The Morning After: Samsung’s clamshell folding phone

Another Fold, but vertical this time.Samsung's next foldable phone could be this RAZR-like clamshellWeibo user Wang Ben Hong shared five photos of what he claims to be Samsung's latest foldable prototype -- one that appears to be half the size of the Galaxy Fold. There's no word on internal specs, but we can see the…

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Nawa’s stylish e-motorbike uses an ultracapacitor to drastically boost range

The prototype won't ever be sold, but Nawa wanted to demonstrate what its latest ultracapacitors can do. To best showcase the tech, it created a split "tank" design with the ultracapacitor unit in the top slot and the regular battery down below. Because they're built of carbon, the ultracapacitors are relatively inexpensive and weigh just…

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Musk: Holiday Tesla update adds ‘Stardew Valley,’ self-driving preview

It's been a few months since Tesla's 10.0 update brought Cuphead, Netflix and YouTube to some of its in-car systems, and it appears more options are around the corner. Elon Musk tweeted tonight that a "holiday" update will add farming RPG Stardew Valley as a playable game, and include a Full Self-Driving "sneak preview," as…

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Honda’s new steering wheel is built for cars that can drive themselves

The automaker says the concept features over eight modes, from semi-autonomous to fully autonomous operation, allowing users to choose whether to control their vehicle or leave it up to its self-driving system. "In the autonomous future, Honda believes that customers will be able to enjoy mobility in new ways when freed from the responsibility of…

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AI Is Biased. Here’s How Scientists Are Trying to Fix It

Computers have learned to see the world more clearly in recent years, thanks to some impressive leaps in artificial intelligence. But you might be surprised—and upset—to know what these AI algorithms really think of you. As a recent experiment demonstrated, the best AI vision system might see a picture of your face and spit out…

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Giant Surveillance Balloons Are Lurking at the Edge of Space

It’s a brisk December morning at Spaceport Tucson, America’s premiere (only?) dedicated launch pad for stratospheric balloons, and a small army of technicians in reflective vests is milling around on the concrete and thawing out after a long, cold night. Nearby, a white metal tripod the size of a smart car is tethered to two…

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Watchmen’s Stars Also Wonder About Season 2

Good day, and welcome to another installment of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. What’s happening this week? Star Wars, mostly. But also some news about Watchmen—and, interestingly, about a new team-up between Leslie Jones, David Benioff, and D.B. Weiss.Regina King Would Do a Second Season of WatchmenAfter seeing the amazing cliffhanger on last Sunday’s…

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Last-Minute Christmas Deals: Amazon’s Kindles, Echos, and Fire Tablets

Amazon has afforded a few opportunities in the past few weeks to nab its own devices at steep discounts, and—good news fellow last-minute deal seeker—there are still some surprisingly good deals going on.These last-minute device deals aren't as cheap as the same items were during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals week, but they're pretty close.…

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Acidifying Oceans Could Eat Away at Sharks’ Skin and Teeth

For hundreds of millions of years, sharks have been roaming Earth’s oceans making meals out of a huge range of critters, from the whale shark gobbling up tiny krill to the 60-foot megalodon that could take down whales. Their ancestral line has survived mass extinctions with ease, most notably the catastrophe that took down the…

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The 14 Best Movies of 2019

All told, 2019 was kind of a weird year for movies. Disney, whose world we increasingly live in, made $10 billion at the box office before releasing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—thanks to cash cows like Avengers: Endgame (on our list) and a live-action remake of the The Lion King (very much not). Meanwhile,…

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