WIRED’s editor in chief reflects on how digital surveillance infrastructure could be used to prosecute abortion, plus more thoughts on this month’s headlines. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreJuul Nears Its Last Gasp—After It Hooked a Generation on Vaping
The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreAs Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One’s in Charge
Days after the deal to buy Twitter fell apart, fed up employees say they are being kept in the dark. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreCruise’s Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreHow Hemingway Gradually—Then Suddenly—Defined the Zeitgeist
Plus: Early attempts at writing fiction online, the many sequels to Hackers, and Canada’s pessimism. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreAmazon’s ‘Safe’ New Robot Won’t Fix its Worker Injury Problem
The company’s warehouses demand a fast pace of workers, and have higher injury rates than at competing firms. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreTech Companies Will Cover Abortion Travel—but Not for All Workers
Google, Amazon, and others will help permanent staff seek out-of-state care. But their many contractors remain shut out. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreEscooter Rentals Aren’t as Green as You Think
Dubious design and inefficient operations are just some of the reasons why shared scooters’ eco-credentials are thin. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreFaZe Clan Is Going Public—Just as the Creator Economy Shifts
The esports entertainment company can sell just about anything, but a recession may derail its business trajectory. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe Digital Divide Is Coming for You
More services are going online-only—catching more people on the wrong side of a widening gulf. Powered by WPeMatico
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