Category: Weird
On Earth, the Economy Is Tanking. In the Cloud, It’s Fine
Pandemic life is lived in the cloud. Work, school, and dating have been virtualized by Zoom calls and instant messages. Friends share meals or moments…
A ‘Hyperactive’ Hurricane Season Is About to Strike
Climate scientists are predicting that as many as 20 named hurricanes will develop in the Atlantic basin during the six-month season that officially begins on…
11 Ways to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi and Make Your Internet Faster
They’re (usually) simple to set up, easy to use, and can instantly get rid of Wi-Fi dead zones in your house. The extended or repeated…
ShinyHunters Is a Hacking Group on a Data Breach Spree
Data breaches have become an all too common threat in recent years, exposing personal information through attacks on companies and institutions. Some of these assaults…
Covid-19 Is Causing a Spike in Sales for Bane Masks
Hello, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. This time around the updates are all over the place, from Joe…
Today’s Cartoon: Grandma’s Photos
Thursday, May 21, 2020. By Jon Adams, with cartooncollections.com. Sexy pics and thirst trapping are fueling online fundraising and voter registration drives. Even celebs are…
A Virtual DJ, a Drone, and an All-Out Zoom Wedding
Cooper moves the camera over and shows me the dining room, which will be converted into “a mini-Mexico” cake-cutting station. We pass by their couch,…
Polio Is Nearly Wiped Out. Covid-19 Could Halt That Progress
One of the risks, though, is that if the virus doesn’t latch on in the gut in quantities sufficient to create full immunity, it leaves…
The Flimsy Veneer of Gigantic Advertisements
Times Square wouldn’t be Times Square without all the flashy billboards and blinking signage, but if you’re the type who’d rather see it without them,…
Why Creating a Covid-19 Vaccine Is Taking So Long
The race is on for a Covid-19 vaccine, but the pace is less hare and more tortoise. And necessarily so: Developing a vaccine that’s both…