This tiny touchscreen Windows laptop is surprisingly cheap
Convertible laptops tend to carry a significant premium over more traditional models. But this new laptop bucks that trend; the Nanote is set to land in Japan at only 19,800…
$1.1 Billion Sale of .Org Registry to Private Equity Leeches Voted Down by ICANN
Photo: Philippe Huguen (AFP via Getty Images) Something good has happened for once: The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers voted to block its partner organization, the Internet Society,…
Apple Considers a Face ID Workaround for Users Wearing Masks
Apple’s Face ID method for authenticating on recent iPhones offers a number of security benefits, and it’s a neat trick to boot. But in a pandemic-stricken world where many people…
‘The Last of Us Part II’ Gets a Leak—and a New Release Date
Welcome once again to Replay, WIRED’s weekly guide to everything going on in the world of videogames. This week, we’ve got leaks, announcements, and, uh, Elon Musk. Let’s check it…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Stock Is ‘Too High’—and It Quickly Falls
He’s at it again. Launching a Friday morning tweet-tear, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote, “Tesla stock price is too high imo [in my opinion].” Ask, believe, receive: The…
India’s Mandated Contact Tracing App Is An Invasive, Insecure Mess
Photo: Getty No matter how you feel about contact tracing, it’s been openly embraced by federal authorities around the world, from the UK, to Germany, to, well, you name it,…
The 10 Best Deals of May 1, 2020
Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. You’ve heard of our deals of the day, but now, in rare form,…
The deceiving thing about the big, historic drop in CO2 emissions
Eye-opening, powerful words are now used to describe plummeting CO2 emissions in 2020. It “would be the largest decrease in emissions ever recorded,” the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Spurred…
Elon Musk’s Twitter tantrum is about his closed factory. Here’s why it’s dangerous.
Like our president, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just CAN’T. STOP. TWEETING. Musk’s latest comments, delivered in a tweetstorm Friday morning, are still fixated on the country’s shelter-in-place measures…
‘The Knick’ is the ultimate pandemic binge-watch
Steven Soderbergh, already one of the most highly regarded filmmakers of his time, suddenly took on the role of near-prophet when Contagion became one of the most-streamed films during the…