Wired

• Silicon Swagger: Tech Titans Embrace Big Architecture in Staggering New HQs May 24, 2013
  No longer satisfied with hiding in standard-issue tech-company hives, Apple, Facebook, and Google have embraced Architecture with a capital A. […]
  Wired Staff
• DIY Market Slows Dramatically as 3-D Printing Hits Its Industrial Stride May 24, 2013
  Buyers hit the brakes on purchasing hobbyist 3-D printers in the past year, even as industrial-grade printers are playing a larger role in manufacturing finished parts rather than prototypes. […]
  Michael V. Copeland
• The App Can Wait: Nextdoor's Big Bet on Slow iGrowth May 24, 2013
  When it came to developing a mobile app, Nextdoor took it slow - an approach that looks like it will pay off. […]
  Ryan Tate
• The $99 Ouya Is No PlayStation or Xbox, and That's Just Fine May 24, 2013
  All this time, I've been thinking about Ouya the wrong way. […]
  Ryan Rigney
• This Week's Weirdest Wild Animal Incidents May 24, 2013
  A roundup of odd ways humans and wild animals crossed paths this week compiled by Jon Mooallem, author of the upcoming book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America. […]
  Jon Mooallem
• One Small Town's Fight to Banish a Brutal Mexican Cartel May 24, 2013
  Canadian photojournalist Brett Gundlock traveled to Cher?n, Mexico last year to find out how things had changed for residents in that town after they confronted a violent Mexican cartel that had been illegally harvesting timber in the area. […]
  Pete Brook
• Germany's Einstein Tower Is Relatively Important May 24, 2013
  Each week, Wired Design presents one of our favorite buildings, showcasing boundary-pushing architecture and design involved in the unique structures that make the world's cityscapes interesting. Check back Fridays for the continuing series, and feel free to make recommendations in the comments, by Twitter, or by e-mail. […]
  Nathan Hurst
• Enormous Museum Collection of Insects Needs Your Help May 24, 2013
  A citizen science project called Calbug, which launched this week, hopes to recruit volunteers to help digitize field notes for more than a million insect and spider specimens held by nine natural history museums in California. […]
  Greg Miller
• The Declassification Engine: Your One-Stop Shop for Government Secrets May 24, 2013
  The CIA offers an electronic search engine that lets you mine about 11 million agency documents that have been declassified over the years. It's called CREST, short for CIA Records Search Tool. But this represents only a portoin of materials declassified by the CIA, and if you want unfettered access to the search engine, you'll have to physically v […]
  Cade Metz
• Research Vessel Sets Record for Solar-Powered Transatlantic Voyage May 24, 2013
  The folks at PlanetSolar have beat their own record for crossing the Atlantic in a solar-powered boat. […]
  Keith Barry