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What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and What We Don’t
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (248+ words) Then, Sublette woke up Wednesday morning. "I go through the data again, and I go, "Oh, fuck," he says. The models were now structuring the storm much differently. "A wide swath of the southern and eastern United States will see…...
WIRED’s Guide to Fixing Your Wi-Fi Woes
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (1619+ words) You are here because your internet connection is flaky. Maybe your Wi-Fi keeps going down or disconnecting specific devices, seemingly at random. Maybe your network is painfully slow, or you can't get online at certain times of day. Whatever your…...
The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (479+ words) As the world keeps warming and electricity bills take center stage in national politics, the data center boom will drive up US carbon emissions and electricity costs. But a few simple policies could help bring both emissions and prices back…...
‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (333+ words) Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of "Veronika," as the animal is called, shows that cattle possess enough…...
Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (465+ words) Here are 23 ways China is rewiring the future. Macron immediately acknowledged that France didn't pull this off alone: "We brought in investors from the other side of the world. They transferred their technologies. They helped train people," Macron said, gesturing…...
He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1324+ words) In 2018, a nervous-looking He Jiankui took the stage at a scientific conference in Hong Kong. A hush settled over the packed auditorium as the soft-spoken Chinese scientist adjusted his microphone and confirmed the circulating media reports: He had created the…...
Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (786+ words) When DeepSeek burst onto the global stage in January 2025, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. But the large language model was just one of the thousands of generative AI tools that have been released in China since 2023and there's a…...
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (313+ words) There's a particular kind of sci-fi nerd who equates fusion tech with utopia. If we could only harness the engine of the stars, it would uncork near limitless energy and neatly sweep away a whole mess of humanity's problems. But…...
Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (918+ words) The 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that's in front of me seems, quite honestly, a bit drunk. It leaps from one leg to the other, waving its arms. After 30 seconds or so it abruptly stops, then strides toward me with an arm…...
China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (649+ words) Jade Gu met her boyfriend online. Gu, who's 26 and studies art theory in Beijing, was playing on her phone when she saw Charlie. She was deep in an otome game, a romance-driven video game where women are the protagonists. Charlie…...