The number of Americans filing for unemployment aid fell to near a 49-year low last week, setting the stage for the Fed to raise interest rates later this month. What do you think?
5 Great Kitchen Products for Chefs
Chef whites that never stain, amazing knives, cool magnets and tech to teach you things. Here’s five great kitchen products for chefs.
Chef’s Table Seasons 5 and 6 Line-Ups Revealed
Take look at the mouthwatering chef line-ups for seasons five and six of Chef’s Table, Netflix’s ever popular documentary series.
Why an Army of Small Companies Is Defending The Sprint/T-Mobile Merger
Mobile Virtual Network Operators, which serve largely low-income users, have little to gain from the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. They’re advocating for it because of a secret agenda: fear of the new telecom overlords.
LA’s Teaming up With Other Cities to Get Cheaper EVs
It’s leading a group of 30 cities that will work together to get better deals on electric cars.
We Know Exactly How to Stop Wildfires—With Money
Wildfires would be much less destructive if forests were managed actively, with controlled burns and by culling trees and undergrowth. But someone has to pay for that.
Everyone’s Miserable In The ‘Hot, Horrible’ World Of ‘Ponti’
Sharlene Teo’s debut novel is a shimmering story of three women in Singapore, but its plot gets washed away among the grotesque and stomach-churning detail.
If the Most Interesting Man in the World Were a Woman
Kira Jane Buxton humorously imagines the Dos Equis beer “Most Interesting Man in the World” ad campaign with a woman as the protagonist.
Broadway Is About To ‘Be More Chill’
The high-school sci-fi musical got middling reviews when it premiered in New Jersey. Then teenagers on social media got a hold of it.
(Image credit: Maria Baranova/Courtesy of Be More Chill)
What is Virtual Reality (VR)? The Complete WIRED Guide
Everything you ever wanted to know about headsets, Oculus, Magic Leap, and simulator sickness.