Original Content podcast: Apple’s star-studded ‘Morning Show’ gets off to a bumpy-but-promising start

We weren’t sure what to expect from the launch of Apple’s new subscription streaming service. There were reports that the company was committed to staying family friendly, rather than exploring…

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Instagram’s push to hide ‘Like’ counts comes to the US next week

Instagram has been testing out a change that hides the "likes" counter on posts around the world for months, but not in the US. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, that's about to change. During an interview at the Wired 25 event today Mosseri explained that it will start testing the change in the US…

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Humanity is well on its way to a real-life Terminator uprising

This research spans academia, militaries (though it can be difficult to suss out the actual breakthroughs from government propaganda), and private enterprise. Perhaps the most well known privately-owned robotics developer is Boston Dynamics, makers of the Atlas. You may remember this bipedal robot from September when it showed off its uncanny parkour abilities, which the…

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The best apps for actually sticking to your fitness goals

MOTIVATING YOURSELF THROUGH COMPETITIONA great way to achieve your goals is through habituation -- making something so common that you do it instinctively. It can be hard at first unless you set a schedule and make yourself do a thing until it's second nature. Or you could make it a competition: Set a goal with…

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Beats Solo Pro review

If you like to use your wireless headphones with a cable when the battery runs out, I've got some bad news: the Solo Pro doesn't have a 3.5mm jack. You can still use them wired, but you'll have to buy a Lightning-to-whatever cable to do it. Apple's quest to kill the headphone jack continues, and…

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How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?

“Science at its core is systematically racist and sexist,” said computational biologist Laura Boykin at the WIRED 25 conference in San Francisco on Friday.Boykin works for the Cassava Virus Action Project, which uses DNA sequencing technology to help farmers in Africa find pathogens in the staple crop in real time. But in a conversation on…

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