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Alexa Might Not Get Much Smarter Than It Is Right Now
Plus: Apple pays for more emergency satellite tech, LG is working on a stretchy screen, and we answer all your burning questions about Mastodon.
Bring Us “Pan Solo” and a Cookie
The problem was Han Solo’s lips. For three months, Hannalee Pervan and her mother, Catherine, had carefully planned out how to create a 6-foot-tall, 3-foot-wide sculpture of Solo encased in carbonite using the tools of their trade from One House Bakery in Benicia, California. After the bakery closed for the day, mother and daughter worked […]
How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit
People with Android phones got a notification that a trembler was about to rock Silicon Valley. WIRED looks at the tech behind that feat.
How to Use the Emergency SOS Feature on Your Smartphone
Let’s hope you never need it—but it’s important to know how it works.
14 Essentials You Need in a Car Emergency Kit
Whether you’re heading out for a road trip or just commuting around town, don’t leave home without the basics.
Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency
YouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn’t hold up.
10 Things We Loved About Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Inside the engineering room of the Halcyon starcruiser, things are getting dire. The First Order is closing in, and the newest members of the Resistance must work together to keep the ship from slipping under the regime’s control. Suddenly, amid the chaos, the towering form of Chewbacca the Wookiee emerges in the bowels of the […]
Stowaway on a Test Flight for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
The lightsaber jumps to life in my hands, illuminating a sense of purpose with its gentle hum. At first, the training droid goes slow, telegraphing the path of each simulated blast to give me time to deflect, then intensifying with speed. But the real question is: can I do it with the equivalent of a […]