Jan 7, 2015 6:55 AM

CES 2015 Liveblog Day 4

CES has been going full-throttle for four days now but the show continues with products for your home, your car, your ears, your heart, and (of course) your pets.

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Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Tom Bristow

Tesla’s Roadster 2 Is Late—and Entering a Different EV World

Nine years after its reveal, the overdue Roadster is set to debut on Thursday to an EV market that has grown skeptical of electric hypercars.

Aarian Marshall

The Atlantic’s Near-Record Hurricane Drought Is About to End

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Brian Kahn

WIRED Ghost Stories

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Google’s Fitbit Edge Debuts a Replaceable Battery—and Brings Back the Screen

The new $179 tracker features Pixel Watch smarts, week-long battery life, and an OLED screen.

Boutayna Chokrane

The Tesla Roadster 2 Is Here—and It Flies

The automaker unveiled its next luxury sports car at an event in Texas. It has thrusters on it that can send it airborne.

Aarian Marshall

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe

The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.

Aarian Marshall

Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

Brian Kahn

Spend Elon Musk’s Money

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

Neal Agarwal

Pour One Out for the Leap Second

The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.

Brian Kahn

Let’s Talk About the Super El Niño and Climate Change

Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.

Fernanda González

Trump Administration Cuts Off Access to a Major Immigration Program for Workers at Microsoft and Adobe

“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.

Kate Taylor