA Are Using a Shady Chinese Company’s Encryption Chips

The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor. https://www.wired.com/story/hualan-encryption-chips-entity-list-china/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Is a Parking-Free Future Possible?

Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, talks about the blunders of urban planners and how better cities depend a whole lot on a smarter approach to parking. https://www.wired.com/story/have-a-nice-future-podcast-10/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Is Betting Everything on AI

The CEO can’t imagine life without artificial intelligence—even if it’s the last thing invented by humankind. https://www.wired.com/story/microsofts-satya-nadella-is-betting-everything-on-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame. https://www.wired.com/story/anti-porn-covenant-eyes-bond-revoked/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

10 Best Grills (2023): Charcoal, Gas, Pellet, Hybrid, and Grilling Accessories

We grilled, smoked, baked, cleaned, and repeated to find the best option for every home. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-grills/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, we can get machines to reason more abstractly—and efficiently—than before. https://www.wired.com/story/hyperdimensional-computing-reimagines-artificial-intelligence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Director of 'Street Fighter 6' Uncovers Its 'Modern' Updates

WIRED sat down with Takayuki Nakayama to discuss the new, more accessible settings and controls that will bring even more players into the iconic series. https://www.wired.com/story/street-fighter-6-accessibility-takayuki-nakayama-interview/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback

Faced with the difficult task of decarbonizing, some shipping companies are taking another look at a polarizing solution—nuclear fission. https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-cargo-ships/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

This Artificial Muscle Moves Stuff on Its Own

Actuators inspired by cucumber plants could make robots move more naturally in response to their environments, or be used for devices in inhospitable places. https://www.wired.com/story/this-artificial-muscle-moves-stuff-on-its-own/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

What Weight Watchers Offers That Ozempic Can’t

We talk with Sima Sistani, the CEO of Weight Watchers, about applying her previous careers in social media to the company’s efforts to build a digital community. https://www.wired.com/story/have-a-nice-future-podcast-9/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Quest for a Switch to Turn on Hunger

While weight-loss drugs are dialing down the urge to eat for many, others desperately need something that can convince their body to consume more. https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-for-a-switch-to-turn-on-hunger/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Do People Actually Want to Wear a Headset All the Time?

Living in mixed reality is cool, but you’re still walking around with silly digital ski goggles on your face. And how cool is that? https://www.wired.com/story/do-people-actually-want-to-wear-vr-headsets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hacks Against Ukraine's Emergency Response Services Rise During Bombings

Data from Cloudflare's free digital defense service, Project Galileo, illuminates new links between online and offline attacks. https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-project-galileo-ukraine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

What a Therapist Wants You to Know About Remote Therapy

Covid-19 changed how therapists work, for good and ill. Here's how you can adapt, whether you're a patient or a practitioner. https://www.wired.com/story/remote-therapy-tips/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple’s Rumored VR Headset Has Sent Its Rivals Scrambling

If Apple announces a highly anticipated VR headset at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, it may validate work by other companies in the industry. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vr-headset-sent-rivals-scrambling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Doughnut Wars Are Here

Doughnut-makers are reinventing the sugary treat in response to the UK’s new food display rules. But will healthier confections satisfy your cravings? https://www.wired.com/story/doughnut-urban-legend-food-rules/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Race Is On to Crack an Artist’s ‘Test’ Signal From Aliens

A Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it. https://www.wired.com/story/artists-test-signal-from-aliens/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Scientists Gave People Psychedelics—and Then Erased Their Memory

Psychedelics are hot, but flawed studies mean a lot of the health claims could be hype. To get better evidence, scientists are trying unusual methods. https://www.wired.com/story/psychedelics-study-design-research-rcts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger