The smart home brand sets its sights on Wi-Fi with two affordable systems—but there are compromises.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising wealth of “intransitive” patterns in randomly chosen dice.

When people pay for sexual media, they’re seeking more than an anonymous image. AI cannot replicate the underlying desires that drive sex work.

Proprietary chargers suck. With wireless charging, Garmin’s Vivomove Trend is moving in the right direction.

You’re tired. They’re tired. Here’s how to get your tiny person to close their eyes.

Plus: The US Marshals disclose a “major” cybersecurity incident, T-Mobile has gotten pwned so much, and more.

Plus: Windows 11 gets updated with its new Bing AI, Google’s Pixel Watch gets fall detection, and recommendation algorithms are absolutely everywhere.

Employee monitoring increased with Covid-19’s remote work—and stuck around for back-to-the-office.

This smart night-light puts you to bed, wakes you up, and tracks your sleep without touching you at all.

Mushers and sled dogs must adapt to warmer temperatures and worse trail conditions in the world-famous race.

The Biden administration’s new strategy would shift the liability for security failures to a controversial target: the companies that caused them.

Some of our favorite vibrators, harnesses, and strokers are all on sale right now.

Arlington, Virginia, won a US-wide contest to host Amazon’s second headquarters. More than half of the giant project is now indefinitely delayed.

On the precipice of his biggest year yet—with starring roles in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Creed III—Majors is finally at peace.

Fuji's latest mirrorless camera returns to its roots with a new 40-megapixel sensor, a retro-style case, and beloved in-camera processing.

Author Malcolm Harris argues that the economic and technological ills of society can all be traced back to one city in the heart of Silicon Valley.

On Saturday, the streamer will air the comedian’s Selective Outrage stand-up show—and aim to reclaim the conversation.

Beloved old techniques for food preservation bubble up again and ride a wave of new popularity in southern Mexico’s culinary capital.

This tech for hearing aids can help folks with hearing loss enjoy music, games, TV, and movies without missing anything.

Astrophysicist and 'Off-Earth' author Erika Nesvold maps out the questions we need to ask before living on other planets.

Sharing your streaming service is about to get a lot harder, but you’re not out of options.

Privacy Pool founder says he can preserve users’ privacy while keeping money launderers and regulators at bay.

The new Misalignment Museum in San Francisco is a memorial to an imagined future in which artificial general intelligence kills most of humanity.

Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president approved a controversial new crop for farmers. Then the legal backlash began.

Amid isolating sanctions, a Russian tech giant plans to launch new Android phones and tablets. But experts are skeptical the company can pull it off.

Score discounts on our favorite stuff for working from home, from computer monitors to standing desks.

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Elon Musk says a new Tesla will rewire the company and help save the world, but he won’t tell investors what it is.

The US still leads the world in artificial intelligence, but there are signs it is losing its edge to China in other areas of advanced computing.

In sexual assault cases, the complainant’s fate may depend on the judge’s awareness of how various online communications platforms work.

Samsung’s new highest spec laptop has plenty of power, but fails to master important features.

Our social media researchers weren’t getting what they wanted out of criticizing platforms, so we decided to try collaborating.

About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young.

This week we talk about the recommendation engines on platforms like YouTube and Spotify, which are coming under renewed scrutiny from a pair of US Supreme Court cases.

Counselors have moved from beside the chaise longue and into users’ TikTok feeds, fueling debates about client privacy and the mental health profession.

Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator's position via radio—unencrypted. Now, a group of researchers has learned to decode those coordinates.

Taking a polygraph test is always stressful, and the results are often flawed. So why have police been using it for 100 years?

Some publications are already using text and image generators. Here’s how WIRED will—and won’t—use the technology.

This motorized camera can’t take its eye off you. But when you look this good onscreen, can you blame it?

I spend all day making decisions, and they’re not always good ones. Could an algorithm do a better job of deciding what’s best for me?

Online discussions tend to focus on the fact that the images aren’t “real,” ignoring the real harms caused.

The Hub smart trainer marks Zwift's debut in the hardware space. It works great, and the $500 price tag sweetens the deal.

Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake.

The country has discovered enough lithium to electrify every vehicle on its roads, but the massive deposit has tensions running high.

Let’s indulge: Once fusion arrives, handmade suns could wipe out all human problems in a go.

The state sponsors titles that cast it in a favorable light and punish indies for depicting a more complex vision of Iranian identity.

The company's anti-union tactics at retail outlets have drawn government scrutiny and are fueling a drive to get a new labor bill through Congress.

One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.

After passenger complaints, non-white drivers are suspended or deactivated more often than their white counterparts, according to new research.