Who Wants to Be a Millionaire returned to ITV on Sunday evening with Jeremy Clarkson on hand to provide the questions. However, with the show implementing a “Ask the Host” lifeline, the Grand Tour host is every now and then called upon to provide a helping hand. And in doing so with contestant Norma Perd, […]
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Wanna Save Democracy? Read a Novel
When CEOs and business leaders talk about books they’re reading, the lists tend to have one thing in common: little or no fiction. Sure, they’re reading high-minded, important tomes on history, science, innovation and leadership, but that’s not nearly enough. Where have all the novels gone? People simply aren’t reading them like they once did. […]
Wanna Pull Water Out of Air? Grab Some Ions or a Weird Sponge
These techniques won’t quench humanity’s thirst, but they’ve got serious potential to help augment water supplies in particularly dry places. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b19c206714d3b70d9ed7ea0/master/pass/water-harvesting-01.jpg
Wanna limit global warming to 1.5°C? Get cracking
Enlarge / Coal: it’s not an option. (credit: Kym Farnik) One surprise in the international Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions was the addition of the aspirational goal of limiting global warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius. Nations have long stated that their aim was to avoid exceeding 2-degree warming (though they’ve largely failed to […]
Wanna See Around Corners? Better Get Yourself a Laser
A clever system uses lasers and algorithms to map out-of-sight objects in 3-D. That could be great news for self-driving cars. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9a022b183e80505b186d12/master/pass/lasercorner-128627563.jpg
Riverdale Recap: Wanna Wrassle?
Need to catch up? Check out our previous Riverdale recap here. An episode that features Riverdale‘s men in skin-tight outfits rolling around on the floor on top of each other… does this show know its audience or what? Archie is getting ready for basketball tryouts — shirtless, of course — but when his new FBI pal […]
Wanna buy some cash? It will cost you
ALMOST anything can be bought and sold online. Even so, sales of ordinary banknotes at a big premium are puzzling. On a newish e-commerce site in Japan called Mercari, ¥10,000 ($ 90) notes were on sale earlier this year for as much as ¥13,000. So bizarre was the phenomenon that it created a furore, leading […]
How I accidentally stopped a global Wanna Decryptor ransomware attack
I’ve finally found enough time between e-mails and Skype calls to write up the crazy events that occurred over Friday, which was supposed to be part of my week off. You’ve probably read about the Wanna Decryptor (aka WannaCrypt or WCry) fiasco on several news sites, but I figured I’d tell my story. I woke up at […]
So You Wanna Live Abroad? Here’s How Taxes Work
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Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy? Open a Tab and Make Some Noise
After Tuesday’s vote by the House of Representatives to strip online privacy protections, a new site aims to mask your browsing history with search noise. The post Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy? Open a Tab and Make Some Noise appeared first on WIRED. WIRED