Steve Jobs is 28 years old, and seems a little nervous as he starts his speech to a group of designers gathered under a large tent in Aspen, Colorado. He fiddles with his bow tie and soon removes his suit jacket, dropping it to the floor when he finds no other place to set it… Continue reading Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again
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Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
At this point there’s little to say about Teenage Engineering that hasn’t been said. Every review of the sleek Swedish audio brand’s gadgets commences with a hot take that ultimately underscores the same points: While their gear is quirky and astonishingly expensive, it’s tough to hate what they’re doing when they do it so well.… Continue reading Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
Actors in the video game industry are going on strike. On Thursday, the union representing voice and motion-capture performers announced they would be walking off the job after talks with major video game companies broke down over concerns regarding AI protections. The work stoppage is set to begin Friday. “We’re not going to consent to… Continue reading Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee
Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier’s decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price guarantee. “Based upon T-Mobile’s representations that the rates offered with respect to certain plans were guaranteed to last for life or as long as the customer wanted to remain… Continue reading Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee
Eminem’s New Album Prompted Gen X to Declare a TikTok ‘War’ on Gen Z
In the past week, a somewhat one-sided argument has taken over TikTok. Gen X, it seems, is “declaring war” on Gen Z, going viral with shitposts about what they see as Gen Z’s overreaction to Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady. While it may be hard to work out which members of the… Continue reading Eminem’s New Album Prompted Gen X to Declare a TikTok ‘War’ on Gen Z
The Thomas Crooks Conspiracy Theories Aren’t Going Anywhere
As Jefferson Morley, who’s published several books about the CIA and written extensively about the JFK assassination, notes, if people believe that the government is capable of concealing facts about an attempt on the life of a US president, that’s probably because it’s demonstrably done so and is actively doing so. Similarly, if people believe… Continue reading The Thomas Crooks Conspiracy Theories Aren’t Going Anywhere
The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. For more than 10 years, Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues have been studying the ocean floor and its ecosystems, particularly in the Pacific’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area littered with polymetallic nodules. As big as potatoes, these rocks contain valuable metals—lithium, copper, cobalt,… Continue reading The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Review: Blood Sugar Index and Navigation Features
To test the Galaxy Watch Ultra, I had to take off the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) with a mere two days left to go before completing my 28-day preliminary Training Load analysis. Training Load is a new feature in WatchOS 11 that takes cumulative, calorimetric data like heart rate, pace, effort, and… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Review: Blood Sugar Index and Navigation Features
The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It
This year also marks the first time that the opening ceremony will be open to all and free of charge—well, almost. Spectators won’t need to show a ticket to watch the parade form the upper platforms along the Seine. Those who want to stand on the lower docks, from the Austerlitz Bridge to the Iéna… Continue reading The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It
The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave
This story originally appeared on WIRED Japan and has been translated from Japanese. The northern hemisphere is entering yet another Covid wave—while much of the world acts as if the pandemic were over, cases are surging again. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded an uptick in positive Covid tests, emergency… Continue reading The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave