Category: Weird
Remote-First Companies Are Another Covid-19 Calamity
But now the message seems to be: Stay home. That’s the way to draw talent. There’s another related trend: the end of business travel. Unable…
Chef iQ Smart Cooker Review: Guided Cooking Done Right
When a new appliance comes into my test kitchen with the word “smart” in its name, I tend to keep it at arm’s length, as…
How Big Tech Is Setting the Work-From-Home Standard
Silicon Valley loves its disruption. If any industry was prepared to handle the monumental changes brought on by the coronavirus, it’s big tech. Companies like…
Will Wildfire Smoke Worsen the Pandemic? We’re About to Find Out
At some point this autumn, the people of the San Francisco Bay Area will very likely wake up to find that the air smells of…
11 Best Mattress Deals and Sales for Memorial Day (2020)
On top of everything else you might be dealing with during the pandemic, if your sleep is disrupted by an old, uncomfortable mattress, it might…
On the Moon, Astronaut Pee Will Be a Hot Commodity
Ever since President Donald Trump directed NASA to get boots on the moon by 2024, the agency and its partners have been hard at work…
This Week’s Cartoons: Netflix, Aliens, and Social Distancing Stilts
Friday, May 22, 2020. By Brooke Bourgeois, with cartooncollections.com. Social distancing has become the norm. What have we learned? Thursday, May 21, 2020. By Jon…
Covid-19 Will Accelerate the AI Health Care Revolution
The Covid-19 research challenge, also hosted on Kaggle, aims to provide a broad range of insights about the pandemic, including its natural history, transmission data…
REI Anniversary Sale and More: 21 Best Summer Outdoor Deals for 2020
After almost two months of sheltering in place, I’ve become very familiar with the interior walls of my house. Often, a long solo run or…
Joe Biden Answers Your Most Searched Questions About Him
WIRED Autocomplete gathers the internet’s most searched questions about celebrities and goes right to the source for the answer. We’ve interviewed more than 150 actors,…