Tag Archives: Wired

Life as a 21st-Century Trucker

Technology, corporate greed, and supply-chain chaos are transforming life behind the wheel of a big rig. I went on the road to find exactly how.

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Algorithms Allegedly Penalized Black Renters. The US Government Is Watching

The Department of Justice warned a provider of tenant-screening software that its technology must comply with fair housing law.

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Twitter Is a Megaphone for ‘Sudden Death’ Vaccine Conspiracies

By reinstating banned accounts and selling blue checks, Musk has supercharged “the most dangerous” Covid disinformation.

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Lina Khan’s Plan to Liberate US Workers

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.

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How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo

Hidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport.

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ChatGPT Has Investors Drooling—but Can It Bring Home the Bacon?

The loquacious bot has Microsoft ready to sink a reported $10 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear what products can be built on the technology.

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People Love Electric Vehicles! Now Comes the Hard Part

EV sales are booming. But to keep the momentum going and make a dent in carbon emissions, the US will have to build a vast new charging infrastructure

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On-Demand Tailoring Brings the Gig Economy to Your Wardrobe

A London-based startup is networking seamsters with the goal of personalizing fit and making garments last longer.

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Where the AI Art Boom Came From—and Where It’s Going

In the past year algorithms got a lot better at generating illustrations, art, and photo-real scenes. Next up? Video.

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The FAA NOTAM Outage Lays Bare an Essential System Everyone Hates

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years.

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