Technology

Before it disappeared on Tuesday, Kimi enabled iPhone owners to stream illegal bootlegs of popular movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer. Photograph: Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images Watching pirated movies on your iPhone just got a little harder. After climbing the charts of Apple’s App Store, the trendy Kimi app, with its collection …

Burlington, Ont., is reminding residents they're more likely to see coyotes since it's mating season. They also amended a bylaw making it easier for wildlife management companies to use guns. However, the city says, the plan is not to shoot more coyotes. Coyotes are more likely to be out during …

New research into baleen whales shows how they hit such low notes — as well as the limits to how deep in the water they can go to talk to each other. It suggests most of their communication happens closer to the surface, right in the zones of ship noise. …

The sound of the dime-sized treehopper is usually inaudible to humans. Using special equipment, the Secret World of Sound team captured its courtship duet Some creatures are so quiet, they appear to make no sound at all. When a male treehopper calls out for a mate, he shakes his abdomen …

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. Photograph: Getty Images To achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, we have to increase the amount of capital invested in climate tech …

Steven Levy Business Feb 9, 2024 9:00 AM Here’s the Thing AI Just Can’t Do Google says its powerful new chatbot Gemini can supercharge your creativity. But who is really providing the creative spark? Facebook X Email Save Story Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images A few months ago, I was …

Kate Knibbs Business Feb 9, 2024 7:00 AM Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’ WIRED spoke with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about the X competitor opening sign-ups to all, how to crowdsource deepfake porn moderation, Jack Dorsey, and more. Facebook X Email Save Story …

It’s hard to be optimistic about the world when you see the devastating effects of climate change all around you. But Hannah Ritchie, a University of Oxford data and environmental scientist, says that mindset only gets in our way. Hannah Ritchie calls for ‘urgent optimism’ in her book Not The …

People who search for human remains in Alberta say a new study identifying predominant scavengers in the region will help them conduct their searches more efficiently. Forensic scientist Shari Forbes says research helps police, search and rescue groups People who search for human remains in Alberta say a new study …

Google is still mostly supported by ads, but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major addition to the company’s burgeoning services business. Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images Google got to where it is mostly by offering free services stuffed with ads, but it has increasingly experimented with a …