How Robots and Military-Grade Algorithms Make Same-Day Delivery Possible http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The trillion-dollar online shopping economy is about to get bigger -- and a lot faster.



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World Backup Day: Now's the Time to Fortify Your Digital Existence http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

If you haven't backed up your digital data yet, now is as a good a time as any to start. World Backup Day is on March 31 and it's only right to observe the pseudo-holiday by backing up your computer.



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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Groovy False-Color Red Spot http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

This Voyager 1 picture of the great red spot shows a white oval with its "wake" of counter-rotating vortices. North is at the top and the distance from top to bottom is about 24,000 km. This enhanced color view emphasizes red and blue at the expense of green. Note the puffy features inside the GRS, and the "reverse-S" spirals inside both the GRS and the oval. The large white feature extending over the northern part of the GRS was observed to revolve about the GRS center with a period of 6 days.



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Wired Space Photo of the Day: High-Mass Star Formation http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

In this new view of a vast star-forming cloud called W3, ESA?s Herschel space observatory tells the story of how massive stars are born. W3 is a giant molecular cloud containing an enormous stellar nursery, some 6,200 light-years away in the Perseus Arm, one of our Milky Way Galaxy?s main spiral arms.



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Watch a 'Codebender' Play Super Mario Bros.' RAM Like a Musical Instrument http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

"Super Mario Spacetime Organ" is a short video by Chris Novello. It depicts the NES classic Super Mario Bros. piped through two devices, an illucia patchbay, which Novello invented, and the multitouch Soundplane created by Madrona labs. Using the Open Sound Control protocol (a modern MIDI alternative) Novello uses the hardware to directly manipulate the game's state in memory.



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Wrong: An Absurdist Movie Where Absolutely Nothing Is Right http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Absolutely nothing is right in Wrong, the latest movie from absurdist French director Quentin Dupieux. While his previous film, Rubber, revolved around the homicidal actions of a psychotic tire, his latest effort takes weirdness to a whole new level.



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Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

In this classic Wired gallery from 2009, we?ve collected images taken by astronauts and satellites from space of some of the most interesting islands on the planet.



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Government Fights for Use of Invasive Spy Tool That Spoofs Cell Towers http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The government's use of a secret spy tool was on trial on Thursday in a showdown between an accused identity thief and more than a dozen federal lawyers and law enforcement agents who were fighting to ensure that evidence obtained via a location-tracking tool would be admissible in court.



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China to Get Its Own Special Version of Iron Man 3 http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

With Iron Man 3 featuring multiple armors, is it a surprise that there'll also be more than one version of the movie itself in theaters this May?



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Yale Researchers Ride Photons in Search of Quantum Computer http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Quantum computing -- widely called the holy grail of tech research -- has taken another step towards reality, thanks to a group of researchers at Yale University. The team recently developed a new way to change the quantum state of photons, the elementary particles researchers hope to use for quantum memory.



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Microsoft and BlackBerry Duel for a Bronze http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

It?s the race for third place. No matter how either Microsoft or BlackBerry spins their latest mobile efforts, for now at least, there is no catching Apple at the high end or the many flavors of Android racking up sales up and down the mobile phone price curve. Still, a bronze means you get on the podium. So which company will it be that gets to hold its head high?



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The Terrible Truth About Toddlers and Touchscreens http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Fisher Price Apptivity Case is your baby?s gateway to the iPhone. I want my 2-year-old to be smart and healthy and well-adjusted. I don't know how smartphones and tablets fit into that. Worse, it seems like there is simply no way of knowing.



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46 Years Later, a Rematch Between William Shatner and the Gorn Warrior http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

One of the most famous battles in the original Star Trek series has been restaged to promote the upcoming Trek video game. Spoilers: It might depress you.



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GoT Beer? A Crafty Blonde Attempts to Ascend the Iron Throne http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

It was only a matter of time before serious Game of Thrones fans decided they needed a horn of ale with which to toast the show. Now Brewery Ommegang has partnered with HBO to oblige this thirst with a beer inspired by the show. But is this beer in the series up to the challenge, or is it merely a pretender to the throne? We consulted our taste buds, and a historian, to find out.



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Solar Airplane Almost Ready for Its First Transcontinental Flight http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

After more than five years of dreaming, planning, building and testing, Solar Impulse is ready to begin its most ambitious flight yet -- a transcontinental journey in an airplane made largely of carbon fiber and photovoltaic cells.



