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Jordan Castro’s The Novelist nails the experience of being online, in all its abject glory.

Sure, it's known as a text-based platform. But it has some unique features and tools that can help visual artists share their work.

Meet the Cosmo, an all-metal electric ax with pickups that can be repositioned to create custom sounds.

Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes.

Microsoft's legacy browser may be dead—but its remnants are not going anywhere, and neither are its lingering security risks.

Cowriter Chris Hayward finds most real-life robots terrifying. But if the future looks like the film's sentient droid, he says, "we'll be fine."

Inspired by an 18th-century naturalist, Christopher Edward Rodriguez set out to document our climate-changed planet with fresh eyes.

It's late, but not too late. Hurry up and snag a killer gift on these smartwatches, headphones, and more.

Jared Duker Lichtman proved a long-standing conjecture relating prime numbers to a broad class of “primitive” sets. To his adviser, it was a “complete shock.”

Without it, it would be impossible to inflate a balloon or a tire. But understanding how it works requires a little bit of physics and chemistry.

Put a digital lock on your most important data.

Employees at the company’s retail location in Towson, Maryland have successfully organized.

Plus: Firefox adds new privacy protections, a big Intel and AMD chip flaw, and more of the week’s top security news.

WIRED spoke with the Environmental Protection Agency to learn more about the government’s energy efficiency program.

Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought. Is it time to stop making the hottest part of the year seem cool?

Coffee can mean a hot cup of joe or something else entirely in different parts of the US.

The thing about identity is, it changes over space and time.

Tesla’s Autopilot and other automotive safety features are involved in plenty of car crashes. But thanks to spotty data, it’s still not clear how many, or what to do about it.

In an interview with WIRED, the engineer and priest elaborated on his belief that the program is a person—and not Google's property.

Square Enix is still tinkering with its beloved series.

Robert Heinlein's classic 1966 novel explores the idea of a lunar colony declaring independence from Earth.

Cryptocurrencies are behaving exactly like the rest of the stock market, but the faithful say that's no reason to jump ship.

Pixar’s new movie is drawing attention for featuring a same-gender couple. The backlash is the latest in a long run of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment.

Plus: The end of Internet Explorer, a free-speech platform, and a lake in need of a new name.

Plus: Ford EVs get recalled, Meta goes TikTok, and you can finally transfer WhatsApp chats to iPhones now.

Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad.

The franchise now exists in an ever-sprawling TV universe full of diminishing returns. Thanks, Disney+.

Despite major progress fighting spam and scams, the roots of the problem go far deeper than your phone company’s defenses.

Contactless fingerprinting uses a smartphone camera to capture your prints—and opens up a whole new set of privacy concerns.

Forget the tie and surprise Dad this year. From mechanical keyboards to electric scooters, we’ve got the best gifts right here.

The hard times could be a harbinger for everyone else.

Democrats are pumping the brakes on an ambitious Senate bill over long-shot concerns about content moderation.

In Outerloop's new game, the South Asian hero battles exes and cooks with her parents. It's a big step toward creating more games for non-white audiences.

Attempts at reform have not gone far enough. The problem isn’t the documents—it’s how to frame consent in the new health ecosystem.

This week on Gadget Lab, we reckon with streaming’s growing pains and think ahead to what watching TV will be like in five or 10 years.

Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer.

Here’s how to cast correctly—it’s never been easier.

We had our doubts, but these coffee pods might give your fresh-brewed cup a run for its money.

New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.

In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.

From The Rings of Power to the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Disney+, streaming services are adapting everything in sight. No one’s head canon is safe.

A truly planetary politics would extend decisionmaking to animals, ecosystems, and potentially AI.

Look, I can’t help how my brain is wired, but I can trick it into relaxing.

Pop music fans know that their faves can't change the world's systemic problems—that's not what they're asking for.

The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.

In occupied Ukraine, people’s internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.

Glaciers offer unparalleled insight into the world’s climate. But as they melt, the data they offer is less useful—and more dangerous to collect.

People get distracted, hit pause, never finish. It seems hopeless—but it’s not as dire as it sounds.

Too hot to go outside? Grab some headphones and fire up your Switch Lite.