AI can be a tool to create meaningful connections and learning experiences for children—and may help foster more equitable outcomes.

This week, we talk about why search engine companies, lawmakers, and parents are all concerned about TikTok eating our brains.

The AI chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as the reboot education sorely needs.

For decades movie bad guys were easily identified by their mustaches or mwa-ha-has. These days, evil wears a hoodie.

Workplaces must undergo huge structural changes if they are to stop the exodus.

Younger users are sidestepping Google in favor of the social app's search engine, so I tried it too. You will absolutely believe what happened next.

Right now you can score discounts on speakers, vacuums, and noise-canceling headphones to drown them out.

Hypesters say artificial intelligence will one day automate all the hard work of video game creation. But it’s not that simple.

This small but powerful machine fills a great gap between everyday use and those looking for a little more power.

The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation.

The company offers estimates of the emissions impacts of flights and recipes. Businesses with sales at stake are pushing back.

Millions of eager players have overrun the legacy website.

Fat activists say they’re tools of coercion. Celebrities are taking them to get slim. Is this really the road people want to go down?

Warehouse workers in the UK are walking out for the first time, and they want the world to follow.

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.