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Cash Grab
Inside a16z’s Boot Camp for Crypto Startups
Andreessen Horowitz is betting the house on crypto. (Yes, really.) This spring, the VC firm schooled a new batch of founders that it hopes can prove the technology is good for more than scams and speculation.
Digital Culture
AI Is Rewriting Meme History
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Cold Hard Cash
How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges
Forget the S&P 500. Look at the ice cream. This investor visits homes around the world to see where diets—and economies—will go next.
Reviews and Buying Guides
Buying Guide
The Best Headphones for Working Out
Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.
Forty Winks
The Best Sleep Gadgets and Apps
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Enjoy Your Stay
Check In With the Velociraptor at the World's First Robot Hotel
Originally published in March 2016: The world of tomorrow exists in Japan today—at a hotel run by robots. Please see the velociraptor for check-in.
The Climate Issue
The Greatest Climate-Protecting Technology Ever Devised
Creator of Worlds
Brandon Sanderson Is Your God
Opioid Crisis
On the Trail of the Fentanyl King
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Science
The Hunt for the Most Efficient Heat Pump in the World
A new generation of engineers has realized they can push heat pumps to the limit, but just how much heat you can extract depends on your setup.
Science
Not Everyone Loses Weight on Ozempic
For many patients, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lead to substantial weight loss. But some see much less benefit, and researchers are trying to figure out why.
Business
The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift
By shifting regulatory power away from government agencies and to the courts, recent SCOTUS rulings may be a boon for a tech industry under fire.
Security
Quora’s Chatbot Platform Poe Allows Users to Download Paywalled Articles on Demand
WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe’s Assistant bot. One expert calls it “prima facie copyright infringement,” which Quora disputes.
