When Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto exchange collapsed, customers lost billions of dollars. A New York court will decide whether it was fraud.

X's Trust and Safety team says it's working to remove false information related to the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is sharing conspiracies and chatting with QAnon promoters.

The latest Total War title captures the grandeur of ancient Egypt with highly customizable, vividly rendered game play, though combat can feel a bit underwhelming.

Google is making passkeys, the emerging passwordless login technology, the default option for users as it moves to make passwords obsolete."

Meta's Oversight Board is reviewing Facebook's decision not to remove a manipulated video posted during the US midterms, in an attempt to get it to clarify its policies on election deepfakes.

Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions. The company says it's already cutting stops for millions of drivers.

Hacktivism is increasingly a feature of modern kinetic warfare. It's playing out with particular ferocity in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Weeks after calls for his resignation echoed throughout the video game industry, Unity's CEO is retiring.

People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.

British fact-checkers are racing to debunk a suspicious audio recording of UK opposition leader Keir Starmer.

Adding mixed reality to virtual reality makes for a dramatically improved headset, but Meta's virtual worlds are still ghost towns.

Don't leave your photos languishing in your camera roll. Printing them out and sticking them to paper is a fun hobby and a nice walk down memory lane.

Harmony Korine's Aggro Dr1ft aspires to be a new kind of post-movie non-film, but for something featuring a neon-orange Travis Scott on a speedboat full of mercenaries in demon masks, it's just boring.

The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences.

A malaria vaccine that could protect millions of children against the parasite-borne disease is expected to roll out early next year. It follows another formula that has already had moderate success.

People are listing short-term rentals on social media and lesser-known platforms, bolstering a rental black market in New York City.

Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 58, which would have allowed adults to possess small amounts of mescaline, DMT, and psilocybin, the hallucinogen in magic mushrooms

The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the company's very crazy night" trying to stop them.

The world's largest single market has launched a bold plan to tax carbon at its borders. The rest of the world is paying very close attention.

Hundreds dead, thousands wounded-Hamas' surprise attack on Israel shows the limits of even the most advanced and invasive surveillance dragnets as full-scale war erupts.

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. This guide will make sure you can whip up tasty grub no matter where you end up.

Don't be a hoser. You can watch all the best hockey without tangling yourself up in a contract.

The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons.

Just because your computer isn't with you doesn't mean you can't use it.

Plus: Sony confirms a breach of its networks, US federal agents get caught illegally using phone location data, and more.

Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them?

A friendlier" front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram's encrypted messaging app.

The new extensions released for Google's chatbot are clunky, but they might be helpful with a hefty dose of patience.

Switching to a silk pillowcase is supposed to lead to fresher curls and clearer skin. But it's not a magic solution if you toss and turn at night.

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

Last weekend, the iconic rock band began their residency at Las Vegas' new $2.3 billion immersive concert hall. Guitarist the Edge says it's a fistfight between the music and the visuals-but U2 wins.

Put down those goggles. The Las Vegas Sphere's giant wraparound display turned a U2 show and a mind-bending new film into a virtual reality experience.

Peter Watts' 2006 novel is a must-read for hard sci-fi fans.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trial for fraud is sucking all the air out of the room. Crypto folks can't wait for it to be over.

Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots designed to make surgeries easier.

Taylor Swift's appearance at a New York Jets game wildly shifted the search results for anyone investigating her use of private jets. But the SEO intrigue is just the beginning.

Large constellations interfere with telescope observations, and Amazon will eventually add another 3,200 satellites to the night sky. Scientists are concerned and searching for solutions.

This USB microphone and stand make podcasting, songwriting, and Zoom calls easy.

The company's latest midrange laptop leaves much to be desired for such a high price.

The British chipmaker wanted to challenge the dominance of Nvidia, but having been left out of government AI projects, is urgently looking to raise money.

Bandcamp workers say they are unable to do their jobs and keep the platform operating after being locked out of critical systems. They're also expecting layoffs.

Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys.

The new musical is like nothing Hollywood has ever seen. Probably because Hollywood didn't make it.

Going Infinite, Michael Lewis' book about Sam Bankman-Fried, is out this week. But it's Zeke Faux's Number Go Up that really lays out the FTX saga.

Target's big Circle Week sale gets out ahead of Prime Day and runs through October 7. We've rounded up our favorite discounts.

Untruths spouted by chatbots ended up on the web-and Microsoft's Bing search engine served them up as facts. Generative AI could make search harder to trust.

From the astrology software of the 1970s to the Co-Star app, spirituality has proliferated online. Now, large language models can find overlooked ways to connect with a higher plane.

When astronaut Don Pettit mended his Omega Speedmaster 260 miles above Earth, he unwittingly transformed the ISS's supply chain as a result.

Kyiv enlisted a Silicon Valley insider to rush consumer-grade tech onto the battlefield. He's giving a demo of the future of war: the military-retail complex.

This week, we recap all the hardware and GenAI announcements from Google, and square them with the company's ongoing antitrust woes over its search products.