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Miscellaneous | Opinion
Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City
A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists.
Miscellaneous | Opinion
What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse
The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note of this phenomenon at least as early as the 1960s, it i
Science & Technology | Technology
The Most-read WIRED Gear Stories of 2017 | WIRED
It was a year of hellos—to the iPhoneX and the Essential—and goodbyes—to Flash, to Google's blob emoji, to the iPod, and to wired headphones.
Science & Technology | Tech
The 9 Most-Read WIRED Stories in June | WIRED
What do ticks, Apple, and a "Poppy" sensation all have in common? Well, your attention, dear reader.
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How the NSA's Firmware Hacking Works and Why It's So Unsettling | WIRED
One of the most shocking parts of the recently discovered spying network Equation Group is its mysterious module designed to reprogram or reflash a computer hard drive’s firmware with malicious code. The Kaspersky researchers who uncovered this said its
