13 Feb The Asus Zenbook S 16 Is $500 Off and Has Never Been This Cheap The Asus Zenbook S 16 was a favorite of ours last year, but the price was always too high. Now it has dropped to $1,000, and it’s a total steal.
13 Feb ‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts dive into WIRED’s scoop about a secret Trump administration campaign extending right into your backyard.
13 Feb Waymo Asks the DC Public to Pressure Their City Officials Stuck in regulatory limbo, the self-driving-vehicle developer is encouraging residents of Washington, DC, to message public officials to help get its robotaxis onto roads.
12 Feb Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
12 Feb ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Bringing New Fans to Hockey. Does the Sport Deserve Them? Obsession over a show about two closeted hockey players has brought new fandom to the sport just ahead of the Olympics. But men’s hockey’s lack of support for LGBTQ+ players and fans is notable.
12 Feb ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
11 Feb Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
11 Feb The Physics Behind the Quadruple Axel, the Most Difficult Jump in Figure Skating Are you speechless watching US figure skater Ilia Malinin on the ice? Science explains how it’s possible the Quad God can do more than four full rotations in the air.
11 Feb RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.
10 Feb Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake Attorney general Raúl Torrez is accusing the tech giant of failing to protect minors on Facebook and Instagram.
