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To Study Tornados, Bring an Apocalypse-Proof Truck. And Rocket Launchers
Reed Timmer has been chasing storms for more than two decades, since he intercepted his first tornado in northern Oklahoma…
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Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
Avi Schiffmann shows up to the WIRED office with a Friend hanging around his neck. It dangles there like a…
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Lime’s New Rideshare Ebikes Are More Approachable—Throttle and All
Ebike and escooter rideshare company Lime had a record year in 2023, with about five trips booked every second, totaling…
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A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
Pole vaulting is one of the more outlandish Olympic events. The primary instruments of the sport are curious creations—big sticks,…
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Sonos Admits Its Recent App Update Was a Colossal Mistake
When setting up my Sonos home theater system, I had a persistent problem. I was trying to add a Sonos…
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What Climber Jesse Grupper Is Bringing to the Olympics
in the past few years, sport climbing has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. This explosion in…
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AI on the prize
Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win
On August 27, 1960, at the Olympics in Rome, one of the most controversial gold medals was awarded. At the…
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Dyson Has New Headphones That Don’t Cover Your Mouth This Time
Dyson has announced its second pair of over-the-ear headphones—and its first that doesn’t look like a high-tech gimp mask. Dyson…
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Why the Global CrowdStrike Outage Hit Airports So Hard
Early Friday morning, a flawed software update from the security firm CrowdStrike took down Windows computers across the world. For…
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Prison Phone Call Fees Are Out of Control. The FCC Can Finally Rein Them In
The US Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to lower price caps on prison phone calls and closed a loophole…
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