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On this episode, WIRED’s editor in chief Nick Thompson talks to best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari and Center for Humane Technology co-founder Tristan Harris about how social platforms expertly manipulate our thinking. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a5581f389368d1bf0bd6da8/master/pass/FEATURED-WIRED-Gear-logo-NEW.jpg
Jordan Koons / Unsplash New research has shown people are more empathetic to dogs than adult humans. Only a baby human elicited more sympathy than an adult dog from study participants. This is because we see dogs as part of the family, rather than just pets. Some dog owners love their four-legged friends so much that […]
Ecologists are warning people in Fredericton that a blue-green algae bloom may be behind the sudden deaths of three dogs who died after swimming in the St. John River. Here’s what you need to know about the pesky microbe and its troubling consequences.
As Japan’s birth rates fell below the 1 million mark last year, experts have pointed the finger at the rising popularity of sex dolls for singletons. The issue is the focus of the RT documentary ‘Substitutes,’ in which experts warn that sex dolls are fueling a national mood of loneliness and alienation, making people less […]
This week we have a season finale for AMC’s robot series Humans and FX’s Pose, as Syfy brings back Wynonna Earp and Killjoys plus FX has a second season of Snowfall. Netflix’s latest series features David Spade in Father of the Year, while gamers can check out Sonic Mania Plus. Look after the break to […]
Shayanne Gal/Business Insider Elon Musk says we need to colonize space because we may be the only intelligent civilization. His comments were inspired by a draft study from Oxford University researchers that looks at the Drake equation — a formula that explores the possibility of other intelligent alien life in our galaxy. The research suggests […]
It’s not every day a guest can arrive at their hotel barefoot having jumped off a long-tail boat, get handed a welcome drink and be greeted by feline royalty. But on this warm spring evening at Inle Heritage, a nonprofit foundation standing on bamboo stilts on Myanmar’s famed Inle Lake, that’s exactly how it rolls. […]
In what may be the biggest rollout of conversational AI from IBM since Watson, IBM Research today debuted Project Debater, an experimental conversational AI with a sense of humor, little tact, and occasionally powerful arguments. Training of Project Debater began six years ago and only gained an ability to participate in debates with people two […]
Humans are terrible at paying attention when they’re doing all the driving. So why expect anything different when the robot’s in charge? https://media.wired.com/photos/5ab5964d491c2d69af421a52/master/pass/uberselfdriving-RTX3MUM5.jpg
“We are putting [carbon dioxide] into the atmosphere in volumes we haven’t seen before,” said NASA’s new administrator. “We are responsible for it.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5afdcc943fe898015baf3027/master/pass/jimbridenstine-950414536.jpg
