He thought he'd make millions of dollars selling solar panels door-to-door. The reality was much darker.

AI finance apps are reaching Gen Z and millennial users with personalized chatbots that offer money advice-and upsell them big time.

Behind the scenes, companies and governments are feeding a trove of data about international travelers into opaque AI tools that aim to predict who's safe-and who's a threat.

Panasonic makes a fiery return with one of the best TVs right now.

Tired of plain drinks and pour-overs? Turn your kitchen into a cafe with these barista-worthy machines.

Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup.

So far Meta has only abandoned fact-checking in the US. If and when it expands, the move will be a major blow to the Latin American news ecosystem.

The 1,100-pound mystery object landed in Kenya at the end of December. Experts are still baffled.

Shure's new USB gaming mic looks familiar, but it might be too streamlined.

In early January, soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2 percent of historical records.

The arrival of La Nina is starving California of rain, and more high Santa Ana winds could be on the way.

These WIRED-tested indoor air-quality monitors have been teaching us things about our air quality we can never unsee.

On January 13, Atlas C/2024 G3 will reach its closest point to the sun.

As extreme wildfires become the new norm, scientists are trying to crack how to save lives.

While Supreme Court justices pressed both sides in Friday's oral arguments, experts say it's hard to see how TikTok gets enough votes to survive.

TikTok transformed everyday users into influencers and made entrepreneurs rich via its Shop feature. With the US ban looming, they could lose everything-and many don't know where to go next.

As he prepares to leave the White House, Ali Zaidi is sober about what's coming-but says too much has already been built and invested for Donald Trump to undo it.

Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range.

Touchscreens don't always get the job done. Try one of these WIRED-tested controllers for your iPhone or Android instead.

In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.

We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades.

Exposure to smoke is dangerous regardless of your health status, so follow these steps to limit the risk.

Automakers are showing off whizz-bang tech for vehicle interiors meant to reshape drivers' relationships with their cars.

In 2024, natural disasters related to variations in the water cycle caused more than 8,700 deaths and at least $550 billion of economic loss.

While the destructive Los Angeles fires rage, all eyes have turned to the app that lets you track them. WIRED spoke with Watch Duty founder John Mills about how the platform has met the moment.

With wind speeds falling, firefighting reinforcements arriving from out of state, and more water sources online, authorities now have a critical window to take control of the situation.

New information about the handheld seems to spring up every day, but it's unclear when the Switch successor will make its appearance. It also doesn't matter.

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in labs to produce better materials for performing reconstructive surgeries and rhinoplasties.

One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.

In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.

A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are-knowingly or not-being used to collect your information behind the scenes.

Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects.

The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won't disappear from your phone-but it will get messy fast.

The state's insurance industry was reformed in late 2024 to promote coverage in disaster-prone areas. Tens of billions in fire damage will stress-test the new regime.

This week we break down the new government committee being led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Having established power over Republican politics in the US, the industrialist is now intervening in European politics-and is himself becoming a leader of the international far right.

More than 130,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, with the fires-which are still uncontained-having been declared a major disaster by President Biden.

Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.

These nontoxic beds and bedsheets are easier on the environment and your health-and they feel like a dream.

WIRED contributing photographer Tristan deBrauwere takes us behind the scenes at the largest consumer tech show in the world.

While Meta enacts the X playbook, TikTok is on the verge of being declared illegal. Who wins? Probably not internet users.

From smartphones to smart glasses, here's everything announced at this year's big tech trade show that you can actually order-or preorder-today.

The inside story of the teenager whose swatting" calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide-and the private detective who tracked him down.

As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world.

Authorities say that before a Green Beret blew up a Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel, he consulted ChatGPT-exactly the scenario police have been warned of for the past year.

The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life. They are also normalizing embedded microphones that are always on.

By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

Meta's AI characters users might seem useless, but fake social media users can sometimes offer valuable insights into real human behavior.

Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.

As our week in Las Vegas winds to a close, here's a final look at the most clever, smart, and forward-looking tech at CES 2025.