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The Search for the Universe’s Missing Antimatter Remains Annoyingly Nebulous

The Big Bang produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. But our universe is mostly matter. What happened to the antimatter? The post The Search for the Universe's Missing Antimatter Remains Annoyingly Nebulous appeared first on WIRED .

YouTube TV Goes Live in Google’s Biggest Swipe at Comcast Yet

YouTube TV has arrived, and with it the potential to change how television works. The post YouTube TV Goes Live in Google's Biggest Swipe at Comcast Yet appeared first on WIRED .

Building an AI Chip Saved Google From Building a Dozen New Data Centers

Google has detailed its TPU---and the tremendous savings that came with it. The post Building an AI Chip Saved Google From Building a Dozen New Data Centers appeared first on WIRED .

Airbus Plans to Stuff 80 More People Into Its Biggest Jet

The good news? Airlines may not be interested. The post Airbus Plans to Stuff 80 More People Into Its Biggest Jet appeared first on WIRED .

This Super-Retro Case Makes Your iPhone Look Like a Vintage Mac

Just in case you wondered what the iPhone would have looked like in 1984. The post This Super-Retro Case Makes Your iPhone Look Like a Vintage Mac appeared first on WIRED .

Tech Firms Striving For Diversity Fixate On The Wrong Metric

Opinion: To fix its diversity problem, Silicon Valley companies need to start analyzing statistics for individual teams. The post Tech Firms Striving For Diversity Fixate On The Wrong Metric appeared first on WIRED .

That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages

Belter is more than an accent. It's full-fledged language that speaks to outsiderness. The post That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages appeared first on WIRED .

If an AI Doesn’t Take Your Job, It Will Design Your Office

Autodesk's AI creates floor plans that try to make all workers happy. The post If an AI Doesn't Take Your Job, It Will Design Your Office appeared first on WIRED .

India’s Most Polluted River Actually Bubbles With Toxic Foam

Zacharie Rabehi's ethereal photos document some of New Delhi's most polluted sites. The post India's Most Polluted River Actually Bubbles With Toxic Foam appeared first on WIRED .

Facebook’s Midwest Move Bursts Tech’s Bicoastal Bubble

Facebook's new data center in Nebraska promises jobs beyond tech's coastal enclaves—and infrastructure no less vital to the US economy than roads and bridges. The post Facebook's Midwest Move Bursts Tech's Bicoastal Bubble appeared first on WIRED .

Flight Lab: NASA’s Global Hawk Drones Make Science, Not War

NASA's "science birds" fly high over vicious hurricanes, measure airborne pollutants, and help researchers figure out if it's going to be an El Niño year. The post Flight Lab: NASA's Global Hawk Drones Make Science, Not War appeared first on WIRED .

Everyone Loses When Your Employer Owns Your Facebook Account

Companies controlling Facebook accounts associated with former employees might be legal, but it robs those employees of a platform they personally built. The post Everyone Loses When Your Employer Owns Your Facebook Account appeared first on WIRED .

Review: Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop

Alienware's new 13.3-incher is the first gaming rig on the market with an OLED display. The post Review: Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop appeared first on WIRED .

Coastal Inundation Reveals the Upside of Climate Change

Coastal cities worldwide are pumping more than $280 billion a year into an Adaptation Economy, an amount increasing by more than 4 percent annually. The post Coastal Inundation Reveals the Upside of Climate Change appeared first on WIRED .

Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias

The difference between utopia and dystopia isn't how well everything runs. It's about what happens when everything fails. The post Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias appeared first on WIRED .

Massive 3-D Cell Library Teaches Computers How to Find Mitochondria

Using images of 6,000 stem cells, scientists have created the first-ever deep learning model to predict how cells are organized. The post Massive 3-D Cell Library Teaches Computers How to Find Mitochondria appeared first on WIRED .

Sorry, But Susan Rice Is Not Your ‘Smoking Gun’

This is no "gotcha" moment in the Trump surveillance saga. The post Sorry, But Susan Rice Is Not Your ‘Smoking Gun' appeared first on WIRED .

The Walking Dead Recap Season 7 Episode 16: Putting a Big “Cat” in “Catharsis”

Who cares if you could see things coming? After a season like that, a reward was overdue. The post The Walking Dead Recap Season 7 Episode 16: Putting a Big "Cat" in "Catharsis" appeared first on WIRED .

Let’s Study Air Resistance—With Coffee Filters

Here's an experiment you can do at home to measure the drag coefficient for a falling object. The post Let's Study Air Resistance—With Coffee Filters appeared first on WIRED .