To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are.

Two new novels, Ling Ling Huang’s Natural Beauty and Allie Rowbottom’s Aesthetica, fuse gore with the world of beauty and wellness. Call it Goopcore.

Criminal defamation charges for criticizing officials on social media can result in fines and even jail time in some US states.

We sat down with the leader of the storied city that WIRED calls home.

A new mini arcade cab version of the iconic alien shooter is set to land, 45 years after Tomohiro Nishikado’s surprise hit changed gaming forever.

The virtual speech isn’t terribly convincing yet—but it will be soon.

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe standards that would require electric vehicles to make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032.

Aquifer thermal energy storage can use groundwater to heat and cool buildings—decarbonizing homes and businesses in the process.

The Juice spacecraft will zoom in on the moon Ganymede, which might have a habitable ocean deep underground.

The Netherlands’ most notorious conspiracy theorist was sentenced to prison, after spreading lies about satanic pedophiles in the town of Bodegraven.

Scientific advances have renewed hopes of “unlimited energy,” while economic studies suggest that fusion power will be more costly than wind or solar.

The way people talk to each other is influenced by their social roles. But ChatGPT is blurring the lines of communication.

Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac now have a built-in password feature, complete with two-factor authentication.

Diébédo Francis Kéré works with natural materials and local communities to create buildings that are inclusive, beautiful, and climate resilient.

The US already has all the technology needed to rapidly bring down carbon emissions. The trouble is finding enough people to install it all.

Neoplants says its pothos has superior purification properties—but you’ll still need a lot of them to get the job done.

Andy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.

After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.

In 2021, the first overdose prevention center opened in the United States. WIRED spoke to its director about what “harm reduction” really means.

Ether is finally untethering itself from mining—and driving renewed debate about bitcoin’s environmental impact.

Videos obtained by WIRED from public transit vehicles reveal self-driving cars causing delays and potential danger to buses, trains, and passengers.

Scientists found that the cells' garbage-clearing function deteriorates with age—and opens the door to reversing it.

Scientists are using secondary signatures from the cosmic microwave background to map the universe’s hidden matter.

Unleash your inner diva as you grab the mic on your favorite songs.

If you must have a giant computer screen, you could do worse than this one.

After rising from the dead, the theater subscription service is back with a convoluted new business model. Here’s how it works and how to sign up.

Plus: 119 arrested during a sting on the Genesis dark-web market, the IRS aims to buy an online mass surveillance tool, and more.

Plus: Kobo’s new E Ink tablet is made for doodling, Google moves podcasts into YouTube Music, and Peloton connects to Android watches.

In California, the bodies of four furry swimmers tested positive for a strain of toxoplasmosis first seen in mountain lions.

Easter weekend brings discounts on some of our favorite Amazon devices, plus Google Pixel phones.

The story behind the fight over this game’s rights is as complex as the game itself.

Luscafilm has announced three new Star Wars movies. There’s a crucial title missing.

Honor Among Thieves is the movie D&D fans deserve.

With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet.

The company's founders promised good vibes and greener cities. Now they’re stepping down, and the new CEO is focused on saving the business.

The animated adaptation of Nintendo's iconic franchise is practically guaranteed to lure in a new generation of gamers. That's the point.

What’s the smallest lunar object a phone camera lens could resolve from Earth? Here’s what the physics of light tells us about shooting the moon.

Elon Musk’s highly publicized decision distracts from his recent move to reduce transparency on the platform.

Scientists are hesitant to blame climate change, but varying weather conditions are causing new and troubling tornado patterns.

Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their own servers, making it harder for Moscow to block this portal to the outside world.

Put a discounted fitness tracker on your wrist, hop on an electric bicycle, and experience spring bliss.

Video memes made with algorithms are suddenly everywhere. Their sudden proliferation may herald an imminent explosion in the technology's capability.

For the first time, researchers transferred them to the wombs of female monkeys, where the embryo-like structures produced a response similar to pregnancy.

As ChatGPT and its ilk continue to spread, countries need an independent board to hold AI companies accountable and limit harms.

BMW and others have been criticized for charging monthly fees for features in new cars like heated seats. Now the tactic is coming to used cars.

This week, we learn how automakers adopted the subscription model where drivers pay to unlock features, and why the used car market will embrace it too.

Without an information sharing and analysis center, the country’s food and agriculture sector is uniquely vulnerable to hackers.

Both advocates and critics of generative AI have compared it to the atom bomb. Here’s where that comparison breaks down.

US agencies are sparring over who gets to oversee the crypto industry, and companies are stuck in the middle.

There’s little evidence to prove how necessary or helpful many of the accepted norms in psychedelic-assisted therapy are—and some could even harm patients.