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A struggling company isn’t easy to turn around. But at some point, you have to ask: Is Twitter going to make it? The post 2017 Is the Year That Twitter Learns to Thrive or Dies appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Cities are increasingly populated by lower-income people in subsidized housing and high income people prepared to pay $3,500 a month for a one-bedroom. The post The Year in Housing: The Middle Class Can’t Afford to Live in Cities Anymore appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

These tech titans didn’t plan to take down the telcos. But they depend upon you having fast, reliable internet, so they’re bringing everything in-house. The post How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Will Bring Down Telcos appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

This year the new giants of tech became a truly dominant force—both financially and culturally. The post This Was the Year Tech Stocks Became Sure Bets appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A lack of trust formed the perfect petri dish in which a plague of misinformation could bloom. The post 2016: The Mainstream Media Melted Down as Fake News Festered appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Artificial intelligence is remaking tech giants from the inside out, and it’s rapidly spreading to the rest of the world. The post 2016: The Year That Deep Learning Took Over the Internet appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Last year, Greenpeace estimated that within two years, information tech will account for between seven and 12 percent of all electrical use. The post The Cloud Needs to Get a Whole Lot Greener in 2017 appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A new White House report predicts that millions of jobs could be displaced by AI and automation. The answer, it says, is more education. The post The White House’s Fix for Robots Stealing Jobs? Education appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Reports say Amazon could be working on a transportation booking platform. This isn’t bonkers—it’s Amazon looking toward the inevitable self-driving future. The post Amazon’s Real Future Isn’t Drones. It’s Self-Driving Trucks appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Beer fridges and boozy parties are meant to make the tech industry more appealing. But it’s time for tech to rethink its relationship with alcohol. The post Tech’s Alcohol-Soaked Culture Isn’t a Party for Everybody appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico