In August, Intel revealed details about its plan to build a $100B factory on US soil. In the same month, 22-year-old Sam Zeloof announced his own semiconductor milestone. Unlike the tech giant, it was achieved alone in his family’s New Jersey garage. wired.trib.al/NOlbqrD 1/9
Follow
WIRED
@WIRED
Where tomorrow is realized.
WIRED’s Tweets
Microsoft is promising that its latest operating system will give you more time between charges than ever before.
1
7
17
Across the industry, AI appears to be changing the way chips are made.
2
12
32
Twitch is in the middle of a gambling boom, fueled by the rise of so-called “crypto casinos.” An attorney who specializes in online gambling law warns streamers against advertising crypto gambling sites while streaming from the US: wired.trib.al/VTGCISM (From 2021)
2
6
10
There are so many cheap headphones out there. These are the ones actually worth buying:
1
4
19
Here's the scoop—the cold war between a startup and a soft-serve machine manufacturer is heating up, thanks to a newly released trove of internal emails.
10
26
Topics to follow
Sign up to get Tweets about the Topics you follow in your Home timeline.
Carousel
All these cameras are capable of producing amazing images; which one is right for you depends more on your needs than the size of the sensor.
1
2
17
When it rains, it pours. Here are our picks for cold, wet days—plus expert tips on deciphering product specs.
2
2
14
The pandemic prompted people to ask themselves, “Am I just supporting a company that makes widgets, or can I do something that actually has an impact?”
2
9
16
Subscribe to WIRED and get your first year of print and digital access for just $10. trib.al/ngUCchD 9/9
GIF
2
5
Show this thread
Now, he’s thinking about the functions he could build. His creations show what’s possible for small-scale silicon tinkerers. Discover how it all began. wired.trib.al/NOlbqrD 8/9
1
3
15
Show this thread
His project has earned a dedicated Twitter following and millions of YouTube views, as well as some handy tips from veterans of the 1970s semiconductor industry. 7/9
1
3
Show this thread
While garage-built chips aren’t about to power your PlayStation, Zeloof is convinced that society would benefit from chipmaking being more accessible to inventors without multimillion-dollar budgets. 📸: Sam Kang 6/9
1
2
13
Show this thread
His chips lag Intel’s by technological eons, but Zeloof argues only half-jokingly that he’s making faster progress than the semiconductor industry did in its early days. His second chip has 200 times as many transistors as his first, a growth rate outpacing Moore’s law. 5/9
1
1
7
Show this thread
Zeloof hopes to match the scale of Intel’s breakthrough 4004 chip from 1971, the first commercial microprocessor, which had 2,300 transistors and was used in calculators and other business machines. 4/9
1
1
4
Show this thread
“Maybe it’s overconfidence, but I have a mentality that another human figured it out, so I can too, even if maybe it takes me longer,” he says. 3/9
1
6
Show this thread
Computer chip fabrication is sometimes described as the world’s most difficult and precise manufacturing process. With a collection of salvaged and homemade equipment, Zeloof produced a chip with 1,200 transistors. 📸: Sam Kang 2/9
1
2
13
Show this thread
Would you want someone listening in on your private life without your knowledge?
2
1
8
Most of us don't know what makes a good password. A password manager offers convenience and, more importantly, helps you create better passwords.
7
21
Here are eight great ways to excel both in and out of the office.
3
14
For I wrote about TikTok as a digital sandbox that invites make-believe and turning the private into performance
1
3
18
“Cyber attacks & disinformation will continue to threaten democracies worldwide, but Taiwan will continue to share its experiences in adopting the tactics of “fast, fair & fun” in the fight against the pandemic & infodemic.” wired.trib.al/r9FYvMk Via #WIREDWorld2022
2
12
48
Google has added a litany of handy phone-related features for some Android phones, but a few are so buried you might have missed them. Here are all the ways Google has transformed phone calls—and our take on whether you’d want to use them.
2
6
“A lot of fans, in the UK and around the world, are outraged that they'll have to pay for yet another subscription service to enable them to see Discovery, and eventually the rest of the Star Trek TV series.”
8
10
25
In 2022, all governments will see that digitization is not only possible but also essential for their citizens to thrive. wired.trib.al/Y9XbIb9 Via #WIREDWorld2022
3
8
34
10
19
2
13
42
The fast-moving pathogen, which has already invaded Europe, was found in East Coast ducks. The last outbreak that tore through the US killed 50 million birds.
3
31
33
"We are a means to an end – a home for a growing baby; a caring, anxious, overjoyed bank account to be advertised to and manipulated." Nina Jankowicz investigates the unbelievable levels of disinformation on pregnancy apps for .
5
11
Google, Microsoft, or Apple may deliver and store your emails, but the most valuable ones deserve a second home, just in case.
1
8
23
Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found animals that weren't supposed to be there.
3
31
60
Make your home a little smarter and more colorful with these picks from our reviewers:
1
5
19
And the rest, as they say, is history.
📸: Getty
12
158
498
The goal is clear: Build more EV chargers. But in dense places, the eternal question is, where? And how to guarantee that they will not only be accessible, but cheap enough for anyone to use them?
5
8
22
The brain can construct a scene based on the light entering our eyes, even when the incoming information is noisy and ambiguous...and it’s not just an extrapolation of other sensory information. Via
18
65
Automakers are shovelling billions into electrification with the promise that this generation of cars will be cleaner. But when batteries from electric vehicles are all used up, where do they go?
5
17
50
“I am not aware of a single person that has lost their job because of some AI-enabled robot. That’s not to say it hasn’t happened, but it’s just far too rare and far too experimental.”
2
12
37
The School for Good Mothers is a horror story so potent it will fill even the most diligent parent with an itchy impulse to panic-clean, to straighten up, to act like someone’s watching.
2
13
The discovery of the Accident highlights how much we still have to learn about brown dwarfs. wired.trib.al/TGt32Er Via
8
26