The Mystery of Steve Jobs’ Plateless Benz
If you ranked the things in life that Apple chief exec Steve Jobs seems perfectly content to ignore, license plates would be up there with handicap parking spaces, three-piece suits and customer...
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The Plans for Steve Jobs’ New House
You knew Steve Jobs was tearing down his old mansion. You didn’t know what he was building in its place. Until now. After nearly a six years of detailed cost comparisons, environmental impact surveys,...
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How to Load a Giant Container Ship
Container ships are the pack mules of global trade, and journalist Rose George's new book, Ninety Percent of Everything, is the latest look at how the steel boxes full of solids, liquids, and gases get...
View Article12 Great Gifts for the Dog-Lover on Your List
These gifts will bring you and your devoted drooler a little closer together this holiday season.
View ArticleBuilding ‘Tension’: An Inside Look at NIN’s Massive Arena Tour
If there’s one word that sums up a Nine Inch Nails concert, it’s “ambitious.” The band’s shows are famous for their over-the-top visuals, and massive arena performances are where frontman Trent Reznor...
View Article10 Crafty Gifts for the Beerologist on Your List
Whether you're shopping for a hophead or a Belgian buff, these 10 gifts will please even the choosiest beeroisseur on your list.
View ArticleWIRED’s CES Smartphone Thunderdome: The Final Results
These are the final results from the 2014 CES Smartphone Thunderdome.
View ArticleHow to Deal With the OS X Mavericks Mail Retrieval Bug
Here's a shortcut that makes the ongoing Mail retrieval bug in OS X Mavericks slightly less annoying.
View ArticleThis One-Man Metal Band Makes Music Using Mechanized Masks
In lieu of guitars, drums, and a band, Tristan Shone built himself an array of arduino-powered machines to perform his special brand and doom metal. Now the engineer and one-man band known as Author...
View ArticleA Swedish Workbench That’s Far Too Gorgeous to Work On
At first glance, the Tempel workbench resembles a 19th-Century writing desk. But open up its ash, walnut, and brass cabinet and you'll find an assortment of contemporary goodies.
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Find Your Logins That Are Vulnerable to Heartbleed
If you're a desktop 1Password user, you now have a powerful new tool for tracking Heartbleed vulnerable sites and resetting compromised logins.
View Article9 of the World’s Most Outrageously Expensive Headphones
Great headphones can transport you right into the recording studio or pull you onstage during a live performance. And these 9 world-class (and outrageously expensive) cans prove it.
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