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Two long-awaited fungus killers are about to roll out. But if one is widely deployed first, it might breed resistance and make the other useless.

We sat down to talk about work culture, automation, and also how to step away from the notifications (and your job).

In a remote part of the Amazon, anthropologists and neuroscientists are learning about life and health without an “embarrassment of riches.”

Author and tech thinker Hugh Howey spoke with WIRED about his new Apple TV+ show, artificial intelligence, and why everyone’s got dystopia fever.

Before the US cracked down on China’s tech sector, the country’s investors chased deals in California with Maseratis and Michelin-starred food.

The government says it’ll fact-check the internet. Kunal Kamra is challenging the IT amendments in court.

Stock up on carpet cleaners, pet cameras, and beds for your four-legged friends.

A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians’ website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more.

Speculative fiction author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a builder of worlds dark and twistedly terrifying, but never devoid of hope.

Operation SpecTor likely drew on leads from multiple dark web market busts, including the secret takedown of Monopoly Market in 2021.

With a tasty zero-gap hinge and fresh design, the Vs solves key problems for folding phones, so it’s a shame its standard sibling is cheaper and better.

The collapse of the exchange has pushed users back to “self-custody” products like Ledger. But those can be risky too.

Designers and players are pioneering ways to make role-playing games more welcoming for people with ADHD, autism, and other social needs.

It’s the indispensable multi-tool of the kitchen. We sliced and diced our way through meats and veggies to find today’s best blades.

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope could help resolve some cosmic discrepancies: How fast the universe is expanding and how evenly matter is distributed.

The buzzy new Twitter alternative is a throwback to an earlier internet era. The good times might not last—but it shows the blue bird can be replaced.

The ovaries age faster than any other organ in the body. Figuring out how to slow down that process could have health benefits for women—and men.

The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.

For busy homeowners, these five tools can help you maintain a healthy garden.

Something old, something new, something borrowed—and something spouted by ChatGPT.

Forget crypto, VR, AI. When it comes to empowering humans, new technology has nothing on the well-tempered clavier.

The EV maker said it will expunge rare earths from its vehicles' motors, suggesting Tesla engineers will have to get creative.

The sheer volume of horrendous recipes on TikTok has led to the emergence of a whole new brand of influencer.

Longevity evangelists are injecting people with experimental gene therapies. There are no guarantees—and no refunds.

AI tools? A porn filter, but for Top Secret documents? Just classifying less stuff? US lawmakers are full of ideas but lack a silver bullet.

The South Korean company’s new electric ride is a triumph in design and drive tech—and it’s just the beginning of an unbelievable brand turnaround.

Richard Feynman’s path integral is a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy. Physicists still struggle to figure out how to use it, and what it means.

Firefox gets a needed tune-up, SolarWinds squashes two high-severity bugs, Oracle patches 433 vulnerabilities, and more updates you should make now.

Large language models like AI chatbots seem to be everywhere. If you understand them better, you can use them better.

Plus: Amazon kills off its fitness wearables while Apple shores up its products' health-tracking capabilities.

Make your life easier. With Apple’s app, you can trigger a series of automated tasks with a single tap or Siri voice command.

Plus: Cyber Command’s disruption of Iranian election hacking, an exposé on child sex trafficking on Meta’s platforms, and more.

Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country’s development goals, slow economic growth, and heighten health risks, new research shows.

Ooni’s first electric pizza oven is a fast and convenient (but tiny) pizza revelation.

Everything you need for a May full of fun and games—of every kind.

In May 2020, the US Department of Justice noticed Russian hackers in its network but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months.

A new book by BuzzFeed News founder Ben Smith reveals how virality betrayed the news industry—but glosses over who really drove the clicks.

Android on a tablet has never looked or felt so good—and it’s a worthy iPad alternative.

This week, the Mouse House filed a suit claiming the Florida governor is weaponizing government power and stifling its free speech.

Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis.

Light-on-dark displays tap into society's deepest fears about technology's ills. But reducing screen light isn't the same as putting your device away.

These high-end cans look fantastic and sound great, but they don’t have noise canceling or advanced EQ.

Earlier this month the company sought to remove videos of a YouTuber playing a new Zelda mod. It’s a move that goes against the spirit of interactivity that fuels the medium.

The security issues raised by ChatGPT and similar tech are just beginning to emerge, but Rob Joyce says it’s time to prepare for what comes next.

A programmer is building chatbots with opposing political views to make a point about biased AI. He’s also planning a centrist bot to bridge the divide.

The potential ban against the social media app is a troubling sign that US legislators are adopting a techno-nationalist stance all too similar to China’s.

This week on Gadget Lab, we dive into the market for male grooming products, scrotum deodorizers, and scented salves that target the nether regions.

Artificial intelligence can be a font of inspiration. Here’s how to use OpenAI’s AI chatbot the next time you’re spitballing ideas.

No matter what happens with generative AI, its disruptive forces are already beginning to play a role in the fast-approaching US presidential race.