The Download: Introducing MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2024
The start of a new year offers a great opportunity to reflect while also thinking about what’s to come. That is especially true for...
Getting through the awkward toddler phase of genAI
We put up with bad software all the time. Anyone who has raged against their enterprise travel booking machine or tried to decipher the...
6 Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2023)
Inside or Outside Mount: For the cleanest look, you should install your shades or blinds in the window frame. Measure the depth and account...
23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It’s Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits
It’s been nearly two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as the grim milestone looms and winter drags on, the two nations are...
Astro web framework adds accessibility audit rules
Version 4.1 of the Astro web framework, released January 4, features new accessibility audit rules, custom cookie encoding, and a configuration option for the...
Posit lays off R Markdown, knitr creator Yihui Xie
Yihui Xie, well-known in the R community as the creator of R packages such as R Markdown, knitr, blogdown, and bookdown, has been laid...
Qi2 Wireless Charging: Everything You Need to Know
It's ironic, but we here at WIRED have long been fans of wireless charging. Not having to fumble with cables is nice! Most wireless...
The Download: producing rare earth minerals, and future AI regulation
Abandoning fossil fuels and adopting lower-carbon technologies are our best options for warding off the accelerating threat of climate change. And access to rare...
These AI-powered apps can hear the cause of a cough
“One of the big limitations is that a lot of these studies have private data sets that are secret,” Bensoussan says. That makes it...
Why cloud architects are paid well
The majority of IT workers earned more in 2023 than in 2022. Indeed, average annual salaries increased in 2023 by nearly $20,000. This is...
