Category: Weird
It’s Time to Reboot the Violent Videogames Debate
WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. The…
Joel Schumacher and the Non-Crisis of Infinite Batmans
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. It’s the…
What Apple’s Silicon Chips Suggest About Its Future
Not many developers bother to write their applications specifically for the Macintosh computer. But there are hundreds of thousands of iOS apps that can potentially…
The 8 Best Reusable Water Bottles (2020): Insulated and Non-Insulated
Matt Jancer is a staff writer for WIRED who focuses on reviewing outdoor gear. Previously, he spent a decade as a freelance writer covering automobiles,…
It’s Time for an End-of-Life Discussion About Nursing Homes
ADAPT is pushing for nursing homes to allow residents to leave of their own accord, and find safer homes in the community. “If the local…
Apple’s Virtual WWDC Wasn’t Better Than the Real Thing
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is normally an energetic, bustling affair. This year, of course, things are anything but normal. Instead of live talks in…
The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine
There’s a small airfield about a two-hour drive north of Los Angeles that sits on the edge of a vast expanse of desert and attracts…
How to Build the Perfect Pump-Up Playlist
With more people working remotely and spending time at home, we’re all listening to more music as well. White explains that as Pandora has expanded…
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages
In June, Barea finally signed contracts worth $347 million with two American vial makers. The first, New York-based Corning, has a long history of working…
An Embattled Group of Leakers Picks Up the WikiLeaks Mantle
For the last year, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sat in a London jail awaiting extradition to the US. This week, the Justice Department piled…