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The Snooper's Charter is set to become law
The Investigatory Powers Bill has been passed by both Houses of Parliament. Once it receives Royal Assent it will become law. Here's what it means for you.
How Casper is making sleep a lifestyle choice
Do you know the brand of mattress you're sleeping on? It seems no-one really pays that much attention to buying a mattress – Casper is trying to change this.
MekaMon robots can duke it out in virtual and physical worlds
Think augmented reality is all about Pokémon Go and expensive headsets? Bristol-based Reach Robotics is taking a different approach: its MekaMon robots battle and upgrade in both the physical and digital worlds.
Pokémon Sun and Moon is Pokémon's most powerful evolution yet
Pokémon Sun and Moon is already a huge success - it's the most pre-ordered game in Nintendo history. But does the final game live up to expectations?
Two new studies looking at the data beamed back from Nasa's New Horizons have have found the heart's surface could be an ocean of water ice.
It may have reinvigorated the maker movement, but beyond the hackspace, large-scale consumer uses for 3D printing have proved limited. But designers and inventors are expanding the boundaries of additive manufacturing beyond pushing plastic through a nozzle.
Here is a concise edit of the finest products in the design, watch, sound and vision, rides, and sport and leisure categories that have crossed WIRED's radar in the last 12 months.
Google is bringing VR to one million UK schoolchildren
Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, has announced Google's ongoing investment in the UK with expansion of its King's Cross campus and digital skills initiatives for adults.
Airbnb has taken on hotels, now it's gunning for the whole travel industry with Trips
Airbnb has made its biggest changes since its launch in 2008. At the core of the new Airbnb is a curated list of more than 500 trips covering 12 cities worldwide.
Jody Medich, director of design at Singularity University Labs, sees a retail utopia brought about by the proliferation of AR and VR.
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