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The Home Depot Doubles Down on Data Science

The advent of online shopping presented The Home Depot with a challenge: how to bring its famous project expertise and personalized guidance into the digital space. Here’s how they are doing it.

By WIRED Brand Lab

All At Sea

The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse

A seemingly endless supply chain crunch has fueled interest in tech that promises to track problems or predict where new ones might occur.

By Will Knight

Access Denied

TikTok’s Black Box Obscures Its Role in Russia’s War

Outside researchers can’t easily monitor how truth or lies circulate on the social media platform—raising concerns about its role in spreading misinformation.

By Tom Simonite

Ideas

TikTok Must Not Fail Ukrainians

To protect frontline creators and preserve evidence, the platform needs to learn from the wartime failings of other social media companies.

By Sam Gregory

See Bot Run

This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain't graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world.

By Matt Simon

Danger Zone

Russia's Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare

The maker of the lethal drone claims that it can identify targets using artificial intelligence.

By Will Knight

doppelganger

Deepfake Zelensky Was Quickly Defeated. The Next One May Not Be

The response to a video impersonating the Ukrainian president gives a blueprint for how to stop more sophisticated attempts.

By Tom Simonite

Space Jam

Russian Missiles and Space Debris Could Threaten Satellites

As the war in Ukraine continues, the growing debris in low Earth orbit is a matter of national security.

By Khari Johnson

Smart Assistant

It’s Like GPT-3, but for Code—Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws

OpenAI’s new tool can autocomplete lines of programming or conjure software from a simple prompt. It could also riddle the internet with even more bugs.

By Clive Thompson

Bottom Line

China’s Gig Workers Are Challenging Their Algorithmic Bosses

Food delivery drivers are using platforms’ data-powered systems, mass WeChat groups, and unofficial unions to fight unfair conditions.

By Masha Borak

WIRED Q&A

Palmer Luckey Says Working With Weapons Isn't as Fun as VR

The founder of Anduril and Oculus discusses his talks with Ukraine's president, the ethics of AI weapons, and Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse.

By Steven Levy

Ideas

Deepfakes Can Help Families Mourn—or Exploit Their Grief

Death holograms aren't inherently creepy. They're part of a lineage of grief technologies that stretches back to photography.

By Leo Kim

Ideas

Facebook Has a Child Predation Problem

The platform can be quicker at recommending groups built around child predation than it is to remove them.

By Lara Putnam

Movies

After Yang Will Make You Grieve For a Robot

The beautiful and strange new movie from South Korean filmmaker Kogonada presents a very different view of an AI-enhanced future.

By Will Knight

dangerous game

Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers

It takes five minutes to put a name to a soldier's face using little more than a screenshot, but there's a catch.

By Tom Simonite

Visual Cues

This App Can Diagnose Rare Diseases From a Child's Face

Doctors often struggle to identify rare conditions they may only see once in a lifetime. Face2Gene helps specialists find others with the same condition.

By Tom Simonite