How to Move Your Shop or Business Online
Many businesses had to reinvent themselves almost overnight because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Business owners had two choices: take action to change the way they work, or close up shop.…
Web3 Threatens to Segregate Our Online Lives
In February, shit hit the fan in the usual way: An old tweet resurfaced. Brantly Millegan, director of operations at Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a web3 business, had written the…
Best Pet Supplies and Tips for Newly Adopted Cats and Dogs
I spoke with staff from Muttville Senior Dog Rescue in San Francisco—the shelter that WIRED art director Elena Lacey has fostered pups from. They offered a ton of advice and…
A New Super-High Satellite Will Eye Weather on Earth—and in Space
Today, the newest member of a family of storm-spotting satellites will head to space, carrying high-resolution cameras that will be used in real time to track everything from hurricanes and…
VR Is Here to Stay. It’s Time to Make It Accessible
With the recent unveiling of the PlayStation VR2, Sony brings its virtual reality system to current console generations, proving that VR is here to stay. The Oculus Quest 2, Valve…
Genetic Databases Are Too White. Here’s What It’ll Take to Fix It
The first step to fixing the lack of diversity, the researchers argue in their paper, is to better engage underrepresented communities. Western researchers have a long history of exploiting people…
TikTok Was Designed for War
TikTok’s algorithm feeds people videos it believes they are hungry to see. And there’s plenty of appetite for videos about war right now: In the eight days between February 20…
The Most Intriguing Launches at MWC 2022 Weren’t Phones
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has returned. But it’s not the same as before. Yes, the event has been changing over recent years—from Samsung holding its own events for its…
How Ukraine’s Internet Can Fend Off Russian Attacks
As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine on the morning of February 24, the internet shuddered—and for some, stopped completely. Major Ukrainian internet service provider Triolan had been temporarily knocked out,…
MediaTek looks for more U.S. success with Dimensity 8000
MediaTek’s Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100 processors are set to power high-end phones coming soon, and the company has news on its mmWave modem too.