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Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster.

Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US.

The notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs.

It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when it comes to climate change.

After seven years and 300 episodes, the podcast’s host tells WIRED about his nine favorite episodes.

Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases.

Installing protected routes tends to boost local shops. But many store owners remain attached to their street parking—and fight to protect it.

Employees of outsourcing company Majorel have accused it of underpaying moderators and failing to support them.

Or how, exactly, platforms die.

Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away.

Get your multitasking on with Apple’s handy-dandy app juggling tool.

If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable.

Sure, three-year-olds and critics love this animated series about a family of dogs. But its most vocal fans may be grownup commenters on TikTok.

The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers.

The IT Army of Ukraine saw a huge influx of first-time hackers. But what happens to them after the war?

A mandatory app exposed the personal information of students and teachers across the country for over a year.

In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it’s needed.

Two of Japan’s heavy hitters teamed up to build a limited-edition, super-cheap, China-only electric moped: We took it for a spin.

It might lack a few snazzy features, and it’s not as navigationally capable as a Garmin, but this sports watch gets the basics right.

Trust us, it’s safer this way.

Two physicists find that our universe has a higher entropy—and is therefore more likely—than alternative possible universes.

Why does your guitar sound that way? Is it your amp, your pickups, or your pedals? Jim Lill is trying to find out, one filmed A/B test at a time.

Plus: Recommendations on the Explore page are getting better, Google is probably making an AirTag rival, and Amazon finally wipes that Smile off its face.

Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed.

The World Heritage site in southern Iraq survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain the wetlands. Now they’re drying up, and biodiversity is collapsing.

Whether you’re hitting the slopes or planning a spring trip later this year, there are plenty of discounts on gear that can help.

Creatives disagree about the ethical uses of these tools, but one thing is clear: AI art identification is about to become a whole lot harder.

Most governments work off incomplete or inaccurate information, but it’s time to plug the gaps.

The mobile operator just suffered at least its fifth data breach since 2018, despite promising to spend a fortune shoring up its systems.

The switch away from the serif-laden typeface is being made for accessibility and legibility reasons, the agency says.

Get over yourselves.

Reed Hastings, cofounder and longtime CEO of the streamer, is stepping down after years of disrupting both the video rental market and Hollywood itself.

The boom in generative AI art is creating an aesthetic movement—one that looks oddly familiar.

Research shows that relatively few people exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re still having an outsize impact on US politics.

Banish fears of the dark, establish a bedtime routine, and help your children (finally!) fall asleep with this bedside essential.

New research from Cloudflare shows that connectivity disruptions are becoming a problem around the globe, pointing toward a troubling new normal.

Creators need to pressure the courts, the market, and regulators before it’s too late.

In this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate universe.

Instead of making the cultural artifacts of the era and supporting independent films, the industry is busy looking for sure-fire hits.

The Moto G Play 2023 is fine, but there's another smartphone that's better in every way and costs just $30 more.

A device called Mill from veterans of Nest, the smart-thermostat creator, transforms your would-be kitchen waste into chicken feed.

Google and other giants have offered muted support compared to their Ukraine response. Employees are starting anti-censorship projects of their own.

The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi.

VR and brain-computer interfaces will combine to give disabled people agency in both the real and virtual worlds.

Companies like Meta are still betting big on immersive virtual worlds, but people who have been building digital spaces for years don’t see the long-term potential.

This week, we get honest about our attachments to our gas stoves, and debate whether to replace them or just continue breathing their fumes.

Research suggests that once low fertility becomes the norm, it’s unlikely to rebound. But this doesn’t need to spell disaster for the country or those with similar trends.

The luxury brand embraces augmented reality retail with an in-store gadget that renders pieces of jewelry on your hands in 4K.

Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.