I usually cringe whenever Stephen Hawking’s name comes up in a conversation about AI. If the world was divided into critics and believers, Hawking would certainly fall into the AI critic column, but slotting him there ignores a great deal of nuance to his position on artificial intelligence. With his death earlier this week, I […]
Tag: Opinion
SECOND OPINION | Canadian families stunned by 3,000% increase in price of life-saving drug
A federal rule says if there’s an approved drug on the market in Canada, then other unapproved forms of the drug are no longer accessible, even if the new drug costs much more.
SECOND OPINION | Translating the budget’s ‘pharmacare’ promise
For health care watchers it was a roller-coaster week. On Tuesday it looked like Canada was poised to finally get a pharmacare program for prescription drugs.
The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Death Sentence’ Is the Only ‘Death Wish’ Remake We Need
(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: not only is James Wan’s Death Sentence a good movie, but it’s also the only Death Wish remake we need.) There’s a new Death Wish movie […]
SECOND OPINION | Exaggerated benefit found in 1 out of 3 early trials
For some mysterious reason, treatment effect can get smaller after a first clinical trial.
Second Opinion | Long flight? Staying home and binge watching TV? Risk of deep vein thrombosis either way
That deep vein thrombosis risk you’ve heard about on long flights? It can also happen after binge watching TV, researchers say.
SECOND OPINION | Over-the-counter medicine could be affecting your mood
You’re probably reaching for them when you have a headache or when that old knee injury flares up. But over-the-counter pain relievers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen may be affecting your thoughts and emotions, too.
Dan Walker ‘appalled’ by Louise Minchin’s opinion on VERY controversial subject
Dan, 40, and Louise, 49, are usually seen getting on swimmingly as they present BBC Breakfast, but today the two found themselves arguing. The pair were reporting the news that pub chain Wetherspoons had to stop selling all rump, sirloin and gammon steaks yesterday after a product recall. The story sparked a massive debate between […]
Second opinion: Ars readers’ picks for the Deathwatch errata
Enlarge (credit: Derek Bacon / Getty Images) Welcome to 2018! We’re less than a week into the New Year, and we’ve already got a number of new dumpster fires fully ablaze. Apple’s BatteryGate PR disaster is now burning as hot as a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Microsoft’s Kinect died, and nobody knew it—no wonder I […]
WIRED’S 12 Most-Read Opinion Pieces in 2017
The topics that most resonated with WIRED readers this year included privacy, social media, surveillance, and hacking. https://media.wired.com/photos/59e67224a00183307dad41f7/master/pass/equifax_death-01.png Feed: All Latest