As the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit's Big Three drags on, a classic behavioral theory provides a way to figure out how long they may continue.

Every smartphone has an expiration date. Here's when yours will probably come.

Do-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s.

Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, $20 million zero-day flaws, and controversy over the EU's message-scanning law.

The Stir It Up Lux turntable was (mostly) easy for a vinyl newbie to set up-and it's a beauty to look at.

While the toy brand kills its plans for an oil-free plastic alternative, it's still pumping out billions of non-biodegradable bricks a year. Can Lego ever be sustainable?

It's gross. It's sticky. Here's the science of how it has already saved your life.

Gareth Edwards' new sci-fi film invites audiences to cheer for artificial intelligence that affirms the value of human life.

The DIY days of making gadgets better and longer-lasting are long past-and possibly, hopefully, in the future.

OpenAI's new image analysis update for its chatbot is both impressive and frightening. Here's how to use it, and some advice for your experiments.

Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws.

Despite return-to-office mandates, workers have made it clear that remote work isn't going anywhere. Here's how to make the most of it while keeping your boss (and yourself) happy.

Devastating deluges around the world point to the metropolis of tomorrow: the sponge city." Think more parks and fewer parking lots.

Heavy rainfall led to dangerous flash flooding in New York City and surrounding areas this morning.

New name, same game. The world's biggest and best soccer game has a new look, but under the surface things still feel very familiar.

By injecting chatbots into Meta's social platforms, Mark Zuckerberg threatens to undermine his company's original mission: to connect humans with other humans.

On Friday, the streaming giant will send out its final disc, ending an era that catered to people who loved films and signaling the age of good enough entertainment.

To figure it out, you'll need two similar feats of superhero strength and a little bit of physics.

Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called sesquiterpenes." Scientists are learning more-and it's making climate models hazy.

In a cave in eastern Myanmar, a young engineer who goes by the nom de guerre 3D" is building weapons to fight against a brutal military dictatorship.

Over a billion people drink coffee every day, and what better way to celebrate that than with yet more coffee!

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is about to stand trial in the US. But many customers who lost big when the exchange collapsed are unlikely to get their money back.

This week, we cover the latest news from Meta: AI-enabled smart glasses, a VR headset, and an army of fresh chatbots.

The HBO series Young Love, about millennial parents in Chicago, has the instincts of an old-school Black sitcom but wears the skin of an animated world.

The last man standing" in X's threat intelligence team has been fired, as the company guts its election integrity response ahead of a year in which more than 50 countries go to the polls.

The Writers Guild of America won important protections, but it's not enough. When the Screen Actors Guild goes to the table, it should fight for more to keep AI from impinging on the work of artists.

A deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit.

A civil liberties group has asked the DOJ to investigate deployment of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system, which research shows is often installed in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

Earlier this year, prominent AI and tech experts signed a letter calling for a halt to advanced AI development. When WIRED checked back in, some signatories said they had never expected it to work.

The latest in the company's most popular series now requires a Google account to track your health data and to use Google Maps and Google Wallet.

Autumn is the perfect season to enjoy the outdoors. With just enough chill in the air, make sure you have the right gear and clothing.

The company's latest action cam one-ups the GoPro with a bigger sensor, better mounting system, and a front touchscreen.

The Nook Glowlight 4 Plus has a large screen and a headphone jack. You also have to download free library books like a caveman.

Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial database, it can used for other purposes.

Amazon has taken some steps to stem the tide of books written with artificial intelligence, but another solution may already exist.

Buried civilizations could soon become inaccessible forever. Archaeologists have to move fast, so they're turning to the latest ground-scanning tech.

As SBF's trial approaches, a group of FTX creditors want to relaunch the collapsed exchange. It's not as crazy as it sounds.

FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is now helping pack some of them into delivery trucks with expert care.

Meta's AI assistant can do things like suggest travel plans in a group chat. The company also announced a string of chatbots modeled on celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Paris Hilton.

A faction of scribes is putting guardrails around AI's encroachment on their work. The effects will echo in industries far beyond Hollywood.

The company announced the Meta Quest 3 headset and new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The new hardware comes with a vision for head-mounted computing that incorporates the real world a little bit more.

SoundThinking is purchasing parts of Geolitica, the company that created PredPol. Experts say the acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate.

AI could supercharge augmented and virtual reality, making online manipulation and disinformation campaigns much more personal-and effective.

These affordable noise-canceling earbuds have heavy-hitting features.

Three powerful cameras and some of the smartest obstacle detection in the business makes for a versatile flying camera system.

Some people are livestreaming around the clock for cash on the platform. It's a window into a world where little happens, but thousands watch.

This year's hurricane season provides a test run for the idea that machine-learning algorithms can improve weather forecasts. So far, the AI models are making good calls.

Days seem to be rushing ahead in a disturbing blur, or else slowing painfully down. Maybe it's a tale as old as-well, you know.

During the crypto gold rush, Idris Elba says he turned down a lot of mad opportunities." Now he has partnered with the crypto-for-good" Stellar Foundation.

Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol.