Tag Archives: Wired
Marshall’s latest headphones pack improved audio in a familiar design
Marshall's Major headphones first debuted in 2010, and the company introduced the wireless Major II in 2016. Now Marshall is updating its most popular model with the Major III: a redesigned version of the on-ear headphones that still carries that fam...
Nintendo Switch Wired Controller Horipad Is Available for Pre-order
Video game accessory maker Hori believes that there is a need for a wired controller for the Nintendo Switch. The Horipad is aimed at professional gamers at tournament level. The sturdy controller...
The enduring myth of the hacker boy-band
Last week, Wired magazine published a sprawling feature on a group of young hackers the magazine claimed would "make us or break us" with their "exceptional talent." The article fawningly profiled each member of a group of Northeastern University col...
Nintendo NES Classic Controller In Stock for $39.99 on Amazon
The premium NES owners are willing to pay for an original Nintendo NES controller is staggering. Several resellers on Amazon offer the Nintendo NES Classic controller for $39.99. Our internal records...
How artificial intelligence can be corrupted to repress free speech
The internet was supposed to become an overwhelming democratizing force against illiberal administrations. It didn't. It was supposed to open repressed citizens eyes, expose them to new democratic ideals and help them rise up against their authoritar...
Interpol is using AI to hunt down child predators online
The FBI may have scored a big win with operation Playpen, which helped dismantle a ring of TOR-based pedophiles and prosecute its members (thanks, Rule 41), but that was just one battle in the ongoing war against the sexual exploitation of children....
Recommended Reading: The political media machine on Facebook
Inside Facebook's (Totally
Insane, Unintentionally
Gigantic, Hyperpartisan)
Political-Media Machine
John Herrman,
The New York Times Magazine
A barrage of political links, ads and other content has filled up your News Feed over the last few months...
A Tour of the LEGOLAND Model Shop in California
Wired recently went to the LEGOLAND Model Shop in Carlsbad, California to take a tour, and guess what? Now we all get to take the tour. LEGO fans are going to drool while watching this video.
The workshop houses over 3 million LEGO bricks in 70 different colors, including some really rare ones. Basically, working in this place is the coolest job ever. Master model builders Robbie McCarthy and Bill Gowdy show off LEGO’s proprietary 3D modeling software and tell you how they bring their large and small creations to life. This right here is nerd Disneyland people.
There are bins full of bricks everywhere, not to mention all of the creations that are already built. The folks that work here are masters at their craft.
[Wired via Laughing Squid]
Wired thinks it knows who founded Bitcoin
The person responsible for creating Bitcoin remains a mystery, though Wired is convinced it's a 44-year-old Australian man named Craig Steven Wright. The founder is commonly referred to as Satoshi Nakamoto, though that name appears to be a pseudonym....