Tools for Humanity has an iris-scanning Orb that decides whether you're human or a robot-and then gives you crypto. But is Worldcoin worth the price?

The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.

Stock up on hardware for your bedroom or your PC this week.

Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead.

Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta's data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don't cause political polarization. That's not entirely true.

The Pentagon's embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology-and how to keep humans in control.

The Motion 1 gaming chair levels you up with movements and vibrations synced to onscreen action.

This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood fueling the writers' and actors' strikes will reach beyond TV and movies to also affect podcasts, video games, and TikTok.

Five people went into viral remission after stem cell transplants from donors with HIV resistance. A sixth patient received normal cells. Is an anti-inflammatory drug behind his recovery, instead?

It's getting harder to distinguish between AI- and human-generated content. But Unicode presents an elegant hack in the race to watermark AI-written text.

Experts warn of a new age of AI-driven disinformation. A voluntary agreement brokered by the White House doesn't go nearly far enough to address those risks.

I run into a lot of incorrect predictions when reading through the WIRED archives. What should the takeaway be?

This summer's extraordinary heat is but a preview of what's to come: Humidity not only makes daytime highs more miserable, it extends the hotness through the night.

The hoops god tells WIRED that his path to greatness was blazed by irrational confidence" and going beyond the metrics. Black Panther's Ryan Coogler-producer of the new Curry doc, Underrated-agrees.

If music is a sport, this is the most competitive season of the year. Here are WIRED's picks for the best tracks out right now. Who deserves the top spot?

Dyson hair tools, strollers, and more WIRED-approved products are on sale.

Is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) about to shut down, creating climate chaos? Depends who you ask.

As protests rage over Israel's controversial reforms to the supreme court, many tech companies have been moving their money and headquarters offshore.

Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future-or to even destroy humanity.

Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI's GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems.

After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a deal" on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals' offline identities.

As usual, the company used its summer event to introduce new folding phones, a trio of tablets, and two new smartwatches.

Critical Role's first Illuminated Worlds creation, Candela Obscura, is charting an optimistic path for future live-play games. We sat down with its star-studded cast.

The creators that made the original live-play Dungeons and Dragons show a blockbuster are back to share its magic and bring its platform to new and diverse creators.

The US already has a road map for the deployment of AI systems. Biden's promised executive order just needs to put these guidelines into practice.

Mark Zuckerberg's choice to launch Meta's Threads app stands in stark contrast to Elon Musk's recent moves to charge for data from X.

Third-party plug-ins boost ChatGPT's capabilities. But security researchers say they add an extra layer of risk.

In an era when streamers are disappearing shows left and right, one critically successful show narrowly avoided being part of the vanishing act.

Writers and artists want compensation from AI firms that they claim have trained their models on copyrighted works. But their legal fights miss the bigger issues.

Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a US Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next age of conflict.

Ukraine's deputy prime minister has helped the country bootstrap and innovate its war effort, creating a defense industry from scratch, and using his Big Tech ties to cut Russia off from the world.

From corporate rebrands to AI-powered video reels to text threads, social media companies are throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.

Twitter's rebrand to X is both a bad joke and an attempt by Elon Musk to realize his decades-long ambition for an all-conquering super app.

With striking actors unable to participate in flashy events, the convention went back to its roots-and attendees got a glimpse of the future of culture.

The all-conquering buds are back-smaller, lighter, and better for the planet. But the WF-1000XM5 earbuds struggle with dynamics, calls, bass, and noise cancellation. Sony's crown is slipping.

Christopher Nolan's massive new movie is a technical marvel, but it lacks its subject's more metaphysical dimensions.

The animated sci-fi sitcom returns with satirical humor for a new era.

Researchers showed real people and a neural network the same art-and they all found the same images memorable. What does that mean for artistic expression?

If you don't have small doorways or carpets, this is probably the best robot vacuum-mop for you.

Social apps prioritize content moderation tips from governments and online watchdogs. A US court ruling and a new EU law could restrict the practice, but they still leave loopholes.

Foldables make up less than 2 percent of the phone market. But a fanbase devoted to the crease-and energized by advances in hardware and software-sees a bright future on that jumbo screen.

A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn't pretty.

Global companies are offering free products to get access to live combat data. The Ukrainian government wants to keep this resource for its own emerging defense industry.

With constructs built entirely from stem cells, researchers can revolutionize scientific understanding of human development. But how close is too close?

Generate your own text-but get help from the AI bot to make it stand out.

The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?

This electric scooter is no specter. If you don't mind its 77-pound weight, it can take you on a ride for more than 20 miles easily.

Maybe one tweak: Ecologists in Ukraine are reintroducing kulans and other species to the steppes to help recover the war-ravaged ecoystem. It's worked before-at Chernobyl.

Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix's password crackdown has its intended effect.