Who Will Pay the Price for Big Tech’s Hubris?
So, are you on Mastodon yet? If you’re looking for advice on how to join and find your friends, we’ve got you covered. If you’re trying to decide when and…
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Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s What You Can Do About It
So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through you, right? But when it’s broken…
Who Gets to Build the Next Software Stack of Civilization?
It’s two weeks to RE:WIRED Green, our event on climate change and the power of human ingenuity to tackle it. We’ve got speakers on food tech and food waste,…
What Could Keep Climate Change From Becoming Catastrophic?
We all know climate change is going to be bad. How bad? Can we stop it from becoming catastrophic? (Choose your own definition of “catastrophic.”) Tell me…
How Might Your Data Be Used to Pin Charges on You?
This week’s big news in tech: Uber behaved badly. A massive document dump reveals that it knowingly broke laws to roll out its services as widely and quickly…
Is It Possible to Beat a Virus That Moves Faster Than Science?
Thank you to everyone who wrote in last month to confirm that, indeed, only journalists care what happens to Twitter. As Elon Musk’s bizarre dance between…
What Would It Take for a Truly Ethical Clothing Industry?
So, I watched Elon Musk speak at TED, and I came away with a mix of empathy for the man and amazement at the depth of his self-importance. Since his…