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Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair

2024/02/26

Google says its new designs comply with the Digital Markets Act, which bars platforms from favoring their own tools. Yelp says tests show one tweak made people even more likely to stick with Google. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms

2024/02/23

People with Parkinson’s have fewer tremors when they receive rhythmic physical stimulation—so a UK startup has created a coin-sized vibrating device to help patients move more easily. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries

2024/02/22

Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid the sectors that need the most help—manufacturing, agriculture, and the built environment. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI Is Coming for the Experts. First, It Needs Their Help

2024/02/21

A new workforce of language experts, creative writers, and nuclear physicists are turning to data labor—and potentially making their future jobs obsolete in the process. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria

2024/02/20

Viruses called phages offer a promising treatment option for bacterial infections when antibiotics stop working, but they have limitations. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps

2024/02/19

The US Department of Energy is announcing another $63 million to supercharge domestic manufacturing of the devices—in the name of national, energy, and climate security. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit

2024/02/16

By switching genes on and off, cigarettes have a long-lasting effect on immunity, and appear to shape your immune system just as much as aging. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next

2024/02/15

The CEO of GitHub says half of all code produced by users of the Copilot programming helper is now AI-generated—but that there’s no sign the technology will replace human coders. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins

2024/02/14

These mannequins undergo daily torture at the hands of textile scientists, but their suffering means we humans can have future-proofed clothing capable of handling our warming world. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developers Are in Open Revolt Over Apple’s New App Store Rules

2024/02/13

European app makers are seething, comparing Apple to “the Mafia” and piling pressure on lawmakers to act. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Far-Right's Favorite Web Host Has a Shadowy New Owner

2024/02/12

Known for doing business with far-right extremist websites, Epik has been acquired by a company that specializes in helping businesses keep their operations secret. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn’t King

2024/02/09

CEO Sundar Pichai tells WIRED that Google's new, more powerful Gemini chatbot is an experiment in offering users a way to find information and get things done without a search engine. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read What's New With WIRED podcast reviews

3.7 out of 5

96 reviews

Spen90 2020/08/04

Good content, bad audio

Edit: 8/4/20 The quality was much better this episode! Previous comment: He has great content, not the best speaker but not horrible as others menti...

HeatherMer 2023/11/16

Boring bot reading a script

This is just a voice actor reading an article. Dry and boring with no lively commentary or color.

statedept1515 2023/08/06

Too politically left

There’s also a sort of apocalyptic thinking that creeps into most episodes. There are bad things in the world, but this podcast dwells on the negative...

kellen18 2023/07/03

Lackluster

Script sounds like it was AI generated and narrated.

Rain finally! 2022/12/14

No audio personality

Narrator reading news articles. No personality! Cmon Wired, grow a backbone.

MSIII3 2021/12/16

Miss the tech

This once was a short tech podcast but now not short (<5 minutes) and not much about tech. New topics are interesting enough but not why I had subscri...

disorganizedrobot 2021/12/11

Tech in..9+ minutes?

Why is “Tech in Two” now regularly ~10 minutes? I added it to get quick hit news, and now I have to ffwd through 9 minutes about glitter. I’m so confu...

erica7791 2020/10/28

Biased

Left wing propaganda. They tried pulling the strings for Biden by going on about how he doesn’t know how to tweet and therefore you should vote for hi...

mark31415 2020/08/11

Tooooo Pokitical

Nicholas Thompson needs to leave his heavy handed politics at home and stick to the technology. Seems it was betters few months ago. If this continues...

despanz 2020/07/29

Annoying

The editor should not be allowed to host anything. His audio is bad and both him and his podcast are far left on the political spectrum. I want tech n...

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