The lawlessness of large numbers

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.20.23 INCONVENIENT TRUTH | 7-MINUTE READ 10 Facts That Prove the World Is in a Climate Emergency BY SABRINA WEISS, MATT REYNOLDS, AND MARIA PAULA ESCOBAR-TELLO Signs of the drastic—and in some cases irreversible—changes that humans have made to the climate are now impossible to ignore. FIRST DOWN | 7-MINUTE READ How to Stream Every NFL Football Game BY MATT JANCER In the streaming era, watching NFL football requires an inventive playbook and perseverance. BOTS AND CRAFTS | 1-MINUTE READ The Monstrous Crochet Creations of ChatGPT BY AMIT KATWALA When Alex Woolner asked ChatGPT to generate some crochet patterns for cute animals, she wasn't expecting the results to be quite so … off. MATHEMATICS | 5-MINUTE READ The Lawlessness of Large Numbers BY LEILA SLOMAN Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little big? GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. TRUST ME | 3-MINUTE READ Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here's How It Works BY DAVID NIELD Pixel Binary Transparency is the latest security benefit for Pixel owners. PRODUCT REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ These Luxe Speakers Are All About That Bass BY RYAN WANIATA The KEF R3 Meta speakers look unbelievable and sound very natural; the only downside is the cost. GET STUFFED | 15-MINUTE READ The Best Travel Bags for Wherever You're Headed BY MATT JANCER We flew around the world and across the country dozens of times. These are the bags that we'd go anywhere with, and those that should just stay home. IDEAS | 3-MINUTE READ TikTok Is Letting People Shut Off Its Infamous Algorithm—and Think for Themselves BY NITA FARAHANY TikTok is making its algorithm optional for users in the European Union. But more legal and design changes are necessary to protect people's right to "cognitive liberty." From our friends at Vanity Fair THE ABYSS | 26-MINUTE READ The Titan Submersible Disaster Was Years in the Making, New Details Reveal BY SUSAN CASEY To many in the tight-knit deep-sea exploration community, OceanGate's submersible dives were reckless and often dangerous, writes best-selling author Susan Casey. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.