Michael Calore: I’m going to go watch a bunch of shorts and see what I get served and I’ll report back. Lauren Goode: Hims and Hers? Michael Calore: Yeah, Hims and Hers. Lauren Goode: All right, let’s take another quick break and then we’re going to come back with our recommendations. [Break] Lauren Goode: Amanda, … Read more
Michael Calore: Is it granular, like salt, like a seasoning? Andrew Couts: Yes. It’s like the most finely ground sea salt with various herbs and some other spices. I don’t know exactly what’s in it. Unlike my wife, I don’t read Italian. Whatever’s in the ingredients list is still a mystery to me, but it’s … Read more
Michael Calore: OK Kate, as our guest, what’s your recommendation this week? Kate Knibbs: Actually, I’m going to recommend another sci-fi series that’s a book adaptation and I wrote about it when I came out last year, which is Silo on Apple+. It’s adapted from Hugh Howey’s Wool book series. One of them is called … Read more
You may only know TikTok as the massively popular social video app for phone-obsessed teens, but lately the app has been caught in the political fray. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives approved a bipartisan bill that, should it become law, would require TikTok’s parent company, the Chinese firm ByteDance, to sell the app … Read more
Michael Calore: When is the last time you visited the website The Hairpin? Lauren Goode: It’s been a while. Why do you ask? Michael Calore: You should go check it out right now. Lauren Goode: Right now? Michael Calore: Yeah, right now. Lauren Goode: OK, hold on. I’m going to do this. OK, wow. “Talking … Read more
Lauren Goode: When you first started at WIRED back in the last century, there was no Slack. Michael Calore: You mean we weren’t given any slack? Lauren Goode: No. I mean, well, yes, but, I mean, you were not using real-time, nonstop chat apps to talk to people across the newsroom. You had to email … Read more
Apple’s first ever mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro, arrives tomorrow. Apple has a knack for revitalizing and legitimizing a product category—something that the face computer market really needs right now. But there are some hangups that could limit its initial success: the Vision Pro’s exorbitant $3,499 price tag, the tethered battery pack, and the … Read more
It’s an election year in the US, which means you can expect a fresh tsunami of campaign ads in your feeds, in your inbox, and jammed in front of YouTube videos. This is also the first election of the AI era, where anyone can generate just about anything—an image, a Twitter bot, a speech—by typing … Read more
Now you can have a slightly more complicated query like, “I’m hungry for butter chicken,” and then it knows what you’re talking about. Then it can take you to curry restaurants nearby and things like that. Michael Calore: Right. Jeremy White: That’s the difference. I mean, it’s not much more than that. They want it … Read more
In 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that protected abortion rights in the United States. Since then, many states have rolled back abortion services or made them outright illegal. That includes some states restricting access to abortion pills like mifepristone. Now, at the start of an election year … Read more