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Local law enforcement isn't ready to deal with this new type of fraud, even with shady scams on the rise.

For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijacking virtualization software. Now one group has put them into practice.

This week, we discuss guided cooking apps, connected appliances, and all things smart (and not so smart) on our countertops.

Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.

At RE:WIRED Green, technologists, hackers, and activists explained how green tech must be combined with bold policy and bring people together.

At this year’s RE:WIRED Green event, food scientists and environmental justice activists mapped out how we can end world hunger and preserve our planet.

During the first session of Re:WIRED GREEN, experts laid out their vision for maintaining hope in the face of unprecedented challenges to our planet.

Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward.

Younger people seek answers on TikTok and Instagram—Google hopes to lure them back with more visual, infinite scrolling search results.

Yes, we saw the usual spate of Echo speakers, but there’s also a brand-new stylus-powered Kindle you can doodle on.

The company’s new smart gadget uses radar to track your breathing while you sleep. It’s part of Amazon’s plan to weave its products invisibly into your life.

The cutesy robot called Astro doesn’t do much now, but the company says it’s a step toward machines that understand your habits.

The social media platform’s process for moderating spam, including bots, has been mired in secrecy—until now.

The internet infrastructure company has an alternative tool to check whether you’re human—and it doesn’t force you to pick out buses in tiny boxes.

Nobody likes being asked to wait, but recent political history has shown that a completely frictionless internet has its own dangers.

The Aarke Carbonator Pro is an excellent countertop pick for fizzy-water aficionados.

Our San Francisco event brings together scientists, entrepreneurs, and more to spotlight ways that human ingenuity can save the planet.

Everyone wants to be done with Covid. But no single milestone will signal the end of the virus.

Don’t judge a bot by the troll farms—some make the internet a weirder and more wonderful place.

Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behavior. Will it work?

Whether you’re typing from coffee shops or a hybrid work setup, you need a screen you can grab and go.

It's a great handset, but the improvements are so iterative that most of you will hardly notice what's new.

“Overemployment” sounds like more of the same old grind, but its underlying philosophy is critical of work.

Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveillance? Here's how to be an activist in your community and beyond.

Whether you prefer an AeroPress or a French press, we’ve found the best ways to make a great cup of joe anywhere.

The fun-loving cybercriminals blamed for breaches of Uber and Rockstar are exposing weaknesses in ways others aren't.

As the Supreme Court considers the fate of American wetlands, Annie Proulx’s Fen, Bog, and Swamp offers an elegiac love letter to overlooked ecosystems.

In the battle over Twitter’s future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.

Extreme content is spreading rapidly on social networks in Brazil, sparking fears of a violent uprising.

How a Dutch fabric seller made the most powerful magnifying lens of his time—and of the next 150 years—and became the first person ever to see a microorganism.

The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth.

Bad weather forced a third delay for the space agency’s SLS rocket plans—another setback for the uncrewed back-to-the-moon mission.

An orchestrated attack went after an independent news website and harvested swathes of Facebook user data. And nobody can stop it.

The blockchain project’s cofounder Vitalik Buterin says its recent big upgrade lays a path for more technical changes, and greater adoption.

Everyone is telling one another to “get help,” but few acknowledge that the practice is often flawed.

Cleaning sucks. The Lupe Pure makes it a little easier and has replaceable parts in case they ever break.

Phages may help fight drug-resistant infections—but finding the right ones for each bacterium is no mean feat.

Vollebak believes its thermal camouflage jacket with graphene proves that invisibility could happen in the future.

UN countries are preparing to pick a new head of the International Telecommunications Union. Who wins could shape the open web's future.

Automated accounts are the target of ire and the linchpin of Elon Musk’s attempt to break his deal with the platform. But some are benign—or even helpful.

Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?

Physicists have solved a key problem of robotic locomotion by revising the usual rules of interaction between simple component parts.

Joined a new community and discovered—to your horror—that there are no party parrots? Let's fix that.

I never knew what these charging blocks were for until my Nintendo Switch started to die in the living room.

You don’t have to pay full price for downloads, subscriptions, or even in-app purchases. Here’s how.

Many companies have pulled physical servers from the country as a mandate to collect customer data goes into effect.

Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report finds Facebook and Instagram violated Palestinian rights, and more.

Plus: Framework has a new ultra-repairable Chromebook, there's a cheaper Google Chromecast, and Amazon refreshes its Fire HD tablets.

A cache of phytoplankton at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is helping researchers reconstruct historical coastlines.

You might not be scooping poop anymore, but Whisker's app can still give you vital information on your cat's health.