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AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain's Memory
If we can’t understand our own brains, maybe the machines can do it for us.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/ml-brain-boost
Tom Bihn Brain Bag Review: Store More Stuff Than Mary Poppins
If my friends asked me to recommend a go-anywhere travel bag, this would be it.Source: https://www.wired.com/review/review-tom-bihn-brain-bag
Can Crisis Line Messaging Help Improve Workplace Culture?
The nonprofit Crisis Text Line is launching a spin-off company that uses AI to help teach people how to talk to each otherSource: https://www.wired.com/story/can-crisis-line-messaging-help-improve-workplace-culture
Olympics 2018: Like Bobsleigh Better Than Basketball? Fantasy Olympian Is Right For You
Also, fantasy basketball teams have nothing on the "Sore Lugers."Source: https://www.wired.com/story/fantasy-olympian
Self-Driving Cars' Massive Power Consumption Is Becoming a Problem
All those computers and sensors can hurt fuel economy and range, practical problems for commercial systems.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/self-driving-cars-power-consumption-nvidia-chip
Snapchat, Wickr, Confide: How Ephemeral Messaging Threatens History
WIRED columnist Felix Salmon on the problem with disappearing-messaging apps.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/snapchat-sending-metoo-down-the-memory-hole
The EPA’s Pollution Estimates Stink. Everyone Uses Them Anyway
And low-balling isn’t limited to toxic chemicals.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-epas-pollution-estimates-stink-everyone-uses-them-anyway
The Supersonic Parachutes Carrying NASA's Martian Dreams
A new generation of space scientists is using high tech materials to resurrect the long-neglected supersonic parachute.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-supersonic-parachutes-carrying-nasas-martian-dreams
As Waymo v. Uber Kicks Off, Travis Kalanick Is in the Crosshairs
As the blockbuster legal fight goes to trial, Waymo makes clear who it wants to paint as the big baddie.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-uber-trial-kalanick-day-one
Bob Mueller’s Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think
We speak about the “Mueller probe” as a single entity, but it’s important to understand that there are no fewer than five separate investigations under the broad umbrella of the special counsel’s office.Source: https://www.wired.com/story/bob-muellers-investigation-is-largerand-further-alongthan-you-think
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