Cities Examine Proper—and Improper—Uses of Facial Recognition

When longtime resident Christina Zhang tried to enter her apartment building in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood Saturday afternoon, she found herself enacting an all-too-familiar routine. The door wouldn’t open, so she began “dancing” around the lobby, bobbing and weaving her body to and fro.Her audience? A smart camera pointed at the entrance gate that…

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7 Best Cheap Smartphones for (Almost) Every Budget

US wireless carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon go out of their way to make expensive smartphones seem affordable. Why not buy a $1,000 Samsung Galaxy Note10 if you only have to pay $0 down and $30 a month for it? Whether you pay it at once or in 24 installments, you’re still blowing hundreds of…

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Tern’s New Folding E-Bike Is Ready to Haul It All

Some people have resting bitch face; I have resting Tern face. The minute I walk into any electric bike shop, a salesperson cannot resist approaching me. “I’ve got just the bike for you,” they say, grinning. Yes, I’ve heard of it. It’s the Tern GSD S10.To be fair, it's probably because of my height. I’m…

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Google Stadia Could Reach ‘Negative Latency’—We’ll See!

Ahoy! Welcome to Replay, where we run down the biggest news of the week in the world of videogames. Anything we haven't covered elsewhere, we've got it here. Let's get to it.Google Wants Stadia to Have 'Negative Latency'—Yes, ReallyEver since Google announced its cloud gaming platform Stadia, there have been questions about latency—that tricky delay…

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Put Down Your Phone

How long have you gone without checking your phone in the past week? Ten, 15, maybe 20 minutes while you’re awake? Our screens have commandeered our eyeballs and taken hold of our lives. Our phones buzz constantly with notifications, even when we intentionally move devices off the dinner table, away from our bedsides, and out…

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This Week’s Cartoons: Pac-Man, Instagram, and Robot Vacuums

Friday, October 11, 2019. By Lars Kenseth, with cartooncollections.com. Meanwhile, here are WIRED’s picks for the best robot vacuums available right now. Thursday, October 10, 2019. By Lars Kenseth, with cartooncollections.com. What is Crispr gene editing? WIRED’s guide to the process has everything you need to know. Wednesday, October 9, 2019. By Lars Kenseth, with…

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Life with the Samsung Galaxy Fold

Avoid pressing hard on the screen. Tap lightly to keep it safe. Your Galaxy Fold isn’t water or dust resistant. Don’t allow any liquids or foreign objects to enter it.…

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