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A funny thing happens when you lock a bunch of bots in a virtual room: Sometimes they don’t get along. The post Internet Bots Fight Each Other Because They’re All Too Human appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Corporate consolidation in tech has implications for competition—but it also affects the resilience of the internet itself. The post The Amazon S3 Outage Is What Happens When One Site Hosts Too Much of the Internet appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

YouTube TV—the much-anticipated TV streaming service from the video company—is official. It’s $35 a month with 40+ channels, cloud DVR, and AI-powered search. The post Google Takes on Cable With ‘YouTube TV’—40 Channels for $35 appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A totally completely normal speech provides a new president’s most surreal hour The post Trump the Divider Takes a Stab at Unity appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Maybe the future—at least a populist, scant-on-details version—is finally rubbing off on the president. The post Trump’s Speech to Congress Was a Peter Thiel Fever Dream appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

The social media giant hopes to catalyze a broader market that will mean more internet for more people everywhere. The post Facebook to Telcos: Forget Hardware Empires—Let’s All Share appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

These days, politics isn’t just what happens on the internet—it’s what happens to the internet. The post Think the Internet Is Polarized? Just Look at the FCC These Days appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

As an epithet that defines and dominates the current political moment, “fake news” has become as unstuck from fact—and as unstoppable—as any viral hoax. The post The Internet Made ‘Fake News’ a Thing—Then Made It Nothing appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

As police are embracing data-driven, targeted enforcement, the Trump administration is turning to old-timey dragnets that won’t make anyone safer. The post The Math Behind Trump’s Deportation Plan Makes No Sense appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

The Affordable Care Act is far from the only Obama-era policy Republicans want to take down. A rollback of FCC privacy rules could affect millions. The post Republicans Are Trying to Let Internet Providers Sell Your Data appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico