The iPhone That Never Was
…The Pocket Crystal would require not only unprecedented hardware and software but networks that could link the world and new digital communication standards. In 1990, Porat and Apple CEO John Sculley agreed…
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I Found Jesus at a Drone Show
…The community is still rattled by an accident in December 2024, when, during a holiday show in Orlando operated by Sky Elements, drones fell from the sky and, according to a lawsuit…
Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You’ve Been Waiting For
…Many of them jump into the Qobuz Club chats themselves, where the community now has a Weekly Album Club. Years before Spotify, David Bowie predicted that music would become like “running water…
A Week With Skylight’s Calendar 2 Has Me Converted
…We've moved through several ages and communication tools together, from days of texting on our flip phones to the blue blues of our iMessages , shared Google Calendars I bullied him into…
Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School
…Alpha did not respond to WIRED’s questions about fire safety conditions at the Miami campus. While Trilogy employees and contractors were working to bring the school up to code, more issues…
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…In response to questions from WIRED, a senior Pentagon official said, “the Department of War’s DOGE team continues to execute the Secretary’s priorities.” The response did not clarify what specific…
Arm’s CEO Insists the Market Needs His New CPU. It Could Piss Everyone Off
…To your question, does it piss off Nvidia? I'd imagine it will piss off Intel and AMD more than it pisses off Nvidia. Why is that? Because it takes market share…
There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos
…It also raises the question—are some people going to prefer the AI series over the ones they’re inspired by? Already, the answer is yes. “How is Love Island gonna outdo…
The Steam Controller Will Be Great—but Only When Valve’s Steam Machine Arrives
…Just press the Steam button in the center of the pad, and it communicates wirelessly through the puck with no discernible latency and no extra software or drivers required. Once connected and…
Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto
…He’s spent the last five years on a quest to tell anyone who will listen that cryptocurrency is a bad idea. In 2023, he and journalist Jacob Silverman released Easy Money…