Inside Parler, the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App

The top app on both Google and Apple's app stores this week promises conservatives a safe space—but gives priority treatment to its most high-profile users.

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With Its Own Chips, Apple Aims to Define the Future of PCs

Intel processors are on their way out, replaced by home-grown designs, which will give the Mac maker more control of its destiny.

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One Clear Message From Voters This Election? More Privacy

Ballot measures were approved in California to restrict commercial use of user data and in Michigan to require warrants for searches of electronic information.

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So How Wrong Were the Polls This Year, Really?

Pollsters spent four years preparing to better capture Trump support and avoid a repeat of 2016. Somehow, they missed it again.

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Despite Hacking Fears, Election Day Has a Mostly Smooth Start

Plenty of hours remain. But so far, the worst-case scenarios about ransomware and other meltdowns have seemingly not come to pass.

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Companies Are Rushing to Use AI—but Few See a Payoff

A study finds that only 11 percent of firms that have deployed artificial intelligence are reaping a “sizable” return on their investments.

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Target 'Deal Days' 2020: 15 Discounts We Like (Prime Day Rival Sale)

Check out our favorite headphones, cameras, audio gear, and smart home devices on deep discounts for Target's anti-Prime day.

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The Pence-Harris Debate Is Over—but Let’s Talk About the Fly

As soon as an insect landed on the vice president's head Wednesday, Twitter collectively lost its mind.

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Congress Unveils Its Plan to Curb Big Tech's Power

A report by a House subcommittee takes aim at Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

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A Literal Child and His Mom Sue Nintendo Over ‘Joy-Con Drift’

The class action lawsuit alleges that the video game company hasn't done enough to address a known problem with its controllers.

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How the Coronavirus Got to Donald Trump

Covid-19’s path through the president’s world is an epidemiological mystery. We know why it spread, but not if it spread via a single infectious event.

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WIRED25 Day 3: Look at Problems in a New Way

Guests like Anthony Fauci, Lisa Piccirillo, Patrice Peck, and Audrey Tang discussed how to puzzle through seemingly intractable situations.

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Taiwan’s Digital Minister Knows How to Crush Covid-19: Trust

On day three of WIRED25, Audrey Tang explains how the Asian nation used open data and transparent governance to empower its citizens to code their own way out of a pandemic.

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The Ring Always Home Cam Flies Around Inside Your House

Look at this freaking drone.

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WIRED25 Day 2: How to Build a More Resilient World

Guests like Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar, hacker Matt Mitchell, and journalist Maria Ressa talk about shifting power dynamics—and changing who's in control.

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California Plans to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035

Governor Gavin Newsom outlines an ambitious plan for the nation's largest state to rely exclusively on electric-powered passenger cars and trucks.

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Where Was the Battery at Tesla’s Battery Day?

Musk made some big promises at Tesla’s highly anticipated Battery Day. But a prototype never made an appearance, and it was unclear what Tesla had actually achieved.

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The Nintendo 3DS' Surprisingly Social Legacy

Nintendo just discontinued the iconic portable game console, but the real 3DS was the friends we made along the way.

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How VR—and Marvel Superheroes—Might Elicit Empathy

At WIRED's virtual conference, actress Brie Larson, VR director Elijah Allan-Blitz, and Magic Labs Media founder Van Jones talked about their new short films.

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WIRED25: Ghetto Gastro Sees Food as a Weapon

As part of a conversation with Gabriela Cámara at our virtual conference, the cofounders of the “Black Power Kitchen of Tomorrow” say that what we eat can both empower and oppress us.

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