A new and contentious five-year limit for getting rid of dead satellites could slow the growing orbital litter problem—if people actually abide by it.

An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection.

On the visual search tool's anniversary, we consider its promise and how that could play out.

Legal experts say Musk faced an “uphill battle” to prove his claims of fraud over bots on the platform, and risked damaging revelations during trial.

The recorded music market is regaining its former hourglass shape—this time with platforms like Spotify at the center.

In The Value of a Whale, author Adrienne Buller argues forcefully against market-based “solutions” to the climate crisis. She thinks we can do better.

There’s a brand-new Nest Wifi Pro and a second-generation wired Nest Doorbell. But it’s a redesigned app that’ll catch your attention.

B&W has taken its already excellent Px7 S2 cans and made a luxe version. Do the material and sonic gains justify the extra outlay? Oh yes.

The makers of some of our favorite gaming headsets have come up with equally impressive desktop speakers.

The company is losing huge sums of money on cookie-cutter homes—suggesting a fundamental weakness in the US housing market.

Want to give your children an easy way to contact you—without giving them a smartphone? Family Setup on WatchOS can help.

The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decisionmaking, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.

The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

In the rapidly warming Eastern Mediterranean, water stratifies into layers, like a cake. That’s allowing carbon-spewing crystals to form.

Tesla’s Optimus robot did not dazzle robotics experts and can’t yet walk. But if the project delivers, it could give the company an edge in manufacturing.

Major streamers are stepping back from the Twitch grind, and smaller ones fear the platform is more interested in removing features than growing audiences.

Hulu’s Reboot and HBO Max’s Irma Vep update showbiz satire for the binge-watching era.

We tried the new hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of Kia's most popular car and found the brand is still very much on a roll.

Constantly posting content on social media can erode your privacy—and sense of self.

Wood and biosolids from water treatment plants can be used to improve the soil—and keep remaining trees healthy.

The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.

This starter keyboard can sing your song lyrics back to you.

For the Ragnarok sequel, Santa Monica Studio incorporated regular feedback from disabled gamers, hosted public conversations on social media, and more.

From using less mobile data to live captions for videos, these settings will make your phone run more smoothly.

Neural networks can use self-supervised learning to figure out what matters. This process might be what helps humans do the same.

Its focus on health and wellness—rather than sculpting a perfect body—has actually made exercising a little fun.

We took it out for a spin to see whether an electric motorcycle could still be a gas to ride.

Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA worker is charged under the Espionage Act, and more.

Plus: Intel’s new app syncs PCs and mobile phones, and Apple slows down iPhone production.

From the Danube to the Loire, these lifelines for the continent’s economy are running low after five months of brutal drought and years of dry weather.

Celebrate your favorite drink with discounts on home barista essentials.

One of the best things about the free chat service is how you can customize it to work for you.

They had gleaming teeth, perfect hair, and selfies with baby animals. But could they pass the Turing test?

With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it’s not clear how well they work.

Upgrade your home theater and score some sweet discounts on peripherals this weekend.

People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdown, but actually pulling it off is proving difficult and risky.

At the heart of every bot-detection tool is a human's gut feeling—and all the messiness that comes with it.

The Journalism Competition and Protection Act would allow publishers to finally bargain with Meta and Google.

These cool-looking in-ears pull on the heartstrings of 90s nostalgia, with added environmental efforts.

The announcement came in the most fun way possible, but seriously—maybe it’s time the actor hung up the claws.

This tough new smartwatch has awesome safety and workout features. It’s also a great way to stay connected in the wilderness—for better and for worse.

Plus: Hackers in paradise, Metaverse fashion victims, and street sharks.

Don’t like Apple’s new Stack View at the bottom of your iPhone? Don’t worry, you have a few options.

Plus: WhatsApp plugs holes that could be used for remote execution attacks, Microsoft patches a zero-day vulnerability, and more.

Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can’t.

At RE:WIRED Green, scientist Sylvia Earle and climate activist Sophia Kianni discussed ways younger and older generations can work together to face the crisis.

In the closing session of Re:WIRED GREEN, the Louisiana lawyer urged the audience to join the front lines of climate activism.

At RE:WIRED Green, actress Regina Hall and Sarah Shanley Hope of The Solutions Project spoke about the work being done by communities hardest hit by crisis.

The RE:WIRED Green speaker explains how smaller, more efficient reactors will be the bedrock of energy independence.

The UC San Diego researcher spoke at RE:WIRED Green about ways to use advanced control theory and machine learning to maximize sustainable energy sources.