Facebook estimates it has helped more people register to vote in 2020 than it did in 2016
Facebook estimates it has helped 2.5 million people register to vote this year across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, the company said. With more than a month until the 2020 election,…
Nikola’s founder steps down from board as company faces fraud allegations
Nikola founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton is stepping down from the company’s board of directors after allegations that the zero-emission vehicle start-up misled investors, the company announced on Sunday.…
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Norwegian government indirectly owns hundreds of Bitcoin’
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with…
Here’s how you measure the success of a UX design project
As designers, we want the products we build to be satisfying and easy to use, but how can we know that’s the case? We start by measuring the user experience…
Scientists believe they’ve found the origins of ‘space gold’
Runnin’ on empty When atoms first formed after the Big Bang, only hydrogen and helium (together with a smattering of lithium) were produced. Everything else was forged in the nuclear…
Why Twitter’s image cropping algorithm appears to have white bias
Twitter‘s algorithm for automatically cropping images attached to tweets often doesn’t focus on the important content in them. A bother, for sure, but it seems like a minor one on…
Get WIRED: Director Nia DaCosta on Horror and Black Trauma
The real-life horrors faced by humans today, particularly those in marginalized communities, are numerous and in many ways more terrifying than anything that could be imagined in cinema. But at…
Colds Nearly Vanished Under Lockdown. Now They’re Coming Back
The return of colds has been less pronounced so far in the United States, where schools are less likely to have reopened. But there is evidence that infections are rising.…
Think Twice Before Using Facebook, Google, or Apple to Sign In Everywhere
If you’re drowning in website logins and constantly using Forgot My Password prompts to get into random accounts, a “Log In With Google” or “Log In With Facebook” button can…
The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart
Mike Postle was on another tear. The moonfaced 42-year-old was deep into a marathon poker session at Stones Gambling Hall, a boxy glass-and-steel casino wedged between Interstate 80 and a…