Call of Duty launches cut-price, multiplayer-only starter pack
Activision Fancy taking a stab at Call of Duty’s competitive online offerings, but don’t want to drop the full retail price on the latest entry, Black Ops III? You’re in luck, because Activision has...
View ArticleThis is the world's first actually-useful bendable phone
[embedded content] You can turn pages of a book, and launch an explosive Angry Bird into the sky, by grabbing this phone at the ends and bending it. The smartphone prototype, named ReFlex and designed...
View ArticleHomer to host live Q&A in motion-capture Simpsons episode
Fox If you’ve always wanted to ask Homer Simpson whether his pudding really was trapped forever, whether he obeys the laws of thermodynamics or if he still thinks communism works (in theory), you’re...
View ArticleThe future of online retail is collaboration
Illustration: Sam Chivers / Spot illustration: Adam Howling This article was taken from The WIRED World in 2016 — our fourth annual trends report, a standalone magazine in which our network of expert...
View ArticleSony needs you to test its beta PS4 firmware
Sony A new firmware update is heading to the PlayStation 4, and Sony has put out the call for public beta testers. As announced on the PlayStation Blog, the beta will run from early March. Interested...
View ArticleAn AI smart enough to speak at TED will win $4.5m
IBM’s Watson computer is best known for winning Jeopardy against human opponents Andrew Spear for The Washington Post via Getty Images TED curator Chris Anderson just announced the world’s biggest...
View ArticleTwitter launches native GIF search
Twitter has just made it much easier to waste huge amounts of time staring at animated, low-resolution pictures instead of sharing anything useful. Which is to say, GIF search has finally made it to...
View ArticleBeluga whales were tracked with satellites to help spy on the climate
Kristin Laidre/University of Washington Beluga whales are rare and elusive — so how best to track them? One group of scientists decided to use satellite tags — and now, after fifteen years worth of...
View ArticleSarah Parcak's $1m TED Prize will turn you into a space archaeologist
Sarah Parcak Bret Hartman/TED Congratulations — you’re now eligible to call yourself a space archaeologist. This year’s $1 million TED Prize is being used to create an online platform that lets anyone...
View ArticleHow to build a successful human-robot rescue team
Maya Stepien, Jamespop Though fiction often paints them as a threat to our safety, robots are increasingly helping to save our lives. From tiny, cockroach-inspired automatons designed to search in...
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