Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data-and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.

A new drilling technology promises to unlock a wealth of energy-without a fossil fuel in sight. Will Knight sits down with WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber to find out more.

The papers are neither proof that Facebook divides us nor a vindication of social media. They're a starting point.

The first collaboration between OnePlus and Keychron is a heavy, customizable keyboard with a soft typing experience-if you're into that kind of thing.

This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.

Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That's you, Google.)

Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson.

Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.

Exposure to excessive heat during pregnancy has been linked to everything from preterm labor to low birth weight, and those risks are rising as the world warms.

Developer Aggro Crab is taking other developers (like From Software) to accessibility school, and it's making games better for everyone.

Experts doubt claims that LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor set to open up a future of levitating trains and quantum tech. Andrew McCalip wants to see for himself.

In his quest to watch every Nicolas Cage movie in chronological order, law professor and author Aaron Perzanowski confirmed that he owns nothing-and that you probably don't, either.

Yes, save the corals. But warming seas also imperil innumerable plankton, which power the oceanic ecosystem.

Jordi Van Den Bussche, aka Kwebbelkop, opens up about his new video that uses an AI model to reproduce his physical presence. But will fans still watch an AI clone?

As the UK pushes for a law that threatens end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has given itself a starring role in a doc about a girls' soccer team fleeing the Taliban.

Web search promised to resolve questions. Instead, it brought on a soft apocalypse of truth.

Learning a new tongue? It's a worthy pursuit, and these WIRED-tested services can help.

Current treatments for depression after giving birth are either slow to work or hard to get. The FDA is considering a new tablet that relieves symptoms within days.

People are using TikTok to change the narrative around invisible illness. So what can a medical professional learn by lurking?

Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies-it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.

This silent machine outperforms more expensive rivals, despite its plasticky body.

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.

A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers-just by thinking and trying to move.

Dara Khosrowshahi swooped in to tame a beastly work culture and try to make the on-demand giant profitable. Now he's expanding into trucks and boats, but he still sees Uber as a fixer-upper.

Specialized's light utility ebike is more than ready to make up for the loss of VanMoof.

California Mode is outstanding, and the EV's design is a clear win-but too many features are missing or coming soon," making this SUV a jumble of hits and misses.

It's bright, affordable, looks great, and is easy to mount and use. What's not to like?

This powerhouse of a machine comes very close to delivering everything you need in a laptop.

Be sure to blow up any criticism or misunderstanding of your app, no matter how small, into a flat-out organizational panic.

A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits.

Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.

As white-collar workers surf the web in air-conditioned comfort, delivery drivers are moving ecommerce packages through record temperatures.

Berberine went viral as a weight loss wonder pill. Its success on social media shows how broken the supplement industry is.

An extra membrane that once had digestive functions let marine microbes boost their yield from photosynthesis. Today, they're responsible for locking carbon in the ocean and putting oxygen in the air.

Jumping between Chrome and Safari, or Firefox and Edge? Here's how to keep your precious data with you.

Active chairs promise to improve your posture and introduce movement in a long day of sitting. Kinesiologists think you might want to take a walk instead.

When humans didn't know what moved the ocean and the sun, they granted those objects mental states. Something similar can happen with artificial intelligence.

Plus: Russia tightens social media censorship, new cyberattack reporting rules for US companies, and Google Street View returns to Germany.

A teens dabbling in the dark arts" movie looks different through the lens of social media natives hoping to make #content.

By the time you have enough devices to take advantage of Wi-Fi 7, systems like these will be much cheaper.

Snow is falling-but it doesn't show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes.

We've got discounts for everyone, whether you're gearing up for a new year of learning or just decking out your workstation.

The bird may be dead, but Twitter-er, X-is still alive for communities, news, and memes.

After five years of purgatory, Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in 2018, pleaded guilty to endangerment.

'Doom Guy: Life in First Person' is a biography and a history of id Software.

Google's new AI-powered search engine can feel more like artificial interference than artificial intelligence.

Together with Oppenheimer, the so-called Barbenheimer opening weekend topped $244 million domestically. But that's not its most astonishing achievement.

In the physics of water displacement, the answer isn't always intuitive.

It's typical to ask friends for permission to share pictures of them. Yet people don't extend this courtesy to strangers, either because they think nothing of it or they need to go viral at all costs.