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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Facebook, Apple, and Google may have very different approaches to user privacy, but they do have something in common: All three companies are currently being investigated for antitrust violations. Facebook is being accused of allowing its market dominance to erode its data privacy protections. Apple and Google are being investigated, in part, for enforcing their own privacy safeguards at the expense of competitors—Apple becau...

The final chapter of the trilogy is a master class in level design for Agent 47’s murderous escapades.

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. My preteen son’s laptop had been warning us for months that it was ready to quit forever. The battery had stopped charging properly, the hinge was loose, and, after years of vigorous Minecraft commands, the W key had fallen off. When it finally died on New Year’s Day, West was stricken with panic. His eyes widened as he looked up at me and whispered in horror, “Oh no.” After our schools closed last spring, online gami...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. By default, we tend to share pictures as soon as we take them, often unfiltered and unchanged, and theres definitely something about that spontaneity and simplicity that captures the moment. However, it also means youre missing out on the advanced editing and enhancing features available to you on your phone, via a variety of apps—features that are getting better all the time as the software and hardware involved get more pow...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Facebook doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to keeping userdataprivate. So when it revealed a few weeks ago that it was working on a prototype wearable computer that would interpret neuroelectrical signals, people had questions. The wearable—still very much just a concept—is designed to be worn on the wrist, where it could read a wearer’s nerve signals through their skin and translate them into...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. At the beginning of February, a large box from Germany arrived at my home in Brooklyn. Inside I found a futuristic, quilted polyester hooded jacket in pure white. “That would go really well at a winter rave,” my husband said when I slipped it over my head. With its sharp angles and preponderance of straps, it looked like something issued to the residents of a colony on Mars to wear on their weekends off from working the pota...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. It was in September 2017 when Apple made IKEA a launch partner for its ARKit in the iOS 11 keynote, and all of a sudden the staunchly analog furniture brand was at the vanguard of retail tech. The IKEA Place app let you put digital furniture anywhere. WIRED UK  This story originally appeared on WIRED UK.  Just a few months earlier, Tim Cook said in an interview that he was so excited about augmented reality that he wanted “...

WIRED Excellent app integration on Android (and web app for iPhone). Near-perfect dosage control. Parental lock feature. Provides detailed testing information on the specific cartridge youre vaping. Cartridges come exclusively from vetted, high-quality producers. TIRED Cartridges are significantly more expensive than standard threaded options. Though they do last a while, there is some plastic waste since you dump cartridges after use. Sorry, Mom. I took a hit from a Pax Era Pro in your living ...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Quin Werthauer was enjoying a cup of coffee in his kitchen when he heard the news. “Oh, shit,” he thought as he read the email on his phone. “They finally did it.” For the last decade, Werthauer has run a repair store for Logitech Harmony remotes out of his home on Long Island. A client had sent him word that the company was giving up on the product line, and that it would no longer manufacture what had become the gold ...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Its both optimistic and idealistic to believe that when we get sick and need help, our friends and family will rally, pitch in, and lend a hand. Sometimes it works—if you have a support system nearby and the illness is on the shorter side—but what about when we need help for months? What about when those months fall during a global pandemic? Providers are administering about 3 million vaccine doses every day, and as of Apri...