Category: Tech
Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton
More than 200 health care facilities in impacted areas are moving patients and residents in what the state’s chief of emergency medical oversight calls “our largest evacuation ever.”
Alfonso Cuarón Subverted Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Now He’s Coming for TV
Gravity, Children of Men, the best Harry Potter movie—and now a seven-part miniseries? With Disclaimer, director Alfonso Cuarón has set out to conquer TV in the name of cinema.
Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again
A new HBO documentary takes a swing at uncovering the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. But without incontrovertible proof, the myth lives on.
A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t Celebrating
Mounjaro and Zepbound are now out of shortage. This should be good news—but because so many patients are taking compounded versions of these GLP-1 medications, it’s a complicated situation.
‘Metaphor: ReFantazio’ Is the Future of RPGs
Atlus’ new game from Persona designer Katsura Hashino is about to transform fantasy games—with anxiety.
Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and a whole host of conspiracy theorists are claiming the hurricane was planned in order to harm Republicans. Climate experts tell WIRED that’s impossible.
Tucker Carlson Promotes the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 in Elon Musk Interview
While he doesn’t refer to it by name, Carlson is clearly promoting Project 2025 in a paid ad read—despite the unpopular policy plan supposedly having been wound down after Donald Trump distanced himself from it.
What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy
Earlier this year, Google ditched its plans to abolish support for third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. While privacy advocates called foul, the implications for users is not so clear cut.
The Roli Airwave Is Both an AI Piano Teacher and a Digital Theremin
The Roli Airwave uses infrared cameras to track your hand movements on a keyboard. That visual data can be used to teach you how to play a song or to compose entirely new sonic creations.
Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 Review: A Tiny Laptop
This tiny Chromebook is now one of my favorite laptops for basic tasks.