Why Spiders Are the Ultimate Interior Decorators 29. October 2025 (19:00) Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.(New York Times)
AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers 29. October 2025 (19:00) A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off.(Wired)
How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World 29. October 2025 (18:25) As temperatures increase, trains and subways are becoming unendurable. Potential solutions include everything from cooling tunnels with water to painting rolling stock—but there’s no magic fix.(Wired)
Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza 29. October 2025 (18:11) A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than 1s and 0s.(Wired)
9 Best Seiko 5 Sports Watches (2025) 29. October 2025 (17:52) Affordable, reliable, and stylish, 5 Sports watches are seen as a perfect introduction to the world of proper mechanical timepieces. Trouble is, there are so many to choose from—here’s WIRED’s pick.(Wired)
48 Hours Without A.I. 29. October 2025 (17:11) A.J. Jacobs went 48 hours without interacting with artificial intelligence. The experiment revealed just how embedded artificial intelligence already is in our daily lives.(New York Times)