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WIRED

May 01 2019
Magazine

The Wired mission is to tell the world something they've never heard before in a way they've never seen before. It's about turning new ideas into everyday reality. It's about seeding our community of influencers with the ideas that will shape and transform our collective future. Wired readers want to know how technology is changing the world, and they're interested in big, relevant ideas, even if those ideas challenge their assumptions—or blow their minds.

TOTALLY WIRED

“WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU LEARNED WHILE WORKING ON YOUR STORY?”

DIAL IN FOR RECOVERY • Could I break my addiction to my phone via my phone?

CHARTGEIST

AN APP OF OUR OWN • When workers control the means of promotion.

ANGRY NERD

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION • How recommendation algorithms run the world.

UNDER THE INFLUENCER • In the past 10 years, “sponcon,” the business of getting paid to promote a company via your social media, has spread pandemic-like. Sponsored content may be obnoxious (and even morally questionable at times), but it’s plenty legal—as long as influencers cop to the fact that they’re being paid. The Federal Trade Commission says that if influencers have received money, gifts, or anything else that could affect how users view their mention of a brand or product, they should disclose it prominently in the post. Few do. Unsurprisingly, the agency isn’t actively monitoring individual influencers. And the short life of stories on Instagram and Snapchat means it’s even easier for covert #ads to simply disappear. Welcome to the weird—and booming—industry of influence.

Computer, Enhance • The AI engine inside this stunning TV can transform any HD or 4K content into impossibly detailed 8K nirvana.

Arcade Fire • A pile of new equipment—sporting new features—fine-tunes desktop gaming.

Get a Grip • Clip your phone into one of these mobile controllers to play console games on the go—with no latency and plenty of joy.

Player One • The iconic console wrote the playbook for video gaming’s home invasion.

Fresh Eyes • Virtual reality’s true innovation isn’t technological. It’s the ability to help us interact more freely with other humans.

THE LOST TRAIL • I went in search of a boyhood friend. But when information is everywhere, some things are better left buried.

Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Reboots. Record Profits. Time Bombs. • At the start of 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Sixteen months later, here’s how that turned out.

15 Months of Hell at Facebook • In a volatile year of scandals, resignations, and platform overhauls, the company’s stock soared to a record $217 a share and slumped to $124, with wild swings in between.

NEVADA BY THE SEA • A NEW FAULT IS SHAKING UP THE TECH INDUSTRY’S LATEST FRONTIER IN THE WEST—AND ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF SCIENTISTS IS PAYING ATTENTION.

West Coast, Stressed Coast • As the North American and Pacific Plates jostle for position, where will the growing tectonic pressure find an outlet?

Sin Is Crouching at Your Door • In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan.

WHERE WE’RE GOING • We’ve come a long way, but we are still cursing the traffic. It’s true: We still need better ways to get from here to there. But in recent years, engineers have been working on some pretty exciting stuff. Cars drive themselves—without burning gas. Data collection could transform public transportation. Algorithms are being harnessed to change traffic patterns.

ALL ABOARD • A boom in new technologies has companies flooding the auto industry en masse—again.

FORM FREEDOM • Electrification is letting designers go wild.

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 102 Publisher: Conde Nast US Edition: May 01 2019

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The Wired mission is to tell the world something they've never heard before in a way they've never seen before. It's about turning new ideas into everyday reality. It's about seeding our community of influencers with the ideas that will shape and transform our collective future. Wired readers want to know how technology is changing the world, and they're interested in big, relevant ideas, even if those ideas challenge their assumptions—or blow their minds.

TOTALLY WIRED

“WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU LEARNED WHILE WORKING ON YOUR STORY?”

DIAL IN FOR RECOVERY • Could I break my addiction to my phone via my phone?

CHARTGEIST

AN APP OF OUR OWN • When workers control the means of promotion.

ANGRY NERD

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION • How recommendation algorithms run the world.

UNDER THE INFLUENCER • In the past 10 years, “sponcon,” the business of getting paid to promote a company via your social media, has spread pandemic-like. Sponsored content may be obnoxious (and even morally questionable at times), but it’s plenty legal—as long as influencers cop to the fact that they’re being paid. The Federal Trade Commission says that if influencers have received money, gifts, or anything else that could affect how users view their mention of a brand or product, they should disclose it prominently in the post. Few do. Unsurprisingly, the agency isn’t actively monitoring individual influencers. And the short life of stories on Instagram and Snapchat means it’s even easier for covert #ads to simply disappear. Welcome to the weird—and booming—industry of influence.

Computer, Enhance • The AI engine inside this stunning TV can transform any HD or 4K content into impossibly detailed 8K nirvana.

Arcade Fire • A pile of new equipment—sporting new features—fine-tunes desktop gaming.

Get a Grip • Clip your phone into one of these mobile controllers to play console games on the go—with no latency and plenty of joy.

Player One • The iconic console wrote the playbook for video gaming’s home invasion.

Fresh Eyes • Virtual reality’s true innovation isn’t technological. It’s the ability to help us interact more freely with other humans.

THE LOST TRAIL • I went in search of a boyhood friend. But when information is everywhere, some things are better left buried.

Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Reboots. Record Profits. Time Bombs. • At the start of 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Sixteen months later, here’s how that turned out.

15 Months of Hell at Facebook • In a volatile year of scandals, resignations, and platform overhauls, the company’s stock soared to a record $217 a share and slumped to $124, with wild swings in between.

NEVADA BY THE SEA • A NEW FAULT IS SHAKING UP THE TECH INDUSTRY’S LATEST FRONTIER IN THE WEST—AND ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF SCIENTISTS IS PAYING ATTENTION.

West Coast, Stressed Coast • As the North American and Pacific Plates jostle for position, where will the growing tectonic pressure find an outlet?

Sin Is Crouching at Your Door • In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan.

WHERE WE’RE GOING • We’ve come a long way, but we are still cursing the traffic. It’s true: We still need better ways to get from here to there. But in recent years, engineers have been working on some pretty exciting stuff. Cars drive themselves—without burning gas. Data collection could transform public transportation. Algorithms are being harnessed to change traffic patterns.

ALL ABOARD • A boom in new technologies has companies flooding the auto industry en masse—again.

FORM FREEDOM • Electrification is letting designers go wild.

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE...


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