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25.12.2024

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Suddenly, every possible dating and hookup app for every possible scenario exists—AI girlfriends, kink-positive polyamory, gay cruising. Why does it feel like none of them are the answer?

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25.12.2024

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Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments.

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25.12.2024

You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family | WIRED

AI voice cloning and deepfakes are supercharging scams. One method to protect your loved ones and yourself is to create secret code words to verify someone’s identity in real time.

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25.12.2024

How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump | WIRED

The Trump transition team is looking for “big changes” at NASA—including some cuts.

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25.12.2024

Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive | WIRED

Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when "Toontown Online" disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as "Toontown Rewritten."

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24.12.2024

Kash Patel Is the Hero QAnon Has Been Waiting For | WIRED

Despite Q's long silence, QAnon beliefs have never been more prevalent—and as Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House, excitement among the faithful is at an all-time high.

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24.12.2024

This Was the Year Elon Musk Took Over Politics | WIRED

The American public elected Donald Trump to run the federal government. His erratic patron seems to think the job is also his.

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24.12.2024

The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start | WIRED

The first medical treatment to use Crispr gene editing has been on the market for a year. Its complexity means few patients in the US have received it yet.

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The Best TV Shows You Missed in 2024 | WIRED

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People With Extreme Wealth Should Give It Away—or Be Penalized | WIRED

The gap between the ultra-rich minority and the vast majority has never been greater. But a wave of activist millionaires is asking for higher taxes.

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24.12.2024

The 10 Best Movies You Missed in 2024 | WIRED

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AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines | WIRED

Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

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The Invisible Russia-Ukraine Battlefield | WIRED

In Russia’s war against Ukraine, electronic warfare, including signal-jamming, anti-drone weapons, and innovative protections for critical military systems, has become a key piece of the conflict.

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The Universe Is Teeming With Complex Organic Molecules | WIRED

Wherever astronomers look, they see life’s raw materials—and hints at answers to one of the great mysteries of science.

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22.12.2024

The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language | WIRED

With big cash prizes at stake—and AI supercharging research—interspecies translation is closer than ever. But what, if anything, would animals want to tell us?

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22.12.2024

December Wildfires Are Now a Thing | WIRED

Expect more fires like the fast-moving one in Malibu, scientists say.

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21.12.2024

A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time | WIRED

On Christmas Eve, NASA's fastest-moving probe will come closer than ever to the surface of the sun.

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21.12.2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review: Fortune and Glory | WIRED

A combination of puzzle-solving, bare-knuckle boxing, and brilliant performances recall the best of Indy's adventures.

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21.12.2024

2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry | WIRED

From layoffs to the return of Gamergate, video games—and the people who make and play them—had a rough year.

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21.12.2024

To Improve Your Gut Microbiome, Spend More Time in Nature | WIRED

Microbes found in green spaces can transfer into your body, increasing bacterial diversity and potentially boosting the strength of the immune system.

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21.12.2024

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Oropouche virus has posed little threat outside South America in the past, but land-use change, the climate crisis, and international travel all appear to be spreading this insect-borne disease to new places.

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21.12.2024

Music Can Thrive in the AI Era | WIRED

It’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us appreciate humans more too.

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20.12.2024

The 7 Best Photography Books of 2024 | WIRED

From one family’s brush with a serial killer to a look at queer history through images, these were WIRED’s favorite photography books of the last year.

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20.12.2024

2025 Will Be Smart Glasses All the Way Down | WIRED

The past year has been filled with announcements about new smart glasses from companies big and small. Don’t expect the deluge to let up anytime soon.

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20.12.2024

Generative AI Still Needs to Prove Its Usefulness | WIRED

The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer.

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20.12.2024

Use the ‘Anti-AI’ Camera Apps Zerocam and Hallide to Keep Your Photos Looking More Natural | WIRED

It’s still possible to just take normal-looking photos. Use these apps for Android and iOS to give your phone’s camera a more natural eye.

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20.12.2024

GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House | WIRED

There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.

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19.12.2024

CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu | WIRED

This is the first case of H5N1 in the US this year that has sent a patient to the hospital.

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19.12.2024

NASA Postpones Return of Stranded Starliner Astronauts to March | WIRED

Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams will now come home in March at the earliest, to allow SpaceX and NASA engineers to complete development of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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13 Habits of Highly Effective Risk-Takers | WIRED

From poker players to venture capitalists, there’s a mindset to making the most of opportunities, and engineering the odds of success.

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A free VPN app called Big Mama is selling access to people’s home internet networks. Kids are using it to cheat in a VR game while researchers warn of bigger security risks.

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What Internet Fandoms and Communities Can Tell Us About 2025 | WIRED

Fashion, stan, and other online spaces offer clues to what will dominate next year in politics—for better or, in some cases, much worse.

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The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions | WIRED

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AirDoctor Coupon Code: 25% Off Purifiers | WIRED

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Across the US, sheriffs say they’re willing to do whatever they can to help Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, expel millions of immigrants. Legally, that isn’t much.

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It Was a Record Year for Dating Apps. They Still Don’t Have It Figured Out | WIRED

Home Is Where the Couch Is: Photos by Natcha Wongchanglaw | WIRED

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The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language | WIRED

December Wildfires Are Now a Thing | WIRED

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