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You Need a Heat Pump. Soon You’ll Have More American-Made Options
The Biden administration is announcing $169 million to supercharge domestic production of a device beloved by climate and energy nerds. Thanks for li…
2 years, 10 months ago
YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators
YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato…
2 years, 10 months ago
Think You Have SAD? Think Again
Research has questioned whether seasonal depression actually exists. Maybe that doesn’t matter. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time …
2 years, 10 months ago
Ann McKee Is on a Quest to Save Humanity’s Brains
The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone. Thanks for lis…
2 years, 10 months ago
Skiing Is Getting Riskier
The threat of avalanches is rising with global warming, but technology can help protect skiers on and off the slopes. Thanks for listening to WIRED. …
2 years, 10 months ago
Obamacare Call Center Staff Strike Over Steep Health Care Costs and Scarce Bathroom Breaks
Staff at US federal contractor Maximus claim they only get six minutes a day to use the bathroom, are monitored by an AI system that reports them for…
2 years, 10 months ago
Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK
Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it. Thanks for listening …
2 years, 11 months ago
Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service
The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation. But these services bring problems of their…
2 years, 11 months ago
A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice
Greenland’s northern ice shelves—long thought to be relatively stable—have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978, new research finds. Tha…
2 years, 11 months ago
Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time
In the US, Daylight Saving Time ends and the clocks go back one hour on November 5. You know this. Google knows this. But here we all are. Again. Tha…
2 years, 11 months ago