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When a team comes back from insurmountable odds, is it because the world is fundamentally chaotic — or because our mental models are wrong? The post The Super Bowl and the Black Swanning of America appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A new platform uses artificial intelligence to let voters keep track of every official word uttered by state legislators. The post A Heroic AI Will Let You Spy on Your Lawmakers’ Every Word appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, tension simmers between wealthy techies and the city’s most needy. An 87-year-old minister is trying to heal the divide. The post A Controversial Minister Makes Peace With Techies in the Battle for SF’s Soul appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

In the face of the outcry against the ban, tech’s friend-of-the-court brief is good optics. But legal experts say it’s about more than public image. The post Tech Giants Have the Legal Clout to Help Stop Trump’s Refugee Ban appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Opinion: Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe on how the Supreme Court may rule on tech. The post How the New Supreme Court May Tackle Tech’s Big Questions appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Silicon Valley heavyweights are backing the court fight against Trump’s immigration ban. But they risk alienating users—and the tweeter-in-chief. The post Tech Could Do More to Oppose Trump—at a Price appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

If their CEO doesn’t stand up aggressively to Trump, they can always go work for a CEO who does. The post The Silicon Valley Engineers Driving the Anti-Trump Train appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Retirees who lost big in the 2008 financial crisis have good reason to worry about Trump’s new rollbacks of Wall Street regulations. So do the robots. The post Trump’s Gifts to Wall Street Threaten Retirees—and Robots appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Zero-rating lets internet and wireless providers exempt certain apps from counting towards your data. And the new GOP-controlled FCC says free is fine. The post The FCC OKs Streaming for Free—But Net Neutrality Will Pay appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Neural networks are all the rage right now. But they’re still flawed. So top tech companies are looking at new forms of AI better at handling uncertainty. The post AI Is About to Learn More Like Humans—with a Little Uncertainty appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico