Brazilian engineer Luiz Andre Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died. His radical ideas for data centers laid the foundations for cloud computing.

Buying (and burying) Myspace, beefing up Fox News, lighting media dumpster fires-the longtime News Corp head shaped cultural conversations. With his exit, that era can end.

Microsoft's annual product showcase was all about Surface, Copilot, and the Copilot assistant coming to Windows.

An experimental AI assistant called Auto-GPT can use the web to solve problems. When the automated helper works, it can feel like the future.

A week ago, two bodies believed to be a muddle of human and animal bones were presented in Mexico's Congress as proof of alien life. Now the scientific community is fighting back.

WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on whether modern tech makes people behave more like bots.

This week, we learn how Amazon is teaching Alexa more skills to help it better compete in a landscape lousy with chatbots.

The American Climate Corps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it'll need to get much, much bigger.

A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.

To celebrate the arrival of pumpkin spice season, treat yourself to a new coffee grinder, a stimulator, and ultra-durable tights.

Tesla isn't involved in the strike at Detroit's Big Three automakers. But the EV maker and its irrepressible CEO had plenty to do with why the walkouts happened.

DNA sequencing can assess your risk of developing certain diseases. It could even help provide medicines personalized to your genes one day. Governments want you to get involved.

US-based Palantir is favored to win a $595 million NHS contract, but activists and doctors worry about its controversial ties to cofounder Peter Thiel, the military, and US border control.

Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers-or writing itself.

Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink's implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk's claims.

Spiral Town, which has jumped from Reddit to X to everywhere, is helping to usher in a hopeful but increasingly dangerous era of artificiality.

The company debuted an array of gadgets and services at its annual product release event, including new Echo devices, new smart home tools, and a more grown-up Alexa.

Faced with an election he is likely to lose, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is taking the unusual step of scrapping key climate policies.

OpenAI has launched Dall-E 3, which uses ChatGPT to take the pain out of prompting. Now you can modify artwork by simply talking to the chatbot.

This mesh system adds Wi-Fi 7 support and can theoretically download a 4K movie in 10 seconds, but it'll be a few years before you can truly take advantage of those speeds.

A sweeping upgrade to Amazon's Alexa taps AI technology like that behind ChatGPT and also allows the virtual assistant to attempt to read body language.

I've recently come to terms with the fact that I enjoy killing people and eating them (in Stellaris).

Apple's latest wearable has a new chip, new interactions, and some serious OS updates to help you log your mental health.

The new version of Apple's rugged sports watch has many helpful enhancements, but it's a bit quirky to use-and still too dependent on your iPhone for some key features.

The solar corona is hotter than expected, and scientists are using European Space Agency and NASA spacecraft to figure out why.

The world is rapidly heating. So why has the central US been weirdly cool compared to the rest of the country?

No matter what device you read ebooks on, there are thousands of free romance titles available this week.

Journalist and author Paul Tough tells us about what's driving rising tuition fees, lower enrollment, and the myth of college as an equalizer in the US.

It's like the secret identity of Batman or Superman. You're not supposed to know who this person is, they didn't want you to know, and somehow you found out.

Jeep's first electric car is fun to drive, practical, good-looking and already award-winning. So why isn't it coming to the US?

Microsoft has traditionally been very tight-lipped about its Xbox and gaming plans. A new leak just opened the floodgates.

Elon Musk's neurotech startup announced that it is now seeking patients with paralysis to test a brain-computer interface.

Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults. The WHO wants nations to get organized to combat it.

AlphaMissense, a new model from Google's artificial intelligence team, analyzes the effects of DNA mutations and will accelerate research into rare diseases.

Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.

Four gala premieres, a very excited cast, and David Lynch at the White House with the Reagans-Dune had a lot going for it. And a lot working against it.

If you're choosing between Apple's two premier handsets, we say go big or go home.

With a new USB-C port and some helpful enhancements over last year's model, we like the iPhone 15 just fine.

Remember when browsing Reddit on the go was easy? Those options are gone, but here's what you can do instead.

Move over, Siri. Startups are using the technology behind ChatGPT to build more capable AI agents that can control your computer and access the web to get things done-with sometimes chaotic results.

When it went public in 2021, Babylon Health was valued at over $4 billion. Now it has declared bankruptcy. Insiders say it could never live up to its hype.

TikTok Shop, which launched in the US last week, is littered with impossibly cheap-and fake-products. Snail slime is just the beginning.

Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring.

It's easy to feel like there's no escape from doomscrolling. The classical Chinese handscroll suggests otherwise.

The world-famous biochemist is ready to tackle everything from immune disorders and mental illness to climate change-all by altering microbes in the digestive tract.

The world's largest record label has struck a deal in France to demonetize functional music" like AI sludge and noise tracks and give more money to artists.

Russell Brand has built a massive following on YouTube and Rumble with conspiracy-laden videos. He says the mainstream is out to get him-but is it all just a grift?

We spoke with Thomas Kole, a digital artist who re-created the capital of the Aztec Empire in such detail that it looks like a living metropolis.

The outdoor offering from the multiroom system king has had a big revamp for detailed tunes with more power, but it's not an unqualified success.

Settle in for some bonding time. These are our favorite cooperative titles for two to eight players, all playable on a single TV.