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The inevitable weakness of metrics

There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me and the nature of me

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Elephant alert! AI warning systems aim to avoid deadly clashes

India is home to about 60% of the world’s wild Asian elephants, and around 80% of the animals’ habitat lies outside protected areas, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. That brings people and wildlife into close contact, and clashes can turn leth

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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview cand

Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs is building a video-first hiring platform that combines AI interview agents with short-form video profiles, creating something that feels like a cross between LinkedIn and TikTok.

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Best Prime Day Tech Deals Offer Up to $280 Off (2026): Phones, Watches, and More

Don't pay full price—snag one of these tasty Prime Day tech deals on some of our favorite WIRED-tested gadgets. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Tech.

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Best Prime Day Beauty Deals of 2026 (We Sifted Through Hundreds to Pick Them)

It wouldn't be Amazon Prime Day without some beauty deals. Here's a roundup of all our favorites. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Tech.

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Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners

Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its image generator, made an unusual pivot: medical imaging. The company announced a futuristic ultrasound scanner that would dunk users into a vat of water and, hopefully, produce "something as powerful as MRI" yet "as casual a

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Laptop prices suck these days, so here are some Prime Day deals that help a little

The RAM, storage, and component crunch has come for new laptop prices. Plenty of models have gone up in price after being on the market for months, and so have those that’ve been on shelves for over a year. Plus, many new models are releasing at higher prices than the previous ge

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Prime Day has served up several great deals on 4K TVs

There are three times of year that are best for buying a new TV: leading up to the Super Bowl, Black Friday, and of course now, during Amazon Prime Day. Many of the new 2026 models have been released, and while some will be seeing discounts, the majority of the best deals are goi

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Prime Day has some solid deals on Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox games

There are some some sizable discounts on new and recent hits from the last few years for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X / S for Prime Day. Most Amazon game deals are physical copies, but every so often there’s a better or equivalent price on digital v

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A breath test could diagnose pneumonia in minutes

With a test being developed at MIT, diagnosing pneumonia and other lung conditions could someday be as easy as breathing into a tube. The test, dubbed PlasmoSniff, is a portable, chip-scale sensor that traps and detects biomarkers, synthetic compounds indicating disease. The idea

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A man of many words

Brian Sietsema has a favorite word. It’s somewhat surprising that he can choose just one. He’s the person spellers rely on to confirm pronunciations and answer questions about the roots of the words they’re given at the Scripps National Spelling Bee—arguably the world’s most pres

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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you

A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you've tagged in your Familiar Faces

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