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The Secret to Soap Bubbles' Iridescent Rainbows

If you pay attention, you can see some pretty cool stuff that you might otherwise miss. Have you really looked at a soap bubble? Notice how you can see a bunch of different colors? What about that tiny drop of gasoline in a puddle at the gas station—see the rainbow of colors? Oh, there is […]

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Watch Robert Mueller’s Statement on the Russia Investigation

At 11 am ET on Wednesday, Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller will break his silence, following his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The rare appearance marks Mueller's first public statement since the release of a redacted version of the 448-page report his team spent two years compiling. The report has […]

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Why Women Are Called 'Influencers' and Men 'Creators'

Being a "social media influencer" has nothing to do with the size of your audience or the nature of your work. An influencer used to be someone with a giant, million-plus following to sell things to, but marketers have since expanded the term, piling on prefixes like macro-, micro-, and even nano-influencers, who can have […]

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Mueller's Bottom Line: Indicting Trump Wasn't Even an Option

Special counsel Robert Mueller ended his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election with his sole public comment Wednesday, a surprise appearance at the Justice Department that had a clear and stark message: America, read my report. I worked long and hard on its 448 pages and chose my words carefully. Read them. […]

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Robert Mueller Speaks, Amazon’s New Echo Show, and More News

Robert Mueller breaks his silence, Amazon unveils a new device with more privacy features, and we pontificate on the philanthropy of billionaires. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Today's Headlines Robert Mueller finally speaks We all learned what Robert Mueller's voice actually sounds like when the special counsel made […]

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Productivity and the Joy of Doing Things the Hard Way

This story is part of a series on how we make time—from productivity hacks to long walks to altering the function of our own circadian clocks. Suppose you were on a business trip in a city you’d never given much thought to—not an obvious tourist attraction like Paris or San Francisco—and your schedule included a […]

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10 Productivity Hacks From WIRED Staff

This story is part of a series on how we make time—from productivity hacks to long walks to altering the function of our own circadian clocks. Here at WIRED, the tempo of our workdays is set by the ever-shifting cadence of deadlines. From the steady progress of print magazine production to the just-in-time sprints needed […]

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US Sanctions on Huawei May Fuel China's Plan for Its Own Tech

Made in China—three words often associated with cheap quality. Four years ago, the Chinese government repurposed the phrase as the name of a new industrial strategy intended to propel homegrown companies into more advanced markets, and to make them less reliant on overseas components. This month, tough new US sanctions on China’s Huawei, the world’s […]

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To Fight Deepfakes, Researchers Built a Smarter Camera

One of the most difficult things about detecting manipulated photos, or "deepfakes," is that digital photo files aren't coded to be tamper-evident. But researchers from New York University's Tandon School of Engineering are starting to develop strategies that make it easier to tell if a photo has been altered, opening up a potential new front […]

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The Military Is Locked in a Power Struggle With Wind Farms

When Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Goana takes off in his T-38 Talon training jet, he flies a loop north toward the Red River, which forms a meandering border between north Texas and southern Oklahoma. For decades, the remote farming area has been an ideal training ground for Air Force pilots like Goana. But in recent years, […]

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