Hunting for the best mattress online is a waking nightmare, and picking the wrong one can literally cause bad dreams or kill your back. It doesn’t help that the online market is flooded with options or that there are more dedicated mattress review sites than stars in the sky. It’s a mess. WIRED is not… Continue reading 14 Best Online Mattresses To Buy (2022): Memory Foam, Hybrid, Organic, Latex
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The World Needs Processed Food
The word “processed” has become something of a slur. Say “processed food” and most of us picture unhealthy, cheap junk. Fresh food straight from the garden or the field is good. Once we’ve put it through a processing plant or a laboratory, we’ve removed its halo qualities and added a bunch of bad ones. That… Continue reading The World Needs Processed Food
Here’s Proof Hate Speech Is More Viral on Elon Musk’s Twitter
Elon Musk reactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account last weekend, reversing a ban imposed in January 2021 after his posts were deemed to have incited violence at the US Capitol. Trump has not started using his account again, but social media researchers have warned for months that his return could bring a wave of division and disinformation on… Continue reading Here’s Proof Hate Speech Is More Viral on Elon Musk’s Twitter
The US Has a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Shortage
The Covid-19 pandemic played a key role in the global supply chain logjam of the past 18 months that has disrupted commerce and fueled a cost-of-living crisis around the world. And it seems no pipeline has escaped its impact. After years of trying to raise awareness about a shortage of dogs with the necessary genetic,… Continue reading The US Has a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Shortage
The Race To Save Sam Bankman-Fried’s Other Crypto Exchange
Decentralized exchanges differ from their centralized counterparts (like FTX, Binance, Coinbase, and others) in a few important ways. Most notably, instead of relying on an intermediary to match buyers with sellers, DEXs let users transact on a peer-to-peer basis—and keep custody of their own funds. This arrangement is one example of what’s known as decentralized… Continue reading The Race To Save Sam Bankman-Fried’s Other Crypto Exchange
Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats
Amid rising concerns about China’s growing international data collection apparatus, a newly divided US Congress is applying fresh scrutiny to the possibility that imported Chinese technology could be a Trojan horse. In a letter to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shared exclusively with WIRED, Representative August Pfluger asks some tough questions as to whether… Continue reading Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats
This MSCHF Puzzle—and the Chance of $2 Million—Brought My Family Closer
Without a concrete reference image or a single context clue, every bit of progress is tentative. Should this red corner be in the foreground or the background? Is the next piece in this row going to be horizontal or vertical? Does this piece actually belong here or does it just happen to fit OK? It’s… Continue reading This MSCHF Puzzle—and the Chance of $2 Million—Brought My Family Closer
It’s Time to Make 3D TVs a Thing Again
3D televisions, riding the wave of popularity of theatrical 3D releases and a supposedly three-dimensional media future, were so hyped at one time that multiple publications declared 2010 the “year of the 3D TV.” That lasted about four years. By 2015, 3D TVs were a fading fad, and by 2017, the last few holdouts manufacturing… Continue reading It’s Time to Make 3D TVs a Thing Again
NASA Will Not Change the James Webb Telescope’s Name
James Webb led NASA in the 1950s and 60s, during the Cold War–era “Lavender Scare,” when government agencies often enforced policies that discriminated against gay and lesbian federal workers. For that reason, astronomers and others have long called for NASA to change the name of the James Webb Space Telescope. Earlier this year, the space agency agreed… Continue reading NASA Will Not Change the James Webb Telescope’s Name
Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos Gets 11 Years in Prison
Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors by falsely claiming her technology could detect diseases from a drop of blood. The sentencing of the former Theranos CEO marks the end of the young founder’s Silicon Valley saga—one in which she wooed investors with empty promises and idealism… Continue reading Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos Gets 11 Years in Prison