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Now You Can Embed 6 Seconds of Vine Heaven http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The six-second social video app just got a whole lot more social with embeds.



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Why Is a Comet's Tail Curved? http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Curved and shimmery, comet tails sometimes seem to follow a slightly different trajectory than the comet's nucleus. Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain explains why.



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Will NASA Announce Plans to Snag an Asteroid and Fly It to Earth? http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

When the Obama administration's 2014 federal budget gets released in early April it might include a curious item: a $100 million request for NASA to conduct a mission to capture an asteroid and bring it back to Earth.



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The 10 Most Outrageous Theories About What The Shining Really Means http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

There are many, many theories about what Stanley Kubrick's flick The Shining really means. Here are some highlights form the new documentary Room 237.



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Get Lost in Paris' Metro System With This Gorgeous 3-D Station Map http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Regular maps of Paris' large, incredibly intricate subway system can get overwhelming to look at very fast, but a gorgeous, interactive website makes it much easier on your eyes by rendering those maps through stunning 3-D graphics and commuting stats.



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Seismicity Continues at El Hierro http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Last night, 54 earthquakes were recorded off the western coast of El Hierro, most between 12-15 km below the surface. The activity has increased the chance of small landslides on the western part of the island, so certain roads and tunnels have been closed, reports Wired Science blogger Erik Klemetti.



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Video: Science Settles the Charcoal vs. Gas Grilling Debate http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Chemist-turned-chef Chris Young uses science to answer the burning question: Are charcoal or gas grills better?



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Let's All Stop Saying 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' Forever http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

According to a new indictment, a rocket-propelled grenade is a weapon of mass destruction. Time to retire this misleading term.



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Which of These Apple Patents Will Ever See the Light of Day? http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The patent office publishes oodles of Apple patent applications each week. It also grants a ton of them, allowing Apple to protect its IP against competitors. Whether it actually uses any of that IP in its products is another matter entirely.



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Here's the 'Very Anonymous' Building Facebook Demanded From a Starchitect http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Facebook commissioned renowned architect Frank Gehry to build a new headquarters wing. Then the internet company demanded Gehry tone down his signature style and produce a "very anonymous" building. Here are the results.



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Charity Cases: How Fans of Fictional Realms Are Giving Back in the Real World http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

A look at where geekdom intersects with charity, and how fan communities are giving back to their own communities



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These Two Ultra-Hot Concepts Came From the Most Unlikely Automakers http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

This week?s New York Auto Show had its fair share of hotness. But two of the most stunning concepts came from the most unlikely of automakers -- Hyundai and Subaru.



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Donglegate: Why the Tech Community Hates Feminists http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Rather than attempting to discern whether Adria Richards was in the right or the wrong, I?ve been thinking about why the issue blew up and what it reveals. Because it?s far from the first time this kind of thing has happened. The Richards incident and resulting backlash not only reveals the lack of diversity and presence of misogyny in tech culture, but the myth of meritocracy and the growing belief in ?misandry? online.



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Game of Etsy: The Best and Weirdest Handicrafts of Westeros http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Join Wired as we search Etsy for its most remarkable Game of Thrones-inspired memorabilia, from the brilliant to the bizarre. Remember, when you play the Game of Etsy, you win, or you become the proud new owner of a lumpy felt monstrosity!



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Here's How Far-Right Extremists Recruit on Twitter http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Finding people on Twitter who are into violent extremism is easy. But finding out who's the most successful at spreading extremist ideologies online is a lot harder. Now two researchers think they've found a way.



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Tech Time Warp of the Week: The Original Macintosh, 1985 http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

We give you one of the classic episodes of Computer Chronicles, a 1985 edition where Stewart Chiefet and crew run the rule over the Apple Macintosh, the seminal desktop machine that made its debut a year earlier.



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Gadget Lab Show: Aeropress Coffee Maker and Withings Smart Body-Analyzer http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

This week on the Gadget Lab Show, Mat Honan and Michael Calore show off the Aeropress Coffee maker and the Withings Smart Body Analyzer, a digital scale that measures more than just your weight. Whether you want to shed some pounds, or learn how to make a perfect cup of coffee with an Aeropress, we've got you covered.



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Wolfsburg's Wattage http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid. It's a name that hits all the Californian pleasure receptors.



