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Gregory Barber

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Gregory Barber is a journalist in San Francisco who previously covered energy and climate for WIRED.

Hands Off

How Long Does the Coronavirus Last on Surfaces?

Mar 14, 2020 7:00 AM

Off Road

Coronavirus Exposes Workers to the Risks of the Gig Economy

Mar 11, 2020 7:00 AM

Robinhood

When Your Hip Fintech App Goes Offline Amid a Market Plunge

Mar 9, 2020 4:08 PM

Blockchain

This Social Network Wants to Pay You (in Crypto) to Do Good

Feb 14, 2020 8:00 AM

Building Blocks

In the Land of Big Tech Outposts, a Push for More Housing

Feb 5, 2020 7:00 AM

Food Fight

When ‘Ghost Kitchens’ Become Mystery Grubhub Listings

Jan 29, 2020 7:00 AM

neuroscience

The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly's 'Connectome'

Jan 22, 2020 11:00 AM

Staffed

This Company Hires Gig Workers—as Employees

Jan 13, 2020 7:00 AM

Decade in Review

Bitcoin's Path From Insurgents’ Talisman to Tool of Big Tech

Dec 22, 2019 7:00 AM

I See You

It's Hard to Ban Facial Recognition Tech in the iPhone Era

Dec 19, 2019 7:00 AM

Magic Formula

The Startup That Aims to Decrypt Blockchain for Business

Dec 17, 2019 7:00 AM

Crypto Fraud

This Alleged Bitcoin Scam Looked a Lot Like a Pyramid Scheme

Dec 10, 2019 7:48 PM

Digital Dominance

For Tech Jobs, the Rich Cities Are Getting Richer

Dec 9, 2019 7:00 AM

Local First

You Can Have Collaborative Software That’s Wary of the Cloud

Dec 6, 2019 7:00 AM

mimblewimble

Even Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Can Spill Secrets

Nov 25, 2019 8:00 AM

NaNoGenMo

Text-Savvy AI Is Here to Write Fiction

Nov 23, 2019 7:00 AM

next teller

Every Tech Company Wants to Be a Bank—Someday, At Least

Nov 16, 2019 7:00 AM

medical mayhem

Google Is Slurping Up Health Data—and It Looks Totally Legal

Nov 11, 2019 9:27 PM

WIRED25

AI Researcher Anca Dragan on Helping Robots Understand Humans

Nov 8, 2019 9:10 PM

WIRED25

Oasis Labs' Dawn Song on a Safer Way to Protect Your Data

Nov 8, 2019 4:59 PM