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The loss of Jon Karkow and Cagri Sever is a reminder that aviation remains a dangerous pursuit. The post Icon A5 Crash Kills 2, Including the Unique Plane's Lead Engineer appeared first on WIRED .

NSA Director Michael Rogers provides the first US government confirmation that Russia successfully compromised elements of the French election. The post The NSA Confirms It: Russia Hacked French Election ‘Infrastructure’ appeared first on WIRED .

Facebook's new technique borrows from image recognition to make translations faster and more accurate. And it's free. The post Facebook’s New AI Could Lead to Translations That Actually Make Sense appeared first on WIRED .

President Trump says he's considering raising the tax for the first time in 23 years. Good luck to him. The post How the Humble Gas Tax Became an American Bogeyman appeared first on WIRED .

Opinion: Just as nations have collaborated on rules of war, today tech companies can team up to stop cyber attacks. The post Microsoft Is Right: We Need a Digital Geneva Convention appeared first on WIRED .

How controversy can make a show last beyond the binge-watch. The post The Stranger Things That Turned 13 Reasons Why Into Netflix's Biggest Sleeper Hit appeared first on WIRED .

Now that there's a screen in the Echo universe, there's almost nothing you and Alexa can't do. The post Amazon's 'Echo Show' Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed appeared first on WIRED .

The $2,500 device makes motion capture as easy as suiting up. The post The Rokoko Smartsuit Brings Motion Capture to the Masses appeared first on WIRED .

Unsplash is a web repository of 200,000 high-resolution images, and every single photo on the site is free to download. The post The Web's Premier Free Photo Library Opens Up Its Vaults appeared first on WIRED .

Fidget spinners are everywhere. How long can you make one spin? That depends on the starting speed and the angular acceleration. The post Want to Know How Long a Fidget Spinner Spins? Get a Laser and Some Physics appeared first on WIRED .

Security researchers have warned about SS7 for years. Now that hackers have used it to rob banks, here's how telecoms can finally fix it. The post Fixing the Cell Network Flaw That Lets Hackers Drain Bank Accounts appeared first on WIRED .

There's no one around for miles. The post Get Lost in Australia's Vast Salt Lake With These Dreamy Photos appeared first on WIRED .

For Etsy, the internet's best-known marketplace for all things artisanal, the past week has served up a heaping portion of unpleasant corporate reality. The post Etsy Needs to Preserve Its Values to Preserve Its Value appeared first on WIRED .

Lawsuits, criminal investigations, and a toxic corporate culture. Can the ridehail giant survive? The post The Scariest Threats to Uber's Future, From Waymo to Money Worries appeared first on WIRED .

A beetle-and-fungus combo is about to wipe out millions of Southern California trees—and that means people's lives are at stake, too. The post All the Trees Will Die, and Then So Will You appeared first on WIRED .

The inside story of how Blockchain became one of the world's biggest Bitcoin companies The post How One Scrappy Startup Survived the Early Bitcoin Wars appeared first on WIRED .

With a sequel to the 1990 cult classic series arriving on Showtime, the director opens up. Well, kinda. The post Q&A: David Lynch on Twin Peaks and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance appeared first on WIRED .

Call us when you have real drama. The post Sorry, But the Guardians of the Galaxy Are No Fleetwood Mac appeared first on WIRED .

Introducing the new Cortana-enabled device designed to compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home. The post The Invoke Smart Speaker Brings Microsoft’s Cortana AI to Your Living Room appeared first on WIRED .

The first full trailer for the new sequel is a gorgeous, beguiling preview of our film-going future. But let's keep everything else under wraps. The post I Literally Don't Want to Know Anything More About Blade Runner 2049 appeared first on WIRED .