سامي بوڨيلة: 10/16/23

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DIGITAL CULTURE | 4-MINUTE READ

BY JASON PARHAM

Tools like Google's Pixel 8 AI photo editor are ushering in a deepening distrust of everything we see. Welcome to our new counterfeit reality.

A scale with a plant on one side, being outweighed by a chrome brain on the other.

PLANTING SEEDS | 4-MINUTE READ

A 'Green' Search Engine Sees Danger—and Opportunity—in the Generative AI Revolution

BY PETER GUEST

Berlin-based Ecosia carved out a niche as a carbon-negative search engine. To adapt to the ChatGPT era, it's moving closer to Google and exploring how AI could help users cut carbon emissions.

BUYING GUIDE | 12-MINUTE READ

The Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out

BY ADRIENNE SO

Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.

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A collage of faceless women with a glowing search engine user interface on top of it.

DIGITAL ABUSE | 5-MINUTE READ

Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control

BY MATT BURGESS

New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.

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SUGAR RUSH | 6-MINUTE READ

The Problematic Rise of Personalized Nutrition

BY GRACE BROWNE AND MATT REYNOLDS

Some doctors warn that personalized nutrition apps like Zoe can cause otherwise well patients an unhealthy amount of worry.

A tractor with a ripper drives the harvest through the rows of the hop garden

BREWMASTERS | 5-MINUTE READ

How Hop Nerds Are Saving Your Favorite Beer From Climate Change

BY MATT SIMON

Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants' yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions.

LAY OF THE LAND | 8-MINUTE READ

The Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers

BY MARTIN CIZMAR

The stats say most people prefer to snooze on their sides. If that's you, then you might want to check out these WIRED-tested beds.

INVISIBLE LABOR | 4-MINUTE READ

Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies

BY NIAMH ROWE

From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

GAME OVER | 1-MINUTE READ

Starfield Dev Bethesda Just Lost One of Its Most Important Executives

BY MEGAN FAROKHMANESH

After 24 years with the company and the launch of Starfield, Peter Hines, Bethesda's head of publishing, is leaving.

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