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Escaping the platform's addictive grasp means first overhauling our relationship to our devices.

This Dolby Atmos system sounds great, no matter what you watch.

Yes, we enjoyed the built-in 31-inch 8K TV, but this electric sedan also offers impeccable interior design and handling (if you can afford it).

Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware.

Plus: Sony announces a release date and price for its next PlayStation VR headset, Google kills a couple more apps, and everything’s gone explosive at Twitter.

This featherweight tent cuts down the weight so you have room for what really matters in the backcountry: great food.

From magazines to music and movies, your local library is a haven for information.

Black Friday has taken over the month of November. You can stock up on gifts for your family now (or gadgets for yourself).

If you're pondering a move to the decentralized social network, here's how to find the people you know and want to talk to.

As part of a wave of layoffs, the new CEO disbanded a group working to make Twitter’s algorithms more transparent and fair.

The state is home to an unusually high concentration of science fiction writers and a strong mix of science and superstition.

What do Heidi Klum’s Halloween getup and #TrumpIsDead have in common? They showed the unnerving truth about online deception.

Plus: Steve Jobs' Apple reboot, tech’s infinite scroll, and nuclear neuroticism.

With the station's completion, the country now has a long-term platform in orbit.

Kremlin-backed media is spreading rumors of a Ukrainian “dirty bomb” attack to rouse support for extreme retaliation.

At next week’s COP27 conference, negotiators need to get serious about massively reducing emissions—and fast.

The comedian talked to WIRED about how he raided his address book to cast his biopic parody Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

If you have a mesh router, setting up internet-connected switches, bulbs, and home devices can be a pain. We have tips to help.

As psychedelic therapy trials get bigger and the drugs become more accessible, researchers need to start talking about their potential adverse effects.

The Atlanta rapper intended the song to be a troll. Then it exploded—and reached the ears of actual Polish artists.

Elon Musk’s plan to make users pay for verification won’t turn it into a status symbol. It’ll just ruin the blue check’s appeal.

This machine grinds beans and then brews your coffee with centrifugal force. It’s more than a novelty; the results taste great.

True, new systems devalue craft, shift power, and wreck cultures and scenes. But didn’t the piano do that to the harpsichord?

The US and Europe can learn a lot from startups that are nimbler, more digitized, and potentially better at serving underserved people.

This week, we discuss possible consequences of Elon Musk's shakeup at the social media platform he now owns.

Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools.

A new report finds that municipal agencies in Washington deploy dozens of automated decision systems, often without residents’ knowledge.

Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.

It doesn’t take stampeding or unruly behavior to result in massive tragedies like the one in Itaewon.

For years, the platform has funded a project that's meant to create a better, decentralized online experience. Now Twitter's new owner will decide its future.

Rust makes it impossible to introduce some of the most common security vulnerabilities. And its adoption can’t come soon enough.

China's muslim minority used to have its own budding cluster of websites, forums, and social media. Now that's been erased

Colorado's Proposition 122 wants to let people take psilocybin at healing centers. But sensitive data isn't covered by medical privacy protections.

Games based on movie and TV franchises always suck. This one doesn't—and its secret is in the details.

You may not have heard of Tubi, Freevee, or Kanopy—but they’re the perfect cure for subscriber fatigue.

The company says the Apple Watch’s ovulation-tracking tech isn’t birth control. But the public doesn’t necessarily know how to use that information safely.

Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.

Scientists have already begun to observe the ecological effects of acidifying oceans on sea life. The changes ahead may be more drastic.

Seedy scam networks are using social media to organize campaigns that influence product ratings. They’re a headache for shoppers—and tough to crack down on.

Certain Pantone collections now require users to pay $15 a month to access them—with colors turned black unless you pay up.

The voice assistant now has parental controls, a kids’ dictionary, and four new gender-neutral voices.

Capable of operating almost 7 miles down, the titanium Deepsea Challenge takes the watch world’s battle for diver supremacy to new depths.

In dispensaries, cash is king—and it's a nuisance for business owners and buyers. Fintech players are entering the fray.

Capture that weird message, high score, or malfunctioning app in a snap.

WIRED sat down with Xbox CEO Phil Spencer and Worlds's Edge Studio chief Michael Mann to talk about AoE and everything real-time strategy.

The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger.

Henry Cavill is getting back into the cape, and James Gunn and Peter Safran now control the studio. Here’s how they can bring the Man of Steel back to life.

Lubomila Jordanova explains how her carbon-reporting firm—Plan A—uses relentless data analysis to guarantee businesses aren’t greenwashing.

More startups are inviting workers to trade their unused PTO, a perk that can also benefit employers. It may also worsen US workers’ vacation deficit.

Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it's already happening in the US.