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Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die

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This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station

AI Will Never Be Conscious

wired.com·12w·Hacker News

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die

wired.com·12w·Hacker News

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

wired.com·12w·Hacker News, Hacker News

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

wired.com·13w·Hacker News, Hacker News, Hacker News, r/Longreads, r/longform

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

wired.com·15w·r/TrueReddit

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

wired.com·15w·r/longform

‘She Has a Presence’: The ‘Melania’ Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

wired.com·16w·r/TrueReddit

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

wired.com·16w·Hacker News, Hacker News, r/China, r/Longreads, r/TrueReddit, r/longform

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

wired.com·16w·Hacker News, r/TrueReddit, r/longform

Why Minnesota Can't Do More to Stop ICE

wired.com·16w·r/TrueReddit

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

wired.com·17w·r/TrueReddit, r/longform

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

wired.com·17w·r/TrueReddit, r/longform

You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel

·17w·r/China

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again

·17w

She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back

·17w·r/TrueReddit, r/chineseadoptees, r/longform

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

·17w·Hacker News, r/UpliftingConservation

Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World

·17w·r/China

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