The most accessible of VR headsets has now been available for 19 months.Google said today it has shipped more than 5 million of its Cardboard VR headsets.Read Full Story

All you need is a little code and a projector to make climbing a super competitive sport. The post Augmented Reality Rock Climbing Turns a Sport Into a Videogame appeared first on WIRED.

Lars Mortensen documents the ever-expanding construction in India, from the high rises to the slums. The post Striking Photos of India’s Rapid, Chaotic Urbanization appeared first on WIRED.

Poaching dropped slightly in South Africa but rose in other countries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Reactions will enhance Facebook's classic Like button with emoji responses that convey emotions ranging from anger to awe.As revealed in October, Facebook has been hard at work reinventing the famed Like button—and Bloomberg got the inside scoop. In a profile published Wednesday, Bloomberg digs into why Facebook decided to tweak the emblematic feature and reveals that the social network's new, emoji-laden spin on the Like button will officially launch "in the next few weeks."Read Full Story

Silicon Valley is changing the nature of work everywhere. And the government is still trying to catch up. The post The US Labor Chief Is Here to Figure Out How Silicon Valley Works appeared first on WIRED.

A new analysis of outer solar system orbits suggests that there really could be a hitherto unseen giant planet orbiting far from the sun—but what are the implications? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A class action suit alleges that the search giant regularly demanded 40+ hour weeks but wasn't willing to pay overtime.Former Google contract recruiter Tymuoi Ha filed suit against the company for wage and hour violations, claiming that Google and Urpan Technologies (one of the many staffing agencies the search giant uses to hire temporary and contract workers) withheld wages.Read Full Story