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Big Boards and the Rise of Massive Office Screens http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Even as tech consumers obsess over small, mobile screens for personal use, tech companies are buying up massive "big board" screens to rally staffers around common goals. We look at 10 specific examples.



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Thin Is In: Minimalist Wallets Go Gangbusters on Kickstarter http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Wanna see something weird? Search for "wallet" on Kickstarter. You'll end up with pages of projects -- many of them highly funded. And remember, search only gives you the ones in progress or the ones that made it. There are countless more wallet projects that have failed.



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Google All but Officially Admits It Wants to Be Amazon http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

For the past several months, Google has danced coyly around the question of exactly how deep it wants to dip into the world of shopping. But its official confirmation this week of its long-rumored same-day retail delivery service signals a crystal-clear intention: Google wants to be Amazon.



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Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Alfred Anaya was a genius at installing traps ? secret compartments in cars that can hide everything from weed to jewelry to guns. And if they were used to smuggle drugs without his knowledge, he figured, that wasn't his problem. He was wrong.



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Kickstarted, $99 Game Console Ouya Will Launch June 4 http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Ouya is ready for its close-up. After a remarkably successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $8 million last June, the startup will release its eponymous Ouya game console to retailers on June 4, it said on Thursday evening.



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Amazon's Plan to Own Writing and Reading Advances With GoodReads Buy http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Amazon looked back to its roots in bookselling and forward to its future as the global overlord of all human literary output by announcing its plan today to purchase social reading site GoodReads.



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Video: This Massive Jellyfish Is Really an Aquatic Spy Robot http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Thanks to a grant from the Navy's mad scientists, Virginia Tech engineers have built a giant, floppy, silicon-layered tool for undersea surveillance.



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Portlandia, Your Subaru Hybrid Has Finally Arrived http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Urban hipsters and Portlanders, rejoice: Subaru is ?finally? making a hybrid. It's called the XV Crosstrek Hybrid and it stands to be the most fuel-efficient, low-emission, all-wheel-drive hybrid crossover in the United States.



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The Hail Mary Products of Desperate Companies http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

When the chips are down and it looks like a company is on a one-way trip to shutdown town, you often see a Hail Mary product. It's the long shot, the one thing that could save the company. Sometimes it resonates so well with the masses that the company is saved from oblivion. Sometimes, even the best products can't stop the inevitable.



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Gene Sequencing Pinpoints Antibiotic Resistance Moving From Livestock to Humans http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

A new study of Danish farmers and their livestock uses genetic sequencing to show that antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections travel from animal to human. Maryn McKenna describes the evidence.



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Ouya and MakerBot Team Up for 3-D Printable Gaming Console http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

If Ouya's dedication to being an open gaming platform wasn't already obvious, now you'll be able to 3D-print your own Ouya console case.



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FX Goes Big With New Channels and Shows by Coen Brothers, Guillermo del Toro http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

FX announces two all-new channels and a raft of new programming from the likes of Sam Mendes, Guillermo del Toro and Charlie Kaufman.



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Send Us Photos of Your Beautifully Cracked Smartphone Screens http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Wired wants to see your artsy photos of a smartphone or tablet with a busted screen. Cracks, chips, complete obliteration -- if it's broken, we're interested. We'll gather the best photos and present them here for all to enjoy.



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Brits Approach (True) Speed of Light Over Fiber Cable http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The standard line is that fiber optic networks transfer data at the speed of light. But in reality, light travels about 31 percent slower through fiber optical cables than it does through a vacuum. But that's changing.



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Jaime Lannister Actor Defends His Character: 'He Is a Very Honorable Man' http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau tells Wired that his character Jaime Lannister is "a very honorable man" (despite all the murdering and incest).



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Mysterious African Fairies Might Be Termites http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

For decades, people have been baffled by thousands of bare, circular soil patches that dot arid western African landscapes with inexplicable geometric precision. They're known as fairy circles -- and the fairies, says ecologist Norbert J?rgens, are termites engaged in an extraordinary, landscape-scale act of ecological engineering.



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Stranded Sea Lion Pups Arrive in Northern California http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Since the beginning of the year, nearly 1,000 starving, dehydrated pups have stranded themselves on Southern California?s shores. In the last week alone, 240 pups have been rescued and delivered to five rehabilitation centers from San Diego to Santa Barbara counties. And with some Southern California centers quickly approaching capacity, rescuers have begun transferring patients up north.



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