The Curious Case of the Missing Google Assistant
Google executives hosted the company’s I/O developer conference this week, an annual ritual that has in recent years centered on artificial…
The Mystery of Fish Deaths in a Foul Chartreuse Sea
This story originally appeared on Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dead fish were everywhere, speckling the…
Twitter’s New CEO, Linda Yaccarino, Has a Fearsome To-Do List
Some airlines have stopped offering customer service through Twitter because of the changes. Transit authorities and public health agencies paused…
‘Elvis’ Director Baz Luhrmann Doesn’t Think AI Will Conquer Movies
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes,…
‘BlackBerry’ Is a Movie That Portrays Tech Dreams Honestly—Finally
It’s quaint, looking back on it now, but in the decade before iPhones, Androids, and Samsung Galaxies, BlackBerry was the smartphone. It was dubbed the…
What Do a Falling Apple and an Orbiting Moon Have in Common?
If you drop an object, it will fall. It’s a motion that we’ve all seen hundreds of times. We’ve also…
You’re Probably Underestimating AI Chatbots
In the spring of 2007, I was one of four journalists anointed by Steve Jobs to review the iPhone. This…
Ben Affleck Has a Plan for a Fairer Streaming World
A meme. A WAG. A Dunkin’ shill. Now 50, Ben Affleck has become a lot of things to a lot of people. With Air, his…
‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ Embraces Mad Scientist Discovery
The denizens of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are waiting for me to save Hyrule, but I’ve been…
Why Suicide Rates Are Dropping Around the World
Means restriction works in part because suicide is often an unplanned act. The time between a suicidal impulse arising and…