What Will Happen When Computers Take Your Job?
With new artificially intelligent machines appearing every day, a lot of people are concerned about the impact on employment.

December 9, 2015 at 10:06PM
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Hate Decorating Christmas Cookies? Make Your LEGO Servant Do It For You
When you can build a LEGO Mindstorms robot that can ice cookies better than you can, it’s probably time to just go sit by the fire, drink some hot chocolate, and let that robot do its thing.

December 9, 2015 at 09:54PM
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The Sensors The NFL Can Use To Survive The Concussion Epidemic
Football is plagued with head injuries that lead to potentially irreparable damage. In this video, WIRED explores the technology that could reduce health risks.

December 9, 2015 at 08:42PM
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How ESPN College Football Gets Made
It takes a whole day of preparation, a lifetime of practice, and some incredible camera technology to create a three-and-a-half hour telecast that looks effortless.

December 9, 2015 at 07:55PM
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YouNow, a live-streaming social network, is making stars.
“In the summer of 2014, Zach created an account on YouNow, an app where users can broadcast themselves live on video to a crowd of faceless viewers … soon he was broadcasting to the site every single day … first to a crowd of a dozen people, then a couple hundred, then 8,000.”

December 9, 2015 at 06:45PM
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How Old Is Too Old for a Nuclear Reactor?
The nuclear industry’s efforts to keep aging plants operating highlight questions about nuclear power’s future in the U.S.

December 9, 2015 at 05:50PM
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Millions of teens are using a new app to post anonymous thoughts, and most parents have no idea
Because The After School app is designed to be accessible only to teenagers, many parents and administrators have not known anything about it.

December 9, 2015 at 04:50PM
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Inside the NSA’s hunt for hackers
The American government is losing ground in the effort to hire critical cyber talent — but their most secretive agency isn’t doing too badly.

December 9, 2015 at 04:50PM
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The Collar That Can Stop a Bird-Killing Cat
Domesticated felines are one of the biggest threats to birds worldwide. Two pet owners think they’ve found a solution.

December 9, 2015 at 04:50PM
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Attack floods Internet root servers with 5 million queries a second
On two separate occasions lasting an hour or more each, a flood of as many as five million queries per second hit multiple domain name system root servers that act as the final and authoritative reference for determining which IP address is returned when a user types a domain name into a browser.

December 9, 2015 at 12:40PM
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