Friday, April 22, 2016

Shoemaker New Balance Challenges Obama On Trans-Pacific Partnership

Shoemaker New Balance is criticizing the Obama administration over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The company is trying to make a running shoe with 100 percent American parts and feel the trade deal will doom shoes made in the U.S.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Live-Streaming Of Alleged Rape Shows Challenges Of Flagging Video In Real Time

An 18-year-old woman in Ohio is accused of broadcasting the rape of her 17-year-old friend online. The prosecutor said she told police she continued streaming because she "got caught up in the likes."

Monday, April 18, 2016

Why America's Schools Have A Money Problem

How much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part, on local property taxes. And many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids.

BioShock Director Ken Levine's Next Stop: A Twilight Zone Game-Film Hybrid

BioShock Director Ken Levine's Next Stop: A Twilight Zone Game-Film Hybrid
Ken Levine, creative director of BioShock, will write and direct an interactive, live-action version of the classic TV show. The post BioShock Director Ken Levine's Next Stop: A Twilight Zone Game-Film Hybrid appeared first on WIRED.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel reimagined with the architect's own graffiti




Le Corbusier's seminal Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut becomes a huge canvas for graffiti in these fictional images created by Belgian photographer Xavier Delory. (more…)


Obama Administration Issues New Rules For Off-Shore Drilling

The rules, designed to make drilling safer and reduce the risk of a blowout, come six years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The oil industry says some of the requirements are too costly.

Hay's 2016 collection includes furniture by Scholten & Baijings and the Bouroullec brothers




Milan 2016: Danish design brand Hay has unveiled its 2016 furniture and homeware collection as part of a huge exhibition in Milan, which includes hole-punched chairs by Scholten & Baijings and a customisable sofa by the Bouroullec brothers (+ slideshow). (more…)


Thursday, April 14, 2016

Solving Mysteries at the American Museum of Natural History, Smartphone in Hand

On Sunday the museum will introduce MicroRangers, a mobile game for children that lets them help resolve one of nine possible MicroCrises.









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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Peek Inside the Fascinating World of the Burglar, Master of Cities

Peek Inside the Fascinating World of the Burglar, Master of Cities
In "A Burglar's Guide to the City," Geoff Manaugh explores the ingenious ways that burglars negotiate the built environment. The post Peek Inside the Fascinating World of the Burglar, Master of Cities appeared first on WIRED.









Monday, April 11, 2016

Valentín Sanz converts former warehouse into community centre with a foldaway kitchen




A kitchen concealed behind a pivoting wooden wall is one of several interventions made to transform an old agricultural warehouse in Almenar de Soria, Spain, into a community events space (+ slideshow). (more…)


Saturday, April 9, 2016

Thomas Feichtner's minimal A-Chair is made using traditional carpentry techniques




Milan 2016: Austrian product designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with a group of craftspeople to create a minimal wooden chair using traditional carpentry techniques. (more…)


Wednesday, April 6, 2016

AccorHotels of France Buys Onefinestay for $169 Million

The European hotel group is acquiring the British short-term vacation rental company just as concerns mount about the health of Europe's tech scene.









Friday, April 1, 2016

Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film

Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film
Gavin Hood's drone warfare parable doesn't have the battlefields seen in historical epics. That's precisely the point. The post Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film appeared first on WIRED.









Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film

Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film
Gavin Hood's drone warfare parable doesn't have the battlefields seen in historical epics. That's precisely the point. The post Eye in the Sky Is the Quintessential Modern War Film appeared first on WIRED.